Notes from the Field: E-Cigarette Use Among Middle and High School Students — United States, 2022

FULL ARTICLE HERE In 2022, 2.55 million U.S. middle and high school students (14.1% of high school students and 3.3% of middle school students) reported using e-cigarettes in the past 30 days (current use). Nearly 85% of those youth reported using flavored e-cigarettes and more than half reported using disposable e-cigarettes. This study used data […]

October is Liver Cancer Awareness Month

The Comprehensive Cancer Control National Partnership  vaccine-preventable cancers work group has compiled a list of resources to help cancer coalitions and others who want to work in liver cancer prevention through hepatitis B vaccination. They ask that you please help raise awareness among your networks about this new resource list. Please use any of the […]

Equity at the Tobacco Point of Sale

How can health equity inspire local policy work?  What commercial tobacco prevention strategies at the point of sale can promote health equity?  How can the policy process build community power?  Find out at the webinar Equity at the Tobacco Point of Sale, and explore how the policy process can build community power in your jurisdiction. […]

Reclaiming our Tobacco Through Tobacco Policy: Passing of the Navajo Nitch’ Éí Bee Ííná – Air is Life Act of 2021

November 8, 2022 11:30 am (AZ) Register here:  https://tinyurl.com/uanacp14 Hershel Clark, MPH (Navajo) Hershel Clark, MPH is the Program Manager for the Southwest Navajo Tobacco Education Prevention Project.  He has experience working in tobacco control and prevention.  Mr. Clark assisted with the passing of the Navajo Air is Life Act of 2021 for the Navajo […]

FDA: Vaping Prevention and Education Resource Center

The FDA’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) announced the launch of the Vaping Prevention and Education Resource Center.  The online resource center provides science-based, standards-mapped materials that teachers can use to help their students understand the dangers associated with vaping and nicotine addiction. The new resource center features numerous age-appropriate, cross-curricular resources for teachers to […]

Chronic Disease Prevention Throughout the Life Course

1 PM MST | 2 PM CST September 22, 2022 Community Health Webinar REGISTER HERE Presented by Dr. Christine Hockett, PhD Dr. Christine Hockett is the director of Community Research at the Avera Research Institute and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of South Dakota School of Medicine.  Her research […]

Lung Cancer Disparities: Addressing Gaps and Opportunities to Improve Health Outcomes and Health Equity Among Low-Income Populations and Other Populations with Low Socioeconomic Status (SES) Characteristics

SelfMade Health Network (SMHN) Webinar Series: Part 1:   Date: September 21, 2022 (Wednesday) Time: 12:30pm-1:30pm (Eastern Time) Topics: Lung cancer disparities, health system evidence-based interventions (EBIs) and approaches to improve lung cancer screening rates among low-income patients and populations Panel of Experts: Dr. Nagashree Seetharamu, MD Assistant Professor, Division of Hematology/Medical Oncology, Department of […]
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Pride Month! | Tobacco companies have used many methods to target the LGBTQ+ community, including advertising in gay press publications, depicting tobacco use as a normal part of LGBTQ+ life, using corporate philanthropy as evidence of its support of the LGBTQ+ community, participating in giveaways, increasing advertising, and hosting community outreach efforts, according to Truth Initiative. Learn more about commercial tobacco and cancer support for LGBTQ+ people at the National LGBT Cancer Network.

The National Network of Public Health Institutes 2025 NNPHI Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN | LEARN MORE AND REGISTER

2025 NACCHO 360 Annual Conference; Anaheim, CA | SAVE THE DATE | LEARN MORE

2025 National Conference on Tobacco or Health | SAVE THE DATE | LEARN MORE

2025 National Conference on Tobacco or Health; presented by National Network of Public Health Institutes; Chicago, Illinois | LEARN MORE AND REGISTER

NIHB presents National Tribal Health Conference | Sheraton Grand at Wildhorse Pass in Chandler, Arizona | LEARN MORE AND REGISTER

Association of American Indian Physicians 53rd Annual Meeting | Hyatt Regency Seattle in Seattle, Washington | LEARN MORE AND REGISTER