Tobacco Cessation Training

Tobacco Cessation Facilitator’s Training Two Day Training – May 3-4, 2016; 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. in Bishop, California Learn two tobacco cessation programs – Second Wind and Kaiser Permanente – from Certified Trainer, Lou Moerner. FOR INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER CLICK HERE. This workshop is limited to 30 particpants.  There will be no fee […]

Returning to Tradition

By Mallory Black/Native Health News Alliance ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE   Motivation to Quit Smoking from Native Health News Alliance on Vimeo. SAN DIEGO—A little over a year ago, Pernell-Thomas Begay made a New Year’s resolution to stop smoking cigarettes. “I was 29 at the time and I thought, ‘Wow, I’m going to be 30,’ so […]

MCC Tool of the Month – National Minority Cancer Awareness Week: April 10-16

To better prepare and promote National Minority Cancer Awareness Week, April 10-16, use this resource!  Find it also on the MCC homepage:  www.michigancancer.org. Click here to find easy-to-use information including: A sample article for MCC organization newsletters Quick, ready-to-use data AND data resources MCC exclusive products and resources Social media posts How you can help: […]

A prospective, longitudinal study of cigarette smoking status among North American Indigenous adolescents

ORIGINAL STUDY HERE from ScienceDirect.com Highlights • Female Indigenous youths had higher rates of smoking than male youths over time. • Problem behavior theory guides us to identify predictors of smoking status. • Generalized estimating equation model was used to investigate longitudinal predictors of smoking status. • Family warmth and support was negatively associated with […]

Gradual Versus Abrupt Smoking Cessation: A Randomized, Controlled Noninferiority Trial.

LINK TO ORIGINAL STUDY HERE FROM NCBI Abstract Background: Most smoking cessation guidelines advise quitting abruptly. However, many quit attempts involve gradual cessation. If gradual cessation is as successful, smokers can be advised to quit either way. Objective: To examine the success of quitting smoking by gradual compared with abrupt quitting. Design: Randomized, controlled noninferiority […]

FTC Reports Tobacco Marketing Steady, Exceeds $9 Billion – Efforts to Fight Tobacco Must Intensify

ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE from TobaccoFreeKids.org Statement of Matthew L. Myers, President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Mar. 23, 2016 WASHINGTON, DC – The Federal Trade Commission’s latest reports on tobacco marketing – showing expenditures of nearly $9.5 billion in 2013 – send another warning sign about our nation’s kids and health. The FTC’s reports are a […]

How Big Tobacco Lobbies to Safeguard E-Cigarettes

ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE from PublicIntegrity.org SACRAMENTO, Calif. ­— In the Golden State, home to healthy living, progressive politics and one of the lowest smoking rates in the nation, cigarettes can seem like a relic of the past, barred long ago from restaurants, bars and even some city parks. And yet within the walls of California’s high-domed […]

National Native Network Webinar Series: “Gambling with our Health”

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – The National Native Network held their regular webinar series on March 29, 2016.  Isaiah Brokenleg, MPH of the Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council presented for the NNN with his presentation titled “Gambling with our Health.” The three objectives of the webinar are:  Attendees will know what theoretical win is. Attendees will […]

Nuestras Voces…Our Voices Webinar: Promoting Healthy Retail in Hispanic Communities

Promoting Healthy Retail in Hispanic Communities Free Webinar on Wednesday, March 30, 2016 at 2 pm EDT Please join the Nuestras Voces (Our Voices) National Hispanic Network to Reduce Tobacco-Related and Cancer Health Disparities for its next scheduled webinar, “Promoting Healthy Retail in Hispanic Communities.”  This webinar is FREE and open to all, but requires […]
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