SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium Housing Restoration Information and Calculator
Shared from the Tobacco Education Clearinghouse of California. Below is a document that is widely used from Kennedy Restoration in Oregon with information on the costs to turn over a smoking housing unit vs. a non-smoking housing unit. Here is a link to a tool to help calculate turnover costs of a smoke damaged housing […]
Tobacco From CDC MMWR: Tobacco Product Use and Cessation Indicators Among Adults — United States, 2018
ARTICLE SHARED FROM CDC MMWR HERE: https://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/volumes/68/wr/mm6845a2.htm?s_cid=mm6845a2_w To assess estimates of tobacco product use among U.S. Adults age 18 years or older, CDC, FDA, and NCI analyzed data from the 2018 National Health Interview Survey. In 2017, approximately 49 million (1 in 5) U.S. adults currently used any tobacco product, with cigarette smoking reaching an […]
Tobacco Employment Opportunity: North American Quitline Consortium
North American Quitline Consortium will be hiring two half-time staff this fall: Manager of Research and Evaluation Program Manager Feel free to help in circulating the position descriptions.
Speakers Terra Houska & President Julian Running Bear (Oglala Sioux) When November 21st, 3 – 4 p.m. EST/ 11 a.m. Alaska Time The National Native Network at the Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan, in conjunction with the Indian Health Service Health Promotion and Disease Prevention, and the American Indian Cancer Foundation present: Policy, Systems, and Environmental […]
vaping 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 […]
vaping 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 […]
vaping 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 […]
Wellness 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
Wellness 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 […]
vaping 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, […]