Feb 5, 2009 - SCHIP Expansion Financed With a 62-Cent Increase in the Federal Cigarette Tax


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The tobacco tax is expected to result in numerous health benefits, including increasing the number of children who will not become smokers and raising the number of current adult smokers who will quit.

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This Social Innovation Helps Prevent Bed Sores in Wheelchair Users


Co-founders William Mann and David Mravyan devised the Sensimat during a mandatory project for their MBA at the Richard Ivey School of Business in Canada. Sensimat is a device that helps manage and assess pressure among wheelchair users.




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