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Saturday, June 19, 2021 Update on FDA’s Application Review: PMTA List Posted, Progress Metrics Update. » FDA Center for Tobacco Products posted an update on the progress of its premarket tobacco product application process,...
Saturday, June 19, 2021 New American Lung Resource Collection: Technical Assistance Resource for Tobacco Program Staff. » The Health Systems Change Technical Assistance team is excited to share a new technical assistance resources for tobac...
Saturday, June 19, 2021 Notice of Special Interest: Public Policy Effects on Alcohol-, Cannabis-, Tobacco-, and Other Drug-R » This announcement encourages applications to conduct research on the effects of public policies on health-related behavi...
Saturday, June 19, 2021 NEW! Cessation Medicines Web Content. » OSH recently launched new web content related to smoking cessation medicines on the Tips site. The new pages help peop...
Saturday, June 19, 2021 OSH Launches Pilot for National Texting Portal. » CDC/OSH, in partnership with the National Cancer Institute (NCI), created a national texting portal to connect people wi...
Saturday, June 19, 2021 NEW! Tips Ad about Smoking Menthol Cigarettes Featuring Geri M. and NRT Promotion. » The Tips Campaign is running a new ad featuring Tips participant Geri M . about how she smoked menthol cigarettes...
Friday, June 18, 2021 New Best Practices User Guide: Partnerships in Tobacco Control and Prevention. » CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health published a new Best Practices User Guide: Partnerships in Tobacco Control and...
Thursday, June 17, 2021 Webinar on July 19: Burned and Baked: Implications and Effective Treatment Strategies of Tobacco and » Virtual Training July 19, 1-2 p.m. ET Tobacco and cannabis use, whether mixed together or used separately, can produce s...
Thursday, June 17, 2021 NLCRT and ACR Host Webinar Series on New Lung Cancer Screening Guidelines. » Join the American Cancer Society National Lung Cancer Roundtable (NLCRT) for a monthly series , sponsored by AstraZen...
Thursday, June 17, 2021 Webinar on June 23: Women Quitting Smoking: Challenges Throughout the Lifespan (Mayo Clinic Nicotine » Virtual Training June 23, 1-2 p.m. ET Statistically, women have a harder time quitting smoking than men. Just why...
Thursday, June 17, 2021 Webinar on June 21: "E-Cigarettes and Smoking Cessation: An Update for Clinicians". » Monday, June 21, 2021, 1:00pm to 2:00pm EDT Nancy Rigotti, MD, founding director of Massachusetts Gen...
Thursday, June 17, 2021 Due Date of July 12 Pilot Research Grant Opportunity from ASPIRE. » Advancing Science & Practice in the Retail Environment (ASPiRE), an NCI-funded center, has announced a pilot researc...
Friday, May 21, 2021 Resource Guide: Signs of Nicotine Addiction: Definition, Statistics, and Resources to Quit? » Ohio University just released this resource guide titled, Signs of Nicotine Addiction: Definition, Statistics, and Resou...
Friday, May 21, 2021 New Resource from ChangeLab Solutions. » ChangeLab Solutions has released Addressing Tobacco-Related Health Inequities: Resources to Inform Point-of-Sale Polic...
Friday, May 21, 2021 Youth Tobacco Cessation Resources. » Youth report using diverse tobacco products, including cigarettes, e-cigarettes, cigarillos, hookah, smokeless tobacco,...
Friday, May 21, 2021 Vaping Cessation for Young People: A New Approach. » Hopelab, UCSF, and Rescue Agency created Quit the Hit , an innovative online cessation support group for young peo...
Friday, May 21, 2021 SCLC Launches I COVID QUIT Social Media Campaign. » Looking for something new and different to say about COVID-19? Try an encouraging tone and post an ICOVIDQuit message o...
Friday, May 21, 2021 CMS coverage for Lung Cancer Screening. » The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services announced that it is officially exploring expanded reimbursement for lo...
Friday, May 21, 2021 FDA Decides to Ban Menthol. » On April 29, 2021, in a move widely applauded by the public health community, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration fina...
Friday, May 21, 2021 RWJF's 2021 Call for Proposals - Deadline of June 16. » RWJF's new Health Equity Scholars for Action program provides support to help new researchers thrive professionally a...
Friday, May 21, 2021 Webinar on June 10: Public Health Roadmap: Promoting Tobacco Use Dependency Treatment in Behavioral » June 10 at 1-2 pm ET Despite the overall declines in tobacco product use, some populations still smoke at higher rates. T...
Friday, May 21, 2021 May 31: World No Tobacco Day 2021: Commit to Quit – World Health Organization. » The COVID-19 pandemic has led to millions of tobacco users saying they want to quit. The WHO website features quitting t...
Monday, April 19, 2021 Webinar on April 22 - Why Cessation is a Vital Part of Tobacco Policy » Webinar on April 22 - Why Cessation is a Vital Part of Tobacco Policy Dear Colleagues, We would like to inv...
Thursday, April 15, 2021 CDC's National Campaign - Protect Young People from E-Cigarettes. » CDC launched a new national campaign called “Protect Young People from E-Cigarettes” to educate staff working in educa...
Thursday, April 15, 2021 A New Day: No Menthol Sunday 2021 - May 16. » It's time for No Menthol Sunday , a national observance day led by The Center for Black Health & Equity. This is an...
Thursday, April 15, 2021 Quit Because of COVID-19 Act. » Rep. Blunt Rochester (D-Del.) and Rep. Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) have just reintroduced the Quit Because of COVID-19 Act &nbs...
Thursday, April 15, 2021 Infographic on Smoking and COVID-19. » The Nuestras Voces Network published an infographic in both English and Spanish overviewing the intersections betwe...
Thursday, April 15, 2021 SCLC Director's Corner. » Steve Schroeder, Director of the SCLC, has released a new Director’s Corner which you can read here: https://smokingc...
Thursday, April 15, 2021 CDC One-Stop Shop and the Vaccination Toolkits. » Being a current or former cigarette smoker increases the risk of severe illness from COVID-19 . The CDC One-St...
Thursday, April 15, 2021 Webinar on June 10: Public Health Roadmap: Promoting Tobacco Use Dependency Treatment in Behavioral » June 10 at 1-2 pm ET Despite the overall declines in tobacco product use, some populations still smoke at higher rates. T...
Thursday, April 15, 2021 May 31: World No Tobacco Day 2021: Commit to Quit – World Health Organization. » The COVID-19 pandemic has led to millions of tobacco users saying they want to quit. The WHO website features quitting t...
Thursday, April 15, 2021 Deadline of May 14: Help Recruit Participants for CDC’s Tips From Former Smokers® Campaign. » The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is conducting a national search to find people with compelling storie...
Thursday, April 15, 2021 May 3-5, 2021 (virtual): NatCon21. » As the largest conference in mental health and addiction care, NatCon21 offers premium content, world-class speakers and n...
Thursday, April 15, 2021 Deadline of April 30: ALA Open Letter in Support of the Updated USPSTF Recommendation for Lung Cance » The US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) updated its recommendation for lung cancer screening in March, expandin...
Thursday, April 15, 2021 Webinar on April 30: SCLC Live Webinar- “Recovery-Oriented Tobacco Interventions in Addiction Servic » April 30, 2021, at 1 pm ET Treating tobacco use disorder in the behavioral health setting is safe, promotes longer term s...
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