Housing Restoration Information and Calculator

Shared from the Tobacco Education Clearinghouse of California. Below is a document that is widely used from Kennedy Restoration in Oregon with information on the costs to turn over a smoking housing unit vs. a non-smoking housing unit. Here is a link to a tool to help calculate turnover costs of a smoke damaged housing […]

From CDC MMWR: Tobacco Product Use and Cessation Indicators Among Adults — United States, 2018

ARTICLE SHARED FROM CDC MMWR HERE:  https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/68/wr/mm6845a2.htm?s_cid=mm6845a2_w To assess estimates of tobacco product use among U.S. Adults age 18 years or older, CDC, FDA, and NCI analyzed data from the 2018 National Health Interview Survey.  In 2017, approximately 49 million (1 in 5) U.S. adults currently used any tobacco product, with cigarette smoking reaching an […]

Employment Opportunity: North American Quitline Consortium

North American Quitline Consortium will be hiring two half-time staff this fall: Manager of Research and Evaluation Program Manager Feel free to help in circulating the position descriptions.

WEBINAR: Policy, Systems, & Environmental Changes for E-Cigarettes & Tribal Communities

Speakers Terra Houska & President Julian Running Bear (Oglala Sioux) When November 21st, 3 – 4 p.m. EST/ 11 a.m. Alaska Time The National Native Network at the Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan, in conjunction with the Indian Health Service Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, and the American Indian Cancer Foundation present:  Policy, Systems, and Environmental […]

Great American Smokeout Cigarette Butt Pickup Downtown Wrangell

From Tammi Meissner, Health Educator, SEARHC The Wrangell High School Cheerleaders assisted Tammi Meissner, Wrangell SEARHC Health Promotion, with picking up cigarette butts, on main street of downtown Wrangell on 11/5/2019 in celebration of this year’s Great American Smokeout held nationally on the third Thursday of each November.  GASO falls on November 21 this year.  […]

CDC: e-Cigarette Use Among Youth in the United States, 2019

The following is a media release created by and shared from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health in collaboration with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, released the following article in the journal, JAMA. This study is the first to analyze data from the 2019 National Youth Tobacco […]

CDC, states update number of cases of lung injury associated with use of e-cigarette, or vaping, products

MEDIA RELEASE SHARED FROM CDC October 31, 2019 CDC today announced the updated number of confirmed and probable lung injury cases and deaths associated with the use of e-cigarette, or vaping, products. Patients with Lung Injury As of October 29, 2019, 1,888 confirmed and probable injury cases* associated with use of e-cigarette, or vaping, products […]

Addressing a Crises: Cross Sector Strategies to Prevent Adolescent Substance Use and Suicide

Created and Shared from Trust for America’s Health and Well Being Trust The report highlights that adolescent suicide deaths have spiked over the last decade and substance misuse including vaping is exacting a heavy toll on teens. While progress has been made in reducing some risky behaviors, adolescent suicide and substance misuse rates remain high […]

October 2019 National Native Network E-Newsletter

CLICK HERE TO VIEW E-NEWSLETTER In this month’s e-newsletter: Michigan becomes first state to ban flavored e-cigarettes Oglala Sioux Ban E-cigarettes on Pine Ridge Reservation Success Stories Upcoming Events Webinar Archives

Shared From CDC: Update on Lung Injury Associated with E-cigarette Use or Vaping 10/25/2019

This update is shared from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention October 25, 2019 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is working with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), state health departments, and public health and clinical partners to investigate the multistate outbreak of lung injury associated with use of e-cigarette, or […]
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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