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Thursday, September 11, 2014 National Jewish Health Recognized With a Pair of Continuing Medical Education Awards » DENVER, CO September 05, 2014 National Jewish Health Recognized With a Pair of Continuing Medical Education Awar...
Thursday, September 11, 2014 FDA Issues Seven NSE Orders for Dissolvable Tobacco Products » FDA issued orders that seven dissolvable tobacco products manufactured by Star Scientific, Inc. (now known as Rock Creek P...
Monday, September 8, 2014 Training and certification program opportunities » Dear colleagues, We would like to share a website (recommended by a NAQC member) that hosts training and certification p...
Monday, August 25, 2014 CDC Press Release » Dear Colleagues: We are pleased to share a CDC press release (below) and manuscript of a study on e-cigaret...
Monday, August 25, 2014 Tips 2014 - NEW Metrics Report! » Dear Colleagues, NAQC is pleased to share CDC’s update on the 2014 Tips From Former Smokers campaign summarizin...
Tuesday, August 12, 2014 Tips 2014 Metrics Report » Dear Colleagues, NAQC is pleased to share CDC’s update on the 2014 Tips From Former Smokers campa...
Tuesday, July 29, 2014 NEW Tips 2014 Metrics Report » Dear Colleagues, NAQC is pleased to share CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health brief metrics report summar...
Monday, July 28, 2014 Help Your Patients Quit Tobacco Use: An Implementation Guide for the Armed Forces! » Dear Colleagues: Today, Partnership for Prevention’s ActionToQuit initiative released a new resource titled H...
Tuesday, July 22, 2014 New Report: Helping Smokers Quit 2014 » The American Lung Association is pleased to announce the release of its 6 th Helping Smokers Quit: Tobacco Cessation Co...
Friday, July 11, 2014 New Report Details How Tobacco Companies Have Made Cigarettes More Addictive, More Attractive to ... » Design changes and chemical additives introduced by tobacco companies in recent decades have made cigarettes more addict...
Friday, July 11, 2014 NEW JOURNAL ARTICLE: INTERMEDIATE CESSATION OUTCOMES AMONG QUITLINE CALLERS DURING A NATIONAL TOB. » In an article released yesterday in the journal, Nicotine and Tobacco Research, researchers used quitline data from 23...
Friday, July 11, 2014 DEADLINE AUGUST 8! 30-day Extension on Comment Period for Deeming! » FDA has published a notice in the Federal Register announcing a 30-day extension of the comment period for the proposed...
Friday, July 11, 2014 SAVE THE DATE: July 23! It’s All Acute to Me: Expanding Opportunities for Cessation Counseling » This AAP Richmond Center webinar will focus on opportunities for tobacco cessation counseling outside the primary care s...
Thursday, June 12, 2014 QuitConnect! » The QuitConnect project, lead by Jim Thrasher , and Scott Strayer , is finalizing the QuitConnect website platform an...
Wednesday, June 11, 2014 State-Specific Data for Father's Day! » Father's Day is this Sunday, June 15. If you haven't already done so, consider taking advantage of this special day to ra...
Wednesday, June 11, 2014 New Resources to Promote the 2014 Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health » CDC's Office on Smoking and Health is pleased to announce that the 2014 Surgeon General's report, The Health Consequences...
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 FDA E-Cigarettes: Impact on Individual and Population Health » ABSTRACT: Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) have recently gained significant attention in the marketplace and in the m...
Wednesday, May 7, 2014 truth® Update, Spring 2014 » What's happening with the truth® youth smoking prevention campaign, you ask? We are excited to provide updates as...
Thursday, May 1, 2014 Register for Upcoming Webinar - Tobacco Cessation, Medicaid and the ACA: What’s New in 2014? » Tobacco Cessation, Medicaid and the ACA: What’s New in 2014? Implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is in...
Friday, April 25, 2014 Yesterday’s Teleconference on FDA's Proposed Deeming Rule » If for any reason you were not able to attend yesterday’s telebriefing to discuss "Deeming Tobacco Products To Be Subjec...
Thursday, April 24, 2014 Tips 2014 Metrics Report » Dear Colleagues, NAQC is pleased to share CDC’s update on the 2014 Tips From Former Smokers campaignsummarizin...
Monday, April 14, 2014 Two New Resources on E-cigarettes Have Been Published Today » Greetings! Two new resources on e-cigarettes have been published today. FIRST, the journal Tobacco Control publi...
Wednesday, April 9, 2014 A Longitudinal Analysis of Electronic Cigarette Use » Although electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes or electronic nicotine delivery systems) are aggressively promoted as smoking...
Wednesday, April 9, 2014 Deadline: May 15, 2015 - Manuscript Opportunity » The American Journal of Public Health, in collaboration with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the U.S. Centers for Dise...
Wednesday, April 9, 2014 2015 TIPS CAMPAIGN RECRUITMENT » We are recruiting additional candidates to be considered for the 2015 Tips campaign. We would like to request your ass...
Monday, April 7, 2014 Tips 2014 Metrics Report » Dear Colleagues, NAQC is pleased to share CDC’s update on the 2014 Tips From Former Smokers campaign s...
Thursday, March 27, 2014 Release of New Publications: CDC MMWR and CTFK State Report » Dear Colleagues, NAQC is delighted to share two new publications with you today. First, CDC has rele...
Monday, March 24, 2014 Tips 2014 Metrics Report » Dear Colleagues, NAQC is pleased to share CDC’s update on the 2014 Tips From Former Smokers campaign s...
Wednesday, March 12, 2014 SAVE THE DATE - March 28! Atlanta Big Data Analytics Team Challenge! » Participate onMarch 28th inBooz Allen Hamilton’s Atlanta Big Data Analytics Team Challenge! It’s a free 1-day competitio...
Thursday, February 27, 2014 Tips 2014 Metrics Report » Dear Colleagues, CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health is pleased to share a brief metrics report summarizing the...
Wednesday, February 26, 2014 26 Leading Health Groups Call on Drug Stores and Other Retailers to Follow CVS’s Example and End Tob » FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: February 26, 2014 CONTACTS: Peter Hamm, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, 202-2...
Wednesday, February 12, 2014 CVS Plans to End Sales of Tobacco Products by October 1! » Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/cvs-caremark-plans-stop-selling-tobacco-products/2014/02/0...
Wednesday, February 12, 2014 Harkin, Waxman, Welch Urge State Attorneys General to Bring E-Cigarettes Under Tobacco Master Set. » Wednesday, February 12, 2014 WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of the Senate Health, Education...
Wednesday, February 12, 2014 Final Research Plan: Behavioral Counseling and Pharmacotherapy Interventions for Tobacco Cessation » The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force posted a final Research Plan on behavioral counseling and pharmacotherapy interven...
Wednesday, February 12, 2014 QuitConnect: A National Smoker’s Registry for Proactive Re-Engagement! » Researchers Jim Thrasher, PhD,and Scott Strayer, MD, MPH, at the University of South Carolina, have partnered with NAQC to...
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