/tags/prevention Prevention en-US Copyright Wed, 21 Dec 2022 01:17:02 GMT /local-news/2022-12-20/is-raising-taxes-the-right-strategy-to-curb-tobacco-and-alcohol-use-in-nm Bills are heading to the legislature that would raise taxes on alcohol and tobacco. Advocates say the higher prices, and the prevention campaigns they’ll fund, will help curb use in a state that struggles with alcoholism and teen nicotine use. But some lawmakers pushed back on that assumption in a hearing of the Revenue Stabilization & Tax Policy Committee Tuesday. Wed, 21 Dec 2022 01:17:02 GMT /local-news/2022-12-20/is-raising-taxes-the-right-strategy-to-curb-tobacco-and-alcohol-use-in-nm Nash Jones /public-affairs/2018-06-15/listen-prevention-strategies-by-and-for-local-communities Friday 6/15 8a: The Prevention Research Center at the University of New Mexico does not show up in rural communities to proscribe solutions. Rather it… Fri, 15 Jun 2018 10:20:58 GMT /public-affairs/2018-06-15/listen-prevention-strategies-by-and-for-local-communities Megan Kamerick /public-health-new-mexico/2017-07-11/community-farm-puts-down-roots-in-south-valley The South Valley near Albuquerque is seeing an agricultural renaissance of sorts. First Choice Community Healthcare just broke ground today on a community… Wed, 12 Jul 2017 01:19:22 GMT /public-health-new-mexico/2017-07-11/community-farm-puts-down-roots-in-south-valley