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WHAT’S TRENDING

Have you ever dreamed of playing
golf under the midnight sun?

TRENDING topic SHOULD SELLING GOOD HEALTH
Then join us for the 2nd Annual Klouda Classic INCLUDE SELLING TOBACCO?

Golf Tournament which will be held on July 8, 2017,
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in beautiful Anchorage, Alaska. The Anchorage Lawmakers in Rockland County, New York say no. In January, the
KLOUDA CLASSIC Golf Course is framed by the magnificent views of county passed the Tobacco-Free Pharmacies Act, which bans the
GOLF TOURNAMENT the Chugach Mountain Range, the Anchorage city sale of all tobacco products in pharmacies and retail establishments

skyline, Cook Inlet, and Denali, the highest peak in containing pharmacies. The measure carries a civil penalty of up to
Join ACA at the Klouda Classic North America. Designed by renowned architect $2,000 per violation. The county Health Commissioner would have
Golf Tournamen on July 8, 2017, in Bill Newcomb, the 6,600-yard course includes blind sole jurisdiction to enforce the law. This law would make Rockland
Anchorage, AK at the Anchorage County a leader in New York state.
Golf Course. tee shots and water hazards. All proceeds from the
tournament will benefit the Bernie Klouda Memorial
Nationwide, more than 150 municipalities in Massachusetts, Califor-
Student Scholarship Fund.
nia and Minnesota have tobacco-free pharmacy laws in place, and
the nation’s second-largest pharmacy chain, CVS Health, removed

Not a golfer? Not a problem. The American College of Apothecaries Research tobacco products from its shelves as of September 2014.
and Education Foundation established
You are still welcome to join us in Alaska or,
the Bernie Klouda Memorial Student Scholarship Would you like to see this initiative passed in your area? Write to us
you can make a tax-deductible contribution
Fund, to provide assistance to pharmacy students in at publisher@acainfo.org to tell us your thoughts on the issue.
to the Bernie Klouda Memorial Student
Scholarship Fund. Information on financial need. The ACA Foundation has set a goal
sponsorships for the 2017 Klouda Classic is to raise $100,000 in order to create a permanent
available on-line. endowment for the fund. Your generosity in

supporting this much-needed fund will ease TRENDING tech TELEPHARMACY TECHNOLOGY
the burden of future students and work to reduce
CONNECTS LOCAL PHARMACISTS
barriers to their success.
TO RURAL PATIENTS

Idaho’s first telepharmacy opened earlier this year, enabling an off-
site pharmacist to approve orders remotely and do consultations
REGISTER with patients using live video conferencing. It will allow Shoshone,

Idaho’s 1,500 residents to fill their prescription medications without
ONLINE having to travel the 17 miles to and from another town.

TODAY Would you consider starting a telepharmacy in your area? Write to

us at publisher@acainfo.org to tell us your thoughts.

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