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UCanQuit2.org Quit Tobacco UCanQuit2.org “Quit Brief” – March 2016 Now Available

The Quit Tobacco UCanQuit2.org “Quit Brief” – March 2016 issue is now available here.

SouthEast Alaska Rural Health Consortium INFOGRAPHIC: Sacred Traditional Tobacco for Healthy Native Communities

Thank you the American Indian Cancer Foundation for this new infographic, located HERE.

Truth Can smoking kill cat videos? A bold public health ad says yes

ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE FROM NPR By Angus Chen After the Grammys, social media were awash in Hamilton and Kendrick Lamar shares, but cats took the Web like they owned it. In a 30-second ad, house cats sent a chilling memo to smokers: The health of the Internet is at stake. The montage of cat videos […]

Smoking Policy Palo Alto looks to raise age for tobacco sales

ORIGINAL ARTICLE HERE From Palo Alto Online By:  Gennady Sheyner PALTO ALTO, Calif. – Seeking to make Palo Alto a regional leader in a crusade against cigarette smoke, city officials are preparing to raise the minimum age for buying tobacco to 21 and to ban smoking in local apartment buildings and condominium complexes. The two proposals would […]

Wrangell Blog: You Can Quit Smoking at Any Age

By Tammi Meissner – SEARHC WRANGELL, Alaska – My Grandma, Yvonne (Bakke) Stough, started smoking in 1942 at the age of 17.  Grandma said “I started smoking because everybody smoked.  Back then we didn’t know it was bad for you.” She married my Grandpa Richard Stough, in 1949.  He smoked an average of three packs […]

Tobacco Tobacco Dependence: Prevalent, Lethal, and Neglected as a Chronic Disease

By Edy Rodewald On February 2, 2016, SEARHC presented at the 33rd annual Alaska Health Summit in Anchorage, entitled “Health Across the Generations.”  Sessions focused on ways the public health community can support and promote optimal health and wellness across the life span, including health policy and systems change, the social and economic determinants of […]

SouthEast Alaska Rural Health Consortium Elizabeth Peratrovich Day is February 16

By Edy Rodewald SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium (SEARHC) and other Alaska Native organizations take an annual paid holiday on February 16 to honor the life and accomplishments of Elizabeth Peratrovich.  This date was established by the Alaska Legislature as the anniversary date of the signing of the Alaska Anti-Discrimination Act of 1945, a bill […]

SouthEast Alaska Rural Health Consortium Solano County Improves in Policies, but Not Grades

ORIGINAL ARTICLE CREDIT:  From Vallejo Times-Herald By Irma Widjojo 2/3/2016 – Solano County cities once again received failing grades in the State of Tobacco Control 2016 report released Wednesday. However, a Solano County official said improvements have been made by municipalities, though they may not be reflected on the overall letter grades. The report, prepared by […]