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August 27, 2010
Odds and Ends
-British National Health Service Reports on Quitting with and without Assistance
-North Carolina Hospitals Will Offer Tobacco Cessation
-Supreme Court Will Not Hear Appeal of Tobacco Racketeering Decision
-Partnership for Prevention and ActionToQuit Launch Listserv
August 27, 2010
Research News
-Cigarettes Do Not Relieve Stress
-People Can Be Taught to Control Cigarette Cravings
August 27, 2010
Fire Fighters Act to Stop Smoking
Recognizing that reducing the prevalence of smoking will help firefighters personally by improving their health and physical fitness and will reduce a leading cause of fires, the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) is working to become the first smoke-free union in North America. This project is collaboration with Pfizer.
August 27, 2010
ActionToQuit Grantees Moving Forward: New York State
The six ActionToQuit State Grantees are working on their year-long projects to implement innovative strategies to increase access to tobacco cessation treatments. Each month the newsletter features an interview with a different grantee to share information about their projects. The interview this month is with New York State.
August 27, 2010
Working with Latinos to Reduce Tobacco-related Disparities
The National Latino Tobacco Control Network is one of the six National Networks for Tobacco Control and Prevention funded by Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. ActionToQuit recently spoke with Jeannette Noltenius, MA, PdD, National Director of the NLTCN, to find out more about its activities.
July 28, 2010
Study Aims to Determine Best Practices for Web-based Cessation
The Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center is launching a new online study to help people quit smoking. The study, called WebQuit, is enrolling adult smokers nationwide. Participation is free to eligible individuals.
July 28, 2010
Cessation Leader Chosen as New Head of Office on Smoking and Health
Dr. Tim McAfee has been chosen to be Director, Office of Smoking and Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. He has been chief medical officer and founder of Free & Clear, Inc., an organization that has grown since 2003 from a small telephone counseling service for smokers into an award-winning, nationally-recognized business with a diverse customer base including nearly 400 commercial and 26 state quitline clients. He was a practicing family physician for over a decade and continues to treat tobacco-dependent patients.
July 28, 2010
State and City News
-University of Arizona Providing Cessation Training for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Professionals
-South Dakota Smoking Down to 17.5 Percent
-Los Angeles County Report Shows Smoking Rates by Local Community
-St. Louis County Using $7.6 Million for Tobacco Control Projects
-La Porte, Indiana Offers Tobacco Quitline for Workers
July 28, 2010
“Celebrating Smokefree Voices” YouTube Contest Winner
The Smokefree Women web site www.smokefreewomen.gov has just celebrated its 1-year anniversary with a video contest on YouTube. People were asked to submit videos explaining why women should stay smokefree or why they want the women they love to be or stay smokefree. More than 14,000 people voted for their favorite of the many videos that were submitted.
July 28, 2010
Partnership Works with Joint Commission to Test Cessation Advice for Hospital Patients
A hospital stay provides a teachable moment, a time when a person should be particularly responsive to learning or being made aware of certain topics. The Joint Commission, with funding from the Partnership for Prevention, is in the process of developing and testing a set of tobacco cessation quality standards which would take advantage of the teachable moment for hospitalized patients who smoke.
In The News RSS
- Sep 02, 2010
Delayed Quitters
Read the full story - Aug 30, 2010
Expanding Coverage: Medicare Offers New Tobacco Cessation Counseling Benefit
Read the full story - Aug 27, 2010
The E-Cigarette Debate Continues – Drug Delivery Device or Alternative to Cigarettes?
Read the full story - Aug 26, 2010
New Cigarette Tests May Customize Quitting
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- November 12-13, 2010: Treating Tobacco Dependence in Mental Health Settings
- November 6-10, 2010: American Public Health Association Annual Meeting
- October 30-4, 2010: American College of Chest Physicians: Chest 2010
- October 28-28, 2010: Multi-State Collaborative for Health Systems Change 2010 Conference
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