‘Urgent priority’: E-cigarettes erode decades of effort Public health officials have spent millions of dollars over many decades trying to curb tobacco use, much of it designed to discourage kids from ever taking up the nicotine habit. After all, quitting is great, but never starting is even better. In Santa Clara County, as elsewhere, these…
Santa Clara County, Health, News
State of the County 2019: ‘Healthy’ but more to do
Simitian: 94 percent insured, but ‘let’s keep pushing’ The County of Santa Clara, with its $7 billion budget, funds countless programs through dozens of departments and agencies. Boil it all down, though, and the County has pretty much one job: promoting the health well-being of its nearly 2 million residents. That’s why board President Joe…