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Wednesday, November 20, 2019 Quit Vaping at Truth Initiative. » This is Quitting is a free, nationally-available text message program to help teens and young adults quit vaping. ...
Wednesday, November 20, 2019 Updated CTFK’s Resources and Toll Sheets. » The 2018 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System . Released by CDC, the BRFSS updates the adult smoking prevalence rate...
Wednesday, November 20, 2019 U.S. House Subcommittee Approves Comprehensive Bill to Reverse Youth E-Cigarette Epidemic, Prohibit » The House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee today has taken significant action to protect the health of America’s ki...
Wednesday, November 20, 2019 Community Preventive Services Task Force Releases its 2018-2019 Report to Congress. » The Community Preventive Services Task Force (CPSTF) is pleased to share its latest report to Congress. The 2018-2019 Re...
Wednesday, November 20, 2019 OSH Introduces Updated and Expanded Resources for Healthcare Providers. » The Office on Smoking and Health has recently launched streamlined and updated resource web pages for healthcare providers...
Wednesday, November 20, 2019 CDC, States Update Number of Cases of Lung Injury Associated with Use of e-cigarette, or Vaping, Pro » CDC ( as of November 14) announced the updated number of confirmed and probable lung injury cases and deaths associated wi...
Wednesday, November 20, 2019 RFP Deadline of January 10: North Carolina RFP for Quitline Vendor. » The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health, Tobacco Prevention and Control Bran...
Wednesday, November 20, 2019 RFP Deadline of December 10: WEBS Bidding Opportunity - RFP 24733 Tobacco Cessation Medication. » Title: Tobacco Cessation Medication Description: DOH is seeking a contractor that can enable trained providers to order...
Wednesday, November 20, 2019 WEBINAR on December 4: Quitting Tobacco for Good: How Digital Cessation Programs Are Making an Impac » WHEN: Date: Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019 Time: 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. (ET) WHERE: Live webcast. More details to...
Wednesday, November 20, 2019 WEBINAR on November 21: NNN, IHS, and AICAF Present: Policy, Systems, and Environmental Changes for » The National Native Network at the Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan, in conjunction with the Indian Health Service Health...
Thursday, October 24, 2019 New Feature Article on Quitline 15th Anniversary (CDC). » 1-800-QUIT-NOW is the national portal to a network of state quitlines. Quitlines offer evidence-based support—like counsel...
Thursday, October 24, 2019 FDA's Proposed Rule on the Details of its Premarket Tobacco Product Applications. » The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a proposed rule to set forth requirements related to the content, format an...
Thursday, October 24, 2019 New SAMHSA Publication: Implementing Tobacco Cessation Treatment for Individuals with Serious Mental » Research shows that individuals with SMI who smoke are as interested in quitting as those without SMI, and can do so witho...
Thursday, October 24, 2019 Trial Membership at ATTUD! » The Association for the Treatment of Tobacco Use and Dependence (ATTUD) is now offering a free 6-month trial membership (u...
Thursday, October 24, 2019 Congratulations to the 2019-2020 Slate of Executive Leadership Committee Members for the Tobacco Con » The slate is available at the URL below. TCN is looking ahead to first year of implementing the newly adopted 2...
Thursday, October 24, 2019 This is Quitting - Truth Initiative. » The first-of-its-kind program to help young people quit vaping, This is Quitting, gives youth and young adults the motivat...
Thursday, October 24, 2019 ASTHO Press Release on Vaping. » ASTHO published a press release encouraging Americans to stop using vaping products immediately due to concerns of severe...
Thursday, October 24, 2019 As Vaping Illnesses Rise, So Do Pleas To Quit-Smoking Help Lines (California Healthline, October 10, » "Even though “quitlines” were designed to help people kick cigarette habits, calls and texts from people who use e-cigaret...
Thursday, October 24, 2019 Outbreak of Lung Injury Associated with E-Cigarette Use, or Vaping. » Stay up to date with CDC’s webpage dedicated to the lung disease response , which has a digital press kit , and incl...
Thursday, October 24, 2019 NOVEMBER 6-8 (Washington, DC) - Payers' Behavioral Health and Management Summit. » 2nd Annual Behavioral Health Policy Summi t is scheduled November 6th in Washington, DC . The Association...
Thursday, October 24, 2019 WEBINAR ON NOVEMBER 5: Joint Models of Longitudinal and Time-to-Event Data for Informing Multi-Stage » Dr. Walter Dempsey will focus on mobile health (mHealth) studies in which both longitudinal and time-to-event data are rec...
Thursday, October 24, 2019 RFP: Tobacco Quitline and Data Collection Services for the Oregon Tobacco Prevention and Education P » The State of Oregon, Oregon Health Authority (OHA), Center for Prevention and Health Promotion, Health Promotion and Chron...
Thursday, October 24, 2019 RFP: Tobacco Quitline and Data Collection Services for the Oregon Tobacco Prevention and Education P » The State of Oregon, Oregon Health Authority (OHA), Center for Prevention and Health Promotion, Health Promotion and Chron...
Tuesday, October 15, 2019 Letter from the Chair: Announcing the 2019-2020 TCN Executive Committee - September 30, 2019 » It is my privilege to announce the 2019-2020 slate of Executive Leadership Committee members for the Tobacco Control Netwo...
Tuesday, October 15, 2019 As Vaping Illnesses Rise, So Do Pleas To Quit-Smoking Help Lines » As Vaping Illnesses Rise, So Do Pleas To Quit-Smoking Help Lines California Healthline, October 10, 2019 ...
Monday, September 16, 2019 Resources from ASTHO. » ASTHO published a recording for its “Ask the Experts” virtual panel on JUULs in Schools, along with an ASTHOBrief on this...
Monday, September 16, 2019 National Center of Excellence for Tobacco-Free Recovery Website Launched! » The Smoking Cessation Leadership Center (SCLC) is honored to be named as the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Ad...
Monday, September 16, 2019 Release of Tobacco Cessation Change Package. » CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health (OSH) and Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention are pleased to announce the...
Monday, September 16, 2019 FDA Statement - Statement on Federal and State Collaboration to Investigate Respiratory Illnesses Re » FDA released a statement describing their role in responding to the vaping-linked outbreak. "As of Aug. 27, 2019, 215 po...
Monday, September 16, 2019 Important Actions Taken to Reduce e-cigarette Use by Youth! » In response to growing levels of e-cigarette use among youth in the U.S., two important actions have been announced to pre...
Monday, September 16, 2019 October 15th Deadline for Comments: FDA Issues a Proposed Rule to Require New Health Warnings on Cig » The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued a proposed rule to require new health warnings on cigarette packages and in...
Monday, September 16, 2019 October 11 Deadline: Call for Abstracts-2020 Agents of Change Summit. » Calling all #CHANGEAGENTS : Abstract submissions are now being accepted for the Agents of Change Summit 2020. Share new...
Monday, September 16, 2019 September 23-25, 2019: ASTHO Policy Summit! » We hope you will join us next year for the 2019 ASTHO Policy Summit and Annual Meeting on September 23-25 in Bethesda, MD....
Monday, September 16, 2019 September 19: 2019 State of Black Health Community Forum. » Date: September 19, 2019; Location: New Orleans, LA NAATPN, Inc. is pleased to host another State of Black...
Monday, September 16, 2019 September 16 Webinar (Commonwealth of Massachusetts): An Analysis of Menthol Cigarette Pricing in Bo » Prior research demonstrates evidence of tobacco industry targeting of menthol cigarettes to African-American communities i...
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