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Dean Linda Reisser testifies on tobacco products
Photos and story by Dana Haynes
So my spies at the Capitol (I’m on the Sylvania Campus today) tell me that none other than our own Linda Reisser, dean of student development at the Cascade Campus, testified before a House Human Services Committee hearing this morning.
The topic was the ban on non-cigarette tobacco products, such as a flavored chew called Snus.
I’m also told Linda was brilliant and even offered a suggestion that could strengthen the bill. Yea, Linda.
She testified on behalf of the Public Health Division of the Human Services Department. Public Health has a great anti-tobacco program called the Tobacco Prevention and Education Program, or TPEP. The TPEP program helped PCC get ready to launch the ban on all tobacco products, which goes into effect this coming fall.
Sitting on the House Human Services Committee is none other than freshman lawmaker Michael Dembrow, who teaches at Cascade. He got the chance to welcome Linda to the table to testify.
About Dana Haynes
Dana Haynes, joined PCC in 2007 as the manager of the Office of Public Affairs, directing the college's media and government relations. Haynes spent the previous 20 years as a reporter, columnist and editor for Oregon newspapers, including ... more »