TIPS campaign helps tobacco users quit
Smoking remains the leading cause of preventable death and disease in the United States, killing more than 480,000 Americans each year. Smoking causes immediate damage to your body, which can lead to...
View ArticleHeart of Love
Today’s blog is by Beverly Smith, RRT, Tobacco Cessation Coordinator for Ready Set Quit Tobacco. February is often thought of in terms of celebrating love. Some of us give silly (or serious) cards and...
View ArticleWHO wants plain packaging
Today’s blog was written by Karen DeWitt, Tobacco Cessation Coordinator. Annually since 1987, the World Health Organization (WHO) proclaims May 31 as World No Tobacco Day (WNTD). This day highlights...
View ArticleFDA to regulate electronic cigarettes effective August 8
FDA now has the authority to regulate as e-cigarettes, cigars, hookah (waterpipe) and pipe tobacco, certain dissolvables, and nicotine gels, effective August 8, 2016. Several provisions that restrict...
View ArticleTenants in rental housing often exposed to toxic secondhand smoke
Today’s blog is by guest Cathy Blume, Manager, Tobacco Control, with American Lung Association of Indiana. There has been a lot of talk lately about smoke-free housing policies for apartment...
View ArticleBetter food or pack of cigarettes?
When a group of sixth graders were asked what other items their family could afford if money wasn’t spent on cigarettes, some kids said the things you might expect – new tech toys, a vacation, etc. But...
View ArticleNewport’s Pleasure Lounge lures new customers to premature death
Newport launched its “Pleasure Lounge” in order to increase its market share of America’s shrinking smoking population. Acquired last year by Reynolds American Inc., Newport is spending a lot of money...
View ArticleGreat American Smoke Out great time to quit
Thursday, November 17 is the Great American Smoke Out, a day set aside by the American Cancer Society to encourage those who smoke to give up tobacco, at least for one day, and to think about quitting...
View ArticleEating an elephant – one bite at a time
Tobacco use is the number one cause of PREVENTABLE disease and death in the U.S. How do we tackle such a huge problem? Much like eating an elephant — one bite at a time. Here is an excerpt from the...
View ArticleHonoring those lost to tobacco
Do you have a loved one who smokes and has become sick or died from a tobacco-related disease? Sadly, most of us do. This time of year is when we miss those who used to be at the dinner table on...
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