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Friday, December 30, 2011 Who went smokefree in 2011? Smokefree Ordinance Lists and Maps Available Now » The ANR Foundation is pleased to announce the January 2012 quarterly update to the lists and maps of U.S. municipaliti...
Friday, December 30, 2011 Orange Bowl Cancels Cigar Sponsorship » Orange Bowl scraps planned 3-year sponsorship deal with Camacho Cigars By Associated Press, Published: December23...
Wednesday, December 28, 2011 New York City's Longer Life Expectancy Is Linked to Anti -Smoking Crusade » New York City heart-disease deaths have dropped 28 percent since 2002, a decrease the Health Department attributes to ba...
Tuesday, December 27, 2011 Availability of Communication Products Promoting a Healthy, Smoke-Free 2012 » To tap into the tradition of making New Year’s resolutions and to encourage smokers to resolve to make 2012 their year...
Thursday, December 15, 2011 Referral to Quitlines and Academic Detailing: Amer J of Prev Med Jan 2012 » Below please find the link to the published UW-CTRI article in American Journal of Preventive Medicine &nb...
Wednesday, December 7, 2011 Call Our Patients Direct (C.O.P.D.) Information Line: An Important Resource for Quitlines » As most NAQC members know, COPD is a leading cause of disability and death worldwide. The COPD Foundation is a not-for-pro...
Wednesday, November 30, 2011 Does Spending More on Tobacco Control Programs Make Economic Sense? An Incremental Benefit-Cost An. » A recently published article, " Does Spending More on Tobacco Control Programs Make Economic Sense? An Incremental Be...
Wednesday, November 30, 2011 New report: States slash tobacco prevention funding by 36% - spend less than 2 cents of every ... » FOR IMMEDIATE FOR RELEASE: November 30, 2011 CONTACTS: Dan Cronin, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, 202-296-546...
Friday, November 18, 2011 Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) - Policy Update » Dear Colleagues: Today, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) released an informational bulletin upda...
Friday, November 18, 2011 OBAMA SCOLDS TOBACCO FIRMS FOR FIGHTING NEW LABELS » Associated Press (AP)2011-11-17 JIM KUHNHENN * 11/17/11 5:03 AM Associated Press,731-4064 http://washingtonexamin...
Wednesday, November 16, 2011 New Quitline Manual Now Online » Dear Colleagues, The World Health Organization (WHO) has just released their new manual, Developing and improving n...
Wednesday, October 12, 2011 BC Distributes Free NRT » 7,100 B.C. smokers order free cessation products - CTV News October 12, 2011 Government phone lines were li...
Wednesday, October 12, 2011 Legacy Resource and Cigar Study » Join Legacy on October 19 for Warner Series: After Tobacco § On October 19, from noon to 2:00pm, Legac...
Friday, October 7, 2011 Industry funded symposium on youth smoking » On November 14 th and 15 th , the Caron Foundation’s Student Assistance Program is holding the "Adolescent Smoking Pr...
Monday, October 3, 2011 Wisconsin Fax to Quit program is an Innovation profile on AHRQ's Innovation Exchange » The Wisconsin "Fax to Quit" Program is an "Innovation Profile" on the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)...
Thursday, September 29, 2011 Current Cigarette Smoking Prevalence Among Working Adults — United States 04-10 » There are large disparities in smoking prevalence among American adults across industry and occupation groups. Smoking is...
Wednesday, September 28, 2011 Letter thanking CMS for Medicaid quitline changes » NAQC signed on the letter thanking Cindy Mann at CMS for examining ways to ensure that states can obtain federal Medicaid...
Wednesday, September 21, 2011 NCI Launches SmokeFreeTXT and QuitNowTXT Programs » Dear Colleagues, Quitlines in the U.S. and Canada may want to review NCI’s new SmokeFreeTXT and QuitNowTXT pro...
Monday, September 19, 2011 U.S. National Cancer Institute SmokeFreeTXT and QuitNowTXT Programs » Dear colleagues, Today, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services provided a news release describing...
Friday, September 16, 2011 Information on cessation and correctional facilities » Break Free Alliance held a webinar series over the summer on addressing tobacco use in correctional facilities, and they'v...
Thursday, September 15, 2011 CDC report shows smoking declines have cut lung cancer, but many states lag and must do more » Today, the CDC released a report showing that tobacco control efforts to drive down smoking rates have also contributed to...
Tuesday, September 6, 2011 CDC Vital Signs MMWR » The CDC Vital Signs program, launched in 2010, addresses a single, important public health topic each month. The 15...
Friday, September 2, 2011 How we can protect our youth from Big Tobacco » By Kathleen Sebelius, Published: September 1 Four of the nation’s largest tobacco companies went to court l...
Thursday, August 25, 2011 State Preemption of Local Tobacco Control Policies » State legislation that preempts local restrictions on smoking, tobacco advertising, and youth access blocks community effo...
Friday, August 19, 2011 Menthol Cigarettes May Be Tougher to Quit » Menthol Cigarettes May Be Tougher to Quit - Web MD August 17, 2011 Smoking menthol cigarettes may make it harder...
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 FDA Center for Tobacco Products Opportunities for Public Comment » Dear Stakeholder, This month, the FDA Center for Tobacco Products has two new opportunities for public commen...
Wednesday, August 17, 2011 Tobacco firms sue FDA over new graphic warnings » COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Four of the five largest U.S. tobacco companies sued the federal government Tuesday over new gra...
Wednesday, August 10, 2011 New Fact Sheets » NAQC would like to bring two excellent new fact sheets to you attention! First, the American Lung Association has distribu...
Tuesday, August 2, 2011 Press release: California's Priority Populations Launch a New Tobacco Control Initiative » FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - August 1, 2011 Contact: Rod Lew Executive Director for APPEAL (5...
Wednesday, July 27, 2011 E-Cigarette or Drug-Delivery Device? Regulating Novel Nicotine Products » Please find a perspective published in the New England Journal of Medicine entitled "E-Cigarette or Drug-Delivery De...
Thursday, July 21, 2011 The Hidden Epidemic: Tobacco Use and Mental Illness » Legacy offers a new publication entitled, The Hidden Epidemic: Tobacco Use and Mental Illness. It addresses the need for...
Thursday, July 14, 2011 Smoking in Top-Grossing Movies — United States, 2010 » Adolescents with the highest amount of exposure to onscreen smoking are about twice as likely to begin smoking as those wi...
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 Increasing Access to Tobacco Cessation in States: ActionToQuit Case Studies! » Partnership for Prevention has released an excellent new publication "Increasing Access to Tobacco Cessation in States: A...
Wednesday, July 13, 2011 Policy News: ACS Cancer Action Network’s Reports! » On June 15 the ACS Cancer Action Network released a set of reports on the health and economic benefits of strong statewid...
Monday, July 11, 2011 Telehealth to Quit Video Consultation » New Smoking Cessation Telehealth Application Launched in the UK July 8, 2011 - Solutions 4 Health announced the lau...
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