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Item $2.2 million training grant to reduce health disparities(2012-02-14) Engebretson, Mark; Jean ForsterItem Smoking ban impact on bars and restaurants(2009-06-09) Finnegan, John; Jean ForsterWelcome to Public Health Moment from the University of Minnesota. Smoking bans do not cause job losses at bars and restaurants. That’s according to a study led by epidemiologist Jean Forster from the University of Minnesota. Forster and colleagues used state-mandated reporting data from 10 Minnesota cities for the years 2003 to 2006 before the introduction of a statewide smoking ban but at a time when a number of local cities had adopted full or partial bans on their own. Forster says that smoking bans are an effective way to protect people—especially bar and restaurant employees—from the harmful effects of secondhand smoke. With another Public Health Moment, I’m John Finnegan.Item Smoking rates among youth has declined over the last five years.(2006-11-08) Finnegan, John; Jean Forster