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FDA to Expand Public Education Campaign to Focus on Prevention of Youth E-Cigarette Use

On Aug. 8, the FDA announced it would pursue a strategic, new public health education campaign aimed at discouraging the use of e-cigarettes and other electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) by kids. The agency plans to expand its “The Real Cost” public education campaign to include messaging to teens about the dangers of using […]

Tobacco: Honoring our Traditions and our Health

CLICK HERE FOR FULL ARTICLE Tobacco: Honoring our Traditions and our Health is brought to you by the Tribal Public and Environmental Health Think Tank, the video highlights tobacco prevention efforts in Wisconsin Tribal communities. The video discusses the importance of reclaiming traditional tobacco and highlights successful smoke-free initiatives in Wisconsin tribal communities, including an […]

NNN & IHS HP/DP Present Webinar: “It Sticks! Secondhand and Third hand Smoke”

The Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan’s National Native Network with Indian Health Service Health Promotion & Disease Prevention and the Indian Health Services Clinical Support Center (Accredited Provider) present a webinar series: Cancer Risk Reduction in Indian Country. Title: “It Sticks! Secondhand and Third hand Smoke” Date: Wednesday, August 9, 2017 Time: 3 – 4 […]

Funding Opportunity: 2017 Tobacco-Free College Program for Community Colleges and Minority-Serving Institutions.

The Truth Initiative is launching its new Tobacco-Free College Program, which offers 17-month grants of up to $20,000 to community colleges and minority-serving institutions to adopt a 100 percent tobacco-free college policy. Register for one of two informational webinars on Aug. 16 and Sept. 14 at 3 p.m. ET. Participation is optional. The deadline for […]

FDA announces comprehensive regulatory plan to shift trajectory of tobacco-related disease, death

CLICK HERE FOR FULL PRESS RELEASE FROM FDA July 28, 2017 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced a new comprehensive plan for tobacco and nicotine regulation that will serve as a multi-year roadmap to better protect kids and significantly reduce tobacco-related disease and death. The approach places nicotine, and the issue of addiction, […]

America’s new tobacco crisis: The rich stopped smoking, the poor didn’t

FULL ARTICLE By William Wan of Washington Post HERE After decades of lawsuits, public campaigns and painful struggles, Americans have finally done what once seemed impossible: Most of the country has quit smoking, saving millions of lives and leading to massive reductions in cancer. That is, unless those Americans are poor, uneducated or live in […]

Women’s Wellness Summer 2017 Newsletter

Women’s Wellness Newsletter from Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan, Inc. Summer 2017 In this issue: Project Overview Screen Guidelines Traditional Teaching Cancer Prevention Recipe Radiation Exposure Events The general purpose of this newsletter is to bring awareness to the health of Native American Women in our communities. Funded by the Michigan Department of Health & Human […]

New CDC Report: Deaths from Cancer Higher in Rural America

LINK TO CDC’S REPORT: Deaths from Cancer Higher in Rural America The cancer gap between rural and urban Americans continues to grow in the United States. A new report shows that cancer death rates are falling more slowly in rural than urban areas, but proven strategies can help reduce these disparities. While rural areas have […]

Digital Storytelling Workshop to Promote Comprehensive Cancer Control Coalition Successes

The American Cancer Society, through a cooperative agreement with Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and in partnership with the National Association of Chronic Disease Directors, is offering a Digital Storytelling Workshop. The course is designed to help you create a digital Comprehensive Cancer Control success story for a project or program that you have […]

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