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Thursday, February 8, 2018 Funding Opportunity April 2 – 30: Kresge Foundation Leadership Award! » The Kresge Foundation is seeking applicants for Emerging Leaders in Public Health – an 18- month, leadership development i...
Thursday, February 8, 2018 Deadline of March 16 - C. Everett Koop Unsung Heroes Award! » American Lung Association is accepting submissions for this annual award, which honors unsung heroes that make a tobacco-f...
Thursday, February 8, 2018 Webinar on February 22- Leveraging the New Hospital Community Benefit Toolkit to Promote Tobacco Ces » More than half of the hospitals in the US are private, nonprofit organizations that are tax-exempt. Since 2012, they...
Thursday, February 8, 2018 Deadline of February 16 - ASTHO's 2018 Annual Awards! » ASTHO invites the public health community to nominate outstanding professionals at the national and state levels and recog...
Thursday, February 8, 2018 Deadline of February 16 - The Montana Tobacco Quit Line and Support Services RFP! » The RFP is now posted. Interested vendors can access the RFP by registering and submitting by February 16, 2018 at 2:0...
Thursday, February 8, 2018 Deadline of February 15 - Comment Submission to FDA! » The U.S. Food and Drug Administration plans to move on several fronts related to tobacco regulation this year. Back in Jul...
Thursday, February 8, 2018 Webinar on February 14 - Building Success: Adopting and Implementing an Effective Smoke-free Policy! » Wednesday, February 14 from 2 – 3 p.m. ET. Please join a team from Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Boston...
Thursday, February 8, 2018 Webinar on February 14 - From Data to Policy Development: Tobacco Control Tools You Didn’t Know You » This webinar showcases a variety of handy online resources that anyone in tobacco control – local, state, and federal publ...
Thursday, February 8, 2018 LGBT HealthLink Webinar on February 14-Bacon, Eggs, and Data: the Importance of SOGI Data Collection » Wednesday, February 14th, 3-4 pm ET Upon completion of this webinar, you will: Understand and describe healt...
Thursday, February 8, 2018 Prepare to celebrate the Year of the Dog » Prepare to Celebrate the Year of the dog The first day of Lunar New Year is on Fe...
Thursday, January 18, 2018 Does data matter? What CDC’s new report on smoking in the U.S. means for our road ahead as tobacco c » Dear Colleagues, Today (January 18), the CDC published new data on the prevalence of smoking in U.S. adults, no...
Friday, January 12, 2018 Updated SCLC Webinar Library. » Below are the topics that are currently available at the webinar library. How to Think - Not Feel - About To...
Friday, January 12, 2018 FDA Forms Steering Committee on Reevaluation of NRT Regulations. » FDA published a blog post announcing the formation of a steering committee that will re-evaluate FDA’s regulation of nic...
Friday, January 12, 2018 TRDRP-funded Spanish/English Online Stop Smoking Study. » The study is open free of charge to any adult Spanish- or English-speaking smoker in the U.S. It takes place entirely...
Friday, January 12, 2018 New Infographics from Healthy People 2020! » Healthy People 2020 released updated infographics tracking progress on key tobacco use goals. » learn more
Friday, January 12, 2018 Corrective Statements: Resources for Tobacco Control Advocates. » Starting on November 26, 2017, the major U.S. tobacco companies must begin running court-ordered television and newspaper...
Friday, January 12, 2018 Webinar on January 23, 2018 - How States Can Amplify Tobacco Industry Corrective Statements? » Time: 3:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. ET Host: Tobacco Control Network (TCN) This past November, tobacco manufactur...
Friday, January 12, 2018 Webinar on January 18, 2018 - "Business or Exploitation?” Exposure of the Tobacco Industry’s Exploit » The Smoking Cessation Leadership Center (SCLC) is excited to be hosting an 75th webinar with their partners, the National...
Friday, January 12, 2018 Deadline of January 15, 2018 - State Leadership Academy State Strategy Session. » A state strategy session is a key informant meeting convened to discuss and compile evidence-based strategies and recommen...
Tuesday, December 5, 2017 Public Health Law Center Webinar: Marijuana Mayhem: Regulatory Lessons from Tobacco Control. » Dear Colleagues, The Public Health Law Center will be hosting a webinar to share lessons states have learned fr...
Wednesday, November 22, 2017 Updated Smoking Prevalence and Initiation Data from CTFK! » 1. 2016 BRFSS Adult Smoking Prevalence . Released by CDC, the BRFSS provides state-specific...
Wednesday, November 22, 2017 Campaign from Truth Initiative! » Truth Initiative released a documentary-style campaign that examines tobacco industry targeting of the military and adul...
Wednesday, November 22, 2017 FDA Guidance on Required Warnings on Small-Packaged Cigars! » This issued guidance document(to be implemented on August 10, 2018 ) is intended to assist any&...
Monday, November 13, 2017 Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Updated Resources and Web Presence! » CTFK updated its resources and factsheets based on new tobacco data from CDC and SAMHSA. You'll find tons of resources,...
Monday, November 13, 2017 CDC Guide - Program Infrastructure in Tobacco Prevention and Control! » This best practices user guide is intended to help tobacco control programs translate research into practice. This use...
Monday, November 13, 2017 FDA Final Guidance on Distribution of Free Samples of Tobacco Products! » The guidance is intended to help manufacturers, distributers, and retailers of tobacco products understand prohibitions on...
Monday, November 13, 2017 FDA Media Campaign! » The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is expanding “The Real Cost” public education campaign to educate teens about the...
Monday, November 13, 2017 FRN Requesting Information on Effective, Large-scale, Sustainable Approaches to Help People Quit Usi » On October 31, the Federal Register included a request from CDC for public comments on cessation treatment options. Commen...
Monday, November 13, 2017 Deadline of January 15, 2018 - Tobacco-Free Generation Campus Initiative (TFGCI) Grant Program! » The American Cancer Society Center for Tobacco Control launched a third request for proposals for the TFGCI grant program...
Monday, November 13, 2017 Workshop on December 4: Adopting SCRIPT in your Organization Training (Full Day)! » American Psychological Association 750 First St NE, 9th Floor Conference Room, Washington, DC 20002 This one-day train...
Monday, November 13, 2017 SCLC Webinar on November 29 at 1 pm ET - One Hour Power Break, "Bambi Meets Godzilla: Addressing Yo » The Smoking Cessation Leadership Center is hosting a One Hour Power Break FREE webinar: "Bambi Meets Godzilla: Addressing...
Monday, November 13, 2017 November 27: Submission Deadline for Tobacco Cessation Request for Information - State of AZ! » The Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS), Bureau of Tobacco & Chronic Disease (BTCD) is interested in as...
Thursday, September 14, 2017 New In-Language CDC Cessation Materials for Asian Americans. » CDC now offers factsheets in Chinese, Vietnamese, and Korean languages. The quitting materials address identifying reasons...
Thursday, September 14, 2017 Truth Initiative: Documentary on Menthol in the African American Community. » Youth activist and Truth Initiative Youth Activism Fellowship alumni Lincoln Mondy released Black Lives / Black Lungs , a...
Thursday, September 14, 2017 Smoke-Free Multi-Unit Housing Cost Calculator. » In partnership with the California Department of Public Health, TECC released a new tool to evaluate the cost to turnover...
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