On Gerrymandering Column I was pleased to see the issue of gerrymandering addressed in the October 26 contributor column by Mary Krieger. The rigged district maps have been a major concern to me since Gov. Scott Walker had the maps redrawn back in 2011. Since that time, I have contacted our local legislators (Stroebel, Grothman, Ramthun and Kremer) beseeching them to do the right thing

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What To Know About Vaping Tobacco may not seem as popular as it once was, but the World Health Organization notes that 1.3 billion individuals across globe can be characterized as tobacco users. That means roughly 17 percent of the global population uses tobacco. If it seems as though fewer people are smoking cigarettes, that’s not an incorrect interpretation. According to the Tobacco Atlas,

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Quitting Smoking For Good Is Possible Smoking is a deadly habit. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say that cigarette smoking causes more than 480,000 deaths each year in the United States. Smoking also cause more deaths each year than alcohol use, illegal drug use, human immunodeficiency virus, motor vehicle injuries, and firearmrelated incidents combined. Statistics Canada indicates