Counter Tobacco is launching our 5th annual Photo Contest beginning August 8, 2016! The tobacco industry spends $1 million every hour to market their deadly products. The Surgeon General has concluded that exposure to this retail marketing encourages smoking and undermines quit attempts. And it’s happening in YOUR community. Each year, you help capture the tobacco industry’s marketing tactics at … Read More
11am PT/2pm ET California’s recently enacted tobacco control laws raise the minimum age for tobacco sales to 21, strengthen regulations on e-cigarettes, and make changes to the state’s tobacco retailer licensing program. This webinar will provide an overview of these new state laws and outline how the changes affect tobacco control work at the local level. … Read More
Vape shops, or retail stores that specialize in e-cigarettes and related products, seem to be popping up everywhere. Although the total number of vape shops in the United States is unknown due to a current lack of regulatory and licensing policies, estimates range anywhere from 3,500 to 35,000 and growing. In this Consortium webinar, presenters … Read More
Kick Butts Day is a national day of activism that empowers youth to stand out, speak up and seize control against Big Tobacco. On Kick Butts Day, teachers, youth leaders and health advocates organize events to: Raise awareness of the problem of tobacco use in their state or community; Encourage youth to reject the tobacco … Read More
From the conference website: "The National Conference on Tobacco or Health (NCTOH) is one of the largest, long-standing gatherings of the United States tobacco control movement. It attracts a diverse set of public health professionals to learn about best practices and policies to reduce tobacco use—the leading preventable cause of disease and death in the … Read More
Tobacco is not an equal opportunity killer. For decades, millions of Americans have been disproportionately affected by tobacco use, and it's not a coincidence. Join the Truth Initiative for a live panel discussion where you'll learn what can be done to eliminate tobacco-related health disparities for all populations. African Americans, those in low-income neighborhoods, LGBTQ communities … Read More
No Menthol Sunday (May 28th), a national observance day led by NAATPN, Inc. is an important opportunity to engage faith leaders and their communities in a discussion about how 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 role … Read More
Keeping up with the ever-changing federal tobacco control policy landscape can be challenging. It’s complicated, and new developments arise daily. This webinar will discuss the federal political climate and the implications for tobacco control. Speakers will also share the most current information on FDA regulation of tobacco products and HUD’s smoke-free public housing rule. Join … Read More
More communities are moving beyond siloed approaches to the retail environment. California’s Healthy Stores for a Health Community (HSHC) campaign is one catalyst for this change. Join ChangeLab Solutions for a webinar that builds on the momentum created from the HSHC campaign, a statewide collaboration with partners in tobacco control, nutrition, and excessive alcohol use … Read More
Webinar description: The evidence is clear: menthol in tobacco products is a public health risk. Menthol encourages youth to smoke, makes it harder for smokers to quit and is disproportionately marketed to African Americans and other targeted populations. After years of federal inaction, local policy solutions to the problem of menthol are gaining momentum across … Read More
Posted March 14, 2019
