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The American Lung Association has new Medicaid coverage tobacco cessation resources on their website that might be helpful in your work. Making the Case to Improve Medicaid Coverage: A Resource Guide (here) This guide is designed to help state and local tobacco control staff who want to work to improve tobacco cessation coverage for their […]

The University of Michigan Tobacco Research Network has developed a new issue brief focused on tobacco use among LGBTQ+ individuals. This resource is intended to help organizations offer more supportive, affirming, and effective tobacco prevention and cessation programs for LGBTQ+ individuals. It features recent data from surveys and focus groups with Michigan LGBTQ+ individuals.

Wednesday, August 31, 2022 1 – 2 pm ET This webinar will focus on strategies and tools for implementing tobacco cessation interventions and treatment for persons of reproductive age, including pregnant women who use tobacco.  CDC and CMS will provide a snapshot from the national perspective related to tobacco use among this population, cessation screening […]

August 25, 2022 11:00 am MT Learn about the California Behavioral Health and Wellness Initiative, an innovative 5-year project to assist behavioral health agencies (including residential SUD treatment programs) with implementing tobacco-free (TF) campus policies and evidence-based tobacco cessation treatment.  The success of this initiative led to CA State Assembly Bill AB0541, which was signed […]

Online information about cancer is everywhere, but not all information is accurate or reliable and it can be difficult to determine what can be beneficial. Please join on Wednesday, August 17, 2022 at 12 pm ET for the interactive webinar, “Digital Health Information:  Media Coverage of Cancer and Its Impact on Patients.”  During the webinar […]

VIEW FLYER HERE The Tri-Networks (Geographic Health Equity Alliance, Nuestras Voces Network, and SelfMade Health Network) will host a series of live webinars for National Comprehensive Cancer Control Programs and Coalitions focused on opportunities to advance cancer-related strategies and improve health equity through PSE change. Over the course of three webinars, participants will learn how […]

CDC released the following tobacco-related article in the journal, Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) Tobacco Product Use Among Adults — United States, 2020 From 2019 to 2020, the use of commercial tobacco products overall, combustible tobacco products, cigarettes, e-cigarettes, and multiple tobacco products (two or more), decreased among U.S. adults.  However, in 2020, nearly […]