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Indian Country Leads Health Revolution Sweeping U.S.

ORIGINAL ARTICLE by Tanya H. Lee of IndianCountryTodayMediaNetwork.com HERE A medical revolution that began in Indian country is spreading across the U.S., from Oregon to Vermont, and tens of millions of lives will be better for it. Most recently, Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin signed a law that authorizes mid-level dental health aide therapists (DHATs) to […]

Study: New concerns raised over teen e-cigarette use

ORIGINAL ARTICLE by Karina Shedrofsky of USA Today HERE As e-cigarette use among teens rapidly increases, a national health report suggests adolescents who would not have otherwise used tobacco products are now turning to electronic smoking devices. The report, released Monday by the American Academy of Pediatrics, is based on a study that found overall […]

What’s in cigarette smoke? Most people don’t know

ORIGINAL ARTICLE by Kathryn Doyle of Reuters HERE Many people in a recent study said they’d tried to find out what chemicals are in tobacco products or smoke, but most were not familiar with components other than nicotine. Surveyed by phone, more than half the respondents said they’d like to see this information on cigarette […]

Colorado celebrates 10 years of clean indoor air

ORIGINAL ARTICLE by Bev Orrill of Chaffee County Times HERE This month marks the ten-year anniversary of a state law designed to protect Coloradans from exposure to secondhand smoke. With the law’s passing the state has seen a number of improvements in certain health markers including a decrease in the proportion of adults who report […]

NCCCP News, July 8, 2016

CRC News: A new milestone, FIT webinar replay and other news

New milestone in the 80% by 2018 effort: I’m thrilled to share some exciting news about our 80% by 2018 effort, but better yet, Dr. Rich Wender, NCCRT chair, would like to share the news with you himself. Watch this short video to learn what the excitement is all about: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKLF09vHLlw If you […]

Ugly Is the New Look for Cigarette Packs

ORIGINAL ARTICLE by Tina Rosenberg of The New York Times HERE When it was introduced in the late 1920s, Marlboro was a woman’s cigarette — “Mild as May,” said the ads. Ads showed glamorous and fashionable young women smoking. Marlboro left the market during the war. But in the 1950s, scientists began associating cigarettes with […]

LGBT community aims to trim its higher tobacco use

ORIGINAL ARTICLE by Sammy Caiola of The Sacramento Bee HERE Link to LGBT HealthLink HERE When Bill Gruenloh moved from Sacramento from St. Louis 10 years ago, he headed to the easiest place to meet people and make friends – the local gay bar. Then 24 and a smoker since his teens, he hoped […]

Living Beyond Breast Cancer’s Young Women’s Initiative

LINK TO SOCIAL MEDIA IMAGE LINK TO SOCIAL MEDIA IMAGE Living Beyond Breast Cancer’s Young Women’s Initiatitve is now accepting applications for our Young Advocate Program in Philadelphia from September 23-25, 2016. The training will be held in conjunction with our 2016 LBBC Conference: Individual Treatments, Shared Experiences. The program will provide the tools […]

FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: New Informatics Tools and Methods to Enhance U.S. Cancer Surveillance and Research

Funding Opportunity New Informatics Tools and Methods to Enhance U.S. Cancer Surveillance and Research http://grants.nih.gov/grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-16-349.html Goal: To advance surveillance science by supporting the development of new and innovative tools/methods for more efficient, detailed, timely and accurate data collection by population-based central cancer registries in the U.S. Research Areas: 1) Development, validation, evaluation of tools/methods […]

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