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FDA Outlines Steps to Strengthen Tobacco Program

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products (CTP) outlined the steps it plans to take in response to an external evaluation I commissioned last year from an independent panel of evaluators working through the Reagan-Udall Foundation. The evaluation was an important opportunity to take a critical look at the Tobacco Program’s regulatory processes and operations. […]

Shifting an Equity Lens to our Data Practices: Data Disaggregation | A Collaborative Webinar with Asian Pacific Partners for Empowerment, Advocacy, and Leadership (APPEAL)

REGISTER HERE Date: March 7, 2023 Time: 3 – 4:30 pm ET Subject: Upcoming Data Disaggregation – Data Justice Webinar Presented by: Asia Pacific Partners for Empowerment, Advocacy, and Leadership (APPEAL) An upcoming webinar titled, Shifting and Equity Lens to our Data Practices: Data Disaggregation. In summary, this videoconference aims to improve participant understanding of […]

What happens in Vegas, stays in your lungs: an assessment of fine particulate matter in casinos that prohibit or allow smoking in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

CDC and University of Washington released the following tobacco-related article in the journal Tobacco Control. What Happens in Vegas, Stays in Your Lungs: An Assessment of Fine Particulate Matter in Casinos that Prohibit and Allow Smoking in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA Despite progress in adoption of smoke-free policies, smoking in casinos is allowed in some […]

Addressing Best Practice for Colorectal Cancer Screening in American Indian/Alaska Native Communities

Speaker: Celena Donahue Date: March 23, 2023 Time: 10 – 11 am PT REGISTER HERE: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZMsf-iupj4oH90G4UYL4jM92ITL1–Aeuvq Meeting ID: 871 8168 5259 Description: Celena Donahue is Pueblo Indian, and her family is Hupa, Yurok, and Karuk. She was raised on the Hoopa Valley Indian Reservation in rural northeastern Humboldt County. She graduated from California State University of […]

SelfMade Health Network | Webinar Series: A Roadmap for Reducing Risks Associated with Cancers and Cardiovascular Disease

Registration is now open! SelfMade Health Network (SMHN) Webinar Series: From Prevention to Screening and Survivorship: A Roadmap for Reducing Risks Associated with Cancers (Tobacco-Related) and Cardiovascular Disease Among Low-Income Populations and Patients (Part 1) Date: February 22, 2023 (Wednesday) Time: 12:30 -1:30 pm (ET) Panel of Partners: Brenna VanFrank, MD, MSPH (Centers for Disease […]

Tobacco Use Disorder Integration Monthly Office Hours

Do you want to strengthen partnerships and collaborations with mental health and substance use organizations to address tobacco-related disparities? Join us on February 14, 2023, 2:30 – 3:30 pm ET for our monthly Tobacco Use Disorder Integration Office Hours series to engage in peer-to-peer learning, share insights and strategies and gain access to individualized tools […]

Success Story: Addressing Challenges Around Commercial Tobacco Use

Author: Higinio Herrera, Kathleen Jack The tobacco industry has a decades-long history of targeting American Indians and Alaska Natives (AIAN) by misappropriating culture and traditional tobacco. The romanticized imagery of AIAN has been used to sell commercial tobacco for profit by misrepresenting traditions, values, and beliefs. This type of representation dehumanizes diverse people and adds […]

FDA Denies Marketing of Two Vuse Menthol E-Cigarette Products

VIEW TODAY’S NEWS RELEASE HERE FDA announced the agency has issued marketing denial orders (MDOs) for two menthol e-cigarette products currently marketing by R.J. Reynolds Vapor Company – the Vuse Vibe Tank Menthol 3.0% and the Vuse Ciro Cartridge Menthol 1.5%. The company must not market or distribute these products in the U.S. or they […]

Reclaim Sacred Tobacco Bi-Monthly Call

From: American Non-Smokers Right Foundation and Air is Life VIEW FLYER HERE Friday, February 24, 2023 11 am – 12 pm CST Zoom: bit.ly/ReclaimTobaccoDec2022 Join us as we discuss reclaiming our sacred medicine: tobacco. This will be an opportunity for Tribal advocates to share ideas and resources, set mutual goals and most importantly, build camaraderie […]

Heather Medicine Bear, MPH joins the National Native Network

The Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan is pleased to welcome Heather Medicine Bear, MPH as the new Program Manager for the National Native Network. Heather is an enrolled member of the Gila River Indian Community, Akimel O’odham. She comes to us from Hawaii Pacific University, where she serves as an adjunct professor at the College of […]

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