The visibility and accessibility of flavored tobacco products can lead to increased tobacco use initiation and continued use because of their appeal, especially among youth. The state of Massachusetts has [More]
Tobacco control policies must be formulated and examined with health equity at the forefront to directly address health inequities among Black Americans and other marginalized communities. Even the best intentioned [More]
The Geographic Health Equity Alliance (GHEA) and Counter Tools partnered to create the Geographic Surveillance Learning Collaborative for National Tobacco Control Programs and National Comprehensive Cancer Control. The primary objective of this collaborative was to build the capacity of state programs to conduct surveillance of tobacco policies in a format that adheres to the methods and principles of the field of policy surveillance. Seven states participated in the Year 1 Collaborative and shared how they used geographic surveillance to support program planning, identify health disparities and improve communication strategies and policy efforts.
We're excited to announce an upcoming webinar with CADCA's Geographic Health Equity Alliance. This webinar will review key takeaways found by the Geographic Surveillance Learning Collaborative on tobacco policy surveillance. [More]
The undersigned public health, medical, education and community organizations write to urge prompt action by the Food and Drug Administration to prohibit menthol cigarettes and other non-tobacco flavored tobacco products, [More]
Limiting the availability of products like tobacco helps protect those most vulnerable and improves the health of all. Here are some key considerations for implementing a comprehensive tobacco control program. [More]
In this webinar on July 15, 2020 Dr. Shelley Golden and Derek Carr, JD discussed the effects of minimum floor price laws on tobacco use among adults. Learn how coalitions [More]
Counter Tools' partner Massachusetts has had recent successes passing policies that restrict flavored tobacco to adult-only establishments. In 2016 the cities of Boston and Lowell both passed flavor policies and [More]
LaPointe brothers offering a sacred tobacco blessing at opening ceremony At the National Conference on Tobacco or Health (the “or” leads me to admiringly call it the “ultimatum [More]
February 11, 2019 Randi Frank Office on Smoking and Health Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Highway, Mail Stop S107-7 Atlanta, GA 30341 Re: Request for Information on [More]
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