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
Many public health regulations, including advertising restrictions on tobacco products and required warning labels for sugar sweetened beverages, have faced legal challenges as impermissible restrictions on protected First Amendment free speech. While these cases involve complicated issues, legal experts will provide, in easy-to-understand terms, a general overview of the First Amendment and a current assessment … Read More
Please join Counter Tools and CounterTobacco.org for our 4th quarterly webinar on Thursday, June 14, 2018 from 2:00-3:00pm ET!UNC researcher and doctoral student, Amanda Kong will present study findings from her teams' recent published paper on the sales and marketing of tobacco products in the military. The availability, price and promotions of tobacco products at tobacco … Read More
On June 5, 2018, San Francisco voters once again stood tall against the tobacco industry, rejecting Big Tobacco’s attempt to overturn the city’s groundbreaking policy prohibiting the sale of all menthol cigarettes and other flavored tobacco products. More than 164,000 San Francisco residents joined in sending Big Tobacco a clear message: Stop targeting our kids and … Read More
This is the second in a series of Tobacco Control Legal Consortium and Public Health Law Center webinars on the emergence of JUUL, the e-cigarette product that has become extremely popular among kids and adults alike. In this webinar, legal and policy experts will discuss the recent steps that the FDA has taken to regulate … Read More
Posted July 20, 2020
