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Monday, May 17, 2010 Landmark Vote in South Carolina a Victory for Tobacco Control and Public Health » A statement from NAQC President & CEO Linda A. Bailey: NAQC would like to congratulate South Carolina on its decisio...
Monday, May 17, 2010 NCI Issues and Expands the Cancer Trends Progress Report: 2009/2010 Update » The National Cancer Institute (NCI), part of the National Institutes of Health, released on April 15 the Cancer Trends Pro...
Wednesday, May 12, 2010 Graphic Tobacco Warnings Proposed in MA » Massachusetts is poised to become the first state in the nation to force retailers to prominently display graphic warnings...
Wednesday, May 12, 2010 Minnesota Passes New Legislation to Protect Youth » Dear Friends and Coworkers: I am pleased to announce that yesterday, May 11th, Governor Pawlenty signed the Tobacco Moder...
Wednesday, May 12, 2010 U.S. Department of Health Announces Strategice Initiatives » U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius recently announced several strategic initiatives...
Tuesday, May 11, 2010 Local Smoking Cessation Workshops Coming to Your Communities, Sponsored by Pfizer » Smoking cessation workshops, led by Tobacco Treatment Specialists trained by Mayo Clinic, are coming to communities across...
Monday, May 10, 2010 Reaching Smokers as Consumers: New RWJF Podcast: Consumer-Oriented Smoking Cessation Tools » According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 70 percent of the 43.4 million smokers in the U.S. say they w...
Tuesday, May 4, 2010 Expert Panel Makes Recommendations on Addressing Tobacco in Homeless Populations » On October 21, 2009 the Break Free Alliance gathered over 20 researchers, policy makers, tobacco control administrators...
Monday, May 3, 2010 New Bold Warnings on Tobacco Ads » Magazine readers no longer have to squint to see the health warning on ads for smokeless tobacco products. Big, bold healt...
Monday, May 3, 2010 NIH Announces Ten Awards for Centers for Population Health and Health Disparities » The National Institutes of Health announced today the awarding of 10 new Centers for Population Health and Health Disparit...
Thursday, April 29, 2010 New State Tobacco Tax Rankings Released » Two state increases in one week! HI's governor just signed a cigarette tax increase that will make its rate $3.00 per pack...
Monday, April 26, 2010 New York State Tobacco Control Program Issues Invitation for Bid » The New York State Tobacco Control Program has issued an Invitation for Bid (IFB) to provide nicotine replacement patches...
Thursday, April 22, 2010 CDC Releases Tobacco Control State Highlights 2010 Report » The CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health (OSH) released a new report today, Tobacco Control State Highlights 2010. The repor...
Wednesday, April 21, 2010 ANR Releases Quarterly Smoke-Free Law Update » Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights (ANR) released their quarterly update yesterday on the lists and maps of U.S. municipalit...
Friday, April 16, 2010 CDC Releases Adult Tobacco Report » The following MMWR Surveillance Summary is currently available on the CDC Web site: Adult Tobacco Survey, 19 States, 200...
Thursday, April 15, 2010 State Cigarette Taxes Not Spent on Anti-Smoking Efforts » Many states raised their excise taxes on cigarettes last year, but none are using that new-found money for controlling tob...
Tuesday, April 13, 2010 Local Smoking Cessation Workshops Coming to Your Communities, Sponsored by Pfizer » Smoking cessation workshops, led by Tobacco Treatment Specialists trained by Mayo Clinic, are coming to communities across...
Monday, April 12, 2010 American Lung Association Releases Report on Lung Cancer in African Americans » The American Lung Association has released its report, Too Many Cases, Too Many Deaths: Lung Cancer in African Americans...
Friday, April 9, 2010 CDC Releases New MMWR with Tobacco-Related Articles » The April 9 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report is now available and contains two tobacco-related articles. » full repo...
Tuesday, April 6, 2010 FDA Center for Tobacco Products To Launch Stakeholder Listening Series » FDA Center for Tobacco Products will launch a Stakeholder Listening Series to take full advantage of the knowledge, ideas,...
Monday, April 5, 2010 Newly Updated State Tobacco Tax Fact Sheets » Now that Utah's and New Mexico's tax increases are official, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids has updated their state tax f...
Friday, March 26, 2010 CDC Responds to CNN Story » Below are the CDC’s talking points regarding a story that appeared on CNN yesterday related to the Communities Putting Pre...
Thursday, March 25, 2010 WEBCAST: FDA Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee » The inaugural meeting of the FDA Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee will take place March 30-31 at the Nationa...
Wednesday, March 24, 2010 FDA Publishes New RFP for Tobacco Control Act » On, March 23, 2010, FDA published a Request for Proposals (RFP) solicitation for States or U.S. Territories to enforce cer...
Tuesday, March 23, 2010 ARRA Awards $142.8 Million to Local Communities » As part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Prevention and Wellness Initiative: Communities Putting Prevention t...
Monday, March 22, 2010 Obama Secures Landmark Heathcare Victory » President Barack Obama secured a landmark victory with the House of Representatives giving final approval to a sweeping he...
Monday, March 22, 2010 Progress Made on Global Tobacco Smuggling Pact » Negotiators have made significant progress on a global pact to halt smuggling and counterfeiting of tobacco products in a...
Friday, March 19, 2010 New Jersey Governor Proposes Elimination of Tobacco Control Programs » The following is a statement of Matthew L. Myers President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: Governor Christie has let do...
Friday, March 19, 2010 WHO Global Pact Against Tobacco Smuggling Stalled » A global pact to halt smuggling and counterfeiting of tobacco products, which costs governments up to $40 billion a year i...
Thursday, March 18, 2010 New FDA Rule Protects Kids from Tobacco » The Food and Drug Administration has taken a crucial step in exercising its new authority to regulate tobacco products by...
Tuesday, March 16, 2010 WHO Study Group on Tobacco Product Regulation Report » The WHO Tobacco Free Initiative announces the third volume of the WHO Study Group on Tobacco Product Regulation (TobReg) T...
Monday, March 15, 2010 New Study: Camel No. 9 Cigarette Campaign a Favorite Among Teen Girls » Washington, D.C. – A new study by the University of California at San Diego and Legacy shows that the 2007 R.J. Reynolds’...
Friday, March 12, 2010 U.S. Senate Votes to Curb Internet Tobacco Sales » The U.S. Senate on Thursday unanimously approved S. 1147, the Prevent All Cigarette Trafficking (PACT) Act, legislation to...
Thursday, March 11, 2010 Ohio Supreme Court Agrees to Hear Appeal to Preserve Tobacco Funds » The Ohio Supreme Court has made the decision to hear the appeal in Legacy’s case seeking to preserve tobacco funds and the...
Thursday, March 11, 2010 RWJF Launches New Interactive Tobacco Map » For the first time, policymakers and advocates will have access to a nationwide picture of continuing state efforts on key...
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