Tobacco Prevention and Intervention Teacher Training Project - Department of Education, Office of Healthy Schools, Spring 2010 E-Newsletter

CDC Best Practices User Guide: Youth Engagement - State and Community Interventions

Florida Tobacco Education & Use Prevention Economic Impact Study Feb 2010 (pdf 240kb)

 

CDC Office on Smoking and Health

CDC's Office on Smoking and Health (OSH) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) are working to educate consumers, public health partners, and the general public about new tobacco regulations that took effect July 22, 2010.  These regulations prohibit the tobacco industry from distributing or introducing into the U.S. market any tobacco products for which the labeling or advertising contains the descriptors "light," "low," "mild," or any similar descriptor, irrespective of the date of manufacture.  However, consumers may continue to see some products with these descriptors for sale in stores after July 22 because retailers are permitted to sell off their inventory.

OSH and FDA are seeking our support to help get the word our about these new, historic FDA tobacco regulations.  You can support this effort by:

• Posting the new "Light/Low/Mild: No such thing" graphical button on your Web site. When clicked, this button will take visitors to new consumer-focused information entitled "No More "Light," "Low," or "Mild" Cigarettes."  This information provides a summary of the July 22 regulations, the public health impact, and links to key resources, including a new, expanded feature article by the same title posted on CDC’s Web site.
• Encouraging others to send Health-e-Cards emphasizing the value of being tobacco-free. See the new animated Health-e-Card that reiterates there’s no such thing as a safe cigarette.
• Informing others of a new widget located on FDA’s Tobacco Products Web site. A widget is an application that enables users to embed content from another Web site onto their Web site. As content gets updated on the source site, it’s automatically updated on the user’s site. This particular widget enables readers to embed regulation information from FDA’s Tobacco Products Web site, health information from OSH’s Smoking & Tobacco Web site, and quit information from NCI’s smokefree.gov Web site.
• Following CDCTobaccoFree on Twitter and retweeting new messages related to the July 22 FDA tobacco regulations.
• Becoming a fan of CDC’s Facebook page and posting new “Light/Low/Mild: No such thing” status updates on your Facebook profiles.
• Telling others about our new posting on CDC’s Everyday Health Widget (coming soon).
• Viewing OSH’s new entry on CDC’s MySpace page.
• Following OSH on GovLoop. GovLoop is a social networking site for the government community. It currently serves about 30,000 members, including local, state, and federal government employees and contractors. Academics and students interested in government are also welcome to join.
• Subscribing to CDC’s Smoking and Tobacco Use main feed to receive updates of new and recently changed content from CDC’s Smoking & Tobacco Use Web site on your browser or desktop.

Please also continue to access CDC’s Smoking & Tobacco Use Web site for helpful resources and the latest information.

 

New Interactive Tobacco Map Launched

A new interactive map from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation will give policy-makers and advocates a nationwide picture of continuing state efforts on key tobacco control policies.  The new map uses data from the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids and the Americans for Non-Smokers'  Rights and will be updated as new information becomes available.

• Explore the map.
• View a related video feature Michelle Larkin, J.D., R.N., M.S., Director of the RWJF Public Health Team.

Smoke-Free Lodging 

• Indoor Air Quality (Opens in same window) 
• State Tobacco Information Center (STIC)
• American Lung Association
• Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights
• My Last Dip - A web-based smokeless tobacco cessation project