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The TSET Better Health Podcast is your go-to source for everything related to tobacco, health, fitness and community. Join us as we cover topics like health care in rural communities, mental health and tobacco use, childhood obesity and prevention, farmers markets, TSET grantees and more. You can find us on our website at ok.gov/tset/podcast or anywhere you listen to podcasts. Full transcripts for each episode are available on our website to support accessibility for all listeners. Welcome to Better Health!
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Monday Jan 30, 2023
Monday Jan 30, 2023
Governing by the will of the people is assumed in democracy – unless preemption is involved. Such is the case with local tobacco laws in Oklahoma cities. Preemption is when a higher level of government limits or eliminates the power of a lower level of government to regulate on a particular issue. Since 1987, Oklahoma cities and towns have been prohibited from adopting tobacco restriction ordinances that go beyond state law. So local municipal leaders who want to further protect residents from harmful tobacco use in public places cannot do so. This TSET Better Health Podcast episode explores the public health and local governance issue with Doug Matheny, a policy expert at the TSET Health Promotion Research Center, Tahlequah City Councilman Stephen Highers, and Thomas Larson, TSET director of public information and outreach.
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