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The National Blueprint for Action for youth and young adult tobacco-use cessation was published in the Spring of 2000 by the Youth Tobacco Cessation Collaborative. The youth cessation blueprint was developed as a consensus document to guide decisions regarding funding research and programs related to youth tobacco-use cessation, to reflect ...
Truth Initiative was founded in 1999 as a result of the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement (MSA). The MSA was announced in 1998, resolving the lawsuits brought by 46 U.S. states, the District of Columbia and five territories against the major U.S. cigarette companies, to recover state Medicaid and other costs from caring for sick smokers.
Nicotine Anonymous (NicA) is a twelve-step program founded in 1982 for people desiring to quit smoking and live free of nicotine. [1] As of July 2017, there are over 700 face-to-face meetings in 32 countries worldwide [2] with the majority of these meetings occurring in the United States, [2] Iran, [citation needed] India, [2] Canada, [2] Brazil, [2] the United Kingdom, [2] Australia, [2 ...
Apr. 3—Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust Executive Director Julie Bisbee gives information about programs to help quit tobacco use following the April 1 Take Down Tobacco Day. 1 Does the ...
The report shows that in Arkansas cigarette smoking is among the highest in the nation, as well as tobacco-related cancers. American Lung Association gives Arkansas an ‘F’ for tobacco control
Mar. 3—Quitting tobacco may not be easy, but "it can be done" through the assistance of the Owensboro Health Healthpark's smoking cessation programs, according to Trey Davidson, who stopped ...
Smokeless tobacco: There is little smoking in Sweden, which is reflected in the very low cancer rates for Swedish men. Use of snus (a form of steam-pasteurized, rather than heat-pasteurized, air-cured smokeless tobacco) is an observed cessation method for Swedish men and even recommended by some Swedish doctors. [146]
The group, in addition to supporting policies calling for menthol bans, works with partners and government agencies to ensure their tobacco cessation funding allows grantees to focus on the ...