50 Years of Fighting Tobacco
A visual timeline of the last 50 years of fighting tobacco. A graphic ACS and ACS CAN has produced highlighting the progress made since the Surgeon General’s first report on tobacco and health 50 years ago.
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50th Anniversary of Surgeon General’s Report
American Cancer Society and American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network Mark 50th Anniversary of Surgeon General’s Report on Tobacco and Health, Cite Remarkable Progress But Groups Say Work Remains to Further Reduce Number Of Lives Lost to Smoking-Related Cancers (ATLANTA) – January 8, 2014 – As the nation marks the 50th anniversary this month of […]
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Tobacco Free UNK
The laundry list of risks associated with tobacco use is long. Various forms of cancer, lung disease, and tooth decay, along with other more cosmetic consequences are a few of the most well known dangers. However, tobacco use affects more than just the user. In an effort to better serve the campus and out of […]
Tobacco-Free Campuses = less smokers
Tobacco-free campuses help student smokers quit Smoking bans and free nicotine patches? Universities try to get smokers to quit With the recent spike in tobacco-free college campuses and smoking bans in outdoor spaces, student smokers are finding themselves in a tough position. According to Americans for Nonsmokers’ Rights (ANR), the number of college campuses that have adopted […]
Smoke Cost Companies Almost $6,000
Employees Who Smoke Cost Companies Almost $6,000 More Annually: Study By Join Together Staff | June 4, 2013 | 2 Comments | Filed in Healthcare, Research & Tobacco Employers pay almost $6,000 more annually for workers who smoke, compared with their nonsmoking colleagues, a new study finds. The savings occur even after taking into account those smokers who […]
Website Targets Business Owners
Tobacco Free Nebraska has launched a new Website targeting business owners who employ tobacco users. The TobaccoHurtsBusiness.ne.gov Website provides information on employee tobacco use and how it can affect business, as well as the steps that can be taken to minimize the impact. Please help us spread the word about the site, by: Downloading one of the […]
Tobacco Free Campuses
ALBANY — New York has 67 smoke-free or tobacco-free college campuses, more than any other state in the country, and 29 more colleges in the state are working to adopt such policies, the American Cancer Society announced in a recent report. Forty-seven percent of New York colleges enforce bans on smoking or tobacco products altogether or […]
The Smoking Gun
Women Catch Up To Men On Lung Cancer Risk Forbes Pharma and Healthcare 1/25/1013 @ 9:42am The horror that was the Sandy Hook massacre has finally precipitated a substantive call-to-action in the United States — a debate about who should have what kind of gun. Mass shootings aside, guns have reliably killed around 30,000 […]
Resolution: Quit
More smokers make New Year’s resolution to quit By Rachael Rettner, MyHealthNewsDaily Twice as many smokers say they plan to quit the habit this year compared with last year, a new poll by an advocacy group finds. Thirty-four percent of the U.S. smokers surveyed who made any New Year’s resolution said they plan to quit […]