Tobacco Cessation U.S. E-cigarette use stalls as health concerns grow: Reuters/Ipsos poll
ORIGINAL ARTICLE by Jilian Mincer of Reuters HERE Use of electronic cigarettes and other vaping devices has stalled in the United States as more Americans question their safety, according to a new online Reuters/Ipsos poll. About 10 percent of the 9,766 adults surveyed between April 19 and May 16 use the devices, the same percentage […]
Tobacco FDA Deeming Requirements – New Resources Available
FDA Announcement Dear Tribal Stakeholders, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is announcing a final rule entitled, “Deeming Tobacco Products To Be Subject to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended by the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act; Restrictions on the Sale and Distribution of Tobacco Products and Required Warning […]
Virtual Training Smoking Cessation for Pregnancy and Beyond: A Virtual Clinic
https://www.smokingcessationandpregnancy.org/ “Smoking Cessation for Pregnancy and Beyond: A Virtual Clinic” is an updated online training, based on the “Virtual Practicum” model. The training is intended for health care professionals who will be assisting their female patients in quitting smoking, in particular, patients who are pregnant or in their child-bearing years. Health care professionals include physicians, […]
nnn Local youth host Earth Day cigarette butt pickup event
ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE from Brighton-Pittsford Post In honor of Earth Day, local Reality Check groups at Pittsford High School and Community Place of Greater Rochester recently held a cigarette butt pickup event at Pittsford Plaza, 3349 Monroe Ave., Rochester. Reality Check members wore hazardous material suits while collecting bags of cigarette butts to put on […]
nnn Judge clears way for San Francisco’s soda pop warnings
ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE by Nathan Bomey of USA Today Soda pop manufacturers will be forced to include warnings about the potential dangers of their products on certain advertisements in San Francisco after a federal judge declined to halt a new law. U.S. District Judge Edward Chen refused Wednesday to block the measure from taking effect […]
nnn Oklahoma considering $1.50 per pack increase
ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE from American Heart Association A plan to hike the tax on cigarettes in Oklahoma by $1.50 per pack to help stave off deep cuts to the state’s health care system passed its first major hurdle in the Legislature on Monday as lawmakers raced to close a $1.3 billion hole in the state […]
nnn Marin strengthens smoking ban on county property
ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE by Richard Halstead of Marin Independent Journal In case there was any doubt, Marin supervisors made it clear Tuesday — no means no when it comes to smoking on county premises. Supervisors on Tuesday voted unanimously to amend the law “to clarify the prohibition” adopted in 2007 that bans smoking inside all […]
nnn Exercise lowers risk of these 13 cancer types
ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE by Maggie Fox from NBCNews.com A large new study confirms that exercise lowers the risk of many different types of cancer, and it goes a step further: It shows just how much the reduction in risk is. People who exercised the most had a 42 percent lower risk of esophageal cancer and […]
national-native-network A breath of fresh air: Reducing exposure to secondhand smoke
FOR ORIGINAL ARTICLE by James J. Wilusz of The Berkshire Eagle CLICK HERE According to the Centers for Disease Control, it is estimated that during 2011—2012, about 58 million nonsmokers in the United States were exposed to second-hand smoke. Children who live in homes in which smoking occurs indoors, and those who live in multi-unit […]
Restaurants Restaurants wondering what to do about e-cigarettes
ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE by Abby Armbruster from Daily Journal When a downtown Franklin restaurant owner sees a customer pull out an e-cigarette and take a puff, he keeps his eyes on the other diners around. If they don’t have an issue with it, Triple Play BBQ co-owner Ron Dwenger doesn’t, either. But if you go […]