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Blog2022-08-16T11:33:30-04:00

We’re hiring a new project director!

Counter Tools invites applications for a Project Director position. The Project Director provides timely and high-quality project management, training, and technical assistance to Counter Tools client-partners working to advance place-based public health. Their national perspective and expertise strengthens Counter Tools’ position as a trusted thought leader and advances [More]

January 26, 2024|Categories: Uncategorized|

Tobacco Retailers Contracting with Big Tobacco

Tobacco retailers that contract with Big Tobacco companies are required to post “corrective statements” between now and June 30, 2025. This is a long-awaited result of a 2006 federal court case ruling in which major tobacco companies were found guilty of racketeering for deliberately misleading the public about the health risks of [More]

December 15, 2023|Categories: Uncategorized|

New partnerships taking flight

We are excited to partner in new ways with the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) to support MDH in working toward its vision for health equity in Minnesota, where all communities are thriving and all people have what they need to be healthy. After partnering with MDH [More]

December 14, 2023|Categories: Partners, Point of Sale|

Updated Report: Tobacco Companies and Convenience Stores Partner to Hook Kids, Fight Life-Saving Policies

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids has released an updated version of the report Deadly Alliance: How Big Tobacco and Convenience Stores Partner to Hook Kids and Fight Life-Saving Policies  in partnership with the African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council (AATCLC), American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network, American Heart [More]

October 19, 2023|Categories: Partners, Point of Sale|

CounterTobacco.org’s 12th Annual Point-of-Sale Tobacco Marketing Photo Contest

CounterTobacco.org’s 12th Annual Point-of-Sale Tobacco Marketing Photo Contest is here! Each year we host this contest to showcase what’s happening in the tobacco retail environment all across the country. These images are crucial to educating the public, educating policymakers, and furthering the success of state and local tobacco control efforts that [More]

October 18, 2023|Categories: Point of Sale|

Webinar: Environmental Scans for Alcohol Policy Change with the Alcohol Policy Resource Center

We are excited to announce a collaborative webinar with the Alcohol Policy Resource Center. The Environmental Scans for Alcohol Policy Change webinar will be on Wednesday, November 8th, from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. Eastern. Assessing your community is critical in identifying potential issues contributing to underage [More]

October 18, 2023|Categories: Alcohol, Data, Partners, Webinars|

Building healthier communities for all to reduce cancer risk

Researchers continue to uncover how health behaviors– like diet, physical activity, alcohol consumption, and tobacco use– can be risk factors for certain cancers. In fact, one recent study estimates nearly half of all cancer deaths are associated with these potentially modifiable risk factors. The American Cancer Society [More]

September 1, 2023|Categories: Accessibility, Health Equity, Healthy Food|

Youth Advocacy Against the Tobacco Industry

Youth are important in the fight against the manipulative and deceptive marketing practices of the tobacco industry! This year in 2023, youth from around the country came together in Washington D.C. to protest an industry that has long influenced them to use deadly tobacco products. During the [More]

June 29, 2023|Categories: Advocacy|

Healthy POS Webinar Series: Better Conversations about Health Equity and Tobacco POS Strategies

Join Counter Tools for our upcoming Healthy POS Webinar titled "Better Conversations about Health Equity and Tobacco POS Strategies." In this webinar, Dr. Julie Sweetland (FrameWorks Institute) will help attendees understand effective ways to message about health equity from a tobacco perspective, and best practices to support [More]

April 3, 2023|Categories: Webinars|

We’re hiring a Project Director!

Counter Tools invites applications for a Project Director position. The Project Director provides timely and high-quality project management, training, and technical assistance to Counter Tools client-partners working to advance place-based public health. Their national perspective and expertise strengthens Counter Tools’ position as a trusted thought leader in, and [More]

March 6, 2023|Categories: News From Tools|
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