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Friday, August 18, 2023 Bigger, Stronger, and Cheaper: Disposable E-cigarettes have More Nicotine and are More Accessible » Disposable e-cigarettes sold in the U.S. nearly tripled in nicotine strength, quintupled in e-liquid capacity, and dropped...
Friday, August 18, 2023 SCLC Turns 20: Check out the Champion Stories » Twenty years ago this year, the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center, SCLC, started out to increase the number of quit atte...
Friday, July 28, 2023 Industry Influencer: How Tobacco Content is Infiltrating Social Media. » A growing body of Truth Initiative research, much of it focused on misinformation surrounding nicotine, suggests that the...
Friday, July 28, 2023 Gamechanger: Shifting from Tobacco Control to Ending the Industry's Influence for Good. » Truth Initiative – which has long worked toward a future where commercial tobacco and nicotine addiction are a thing of th...
Friday, July 28, 2023 From the Lungs to the Heart: How Tobacco-related Diseases and Cancers Affect Men's Health. » SelfMade Health Network recently released a new fact sheet outlining tobacco-related diseases and cancer rates in men incl...
Friday, July 28, 2023 Latest 50-State & Territory Review of E-Cig Regulations. » The Public Health Law Center recently updated its interactive map of state e-cigarette regulations and 50-state summaries...
Friday, July 28, 2023 FDA Launches Online Vaping Prevention and Education Resource Center. » The Vaping Prevention and Education Resource Center provides free science-based, standards-mapped materials that te...
Friday, July 28, 2023 Bi-partisan bill "Helping Tobacco Users Quit" introduced in House of Representatives. » On July 24, Representatives Blunt- Rochester (D.E.) and Fitzpatrick (P.A.) introduced the "Helping Tobacco Users Quit" Act...
Thursday, June 22, 2023 EPA Updates Website on Secondhand Smoke and E-Cigarette Aerosols. » The EPA has updated its secondhand smoke/aerosol pages. Visit the pages to find links on smoking, vaping, and contamin...
Thursday, June 22, 2023 Update from Pfizer: Nicotrol Discontinuation Notice. » A discontinuation letter has been sent to healthcare practitioners to inform them that as of approximately September 2023,...
Thursday, June 22, 2023 It's Time for "Summer School" with SCLC Webinar Bundles--FREE CME/CEUs Available for Providers! » Take advantage of longer summer days to catch up on CEUs and earn them for FREE--no matter where you go on vacation--so yo...
Thursday, June 22, 2023 New! Resource on Schools Supporting Students to Quit Tobacco Use as an Alternative to Suspension: Le » CDC released a new resource , " Schools Supporting Students to Quit Tobacco Use as an Alternative to Suspension: Les...
Thursday, June 22, 2023 SCLC Turns 20: Check out Their Champion Stories! » Twenty years ago this year, the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center, SCLC, started out to increase the number of quit atte...
Thursday, June 22, 2023 Educators Share How a Free Vaping Prevention Program Has Helped Their Students. » As youth continue to use e-cigarettes at alarming rates, vaping has become a major distraction for many educators and stud...
Thursday, June 22, 2023 Tobacco Use in the Asian American Community. » Asian Americans have one of the lowest cigarette smoking rates compared with other racial and ethnic groups. However, toba...
Thursday, June 22, 2023 "Tobacco-free Nicotine" Labels for E-cigarettes Increase Purchase Intentions among Teen E-cigarette » Many e-cigarettes are now advertised as containing " tobacco-free nicotine " because they contain synthetic...
Thursday, June 22, 2023 Juneteenth: A Celebration of Freedom and Call to Action. » Juneteenth marks a date of major significance in American history and shows us that freedom and racial equality have alway...
Monday, May 22, 2023 What is "Tobacco-free" Nicotine? » The tobacco industry is promoting tobacco products with " tobacco-free " claims – but this term may be misleading. T...
Monday, May 22, 2023 JUUL Settlement Map. » The Public Health Law Center (PHLC) has been collecting consent judgments (also known as settlement agreements) reached be...
Monday, May 22, 2023 EX Program by Truth Initiative Joins Forces with Sesh to Bring Digital Mental Health and Tobacco Add » Two leading organizations in digital health, the EX® Program from Truth Initiative®, the most validated digital health pro...
Monday, May 22, 2023 How to Support Someone on Their Quit-vaping Journey? » If someone you care about is quitting vaping, they will need extra support and encouragement from those around them. Quitt...
Monday, May 22, 2023 More E-cigarettes are Entering the Market, with Increasingly High Concentrations of Nicotine. » Two concerning trends are appearing in national e-cigarette sales data: more unique e-cigarette products are available for...
Monday, May 22, 2023 E-Cigarette Sales Data Briefs. » CDC Foundation has released new e-cigarette sales data in a National brief and a State brief with sa...
Monday, May 22, 2023 The Lungs and Beyond: How Cardiovascular Disease and Cancers Caused by Commercial Tobacco Affect Low » As part of a collaborative effort with American Heart Association partners, SelfMade Health Network (SMHN) recently re...
Monday, May 22, 2023 Webinar on June 7 -Reduce Tobacco Use and Vaping Through Supportive Discipline. » Join this webinar on June 7 at 3 pm ET to learn how schools and districts are adopting Alliance for a Healthier Genera...
Monday, May 22, 2023 Panel Discussion on June 27 - Building State Readiness for the Tobacco Endgame. » Join ASTHO and Action on Smoking & Health on June 27 at 1 pm ET for an Ask the Experts virtual panel discussion: B...
Monday, May 22, 2023 Masterclass on May 25 - Intersectional Approach to Tobacco Cessation for LGBTQ+ People. » On May 25 at 2 pm ET, this masterclass will explore the protective assets and challenges in   addressing tob...
Monday, April 17, 2023 Efficacy of a Smoking Cessation Intervention for Survivors of Cervical Intraepithelial Neoplasia or » Vidrine JI, Sutton SK, Wetter DW, Shih YT, Ramondetta LM, Elting LS, Walker JL, Smith KM, Frank-Pearce SG, Li Y, Jones SR,...
Monday, April 17, 2023 New Study: Price Increases Can Reduce Underage E-cigarette Use » Higher e-cigarette prices and taxes can reduce the number of days teens use e-cigarettes and decrease current e-cigarette...
Monday, April 17, 2023 Resources Hub Supports Technical Assistance with Low SES Populations » The Emory Centers for Public Health Training and Technical Assistance (Emory Centers) and the SelfMade Health Network (SMH...
Monday, April 17, 2023 Truth Initiative Applauds Landmark Multistate JUUL Settlement and Encourages States to Utilize Prove » Truth Initiative commends the attorneys general of six states and the District of Columbia for their bold leadership resul...
Monday, April 17, 2023 The New York Times Article - Juul Reaches $462 Million Settlement With New York, California, and Oth » The case ends major litigation over claims about the marketing of e-cigarettes to adolescents, resolving thousands of laws...
Monday, April 17, 2023 Deadline of April 28 - PCD Collection Call for Papers: From Data to Action. » Preventing Chronic Disease welcomes submissions for its upcoming collection, " From Data to Action: National, State, and...
Monday, April 17, 2023 Tips Nicotine Therapy Replacement Promotion the Week of April 17. » The week of April 17, free nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) promotions will run on national English-language broadcast a...
Monday, April 17, 2023 April 18 SCLC Live Webinar - Adverse Effects of Marijuana Smoke Exposure on the Heart » Please join the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center at UCSF for the next live webinar, "Adverse effects of marij...
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