BAKO GETS ‘F’ IN TOBACCO REPORT

The annual State of Tobacco Control Report in California gives Bakersfield and Maricopa an F based on several factors, including efforts to provide smoke-free living areas and keeping kids from smoking. Lindsey Frietas with the American Lung Association of California says there was a 87-percent spike in e-cigarette use last year in the U.S. “That’s a huge, huge increase. The California Department of Public Health estimates 30-percent of California high school students are using electronic cigarettes. Arvin and Tehachapi got the best grades in the county, each with a ‘C.’

Suzanne Grant