The Daily Breeze Four years later, Hermosa Beach gets serious about its smoking ban
ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE by Sandy Mazza of The Daily Breeze HERMOSA BEACH, Calif. – Four years after Hermosa Beach banned smoking at its beach and downtown plaza, the city is finally getting serious about snuffing out cigarettes. Until now, enforcement of the anti-smoking law was considered too expensive in the cash-strapped city with the alcohol-charged […]
Smoking Cessation Four Things We Can Do To Reduce U.S. Tobacco Consumption
CLICK HERE FOR ORIGINAL OPINION ARTICLE by Bill Frist, Contributor to Forbes.com Last week, California became the second state to raise the tobacco purchase age of 21. This move is part of a pivotal trend spreading across the nation to reduce youth tobacco consumption by preventing or delaying young people from picking up tobacco products, […]
Tobacco 21 California’s smoking age raised from 18 to 21 under bills signed by Gov. Brown
ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE by Patrick McGreevy from LATimes.com Gov. Jerry Brown on Wednesday signed a pack of bills that will raise the smoking age in California from 18 to 21, restrict the use of electronic cigarettes in public places and expand no-smoking areas at public schools. However, Brown vetoed a bill that would have allowed […]
nnn Understanding the California Smoker’s Helpline Webinar – May 17, 2016
CLICK HERE FOR FLIER California Indian Tobacco Education (a program of CRIHB) will be sponsoring a webinar with the California Smokers Helpline, “Understanding the California Smokers Helpline.” Many smokers think they have to quit the moment that they call the Helpline, so they do not call. This webinar will help clinic personnel and tribal services […]
nnn E-cigarette poisoning in kids skyrocket, study finds
ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE by Sandee LaMotte from CNN.com (CNN) – The number of children under 6 poisoned by nicotine in e-cigarettes rose by nearly 1,500% between 2013 and 2015, and one child died, according to an analysis of calls to the National Poison Data System published in the journal Pediatrics. More than 90% of the […]
Webinar National Native Network Webinar: May 31, 2016 – Traditional Foods Toolkit
The Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan’s National Native Network and the Indian Health Services Clinical Support Center (Accredited Provider) present a webinar series: Cancer Risk Reduction in Indian Country. Title: Traditional Foods Toolkit Date: May 31, 2016 Time: 3 – 4 PM EDT REGISTER NOW HERE: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/3160526756430920963 Presenter: Tammi Meissner, Health Educator II/Tobacco Policy, SouthEastern Alaska […]
What Moves You Congratulations to MoveMoreNow.org on 2016 Silver Communicator Award of Distinction
SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. – The National Native Network offers congratulations to Better World Advertising and MoveMoreNow.org for winning the 2016 Silver Communicator Award of Distinction. MoveMoreNow.org and the What Moves You? program are administered by the Inter-Tribal Council of Michigan, Inc. headquartered in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. Better World Advertising is the agency working […]
Tobacco Is your pet worthy of Instafame?
From TRUTH Fact: cats and dogs are twice as likely to get cancer if their owner smokes. Truth has joined forces with DoSomething.org to give you and your pet a chance to – well, do something – about that. By sharing a pet pic captioned with your furry friend’s reaction to the fact that secondhand […]
USET National Native Network Releases April 2016 Newsletter
DOWNLOAD NEWSLETTER HERE The National Native Network released it’s April 2016 Newsletter: Included in this issue: National Native Network (NNN) presents to USET NNN and Public Health Law Center at Mitchell Hamline School of Law lead workshop at NIHB Tribal Public Health Summit Tribal Tobacco Tax Survey Keynote Speakers announced for 2016 CDC AI/AN Cancer […]
Traditional Tobacco Returning to Tradition
By Mallory Black/Native Health News Alliance ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE Motivation to Quit Smoking from Native Health News Alliance on Vimeo. SAN DIEGO—A little over a year ago, Pernell-Thomas Begay made a New Year’s resolution to stop smoking cigarettes. “I was 29 at the time and I thought, ‘Wow, I’m going to be 30,’ so […]