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A Good Year St. Louis
6:35 am
Thu December 29, 2011

Tobacco expert: 2011 good year "overall" for non-smokers

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Sarah Shelton with the Center for Tobacco Policy Research at Washington University in St. Louis, says "overall" it's been a good year for non-smokers in the St. Louis area.
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Smoking bans were implemented in several areas in St. Louis in 2011, including in the city and county.

Sarah Shelton, a data analyst with the Center for Tobacco Policy Research at Washington University in St. Louis, told St. Louis Public Radio’s Julie Bierach as part of our series “A Good Year” that, overall, it’s been a good year for non-smokers.

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Tillie's Corner
6:35 am
Tue November 1, 2011

Tillie's Corner: a St. Louis neighborhood institution revisited and reimagined

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Lillie Pearson, age 33, at Tillie’s Food Shop in 1948.
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Lille Pearson, age 90, pictured in front of Tillie’s Food Shop. The popular grocery store closed in 2006.
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On the corner of Garrison and Sheridan in St. Louis stands a vacant building that for decades housed a thriving African American business. Its owner is remembered as an entrepreneur and informal activist during the civil rights movement. But now, the building is crumbling.

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