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Wednesday, January 15, 2014 RELEASE OF THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY SURGEON GENERAL’S REPORT – JANUARY 17 » This event will take place at the White House at 9:30 a.m. ET.The event will be Webcast live at http://whitehouse.go...
Wednesday, January 15, 2014 STATE OF UTAH RFP DEADLINE - FEBRUARY 12 » The Quit Line/Online Cessation Services RFP for Utah has been posted on Bid Sync as solicitation NS14015. Proposals are du...
Wednesday, January 15, 2014 WEBINAR on JANUARY 28! - 50th Anniversary of the Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health » This 90-minute webinar will be presented by the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center and detailed information is below: Pr...
Friday, December 13, 2013 50th Anniversary of the Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health » Dear Colleague: We have received several inquiries regarding our plans to release a 50th Anniversary Surgeon Genera...
Thursday, December 12, 2013 Health Equity Resource: A Practitioner’s Guide for Advancing Health Equity and Other Resources » A Practitioner’s Guide for Advancing Health Equity: Community Strategies for Preventing Chronic Disease (Health Equity G...
Wednesday, December 11, 2013 CDC OSH National Networks! » The Center for Disease Control’s Office on Smoking and Health (OSH) and Division of Cancer Prevention and Control (DCPC) a...
Wednesday, December 11, 2013 Fifteen Years after Tobacco Settlement, Report Finds Most States Continue to Shortchange Prevention » The full report and state-specific information are available at www.tobaccofreekids.org/reports/settlements...
Wednesday, December 11, 2013 (0 Comments - view/add) Mayor Emanuel, Chicago City Council Take Bold Action to Protect Kids from Flavored Tobacco Products » Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago City Council have taken bold action to reduce youth tobacco use by prohibiting the sa...
Wednesday, December 11, 2013 CDC Feature on New Year's Quit Attempts » During the winter holidays, CDC will reach out to smokers who want to quit smoking for the New Year. We'll help them make...
Tuesday, December 3, 2013 News Article: Mark Ballas - How I Finally Quit Smoking » Dancing with the Stars ‘ Mark Ballas had been a cigarette smoker for over a decade and, after many unsuccessful attem...
Thursday, November 21, 2013 Celebrating GASO and Announcing the Availability of Data from CDC’s National Quitline Data Warehouse » Dear Colleagues: In celebration of the Great American Smoke Out, I would like to thank all of you for your work in h...
Thursday, November 14, 2013 Tobacco Product Use Among Middle and High School Students — United States, 2011 and 2012 (CDC MMWR) » During 2011-2012 there was no significant decline in cigarette smoking or overall tobacco use among U.S. middle and high...
Wednesday, November 13, 2013 Tricare Contract Announcement » A one-year contract to provide smoking cessation counseling services to eligible Tricare beneficiaries throughout the coun...
Wednesday, November 13, 2013 USPSTF Activities on Behavioral Counseling and Pharmacotherapy Interventions for Tobacco Cessation » Soon, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF, Task Force) will be posting for public comment our draft research...
Wednesday, November 13, 2013 Healthy People 2020 Webinar on November 21 » During the 45-minute call on November 21 at noon ET, presenters will provide an overview of tobacco use prevalence, on...
Wednesday, October 30, 2013 Don't Forget to Register - Beyond the 5 A's » With just weeks to go before over 120 of your colleagues meet in Scottsdale, Arizona for Beyond the 5 A’s , ha...
Thursday, October 10, 2013 The University of Wisconsin's free CME/CE Program has a New Web Address » The University of Wisconsin’s free CME/CE program on treating tobacco use and dependence found a new home earlier this y...
Wednesday, October 2, 2013 Quarterly update of smokefree laws in the United States » The Americans for Nonsmokers Rights Foundation announced its quarterly update of smokefree laws in the United States. Vi...
Wednesday, October 2, 2013 Webinar - Reaching Smokers in the Age of Mobile Technology: Resources, Networks, and Messaging » On October 15, 2013 from 2 - 3pm Eastern time the National Cancer Institute will sponsor a Research to Reality cyber sem...
Wednesday, September 25, 2013 NCI Research to Reality Webinar » October 15, 2013, 2-3 pm EDT - Reaching Smokers in the Age of Mobile Technology: Resources, Networks, and Messaging...
Monday, September 23, 2013 Information about the Quit VET Quitline and Referral by State Quitlines » Dear Colleagues: NAQC has received a number of inquiries about the quitline services available to U.S. veteran...
Thursday, September 19, 2013 FDA Extends Deadline to Comment on Menthol » As many of you know, on July 23, 2013, the FDA issued an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) seeking addition...
Thursday, September 19, 2013 2013 Tips From Former Smokers Campaign Generates 150,000 calls to Quitlines and 2.8 Million Website » CDC has published two important articles this month, showing the impact of the 2012 and 2013 Tips from Former Smokers...
Thursday, September 12, 2013 New Publication on Cessation and E-cigarettes » In a recent study published in the Lancet, researchers found that e-cigarettes, with or without nicotine, were somewhat ef...
Wednesday, September 11, 2013 Global Tobacco Control: Lessons for the U.S. » Sept. 24, 2013, 12 - 1:30 p.m. Central Time What can the U.S. public health community learn from the tobacco...
Monday, September 9, 2013 CDC Reports on the Effect of the First Federally Funded US Anti-smoking National Media Campaign » In today’s Lancet Journal, CDC reports on the effect of the first federally funded US anti-smoking national media campaign...
Thursday, September 5, 2013 E-cigarettes - New Publication Announced by CDC » This week’s MMWR publication from CDC contains an important article on e-cigarettes. CDC has found that the use of e-cig...
Friday, August 30, 2013 Study finds increased menthol cigarette use among young people » Results raise concern about menthols being marketed as a ‘starter product’ for kids By Sara Saldi "Simply state...
Friday, August 16, 2013 Office on Smoking and Health Request for Assistance with Recruitment for the Tips Campaign » CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health has extended recruitment for the next Tips From Former Smokers ca...
Thursday, August 8, 2013 New Toolkits for Healthcare Providers Now Available! » The Behavioral Health and Wellness Program is proud to announce the publication of the DIMENSIONS: Tobacco Free and Well...
Wednesday, August 7, 2013 The Diane Rehm Show: Smoking in America Today! » NPR had a segment on August 5, 2013, featuring Tim McAfee, Mitch Zeller, Tom Glynn and others, on how smoking and tobacco...
Wednesday, July 24, 2013 E-Cigarette Regulation Resources Now Available! » As the popularity of electronic cigarettes skyrockets, many communities have been increasingly concerned about the appea...
Thursday, July 18, 2013 Governor Chafee Does the Right Thing by Vetoing Legislation to Exempt E-Cigarettes from Health Reg. » Yesterday, Governor Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island vetoed a bill that would have exempted e-cigarettes from tobacco regu...
Tuesday, July 16, 2013 Join the AAP Provisional Section on Tobacco Control » The American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) Provisional Section on Tobacco Control (PSOTCo) is expanding its membership to in...
Tuesday, July 16, 2013 An Opinion Piece of The Regulatory Challenges of Electronic Cigarettes! » The opinion piece was published by JAMA this week by Drs. Neil Benowitz and Maciej L. Goniewicz, and can be located at the...
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