April is National Minority Health Month Although cigarette smoking has declined significantly since 1964, very large disparities in tobacco use remain across groups defined by race, ethnicity, education level, socioeconomic status and across regions of the country. There is a wealth of information available about this topic. Here are a few resources: Best Practices User Guide:Health Equity […]
By Join Together Staff The U.S. Surgeon General will release a report this fall on substance use, addiction and health, according to Medscape. It will be the first such report since U.S. surgeons began issuing them in 1964. The report will cover topics including prescription drug use, as well as the use of alcohol and other […]
By NANCY HICKS The Lincoln City Council officially banned smoking and vaping and simulating smoking at bus shelters and bus stops — and within 15 feet of those places — at its Monday afternoon meeting. The ban does not carry a criminal penalty and will be enforced by bus drivers, not police. But a person […]
Tobacco Free Nebraska – Division of Public Health – Department of Health & Human Services TFN E-News Update / March 2016 Quick Links Nebraska Tobacco Quitline Tobacco Hurts Business TobaccoCostsYou.com NE Dept. of Health & Human Services (DHHS) 2016 Minority […]
Below are a few links to some very concerning articles about e-cigarettes and the poisons contained in them. Further puzzling the poison control centers and raising more concerns about how they are affecting users and those in the area of users. Normally we would post the articles directly to our website, but given the infographics […]
The number of calls to poison centers involving e-cigarette liquids containing nicotine rose from one per month in September 2010 to 215 per month in February 2014, according to a CDC study published in today’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. The number of calls per month involving conventional cigarettes did not show a similar increase […]
March 16th, 2016/ 1 How Smoking Affects Our Pets and What We Can Do About It- Truth- JoinTogether News Service from the Partnership for Drug-Free KidsSmoking affects just about everything we care about in immediate and unexpected ways. The effects can be felt regardless of whether you personally smoke, and it turns out that can […]
The opinion of Alexa Horn Breathe in. Do you smell that? You’re sitting outside on a campus bench, enjoying the long-awaited warm weather, and then a breeze ruffles your hair. As you inhale, you expect the crisp smell of spring’s beginning. Instead, you get an unwelcome lungful of cigarette smoke. At the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, […]
Tobacco Free Nebraska is passing along information regarding LB1013. LB1013 is the bill that would change the tax on cigarettes and other tobacco products. The hearing started on Thursday, February 11, 2016 at 1:30 pm. but due to a power outage at the capitol the bill hearing had to be rescheduled. The hearing will continue on Wednesday, February 24 at […]
February is American Heart Month Heart disease and stroke are major causes of death and disability in the United States. Many people are at high risk for these diseases and don’t know it. The good news is that many risk factors for heart disease and stroke can be prevented or controlled, including quitting tobacco. The […]
