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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...
Friday, January 16, 2015 Arkansas Tobacco Quitline RFP Announcement! » The Arkansas Tobacco Quitline RFP has been posted on the Grant/Bid Opportunities page of the Arkansas Department of...
Friday, January 16, 2015 Webinar - Prevalence and Policy: An Update on Electronic Cigarettes and Cancer Control on January 20 » The National Cancer Institute’s Research to Reality Cyber-Seminar Series continues with a program titled “Pr...
Monday, December 15, 2014 New Video to Promote the 2014 Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health » Dear Colleagues: We are happy to share a new video to help you promote the 2014 Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking an...
Friday, December 12, 2014 SAVE THE DATE: Interagency Committee on Smoking and Health (ICSH) Meeting, Tuesday, December 16! » The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is pleased to announce the meeting of the Interagency Committee on Smoking...
Friday, December 12, 2014 Annual state-by-state report on funding of tobacco prevention/cessation » We have now posted the press releases for each state at: http://tfk.org/statereport_resources . You should al...
Friday, December 12, 2014 December 21! NACCHO Seeks Abstracts for 2015 Conference. » NACCHO Seeks Abstracts for 2015 Conference . The National Association of County and City Health Officials (NACCHO) Ann...
Friday, December 12, 2014 Happy 10th Anniversary QUIT-NOW! » The 1-800-QUIT-NOW has been connecting those wanting to quit with their state quitlines for 10 years! NAQC m...
Friday, December 12, 2014 The Community Preventive Services Task Force Update! » The Community Preventive Services Task Force (Task Force) released the following findings on Reducing Tobacco Use and Seco...
Friday, December 12, 2014 CDC MMWR - Current Cigarette Smoking Among Adults — United States, 2005–2013 » The report underscores the need to fully implement effective actions to successfully reduce smoking. A combination of toba...
Thursday, December 11, 2014 CDC Tobacco-Related MMWR on Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems » Dear Colleagues, Today, CDC released new findings about state laws prohibiting sales to minors and indoor use of El...
Monday, November 17, 2014 CDC Feature for the Great American Smokeout » This week, CDC reaches out to smokers with practical tips to encourage people to stop smoking during the American Cancer S...
Thursday, November 13, 2014 CDC Feature for GASO » Dear Colleagues: Next week, CDC will reach out to smokers with practical tips to encourage people to stop smoking duri...
Thursday, November 13, 2014 The Great ASIAN American Smokeout! » Smoking continues to disproportionately affect many AANHPI communities in the U.S. and Pacific, so APPEAL's RAISE Net...
Thursday, November 13, 2014 ActionToQuit Resources on E-Cigarettes! » ActionToQuit has a new section on its website called Trending ( http://actiontoquit.org/trending/ )which offers informatio...
Thursday, November 13, 2014 New campaign calls on retailers to end tobacco sales » The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids is excited to announce that we are launching a new campaign that calls on America’s re...
Thursday, October 16, 2014 Tobacco-Related MMWR » Increases in Smoking Cessation Interventions After a Feedback and Improvement Initiative Using Electronic Health Records —...
Wednesday, October 8, 2014 Menthol Cigarette Smoking among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Adults » The American Journal of Preventive Medicine published, “Menthol Cigarette Smoking among Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and...
Wednesday, October 8, 2014 Community Preventive Services Task Force - Task Force finding and rationale statement for Comprehen » The Community Preventive Services Task Force has posted its Task Force finding and rationale statement for Comprehensive T...
Wednesday, October 8, 2014 #20 Million Campaign » The CDC Office on Smoking and Health invites you to join the #20Million campaign, an online memorial honoring those who ha...
Thursday, September 11, 2014 Fact Sheet: Information for Health Care Providers and Public Health Professionals » CDC released a new fact sheet for health professionals on tobacco use during pregnancy : Information for H...
Thursday, September 11, 2014 TIPS 2014 CAMPAIGN UPDATE » The paid portion of the 2014 Tips national media buy ended this past Sunday, September 7th. We hope you have been able to...
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