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• Public health efforts pay off with legislative wins in the 84th Texas Legislature

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  Wednesday, August 19, 2015 12:04:01 PM

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  By Joey Berlin
  Texas Medicine

  The Texas Public Health Coalition and diligent physicians earned significant victories during the 84th Texas Legislature in their drive to reduce tobacco and electronic cigarette use.

  Lawmakers also provided the Texas Department of State Health Services with a likely bump in chronic disease prevention funding, and an effort to keep children’s immunization records in the state registry through their early adult years made its way into law.

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