US Preventative Services Task Force Recommendation on Cessation
UPDATED U.S. PREVENTIVE SERVICES TASK FORCE RECOMMENDATION ON TOBACCO SMOKING CESSATION IN ADULTS, INCLUDING PREGNANT WOMEN: BEHAVIORAL AND PHARMACOTHERAPY INTERVENTIONS
Walking for Hope @ NIHB Consumer Conference
On Wednesday September 23, the National Native Network will be partnering with the National Indian Health Board and the American Indian Cancer Foundation for Walking For Hope, a part of the NIHB Annual Consumer Conference. The event will be taking place from 6:30AM-7:30AM in Washington DC.
HUD’s New Smoke Free Housing Video
U.S. Housing and Urban Development (HUD) is excited to announce the release of the new smoke-free housing video. The video provides an overview of what housing providers need to know to go smoke-free, benefits and obstacles and how to address them, and tips to enforcing the policy. A resident family demonstrates the positive impact the […]
FDA Issues Orders to Stop Sale on Four Tobacco Products
Today the U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued orders that will stop the further sale and distribution of four currently marketed R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company cigarette products – including its Camel Crush Bold brand – because the company’s submissions for these products did not meet requirements set forth in the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic […]
1999-2012 United States Cancer Statistics: Incidence and Mortality Web-based Report has been released
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Cancer Institute have released the 1999-2012 United States Cancer Statistics: Incidence and Mortality Web-based Report. This report contains the official federal cancer incidence and cancer mortality statistics and the information comes from the geographic areas that contain 99% of the US population.
New Resource from National Urban Indian Family Coalition
The National Urban Indian Family Coaltion has released a new policy report entitled “Making the Invisible Visible: A Policy Blueprint for Urban Indian America”. Here’s the information from NUIFC’s website: “As the majority of the American Indian/Alaska Native population living off the reservation climbs above three-fourths of the total U.S. Native American population, the need […]
FDA Issues final guidance for FDA’s authority to issue No-Tobacco-Sale Order
The FDA has issued their final guidance addressing their authority to issue No-Tobacco-Sale Orders (NTSOs) to retailers who repeatedly violate restrictions on tobacco product sales. Check here for the Final Notive Document-“Determination of the Period Covered by a No-Tobacco-Sale Order and Compliance With an Order, Notice Document, and more guidance on the Tobacco Control Act.
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Prize accepting applications
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Culture of Health Prize will be awarding 10 communities $25,000 each who have made strong strides improve the health of their communities and work towards long term health for everyone in their community. The first application is due November 12th by 3pm EST. Federally recognized tribes are able to apply. […]
Diabetes Funding Opportunity from IHS
Indian Health Servies is currently accepting applications for grant awards of up to $6,500.00 for up to 450 recipients for porviding treatment or preventative services relating to diabetes among AI/AN populations. Closing date is October 7, 2015 and those eligable are: Federally-recognized Indian Tribe; Tribal organization operating an Indian health program with the HIS; urban […]
Not “Additive Free” or “Natural” – FDA Issues Warning Letters to Commercial Tobacco Manufacturers
The FDA announced today that through ongoing surveillance efforts, they are issuing warning letters to three cigarette manufacturers, who describe their cigarettes on product labeling as “additive free” and/or “natural.”
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NIHB presents National Tribal Health Conference | Sheraton Grand at Wildhorse Pass in Chandler, Arizona | LEARN MORE AND REGISTER
75 Years Later: The Impact of the 1950 Papers on Smoking and Lung Cancer | This symposium will celebrate the achievements that have occurred over the past 75 years in the fields of tobacco control, lung cancer epidemiology and causal inference. Two seminal papers on lung cancer and smoking initiated these three areas of scholarship in 1950. Since then, significant public health, policy, and research contributions have been made by scholars around the world. In this symposium, speakers will highlight such accomplishments and present their current research in these fields. | DOWNLOAD FLIER | REGISTER HERE
Association of American Indian Physicians 53rd Annual Meeting | Hyatt Regency Seattle in Seattle, Washington | LEARN MORE AND REGISTER
National Lung Cancer Screening Day | Now in its fourth year, this initiative is kpowered by a dynamic collaboration among the American Cancer Society's National Lung Cancer Roundtable, GO2 for Lung Cancer, the Radiology Health Equity Coalition, and the American College of Radiology. | LEARN MORE