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Friday, April 13, 2012 Quitline Service Offering Models Issue Paper Review » Greetings NAQC Members! It is with great pleasure that I deliver to you the first draft of, "Quitline Service Offering M...
Thursday, April 12, 2012 Sustaining Quitline Services through Public-Private Partnerships! » NAQC has recently launched a new Public-Private Partnerships page on its website. The page hosts information a...
Thursday, April 12, 2012 FY2011 Annual Survey Update! » Thank you for your participation in the FY2011 Annual Survey of Quitlines! NAQC staff will be following up with you over t...
Thursday, April 12, 2012 Webinar to Discuss Article on Quitlines and NRT – Thursday, April 26! » NAQC will be hosting a webinar on Thursday, April 26 , from 11 a.m. – Noon Eastern Time (8-9 a.m. Pacific ti...
Thursday, April 12, 2012 Research “Coffeebreak” Webinar Cancelled for Today (April 12)! » There will be no research "coffeebreak” webinar today from 2:00-2:30 p.m. ET. Instead, there will be a 60-minute webinar h...
Thursday, April 12, 2012 Connections - April 2012 » NAQC has posted the April issue of Connections , its monthly e-newsletter designed to keep members and partners conn...
Monday, April 9, 2012 6 Blog Post: Celebrating 20 Years of Quitline History with 20 Questions About our Future » Dialing into Generation Y It is impossible to envision the future of quitlines without thinking about emerging technol...
Thursday, April 5, 2012 SAVE THE DATE - A DRAFT RESEARCH AGENDA FOR QUITLINES - FEEDBACK FROM MEMBERS » Join us on Thursday, April 19 from 12:00-1:30 pm ET for a webinar focused on the draft Research Agenda for Quitlines...
Wednesday, April 4, 2012 Quitline Service Offering Models: A Review of the Evidence and Recommendations for Practice in Times » The first draft of NAQC’s seventh Quality Improvement Initiative Issue Paper, " Quitline Service Offering Models: A Rev...
Monday, April 2, 2012 Update on the National Tobacco Education Campaign » Dear Colleagues, Congratulations to CDC, the state quitlines and all others who have been working to make the National To...
Monday, March 26, 2012 Strategies for Improving Quitline Sustainability NAQC Tools to Help States and Provinces » Strategies for Improving Quitline Sustainability: NAQC Tools to Help States and Provinces March 2012 N...
Thursday, March 15, 2012 New Resource Pages for the National Tobacco Education Campaign » Dear Colleagues, The HHS/CDC National Tobacco Education Campaign was announced on March 15 , and begins airing ad...
Monday, March 12, 2012 5 Blog Post: Celebrating 20 Years of Quitline History with 20 Questions About our Future » How do we make quit lines make a difference in lowering smoking rates? How can quit lines be significant to population-bas...
Thursday, March 8, 2012 Connections - March 2012 » NAQC has posted the March issue of Connections , its monthly e-newsletter designed to keep members and partners conn...
Thursday, March 8, 2012 CDC Requests Quitlines Add New Intake Question to Evaluate National Tobacco Education Campaign! » At the request of state quitlines, the CDC has proposed wording for a new intake question that will help quitlines track...
Thursday, March 8, 2012 Webinar on Web-based Cessation Programs TODAY, 2:00-2:30 p.m. ET! » Today’s call (March 8, 2012) will feature Amanda Graham, Ph.D. ( Schroeder Institute for Tobacco Research and Polic...
Thursday, March 8, 2012 “Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults" » Dear Colleagues, The Surgeon General released a new report today on Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults...
Thursday, March 1, 2012 New MDS Streamlining Guidance Document » In the spring of 2012, North American quitlines anticipate a large increase in call volume due to two primary events: Th...
Thursday, March 1, 2012 U.S. Government Continues to Vigorously Defend New Graphic Health Warnings » Dear Colleagues, As many of you by now have heard, U.S. District Court Judge Richard Leon, once again, ruled for toba...
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 March Seminar - Developing a Plan to Expand Health Plan Coverage of Quitline Services » Join us on Wednesday, March 14 th from 3:30-5PM ET for part two of NAQC’s three part series on Public-Private...
Tuesday, February 28, 2012 What are the lessons-learned over the past 20 years that quitlines MUST carry forward into the next » NAQC recently asked Dr. Tim McAfee, Director, Office on Smoking and Health, National Center for Chronic Disease P...
Friday, February 24, 2012 Are you atteding the World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCTOH) » In just four weeks Linda Bailey , NAQC President & CEO , and Tamatha Thomas-Haase , NAQC Manager of Training &...
Friday, February 17, 2012 NAQC Membership Renewal Announcement » Thank you to all NAQC members for your ongoing commitment to cessation and the quitline community! The quitline community...
Tuesday, February 14, 2012 3 Blog Post: This Valentine’s Day, are you dreaming of the perfect quitline? » We are! We asked Ann Wendling, MD, MPH, Medical Director, Tobacco Cessation at Healthways, Inc. and member o...
Sunday, February 12, 2012 Board Communique (Winter 2011) » Congratulations to Karla Sneegas! As many of you know, our very own Karla Sneegas has assumed...
Friday, February 10, 2012 NAQC Board of Directors - Member input needed by February 17 » On January 27th, Wayne Tormala, Chair of the Nomination Committee for the NAQC Board of Directors, invited you to submit...
Thursday, February 9, 2012 Connections - February 2012 » NAQC has posted the February issue of Connections , its monthly e-newsletter designed to keep members and partners c...
Thursday, February 9, 2012 FY2011 Annual Survey Update! » The FY2011 Annual Survey was fielded January 25, 2012 . Thanks to those of you who have already completed your surveys!...
Thursday, February 9, 2012 Webinar on Social Media Technologies and Quitlines TODAY, 2:00-2:30 p.m. ET! » Today’s call (February 9, 2012) will feature Jack Boomer (BC Lung Association) and Frankie Best (BC Ministry of Heal...
Wednesday, February 8, 2012 Learning More About Infrastructure, Lingo and Coverage and Why it Matters Summary and Recording » Thank you to those who participated inthis month's seminar, Medicaid: Learning More About Infrastructure, Lingo and C...
Sunday, February 5, 2012 NAQC’s Medicaid Resource Repository » The NAQC member-only Medicaid Resource Repository is an online commons for the quitline community. The repos...
Thursday, February 2, 2012 Reminder: Upcoming monthly Research "Coffee Break" call, February 9 » Thursday, February 9, 2:00-2:30 P.M. Eastern Time Title: Incorporating Social Media Technologies into Cessation S...
Wednesday, February 1, 2012 February Seminar - A Conversation with Australia and New Zealand: Implementation of GHWs » Join us on Wednesday, February 15 th from 4:30-6 PM ET (*note time change) to hear first-h...
Monday, January 30, 2012 2 Blog Post: Celebrating 20 Years of Quitline History with 20 Questions About our Future » Thanks to all of you who viewed NAQC’s first blog post! It’s time for the second question in a series of 20 that celebrate...
Friday, January 27, 2012 Call for Candidates for NAQC Board of Directors » On behalf of NAQC’s board of directors and the nomination committee, I am soliciting your recommendations for candidates f...
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