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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...
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...
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