The executive director of the Oklahoma Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET) praised a new federal law that will raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco products to 21 while also calling for more to be done to protect youth from a lifetime of nicotine addiction. “This action by Congress is a good first step toward…
Amid growing concern over the dangers of vaping, Tobacco Stops With Me, a program of the Oklahoma Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET), recently began airing educational messaging to warn parents about Big Tobacco’s efforts to market vaping to young people. Tobacco Stops With Me also has resources available to educate parents, youth and community members…
OKLAHOMA CITY — Physician-scientists at the Stephenson Cancer Center at OU Medicine recently gave 30 presentations about their cutting-edge cancer research at the annual meeting of the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the largest oncology meeting in the world. Their presentations focused on the results of clinical trials and research studies for new cancer therapies…
The Oklahoma Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET) just keeps getting bigger. The TSET Board of Investors has preliminarily certified $64.8 million in Fiscal Year 2018 investment earnings for prevention and reduction of tobacco use and other health issues, State Treasurer Ken Miller said. Miller is chairman of the board that oversees investment of the majority…