Title:  The Cancer Moonshot:  What’s Menthol and Emotional Brain Training got to do with It? Everything! Date:  Thursday, September 5, 2024, 2 pm ET Co-hosted by the National Behavioral Health Network for Tobacco & Cancer Control REGISTER:  https://ucsf.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Aqehr1LUS1asFY5gV1I6dQ#/registration  Webinar Objectives: These objectives incorporate smoking cessation into the broader context of social determinants of health, chronic ..read more

From the Public Health Law Center. A Guide for Tribal Enforcement Tribal communities across the United States have a unique political and legal status as sovereign nations.  The ability to develop laws and policies to address the specific needs of their members is one of the greatest assets that Tribal communities possess. Download the National ..read more

CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health, in collaboration with public health partners, released a Preventing Chronic Disease Collection, “From Data to Action:  National, State & Local Efforts to End Menthol and Other Flavored Commercial Tobacco Product Use.” This collection features a guest editorial and 9 articles that enhance our understanding of public health’s role in reducing tobacco-related diseases and deaths, highlight menthol and other flavored tobacco surveillance data, and provide examples of state and local activities implemented in this area.  The collection shows public ..read more

Today, FDA launched the Searchable Tobacco Products Database, a new user-friendly list of tobacco products — including e-cigarettes — that may be legally marketed in the United States.  The database is designed to serve the public — especially retailers — by providing this key information in a single location, with easy-to-use search capabilities.  The database, which can be accessed at www.fda.gov/searchtobacco will be updated on a monthly basis. Within the database, FDA provides information on three categories of products:  1) new tobacco products that received marketing autho ..read more

Tobacco companies aggressively market menthol-flavored tobacco products to different groups of people.  This targeted marketing contributes to certain groups being more likely to smoke menthol cigarettes than other groups.  Young people, racial and ethnic minority groups, LGBTQ+ people, women, people with a low income, and people with mental health conditions are more likely to smoke menthol cigarettes than other population groups. As highlighted by the Centers for Disease Control, in 2024, American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) adults in the United States have a higher prevalence ..read more

From CDC Office on Smoking and Health CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health commemorates the 60th anniversary of the 1964 Surgeon General’s Report:  Smoking and Health.  This landmark report is considered by historians as one of the most significant public health achievements of the 20th century. In honor of this anniversary, a retrospective (attached) has been developed.  This reflective piece provides insights from just a few of the many individuals who have been instrumental in the creation of the Surgeon General’s reports.  Their reflections and thoughts convey a sense of ..read more

FDA has incorporated public input in its campaigns since “The Real Cost” cigarette prevention campaign was first launched in 2014.  This feedback is an important part of the agency’s evidence-based campaign process. As a part of FDA’s ongoing commitment to transparency and collaboration, the agency has launched a new webpage to describe how feedback from the public is solicited and incorporated into its public health education campaigns.  In addition to describing the research process, the new webpage also provides ways to engage with the campaigns, such as via social media, email, o ..read more

CDC Foundation has released new cigarette sales briefs exploring changes in U.S. national and state cigarette sales following state flavored tobacco sales restrictions. They included on the CDC Foundation webpages that include the national and state trends for Monitoring E-Cigarette Use Among Youth | CDC Foundation MONITORING U.S. CIGARETTE SALES The monitoring of other tobacco product sales in conjunction with the monitoring of e-cigarette sales is necessary to provide a comiprehensive picture of the overall U.S. tobacco product market.  These cigarette data briefs provide estimates of c ..read more

From TRICARE Although quitting tobacco can be difficult, saying good-bye to cigarettes and chewing tobacco has many health benefits.  If you’ve decided to kick the habit, TRICARE covers products and services to help you become commercial tobacco-free. Read full article and find complete details HERE ..read more

The National Cancer Institute’s Smokefree.gov Initiative (SFGI) has partnered with the Indian Health Service (IHS) to launch a new, free text messaging resource to help American Indian and Alaska Native adults and adolescents quit smoking commercial tobacco. SFGI and IHS worked with experts from the University of Minnesota School of Public Health and the American Indian Cancer Foundation to develop SmokefreeNATIVE to join together evidence-based smoking cessation support with key themes and content reflecting American Indian and Alaska Natives’ cultural experiences, worldviews, and traditions ..read more