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For media interviews contact SmokeFree Wisconsin Executive Director Maureen Busalacchi at (608) 268-2620.

Scroll down or click on the links to find official SmokeFree Wisconsin press releases and statements by topic:

* Smoke-free Workplaces and Public Places
* Increasing the Price of Tobacco
* Comprehensive Tobacco Prevention and Control

Smoke-free Workplaces and Public Places

2007 Archives

• End the Tobacco Problem Now: IOM Report Calls for Smoking Bans, Cigarette Taxes, Funded Prevention Program
  Press Release, It's Time... to Breathe Free Coalition (5/24/07)

• Health advocates praise movement toward smoke free workplaces:

  Statewide smoke free workplaces to become law in Illinois

  Press Release, SmokeFree Wisconsin (5/2/07)

• Statement of Governor Doyle in Support of Smokefree Legislation
  Statement, Office of the Governor (4/18/07)
• Restaurants, Hospitality Groups and Public Health Groups Welcome Introduction of Breathe Free Wisconsin Act
  It's Time...to Breathe Free Coalition (4/18/07)
• Restaurants, Health Groups Join Vast Majority of Wisconsin Voters in Supporting Strong Smoke-Free Law, Poll Shows
  (2/26/07)
• Wisconsin Restaurant Association Supports Statewide Smoking Ban with No Exemptions
  Press Release, Wisconsin Restaurant Association (2/7/07)
• Health professionals applaud Wisconsin Restaurant Association’s support of workplace smoking ban – “critical for public health”
  Press Release, SmokeFree Wisconsin (2/13/07)
• Governor Doyle to Focus on Health Care and Education in State of the State Address
  Will Also Invest in…the Fight Against Big Tobacco (1/29/07)
• Fighting the Scourge of Tobacco
  Governor’s proposal takes aim at significantly reducing tobacco use, especially among kids (1/24/07)
• Governor Doyle Launches Statewide Anti-Smoking Initiative
  Calls for Statewide Smoking Ban, Increasing Cost of Cigarettes, and Expanding Smoking Cessation Programs (1/24/07)

Increase the Price of Tobacco

2007 Archives

• New Poll Results Show Broad Support for Tobacco Tax Increase and Tobacco Prevention Efforts
  SmokeFree Wisconsin (3/22/07)
• Governor Doyle Zeroes in on State’s Top Killer with Fiscally Responsible Health Policy
  SmokeFree Wisconsin (2/15/07)

• Governor Doyle to Focus on Health Care and Education in State of the State Address
  Will Also Invest in…the Fight Against Big Tobacco (1/29/07)

• Fighting the Scourge of Tobacco
  Governor’s proposal takes aim at significantly reducing tobacco use, especially among kids (1/24/07)

• Governor Doyle Launches Statewide Anti-Smoking Initiative
  Calls for Statewide Smoking Ban, Increasing Cost of Cigarettes, and Expanding Smoking Cessation Programs (1/24/07)

Comprehensive Tobacco Prevention and Control

2007 Archives

• New Poll Results Show Broad Support for Tobacco Tax Increase and Tobacco Prevention Efforts

  SmokeFree Wisconsin (3/22/07)

• Governor Doyle Zeroes in on State’s Top Killer with Fiscally Responsible Health Policy
  SmokeFree Wisconsin (2/15/07)

• Governor Doyle to Focus on Health Care and Education in State of the State Address
  Will Also Invest in…the Fight Against Big Tobacco (1/29/07)

• Fighting the Scourge of Tobacco
  Governor’s proposal takes aim at significantly reducing tobacco use, especially among kids (1/24/07)

• Governor Doyle Launches Statewide Anti-Smoking Initiative
  Calls for Statewide Smoking Ban, Increasing Cost of Cigarettes, and Expanding Smoking Cessation Programs (1/24/07)