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i <br /> 11 <br /> i <br /> FURTHER BE IT RESOLVED, that we also call on other Boards of Health to request the <br /> restoration of local control over tobacco policies so as to better help prevent youth initiation. <br /> o <br /> Susan Elmore, Chair Colleen Bridger, MPH, PhD <br /> Orange County Board of Health Orange County Health Director <br /> i <br /> References <br /> C <br /> Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2014, February 14). Smoking and Tobacco <br /> Use . Retrieved January 8, 2015, from Youth and Tobacco Use <br /> http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/data_statistics/fact_sheets/youth_data/tobacco use/ <br /> Institute of Medicine. (2015). Public Health Implications of Raising the Minimum Age of <br /> Legal Access to Tobacco Products. Washington, DC: The National Academies <br /> Press. <br /> North Carolina Tobacco Prevention and Control Branch. (n.d.). North Carolina Youth <br /> Tobacco Survey: Middle and High School Fact Sheet. <br /> U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2013, April 5). State Preemption of Local <br /> Authority to Engage in Evidence-Based Tobacco Control Policies. Retrieved March <br /> 17, 2015, from NC Alliance for Health: <br /> http://www.ncallianceforhealth.org/Media/Tobacco/North%20Carolina%20preemptio <br /> n%20LOE%204%2015%202013.pdf <br /> U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2014). The Health Consequences of <br /> Smoking-- 50 years of Progress:A Report by the Surgeon General. Rockville: U.S. <br /> Department of Health and Human Services. <br /> Xu, X., Bishop, E. E., Kennedy, S. M., Simpson, S. A., & Pechacek, T. F. (2014). Annual <br /> Healthcare Spending Attributable to Cigarette Smoking. American Journal of <br /> Preventative Medicine, 48(3):326-33. <br /> i <br /> I <br /> 919 245 2400 ;0 300 West Tryon Street )O� Hillsborough, NC 27278 >, orangecountync.gov <br />