Tobacco 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 […]
nnn 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 […]
nnn 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 […]
Packaging 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 […]
nnn 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 […]
Young Advocate Program 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 […]
nnn 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 […]
nnn Native American Athletes Take Center Stage in Red Lake Nation Summer Camps
FOR ORIGINAL ARTICLE by Austin Monteith of Grand Forks Herald HERE RED LAKE — A number of Native American athletes and coaches from around the country have flocked to Red Lake Nation this summer. A series of sports camps are being held in conjunction with Oshkiimaajitahdah, a community organization in Redby also known as Tribal […]
Second hand smoke NH rule protects residents from secondhand smoke
CLICK HERE FOR ORIGINAL ARTICLE from Healthy Monadnock New Hampshire Housing Finance Authority (NHHFA) recently ruled that all future units built using the state’s Low Income Housing Tax Credit will be required to be 100 percent smoke-free. New Hampshire is one of only five states in the U.S. to have this requirement. This new requirement […]
nnn Most smokers not aware of chemicals they’re inhaling
CLICK HERE FOR ORIGINAL ARTICLE by Emma Tiller of NH Voice Cigarette smoke contains as many as 4,800 chemicals and many of these chemicals are carcinogens, but a new study has revealed that a big majority of smokers don’t realize what they are inhaling. In the study, a team of researchers analyzed data related to […]