Smoking Cessation – A Report of the Surgeon General

The Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking Cessation was released January 23, 2020. A link to the report at HHS.gov is available here: https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/2020-cessation-sgr-full-report.pdf Key Findings Fact Sheet:  https://www.hhs.gov/surgeongeneral/reports-and-publications/tobacco/2020-cessation-sgr-factsheet-key-findings/index.html Consumer Guide provides easy to read overview of the Surgeon General’s report and its findings.  Also provides an overview of smoking cessation resources:  https://www.hhs.gov/sites/default/files/2020-cessation-sgr-consumer-guide.pdf To learn more […]

Cervical Cancer Awareness Month Resources – W.H.O.

The International Agency for Research on Cancer by the World Health Organizations has a list of videos and resources for Cervical Cancer Awareness Month 2020. Check out their resources here: https://www.iarc.fr/featured-news/cervical-cancer-awareness-month-2020/

Sample Social Media Posts – Cervical Cancer Awareness Month

The Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Health Board has offered sample social media posts that they will be utilizing through January’s Cervical Cancer Awareness Month. Facebook Cervical cancer screening and HPV vaccination are two important ways to #PreventCervicalCancer, check out this video on why women in the Great Plains are getting screened for cervical cancer.  (Visual […]

Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians Smokefree Homes Toolkit

Citation: Sault Tribe Health Services.  Your Family Deserves a Smoke-free Home:  Facilitating Adoption of a Smoke-free Housing Policy for a Tribal Housing Authority — An Implementation Guide.  Sault Ste. Marie:  Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians; 2011
Be there for your grandchildren, don't smoke.

Tips from Former Smokers – Tlingit Language Poster

The Partnership for a Tobacco-Free Southeast at the SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium utilized poster from the CDC’s “Tips From Former Smokers” campaign to translate this poster into Tlingit language, featuring Alaska Native, Michael. The Tlingit to English translation is: “Be there for your grandchildren, don’t smoke.” The graphics are free to share and use […]

CDC, states update number of cases of hospitalized e-cigarette, or vaping, product use associated lung injury (EVALI)

From CDC. December 12, 2019 CDC today announced the updated number of cases* of e-cigarette, or vaping, product use associated with lung injury (EVALI). *As of December 4, 2019, CDC will only report hospitalized EVALI cases, and EVALI deaths regardless of hospitalization status. Patients with Lung Injury As of December 10, 2019, 2,409 cases of […]

PODCAST: Commercial tobacco: smoking your last cigarette

Tammi Meissner, SEARHC Health Educator, appeared on Native America Calling Podcast https://www.nativeamericacalling.com/thursday-november-21-2019-commercial-tobacco-smoking-your-last-cigarette/ Native Americans have the highest prevalence of cigarette smoking in the country, according to reports by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. As a result, they also have a higher risk of developing tobacco-related illnesses, like heart disease and lung cancer. The […]

Hannahville Indian Community Receives E-cigarette Project Support

The Superior Health Foundation has granted funding to the Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan to support the Anishinaabe E-cigarette and JUUL Health Education Project in the Hannahville Indian Community. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the use of e-cigarettes is unsafe for kids, teens and young adults.  Ninety- nine percent of e-cigarettes contain […]

GW Cancer Center: New Cancer Survivorship Care Tools

Shared from George Washington University (GW) Cancer Center The George Washington University (GW) Cancer Center is pleased to announce the release of the Advancing Patient-Centered Cancer Survivorship Care Toolkit, a companion, mini-module as part of the Cancer Survivorship E-Learning Series for Primary Care Providers and peer forum.  These tools were developed with the support of […]
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NIHB presents National Tribal Health Conference | Sheraton Grand at Wildhorse Pass in Chandler, Arizona | LEARN MORE AND REGISTER

75 Years Later:  The Impact of the 1950 Papers on Smoking and Lung Cancer | This symposium will celebrate the achievements that have occurred over the past 75 years in the fields of tobacco control, lung cancer epidemiology and causal inference.  Two seminal papers on lung cancer and smoking initiated these three areas of scholarship in 1950.  Since then, significant public health, policy, and research contributions have been made by scholars around the world.  In this symposium, speakers will highlight such accomplishments and present their current research in these fields. | DOWNLOAD FLIER | REGISTER HERE

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

National Lung Cancer Screening Day | Now in its fourth year, this initiative is kpowered by a dynamic collaboration among the American Cancer Society's National Lung Cancer Roundtable, GO2 for Lung Cancer, the Radiology Health Equity Coalition, and the American College of Radiology. | LEARN MORE