Cancer Prevention in Indigenous Communities: Screening to Follow Up

Please Join the Cancer Prevention in Indigenous Communities:  Screening to Follow Up conference on November 2-4, 2022 in Tucson, Arizona. This conference will bring together keynote speakers and experts from across the nation to share their knowledge on cancer screening and prevention within the Indigenous community.  Tribal community members will also share perspectives on everything […]

Implementing Evidence-based Commercial Tobacco Cessation Approaches, Including Commercial Tobacco Strategies, in CCBHC

This activity is presented by National Council for Mental Wellbeing Implementing evidence-based commercial tobacco cessation approaches, including commercial tobacco-free policies, in Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) treatment models can improve overall health outcomes. Join the National Behavioral Health Network for Tobacco and Cancer Control and co-hosts at Smoking Cessation Leadership Center, a National Center […]

Too Little Exercise, Too Much Sitting Could Raise Breast Cancer Risk

Original article from USNews.com By Dennis Thompson HealthDay Reporter THURSDAY, Sept. 8, 2022 (HealthDay News) — Sitting on the couch or behind a desk could be increasing your risk of breast cancer, a new genetics-driven study suggests. People more likely to engage in physical activity based on their DNA had a 41% lower risk of invasive […]

Peace Love Art: Indigenous Collective

Peace Love Art: Indigenous Collective is an initiative led by Dream Catcher Foundation to promote and support emerging and established Indigenous artists, as well as charities that focus on a range of indigenous causes throughout North America. The auction will be hosted online the month of November 2022 (National American Indian Heritage Month).  It is […]

CCCNPP Webinar: Understanding and Navigating Cancer Screening Guidelines

Please join the CCCNP for a special CCC Coalition Zoom session on September 6 at 4pm ET. Zoom link and calendar download for the session can be found here: https://cccnationalpartners.org/event/screening-guidelines-update/ Over the past few years, guideline setting institutions have updated various cancer screening recommendations. Join us on Tuesday, September 6th at 4 p.m. ET as experts from […]

August E-Newsletter

Our August E-Newsletter is out! In this issue: How would you translate Nathan’s Tips from Former Smokers poster? Pap-a-Thon Toolkit Webinar Information Welcome Kelsey Evans from SEARHC By the Sea Arts and Seafood Festival And much more! Click here to read the newsletter: https://mailchi.mp/itcmi/august-2022-e-newsletter

Transcripts and Recording Available for Listening Sessions on FDA’s Proposed Tobacco Product Standards

Earlier this year, FDA proposed two product standards:  one that would prohibit menthol as a characterizing flavor in cigarettes and another that would prohibit characterizing flavors (other than tobacco) in all cigars. On June 13 and June 15, 2022, FDA held virtual listening sessions to give the public an opportunity to verbally provide open public […]

“By the Sea” Arts and Seafood Festival

The SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium was at the “By the Sea” Arts and Seafood Festival and provided outreach on cigarette butt pollution in the oceans and how that, in turn, affects the food that we harvest and eat – fish and other seafoods.  Other items discussed and shared were quitline materials for the Alaska […]

Medicaid Coverage Tobacco Cessation Resources Available

The American Lung Association has new Medicaid coverage tobacco cessation resources on their website that might be helpful in your work. Making the Case to Improve Medicaid Coverage: A Resource Guide (here) This guide is designed to help state and local tobacco control staff who want to work to improve tobacco cessation coverage for their […]

Journal Article Cost of Cigarette Smoking Attributable Productivity Losses, U.S., 2018

CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health released the article in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine Published July 28, 2022. Information on morbidity-related productivity losses attributable to cigarette smoking, an important component of the economic burden of cigarette smoking, is limited. This study fills this gap by estimating these costs in the U.S. and by state. […]
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WEBINAR:  Pediatric, Adolescent, and Young Adult Cancer Survivorship ECHO from American Cancer Society | LEARN MORE AND REGISTER

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

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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