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Motivational Interviewing Techniques

From FOCUS Psychological Strategies By: Katie Hall, Tania Gibbie, and Dan I Lubman Background One of the biggest challenges that primary care practitioners face is helping people change longstanding behaviours that pose significant health risks. Objective To explore current understanding regarding how and why people change, and the potential role of motivational interviewing in facilitating […]

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FDA Announces Plans to Advance Two Tobacco Product Standards

View Full Press Release Earlier today FDA announced it intends to advance two tobacco product standards — one to ban menthol as a characterizing flavor in cigarettes and another to ban all characterizing flavors (including menthol) in cigars. FDA intends to issue proposed product standards within the next year. With the announcement, the FDA granted […]

ITCMI AICTP Success Story 2020

Download Success Story (PDF) In 2019, the Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan’s Three Fires Comprehensive Cancer Consortium Program increased its use of media to run culturally tailored tobacco digital ads which focused on cancer prevention through smoking cessation. The ads resulted in a significant response to the call to action to dial the American Indian Commercial […]

Racial and Ethnic Differences in Marijuana Use in e-Cigarettes Among U.S. Youth in 2017, 2018, and 2020

This study reports the prevalence of ever use of marijuana in e-cigarette among U.S. youth in 2020, and changes in prevalence from 2017 to 2020*, by racial and ethnic groups based on National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) data. In 2020, 5.1 million U.S. middle school (grades 6-8) and high school (grades 9-12) students (1 in […]

State-Specific Prevalence of Tobacco Product Use Among U.S. Women: Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey, 2018-2019

CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health, in collaboration with the National Cancer Institute and the Food and Drug Administration, is releasing the following tobacco-related research brief in the journal, Preventing Chronic Disease State-Specific Prevalence of Tobacco Product Use Among U.S. Women: Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey, 2018-2019 During 2018-2019, at least 1 […]

Tribal Tobacco Advocacy Toolkit Training

Wednesday, May 19, 2021 REGISTER HERE The Great Plains Good Health and Wellness Program in collaboration with Missouri Breaks Industries Research, Inc. and The Canli Coalition invite you to the virtual Tribal Tobacco Advocacy Training Presented by: Rae O’Leary May 19, 2021 8 am – 1:30 p.m. MDT Who Should Attend? Anyone looking for assistance […]

Tips From Former Smokers Now Recruiting

Their stories saved lives. So can yours. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is conducting a national search to find people with compelling stories to be featured in a future Tips From Former Smokers® (Tips®) campaign. Similar to previous years, the campaign will feature real people who have had life-changing, smoking-related health problems and […]

GPTLHB & IHS Cancer Support Leadership Virtual Training

May 19- June 23, 2021 Wednesdays 8 am MDT/9 am CDT to 11 am MDT/12 pm CDT Covered topics include: Relationship Building Cancer among Native Americans Establishing Trust Emotional Support Skills Reflection Teamwork Facilitation Starting a Support Group Free to AI/AN individuals interested in crating cancer support groups Only new attendees are eligible Open to […]

April is Alcohol Awareness Month

April is Alcohol Awareness Month, a public health program organized by the National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependence. This is a way of increasing outreach and education regarding the dangers of alcoholism and issues related to alcohol. According to the American Cancer Society (ACS), alcohol use is one of the most important preventable risk […]

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