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Are E-cigarettes an Important Tool in the Tobacco Fight?

By | May 21st, 2014|Prevention|

There’s no substitute for evidence when it comes to public health decision-making.  Over the last couple of years the public health community has been asking itself whether electronic cigarettes can play an important role in getting folks to kick their tobacco habit.  We haven’t had much evidence to answer that question so far… but a [...]

FDA Bites the E-cigarette Regulation Bullet

By | April 24th, 2014|Prevention|

It’s no public health secret that tobacco use continues to be a dominant cause of preventable disease and death in the US.  While the trend has been encouraging (Arizona’s smoking rate is down to 17%), there’s still much work to be done- and continued efforts to provide creative and effective ways to help adult smokers [...]

Project Quit Kickoff

By | August 30th, 2013|General|

Tobacco is one of the most difficult addictions to break. A successful tobacco quitter can make on average 10 attempts before they’re able to finally kick the habit. This week we launched Project Quit, a new initiative developed in partnership with the Arizona Smokers Helpline a.k.a. ASHLine to showcase the tobacco quit process.  Project Quit follows [...]

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Smoke Free Arizona at 6

By | July 25th, 2013|Prevention|

Our Smoke Free Arizona program turned 6 last month.  Voters approved the Act back in November of ’06 by a few percentage points.  The Initiative language gave us a super-short turn-around time and we turned the key on the program by May of ’07.  Implementation of the Initiative was smooth from the get-go and compliance with the [...]

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New Tobacco Warning Labels on the Way

By | December 15th, 2010|Prevention|

The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (also known as H.R. 1256) went into effect last summer.  The law basically  gives the FDA  the power to regulate some aspects of the tobacco industry.  A signature element of the law imposes new warnings and labels on tobacco packaging and their advertisements, with the goal of discouraging [...]

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