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 […]

Truth Initiative College Scholarships

The Truth Initiative (formerly the Legacy Foundation ) is offering college and graduate students a chance to earn one of two $5,000 scholarships for demonstrating their commitment to community service and the use of creative arts to reduce tobacco use in priority populations. The “Dr. Alma S. Adams Scholarship for Outreach and Health Communications to […]

Impact of first federally funded anti-smoking ad campaign remains strong after three years

ORIGINAL ARTICLE ORIGINAL REPORT INFOGRAPHIC The latest outcomes measuring the impact of CDC’s national tobacco education campaign are as strong as those achieved in its first year, and suggest that three years into the campaign, the ads were still having a significant impact.  More than 1.8 million smokers attempted to quit smoking because of the […]

CRMC Announces Breathe Better Campaign – Will go 100% Smoke- and Tobacco-Free on Jan. 1, 2017

ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE from CullmanSense.com CULLMAN – Cullman Regional Medical Center will become 100 percent smoke- and tobacco-free effective Jan. 1, 2017. The goal of the program, called Breathe Better, is to create a healing environment for patients – both inside and outside the facility. The new policy will prohibit smoking and the use of […]

Smoking banned in West Des Moines Parks

ORIGINAL ARTICLE FROM WHOTV HERE. It is now illegal to light up in West Des Moines parks. The West Des Moines City Council was considering a plan to ban the use of cigarettes, chewing tobacco and e-cigs in the city’s 29 parks. The council passed the final reading Monday night. Violating the ordinance could cost […]
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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