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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...
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...
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