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Thursday, March 11, 2010 Webcast: The Truth About Teens - Youth Marketing in a Web 2.0 World » Thursday, March 25, 2010 Noon - 2:00 PM EST RSVP no later than Friday, March 19 register now 2010 marks the tenth an...
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Ranks of Clinicians Who Intervene With Smokers Continue to Grow » Clinicians across a variety of specialties are increasingly intervening with patients who smoke, according to Dr. Steven S...
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 AAPHP Petitions FDA Stance on Electronic Cigarettes » The American Association of Public Health Physicians submitted a petition to the US Food and Drug Administration in respon...
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 First Meeting of FDA Tobacco Products Advisory Committee Announced » The first meeting of the FDA’s Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee (TPSAC) will be held on March 30–31 in Washi...
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Raiding State Smoking Fund is Shortsighted » In 2006, South Dakota voters approved an initiative to increase the cigarette tax by $1 per pack and to dedicate $5 millio...
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 Facebook Application to Help Users Quit Smoking » A Facebook application to help people quit smoking was launched on March 9 by a charity. WeQuit will help people and thei...
Monday, March 8, 2010 FDA Letter to States » Read the FDA's letter to the states regarding contracts for enforcement of provisions of the FDA law. This may include the...
Friday, March 5, 2010 CDC Awards Contract for National Quitline Data Warehouse Implementation Plan » The CDC announced today it has awarded the contract for the National Quitline Data Warehouse to Research Triangle Institu...
Friday, March 5, 2010 GE Plans New American Export: Outdoor Smoking Ban » General Electric Co is known for exporting American products like washing machines and jet engines, and the biggest U.S. c...
Friday, March 5, 2010 Utah Senate Passes Tobacco Tax Increase » The tax on a pack of cigarettes would increase by about $1 under a bill passed by the Utah Senate on Thursday. The propos...
Tuesday, March 2, 2010 Approval of Kansas Smoke-Free Legislation Is Historic Win for Health » The following is a statement by Matthew L. Myers, President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: The Kansas Legislature toda...
Tuesday, March 2, 2010 American Lung Association wants Smoking Cessation Coverage in Your Health Plan » Whille the debate over health insurance reform rages on, one topic not being highlighted is coverage for smoking cessation...
Tuesday, March 2, 2010 Creating a Perfect Storm to Increase Consumer Demand for Wisconsin's Tobacco Quitline » Telephone quitlines are a clinically proven and cost-effective population-wide tobacco-dependence treatment, and this opti...
Tuesday, March 2, 2010 North Carolina Offers Free Nicotine Patches To State Workers, Teachers » The hundreds of thousands of state workers and teachers can now get more help quitting smoking. The North Carolina Depart...
Tuesday, March 2, 2010 Tobacco Cessation User Kit Helps Employers Eliminate Workforce Tobacco Use » Personal Best ® , a leader in employee wellness solutions, announces the release of the New Leaf Tobacco Cessation Use...
Monday, March 1, 2010 FDA Announces Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee » The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced membership and meeting information for the Tobacco Products Scientif...
Monday, March 1, 2010 Obama Continues Struggle to Quit Smoking » After President Obama's first official check-up in office, Dr. Jennifer Ashton spoke to The Early Show's Maggie Rodriguez...
Thursday, February 25, 2010 2006 National Youth Tobacco Survey Available » The Office and Smoking and Health just announced the 2006 National Youth Tobacco Survey dataset and documentation are now...
Monday, February 22, 2010 Coded to Obey Law, Marlboro Lights Become Marlboro Gold » When it comes to new rules for marketing so-called light cigarettes, tobacco companies plan to honor the letter of the law...
Monday, February 22, 2010 Health Groups Seek Financial Penalties for Tobacco Companies » Six public health groups that have been granted intervenor status in the DoJ lawsuit against the tobacco companies f...
Thursday, February 18, 2010 Local Smoking Cessation Workshops (sponsored by Pfizer) » Smoking cessation workshops, led by tobacco treatment specialists trained by Mayo Clinic, are coming to communities across...
Monday, February 15, 2010 No Oversight of e-Cigarettes » A federal judge has ruled the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cannot regulate electronic cigarettes as drug delivery de...
Monday, February 15, 2010 American Heart Association Introduces My Life Check: The Simple 7 » A recent survey shows 70% of Americans have been told to make lifestyle changes by a doctor or other healthcare profession...
Sunday, February 14, 2010 Guam to Increase Tobacco Tax » A law that will go into effect in April will increase Guam's tax on tobacco from $1 per pack of cigarettes to $3, a move...
Thursday, February 11, 2010 Tobacco Taxes: A Win-Win-Win for Cash-Strapped States » By increasing cigarette taxes by $1 per pack, states could raise more than $9 billion in annual revenue to help close seve...
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 Spanish-Language Ads Get Message Across for Smoking Quit Lines » It pays to advertise. It especially pays to advertise in Spanish if you want Spanish speakers to use a telephone helpline...
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 Operation Cessation: Curbing Military and Veteran Tobacco Use » The U.S. military has a long history with tobacco products. Cigarettes were issued in daily rations throughout World Wars...
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 ClearWay Minnesota Releases Tobacco Industry Report » ClearWay Minnesota today released Unfiltered: A Revealing Look at Today's Tobacco Industry, a campaign that shines a light...
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 SBE Council Joins the Coalition to Stop Contraband Tobacco » The Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council announced today its membership in the Coalition to Stop Contraband Tobac...
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 D.C. Quitline Launches Mobile Research » The American Legacy Foundation's Schroeder Institute for Tobacco Research and Policy has launched an innovative study exam...
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 Quitline Iowa Sees Record Number of Calls » Quitline Iowa saw a record number of calls in January looking for help to quit smoking. Quitline coordinator, Jeremy Whi...
Tuesday, February 9, 2010 Smoke-Free Air Policy Implementation » The Tobacco Control Network (TCN) Strategies for Smoke-Free Air Policy Implementation Teleconference Series has released t...
Friday, February 5, 2010 ARRA Annouces Awards » On February 5, 2010, HHS announced award recipients for one of the four components that make up Communities Putting Preven...
Monday, February 1, 2010 State Use YouTube to Deliver Quitline Message » Check out some of the latest ads posted by states to YouTube: Missouri: Be A Healthy Cat So you're gonna be a mom? H...
Friday, January 15, 2010 NBC's The More You Know Campaign to Promote 1-800-QUIT-NOW » NBC Universal's The More You Know anti-smoking messages (3 total) will be incorporated into their public service rotatio...
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