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Tuesday, June 19, 2012 HUD Toolkits on smokefree multi-unit housing » Today (Tuesday June 19 th ), the American Lung Association along with U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Assistant...
Tuesday, June 19, 2012 Health equity and "million hearts" webinars » ASTHO Webinar: Making the Economic Case for Health Equity: Tribal and State Solutions June 22, 1:00—2:30pm ES...
Thursday, June 14, 2012 Update on US’ National Tobacco Education Campaign » The 12-week national tobacco education campaign, Tips From Former Smokers, ended on June 10 . For an overview of the im...
Thursday, June 14, 2012 Preparing for the National Conference on Tobacco or Health 2012 in Kansas City, MI » The purpose of the National Conference on Tobacco or Health is to help improve and sustain the effectiveness and reach of...
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 Low SES Resources » Two new resources are now available for advocates involved in tobacco control issues within low socioeconomic populati...
Tuesday, June 12, 2012 Promising Practices 2012 Conference Presentations Now Online » Post-Promising Practices 2012 NEWS: The Promising Practices 2012 Conference Presentations Are...
Friday, June 8, 2012 Father's Day Activities » As part of the CDC Tips From Former Smokers Campaign, OSH has planned communications activities beginning next wee...
Thursday, June 7, 2012 Release of CDC Youth Risk Behavior Survey » CDC's Division of Adolescent and School Health (DASH) is releasing the 2011 national, state, and local Youth Risk Behavior...
Thursday, June 7, 2012 ACS CAN Media Statement: California Proposition 29 Vote Too Close to Call » FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Nicole Bender or Steven Weiss American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Phone: 202-661...
Thursday, May 31, 2012 We Need Your Help! Tell Congress not to weaken FDA's authority over tobacco products! » Friends in Tobacco Control – WE NEED YOUR HELP! Cigar manufacturers and retailers are continuing to push to h...
Wednesday, May 30, 2012 Celebrate World No Tobacco Day May 31st » On May 31 st , the World Health Organization (WHO) celebrates World No Tobacco Day (WNTD), highlighting the heal...
Friday, May 25, 2012 Press Release: ACS CAN Fuels California’s Yes on Prop. 29 Campaign with New Donation » FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Nicole Bender or Steven Weiss American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Phone: 2...
Friday, May 25, 2012 Fellowship at FDA Center for Tobacco Products for 2012-13 » FDA Tobacco Regulatory Science Fellowship http://www.iom.edu/Activities/Education/FDAFellowship.aspx?source=govdel...
Thursday, May 24, 2012 CDC Report: States Have Spent Little Tobacco Revenue on Tobacco Prevention » Pasted below is the Campaign's statement on today's MMWR demonstrating the states' failure to use tobacco revenue for toba...
Thursday, May 24, 2012 CDC MMWR » Adult Awareness of Tobacco Advertising, Promotion, and Sponsorship — 14 Countries Countries with comprehensive tobacco...
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 Update on US’ National Tobacco Education Campaign » The 12-week Tips from Smokers campaign is now in week 9. Ads are tagged with 800-QUIT-NOW and www.smokefree.gov . CDC h...
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 Update on Canada’s Graphic Health Warnings » The new pan-Canada telephone number and web portal were activated on February 1 st , and the new graphic health warning l...
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 2011 Update to Expecting to Quit » As you may know, The British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health (BCCEWH) has placed women’s tobacco use as...
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 Important Changes in the Quitline Community » Aaron Swanson, MPH , Interim Division Director of Iowa’s Division of Tobacco Use Prevention and Control will be leaving...
Wednesday, May 16, 2012 CDC FOA Deadline is May 24 » The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently announced the availability of funding under a cooperative...
Thursday, May 3, 2012 New Study on Roll-Your-Own Cigarettes » Researchers from the CDC and the Oregon Health Authority are authors of a peer-reviewed article on federal and state r...
Friday, April 27, 2012 New Guide - State Tobacco Cessation Policy » Partnership for Prevention is pleased to release a new resource for tobacco control leaders, advocates, and policy mak...
Thursday, April 12, 2012 NLTCN-National Networks Interview with Mr. Joseph A. Califano, Jr. » On April 4th, 2012, Jeannette Noltenius of the National Latino Tobacco Control Network (NLTCN) , on behalf of the Natio...
Thursday, April 12, 2012 New Report Released: “The Business Case for Coverage of Tobacco Cessation 2012 Update”! » A new report by Leif Associates presents an actuarial assessment of the benefits derived from smoking cessatio...
Wednesday, April 11, 2012 Articles on Federal Appeals Court Argument on Graphic Health Warnings » Appeals court considers whether graphic health warnings on cigarettes violate 1st Amendment By FREDERIC J. FROMMER...
Monday, April 2, 2012 Ads spark huge increase to quit smoking line » CDC: Ads spark huge increase to quit smoking line - USA TODAY April 2, 2012 Health officials say a graphic new...
Thursday, March 29, 2012 CDC March 30 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report » State Cigarette Excise Taxes — United States, 2010–2011 Increasing the price of cigarettes is one of th...
Wednesday, March 21, 2012 Appeals Court Upholds Tobacco Control Act » Legal Update: Appeals Court Upholds Tobacco Control Act Yesterday, an appeals court issued a decision upholding man...
Tuesday, March 20, 2012 The Business Case for Coverage of Tobacco Cessation » A new report entitled, "The Business Case for Coverage of Tobacco Cessation -- 2012 Update”, calculates the benefits of...
Monday, March 19, 2012 Federal Appeals Court Upholds Graphic Warnings and Other Key Provisions of FDA Law » Today's decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals (6th Circuit) is good news. The court determined that most provisions of t...
Thursday, March 15, 2012 Press Release: These New Ads Might Shock You--- They Might Also Save Your Life And The Life Of ... » For Immediate Release Contact: Jeannette Noltenius Adrian Althoff (202) 328-1313 (408) 449-6491...
Thursday, March 15, 2012 Talking Points for States and Media Memo on CDC Ad Campaign » We wanted to share two tools we have developed for use with the CDC national media campaign: 1) talking points to defend...
Wednesday, March 14, 2012 Update on the Joint Commission Tobacco Cessation Performance Measure Set » The New England Journal of Medicine has published a Perspectives on the Joint Commission's new tobacco cessation perform...
Thursday, March 8, 2012 FDA Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg's Statement on the Surgeon General's Report » FDA STATEMENT For Immediate Release: March 8, 2012 Media Inquiries: Jenny Haliski, 301-796-0776, jennifer.ha...
Thursday, March 8, 2012 Surgeon General's Report Shows Tobacco Industry is Still Addicting Kids » TFK release on the Surgeon General’s report is below. http://www.cdc.gov/Features/YouthTobaccoUse/ . We also encou...
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