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Thursday, April 12, 2018 April 26 Webinar at 3-4 pm ET- State and Local Stakeholders' Role in Reducing Menthol Tobacco Use! » During this TCN webinar, representatives from state health departments, national health equity networks, and local coaliti...
Thursday, April 12, 2018 April 26 Webinar at 1 pm ET - What’s the Hype?: JUUL Electronic Cigarette’s Popularity with Youth & » This webinar will familiarize participants with JUUL, a relatively new, discreet, and best-selling e-cigarette brand that...
Thursday, April 12, 2018 April 18 Webinar at 3-4 pm ET - Smoke-Free Multiunit Housing Implementation: Live Q&A with the Exper » The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) teamed up with HUD, the CDC Comprehensive Cancer Con...
Thursday, April 12, 2018 April 18 Webinar at 1 -2:30 pm ET - Veterans and Tobacco: Population, Product Use, and Lessons from » Please join the webinar hosted the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center on April 18. By the end of this webinar you will...
Tuesday, April 10, 2018 Oklahoma cigarette tax increase is a big win for kids and health » FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 30, 2018 CONTACT: Mina Radman, 202-...
Thursday, March 15, 2018 Relationships Between Smoking Behaviors and Cotinine Levels Among Two American Indian Populations Wi » Julie-Anne Tanner, Jeffrey A Henderson, Dedra Buchwald, Barbara V Howard, Patricia Nez Henderson, Rachel F Tyndale....
Thursday, March 15, 2018 Promoting Health Equity And Eliminating Disparities Through Performance Measurement And Payment. » Anderson AC, O'Rourke E, Chin MH, Ponce NA, Bernheim SM, Burstin H. Promoting Health Equity And Eliminating Dispa...
Thursday, March 15, 2018 Tobacco Industry Misappropriation of American Indian Culture and Traditional Tobacco. » D’Silva J, O’Gara E, Villaluz NT. Tobacco Industry Misappropriation of American Indian Culture and Traditional To...
Thursday, March 15, 2018 A Collaborative Effort in Kentucky to Reduce Tobacco Use! » 900,000 people. That’s almost 1 million individuals who smoke in the state of Kentucky – the state with the highest rate o...
Thursday, March 15, 2018 New Jersey 2017 State Highlights! » Tobacco use results in 11,800 deaths annually in NJ adults, with 143,000 children under the age of 18 predicted to die pre...
Thursday, March 15, 2018 An Early Look at Tobacco Legislative Trends in 2018! » The Association of State and Territorial Health Officials (ASTHO) recently created an infographic that may serve as a help...
Thursday, March 15, 2018 Smoking Cessation Leadership Center at UCSF Celebrates 15 Years! » On January 15, 2003, the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center (SCLC) at UCSF officially began, thanks to a five-year grant...
Thursday, March 15, 2018 New Health Affairs Article: Nearly Half Of Small Employers Using Tobacco Surcharges Do Not Provide T » On Monday, March 5, 2018, Health Affairs published a new article titled, Nearly Half of Small Employers Using Tobacco...
Thursday, March 15, 2018 American Cancer Society Position Statement on Electronic Cigarettes! » American Cancer Society published a policy statement on e-cigarettes stating that e-cigarette use is less harmful that c...
Thursday, March 15, 2018 CDC Resources on e-Cigarettes! » CDC developed a comprehensive infographic on e-cigarette use and published a National Center for Health Statistics dat...
Thursday, March 15, 2018 May 27 - No Menthol Sunday: Find Your Way to Freedom! » No Menthol Sunday is a national observance day to engage faith leaders and their communities. This year’s theme, Find Your...
Thursday, March 15, 2018 Deadline of April 26: Nicotine Dependence Treatment Continuing Education & Certification! » The University of Arizona HealthCare Partnership Announces Basic Tobacco Intervention Skills Certification...
Thursday, March 15, 2018 Deadline of April 15 - Opportunity for Those with a TTS Certificate to Get an NCTTP Certificate With » A new National Certificate in Tobacco Treatment Practice (NCTTP) is being offered by NAADAC, the Association for Addiction...
Thursday, March 15, 2018 April 11 Deadline - Comment on USPSTF Draft Research Plan on Interventions for Tobacco Cessation! » The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF, Task Force) today posted for public comment a draft research plan on in...
Thursday, March 15, 2018 Webinar on March 28 - SCLC Free One-Hour Power Break Webinar, "Innovations in Tobacco Cessation Deli » The Smoking Cessation Leadership Center(SCLC) is hosting a One-Hour Power Break webinar: "Innovations in Tobacco Cessation...
Thursday, February 8, 2018 ASTHO Profile of State and Territorial Public Health, Vol. 4! » The report, which includes a general overview of agency activities, structure, and resources, found that 84 percent of sta...
Thursday, February 8, 2018 Tobacco Surcharges and the Indiana Medicaid Program! » Alex Azar, the Secretary of Health and Human Services announced the approval of Indiana’s 1115 Waiver. This waiver allows...
Thursday, February 8, 2018 Kick Butts Day (Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids)! » It is a national day of activism that empowers youth to stand out, speak up and seize control against Big Tobacco. More th...
Thursday, February 8, 2018 FDA's Campaign - Every Try Counts! » FDA’s newest public education campaign, “Every Try Counts” is aimed at encouraging cigarette smokers to quit through messa...
Thursday, February 8, 2018 Prevention and Public Health Fund (PPHF) Update! » As we go to print, the Trust for America’s Health has provided updated information on the Prevention and Public Health Fun...
Thursday, February 8, 2018 SAVE-THE-DATE: TCTC Webinar on Wednesday, June 6, 2018 at 3:00-4:30 PM ET! » Placing our Efforts to Promote Health Equity into the Health Impact Pyramid: How is Tobacco Control Measuring Up? Spe...
Thursday, February 8, 2018 Deadline of April 15 - Opportunity for Those with a TTS Certificate to Get an NCTTP Certificate With » NAQC would like to make sure that the quitline community is aware of the new National Certificate in Tobacco Treatment Pra...
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...
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