Great American Smokeout Cigarette Butt Pickup Downtown Wrangell

From Tammi Meissner, Health Educator, SEARHC The Wrangell High School Cheerleaders assisted Tammi Meissner, Wrangell SEARHC Health Promotion, with picking up cigarette butts, on main street of downtown Wrangell on 11/5/2019 in celebration of this year’s Great American Smokeout held nationally on the third Thursday of each November.  GASO falls on November 21 this year.  […]

CDC: e-Cigarette Use Among Youth in the United States, 2019

The following is a media release created by and shared from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health in collaboration with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, released the following article in the journal, JAMA. This study is the first to analyze data from the 2019 National Youth Tobacco […]

CDC, states update number of cases of lung injury associated with use of e-cigarette, or vaping, products

MEDIA RELEASE SHARED FROM CDC October 31, 2019 CDC today announced the updated number of confirmed and probable lung injury cases and deaths associated with the use of e-cigarette, or vaping, products. Patients with Lung Injury As of October 29, 2019, 1,888 confirmed and probable injury cases* associated with use of e-cigarette, or vaping, products […]

Addressing a Crises: Cross Sector Strategies to Prevent Adolescent Substance Use and Suicide

Created and Shared from Trust for America’s Health and Well Being Trust The report highlights that adolescent suicide deaths have spiked over the last decade and substance misuse including vaping is exacting a heavy toll on teens. While progress has been made in reducing some risky behaviors, adolescent suicide and substance misuse rates remain high […]

October 2019 National Native Network E-Newsletter

CLICK HERE TO VIEW E-NEWSLETTER In this month’s e-newsletter: Michigan becomes first state to ban flavored e-cigarettes Oglala Sioux Ban E-cigarettes on Pine Ridge Reservation Success Stories Upcoming Events Webinar Archives

Shared From CDC: Update on Lung Injury Associated with E-cigarette Use or Vaping 10/25/2019

This update is shared from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention October 25, 2019 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is working with the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), state health departments, and public health and clinical partners to investigate the multistate outbreak of lung injury associated with use of e-cigarette, or […]

From CDC: States update number of cases of lung injury associated with use of e-cigarette, or vaping, products

PRESS RELEASE FROM CDC Thursday, October 24, 2019 CDC today announced the updated number of confirmed and probable lung injury cases and deaths associated with the use of e-cigarette, or vaping, products. Patients with Lung Injury As of October 22, 2019, 1,604 confirmed and probably lung injury cases associated with use of e-cigarette, or vaping, […]

From CDC: E-cigarette Use, or Vaping, Practices and Characteristics Among Persons with Associated Lung Injury — Utah, April – October 2019

Shared from CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report: E-cigarette Use, or Vaping, Practices and Characteristics Among Persons with Associated Lung Injury — Utah, April – October 2019 During August 6 – October 15, 2019, 83 confirmed or probable cases of e-cigarette, or vaping, product use-associated lung injury in Utah were reported and investigated to determine […]

Liver Cancer in Indian Country Webinar

Presentation by: Dr. Mary Owen Wednesday, October 23, 2019, 12 – 1 PM Central Time REGISTER HERE:  https://bit.ly/2n5MBfw Bio: Dr. owen is from the shark clan of the Tlingit nation.  She graduated from the University of Minnesota Medical School and Family Practice Residency before returning home to work for her tribal health clinic in Juneau, […]

Oglala Sioux ban e-cigarettes on Pine Ridge Reservation

For further information and complete details, contact Terra Houska Tobacco Educator, Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Health Board, or Julian Bear Runner, President Oglala Sioux Tribe. From Associated Press HERE SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — The Oglala Sioux Tribal Council has banned the sale, possession and use of e-cigarettes on the Pine Ridge Reservation amid a […]
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