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Wednesday, May 27, 2015 Webinar on June 17 - The Role of Healthcare in Tobacco Cessation » Partnership for Prevention and the American College of Preventive Medicine will host a webinar on June 17, 2015 at 2:00pm...
Wednesday, May 13, 2015 NIOSH Report! » NIOSH Report Recommends All Workplaces Become Tobacco-Free – The National Institute of Occupational Safety...
Wednesday, May 13, 2015 CDC Winnable Battles 2010-2015 Progress Report! » The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has published CDC Winnable Battles 2010-2015, Progress Report...
Wednesday, May 13, 2015 Get Tools for No Menthol Sunday » ...
Wednesday, May 13, 2015 Two Important Announcements from the Food and Drug Administration, Center for Tobacco Products! » Earlier in May, FDA/CTP announced that the agency has denied a Citizen Petition from R.J. Reynold Tobacco Co...
Thursday, April 23, 2015 It's Time to Regulate E-Cigarettes » The New York Times this morning ran the below op-ed and editorial calling for FDA regulation of e-cigarettes. http://w...
Thursday, April 9, 2015 Nicotine Dependence Treatment Continuing Education & Certification Programs » The Winnable Battle ...Reducing the Use of Nicotine Products REGISTER TODAY! The University of Arizon...
Thursday, April 9, 2015 State-of-the Art Office-Based Interventions to Eliminate Youth Tobacco Use: The Past Decade! » More than 3.6 million U.S. youth currently smoke, and 80 percent will continue to smoke into adulthood. Early intervention...
Thursday, April 9, 2015 Bloomberg Philanthropies & The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Launch Anti-Tobacco Trade Litigation » Michael R. Bloomberg & Bill Gates Will Support Countries Facing Tobacco Industry Law Suits Abu Dha...
Thursday, April 9, 2015 New AJPM Article: Nicotine and the Developing Human: A Neglected Element in the Electronic Cigarette » A new article was published online by the American Journal of Preventive Medicine titled, “Nicotine and the Developing H...
Thursday, April 9, 2015 New Report – State Health Insurance Marketplace Plans: New Opportunities to Help Smokers Quit! » The American Lung Association released a new report, State Health Insurance Marketplace Plans: New Opportunities to Help...
Thursday, April 9, 2015 SCLC's Next FREE webinar: Tobacco Cessation for Pregnant Women and Mothers! » The Smoking Cessation Leadership Center (SCLC) is pleased to invite you to its next free webinar, “Tobacco Ces...
Thursday, April 9, 2015 Register Today! Tobacco Cessation FAQ Guidance Q & A Webinar » On Thursday, April 23, 2015 at 2pm Eastern, the American Lung Association will host a webinar, Tobacco Cessation FAQ Guid...
Thursday, April 9, 2015 RAISE Celebrates National Minority Health Month (Tobacco, Obesity & Cancer Control) » April is National Minority Health Month and the RAISE Network is working to promote and improve the health of AANHPI commu...
Thursday, March 26, 2015 Call for Nominations: Tobacco Treatment eCQM Task Force » Dear Colleagues, We would like to inform you that the Joint Commission and Mathematica Policy Research ...
Thursday, March 12, 2015 Pathways to Freedom: Leading the Way to a Smoke Free Community - DVD Available! » NAATPN is proud to announce that Pathways to Freedom: Leading the Way to a Smoke Free Community © is now av...
Thursday, March 12, 2015 Position Available at Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids - U.S. Research Team! » The Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids has a position available on its U.S. research team for a Research Manager. The ideal ca...
Thursday, March 12, 2015 Asian Smokers’ Quitline Webinar: March 17, 2015, 1:00PM (PST)! » The Asian Smokers’ Quitline webinar, hosted by APPEAL’s RAISE Network, will address how the Asian Smokers’ Quitline reache...
Wednesday, March 11, 2015 Field Test of Enhanced LGBT Question for the Minimal Data Set (MDS) Set to Launch April 1st! » NAQC would like to thank Dr. Amy Lukowski (National Jewish Health), Dr. Scout (LGBT HealthLink) and the participating stat...
Friday, February 13, 2015 Use of Electronic Health Records to Support Smoking Cessation (Review). » The objective of this article is to assess the effectiveness of electronic health record-facilitated interventions on smok...
Friday, February 13, 2015 Clinical Preventive Services Coverage and the Affordable Care Act. » More than 100 000 additional lives could be saved if more people received recommended preventive care. The Affordable ...
Friday, February 13, 2015 Working Toward A Tobacco-Free Generation: 51 Years of Progress. » Eliminating tobacco use seemed like an impossible task when the first Surgeon General’s report on smoking came out in 1964...
Friday, February 13, 2015 Study Shows Effectiveness of Simple, Low-Cost Tobacco Interventions in ER. » People don’t go to hospital emergency departments to quit smoking. But with nearly half of the U.S. population visiting on...
Friday, February 13, 2015 CVS Health Announces Data from Smoking Cessation Outreach on One-Year Anniversary of Decision to Sto » On the one-year anniversary of its decision to stop tobacco sales, CVS Health ( CVS ) released new data showing that its...
Friday, February 13, 2015 New Video from Legacy. » View (at the link below) Left Swipe Dat, a new video from Legacy, truth, and 72 and Sunny. It challenges youth to use soci...
Thursday, February 12, 2015 National Coverage Determination (NCD) for Screening for Lung Cancer with Low Dose Computed Tomograph » CMS NEWS FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 5, 2015 &nbs...
Tuesday, January 27, 2015 Deadlines Approaching for the YAYA Awards and KBD Mini-Grants! » Dear Colleagues, We would like to inform you of important updates from The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids You...
Wednesday, January 21, 2015 The Lung Association Released its State of Tobacco Control 2015 Report Today! » Dear Colleagues, We would like to inform you that the Lung Association released its State of Tobacco Control...
Friday, January 16, 2015 TSET Documentary -Oklahoma TSET: Keeping the Promise for Health - and Supplement in American Journal » Please take a moment to review the TSET documentary that aired on January 15th about the history and tobacco cessation eff...
Friday, January 16, 2015 New Report about Tobacco Surcharges from The Commonwealth Fund! » The Commonwealth Fund has released a report called Implementing the Affordable Care Act: State Approaches to Premiu...
Friday, January 16, 2015 Did We Finally Slay the Evil Dragon of Cigarette Smoking in the Late 20th Century? » Unfortunately, the Answer Is No—the Dragon Is Still Alive and Well in the 21st Century and Living in the Third World. Sham...
Friday, January 16, 2015 Social Media Resources from CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health to Help Smokers Quit in 2015! » Dear Colleagues: We hope 2015 is off to a good start! With a new year and a new Surg...
Friday, January 16, 2015 FDA eCigarette Workshop on March 9-10! » FDA is announcing the second in a series of three public workshops to obtain information on e-cigarettes and public health...
Friday, January 16, 2015 CDC Position Announcement: Director, Office on Smoking and Health » The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is seeking candidates for an open staff position: Director of the Of...
Friday, January 16, 2015 Quit Now Virginia Tobacco Cessation Quitline RFP Announcement - Due on February 12! » The Quit Now Virginia RFP has been posted on the Virginia Business Opportunities (VBO) page of the eVA website. Potentia...
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