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Wednesday, September 27, 2023 Stories from the Field: Smoking Cessation among American Indian Peoples » Increasing smoking cessation success among American Indian peoples is a critical health equity goal and the foundation of...
Wednesday, September 27, 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...
Wednesday, September 27, 2023 Young Leaders Engage in Tobacco Prevention as Truth® Ambassadors » Young leaders from across the country are committed to inspiring tobacco-free lives as the new class of truth Ambassador...
Wednesday, September 27, 2023 EX Program® from Truth Initiative Announces New AI-driven Content Recommender Engine for Tobacco Ces » For the first time, an artificial intelligence (AI)-driven program is being deployed to help adults nationwide quit smokin...
Wednesday, September 27, 2023 Campaign Resources to Counter Tobacco Marketing to Individuals with Mental Health and Substance Use » The National Behavioral Health Network for Tobacco and Cancer Control released a new resource titled Campaign Resource...
Wednesday, September 27, 2023 A Youth and Parent’s Guide to E-Cigarettes » A Youth Guide to E-cigarettes presentation is now live as well as the new presentation – Know the Risks: A Parent’s Guide...
Wednesday, September 27, 2023 CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health Launches Empower Vape-Free Youth » The CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health launched a new campaign, Empower Vape-Free Youth TM , on September 4, 2023. Thi...
Wednesday, September 27, 2023 CDC Releases New PLACES Data: Local Data for Better Health » CDC’s Division of Population Health released PLACES ( P opulation L evel A nalysis and C ommunity E stimate s ) data...
Friday, August 18, 2023 Medicaid Coverage Win in New Hampshire » In June, NH Legislation passed HB2, which requires NH DHHS Office of Medicaid Services to cover all lives for tobacco trea...
Friday, August 18, 2023 Flavor Ban Win in Colorado » Golden City Council voted to ban flavored tobacco and nicotine products, including vapes, cigarettes, cigars and cigarillo...
Friday, August 18, 2023 6 Takeaways from a New Report on Ending Commercial Tobacco Use » A Truth Initiative report highlights strategies to move toward the end of commercial tobacco use with policies that aim to...
Friday, August 18, 2023 ChangeLab Solutions Policy Process Evaluation for Equity Resource » Solutions recently released the Policy Process Evaluation for Equity , new resources that include an interactive web...
Friday, August 18, 2023 Data Briefs Highlight Trends in E-Cigarettes Sales » CDC Foundation posted the National and State Data Briefs highlighting national and state trends in e-cigarette sales from...
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...
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