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Tobacco Cessation Training

Tobacco Cessation Facilitator’s Training Two Day Training – May 3-4, 2016; 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. in Bishop, California Learn two tobacco cessation programs – Second Wind and Kaiser Permanente – from Certified Trainer, Lou Moerner. FOR INFORMATION AND TO REGISTER CLICK HERE. This workshop is limited to 30 particpants. There will be no fee […]

Returning to Tradition

By Mallory Black/Native Health News Alliance ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE Motivation to Quit Smoking from Native Health News Alliance on Vimeo. SAN DIEGO—A little over a year ago, Pernell-Thomas Begay made a New Year’s resolution to stop smoking cigarettes. “I was 29 at the time and I thought, ‘Wow, I’m going to be 30,’ so […]

MCC Tool of the Month – National Minority Cancer Awareness Week: April 10-16

To better prepare and promote National Minority Cancer Awareness Week, April 10-16, use this resource! Find it also on the MCC homepage: www.michigancancer.org. Click here to find easy-to-use information including: A sample article for MCC organization newsletters Quick, ready-to-use data AND data resources MCC exclusive products and resources Social media posts How you can help: […]

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 […]

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