Counter Tools' first quarterly webinar will host guest presenters and research scientists, Dr. Ilona Jaspers, Dr. Flori Sassano, and Dr. Arunava Ghosh from the UNC/Tobacco Centers of Regulatory Science (TCORS). They will be discussing their findings on what is in e-liquids used in e-cigarettes and other vaping devices as well as the possible impacts of … Read More
We are excited to announce the dates for CounterTobacco.org's 6th Annual Photo Contest! Each year we host this contest to showcase what's happening at tobacco retailers all across the country. These images are crucial to educating the public and furthering the success of state and local tobacco control efforts that seek to reduce tobacco industry activity … Read More
This Tobacco Control Legal Consortium webinar is designed to give members of the tobacco control and public health community a short refresher on how laws in general – and tobacco control laws in particular – are passed at the federal, state, and local levels. Although the webinar will use examples from tobacco control, the session … Read More
This webinar will offer case studies for successfully passed local policies restricting the sale of menthol tobacco products. Come find out how these localities were able to pass their policies, who helped, lessons learned and more.
Preemptive policies and preemption-based legal challenges can block state and local advances in tobacco control and public health and derail important initiatives. In this first of a series of Consortium and Public Health Law Center webinars on the impact of preemption on public health and safety, public health experts will provide a general background on … Read More
Exploring, creating, or sharing tobacco control strategies or policies? Need the latest federal, state and local resources and data to support your work? This webinar showcases a variety of handy online resources that anyone in tobacco control – local, state, and federal public health advocates and professionals, researchers, policymakers, attorneys, as well as private citizens … Read More
Please join Counter Tools & CounterTobacco.org for our 3rd quarterly webinar, which will focus on the impacts of youth in POS work and the best ways to engage youth around POS work. Speaker: Robbyn Duchow of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Mahaska County, formerly Iowa Department of Public Health Find slides and the webinar recording … Read More
March 21 is Kick Butts Day, a national day of youth activism sponsored by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. On Kick Butts Day, youth advocates, teachers, and community leaders organize events that encourage kids to be tobacco-free, reject tobacco companies’ devious marketing and urge elected officials to help make the next generation tobacco-free. Get the … Read More
This webinar from the Public Health Law Center will familiarize participants with JUUL, a relatively new, discreet, and best-selling e-cigarette brand that is very popular among youth and young adults. Policy, legal, and advocacy experts will describe JUUL and discuss concerns and emerging reports about youth and young adult use, ease of use without detection, … Read More
No Menthol Sunday, a national observance day led by NAATPN, Inc. has increased the opportunity for faith leaders as well as public health leaders to unify their communities in effort to improve health outcomes for African Americans. Tobacco is still the number one killer of African Americans, and people of faith can play a major … Read More
Posted July 20, 2020
