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BlogKate Speed2020-04-24T10:45:50-04:00
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Counter Tools2021-12-09T12:22:04-05:00

Letter Opposing Bill to Exempt Some Cigars from FDA Oversight

Counter Tools2021-12-09T12:22:04-05:00December 3, 2021|Advocacy|

We are writing to express our opposition to S. 438, the Traditional Cigar Manufacturing and Small Business Jobs Preservation Act of 2021, which would exempt some cigars, including some inexpensive, machine-made cigars, from oversight under the [...]

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Counter Tools2021-12-01T15:51:26-05:00

Meet our Board: Megan Jacobs, Board Chair

Counter Tools2021-12-01T15:51:26-05:00December 1, 2021|Staff and Board Profiles|

Megan Jacobs is the Board Chair at Counter Tools and the managing director of product in the Innovations center at Truth Initiative. Megan has a long history of architecting products to inspire healthy behavior change. Learn [...]

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Counter Tools2022-01-03T14:43:26-05:00

Webinar with GHEA – Using Policy Surveillance Methods for K-12 Tobacco-free School Policies

Counter Tools2022-01-03T14:43:26-05:00November 4, 2021|Partners, Policy, Webinars|

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. The webinar is part of the [...]

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Elizabeth Gerndt2021-11-02T14:17:36-04:00

2020 sees increase in cigarette sales and tobacco advertising

Elizabeth Gerndt2021-11-02T14:17:36-04:00November 2, 2021|Point of Sale|

The Covid-19 pandemic caused businesses across the world to think critically about their spending. While many industries saw major cuts to their budgets in 2020, interestingly, recent data from the Federal Trade Commission report reveals that [...]

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Counter Tools2021-10-21T11:56:58-04:00

We’re excited to partner with Community Advocates!

Counter Tools2021-10-21T11:56:58-04:00October 21, 2021|Partners|

Counter Tools recently began a new partnership with Community Advocates Public Policy Institute, an organization based in Milwaukee, WI. We will be helping them assess tobacco and alcohol retailers in their community to understand how harmful [...]

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Counter Tools2021-09-29T11:37:04-04:00

FDA rejects most flavored e-cigarette products, with critical decisions yet to be made

Counter Tools2021-09-29T11:37:04-04:00September 29, 2021|Point of Sale|

The FDA recently issued marketing denial orders on thousands of tobacco products, but applications for the biggest e-cigarette brands are still under review. The FDA was ordered by a federal court to take action by September [...]

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Counter Tools2021-09-27T12:37:03-04:00

Counter Tobacco Podcast: Nicotine Pouches and Other “Modern” Oral Nicotine Products

Counter Tools2021-09-27T12:37:03-04:00September 27, 2021|Podcast|

In this quick primer of an episode, we talk about nicotine pouches like “Zyn” and other so-called “modern” oral nicotine products, how they are being marketed and sold in the retail environment, and options for regulating [...]

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Maria Julian2021-10-01T11:23:01-04:00

Lessons from tobacco control for cannabis policy

Maria Julian2021-10-01T11:23:01-04:00September 14, 2021|Cannabis, Policy|

The majority of Americans live in a state where cannabis is legal and marijuana has been decriminalized, while a growing number of states have legalized recreational marijuana. Here are a few lessons we can learn from [...]

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Counter Tools2021-09-09T13:03:17-04:00

CDC awards $300 million in funding to community health workers across the U.S.

Counter Tools2021-09-09T13:03:17-04:00September 9, 2021|Health Equity, Partners|

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has announced the awardees for more than $300 million in funding to support community health worker (CHW) services. CHWs are frontline public health workers who are trusted members [...]

Kate Speed2021-08-30T16:40:03-04:00

LGBTQ+ health disparities and targeting by Big Tobacco and Alcohol

Kate Speed2021-08-30T16:40:03-04:00August 30, 2021|Alcohol, Health Equity|

For years, the tobacco industry has come under fire for targeting their marketing to specific groups, such as youth and people of color. We don’t often talk enough about members of the LGBTQ+ community being targeted [...]

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Kate Speed2022-02-21T11:25:02-05:00

2020 Census Data show a more racially and ethnically diverse population

Kate Speed2022-02-21T11:25:02-05:00August 23, 2021|Data, Resource|

The overall racial and ethnic diversity of the country has increased since 2010, and the number of people who identify as multiracial increased significantly. We use census data in our data collection and mapping tools to [...]

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Kate Speed2021-08-18T11:31:56-04:00

Ensuring affordable healthy food – USDA adds 25% increase to SNAP benefits

Kate Speed2021-08-18T11:31:56-04:00August 18, 2021|Health Equity, Healthy Food|

A new edition of the Thrifty Food Plan adds a significant increase to SNAP benefits for low-income families. This is the first time in decades that the focus was not on maintaining costs but on creating [...]

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Kate Speed2021-08-30T13:03:48-04:00

Evictions are a public health crisis that needs to be addressed

Kate Speed2021-08-30T13:03:48-04:00August 6, 2021|Health Equity, Housing|

Update August 26: The U.S. Supreme Court has blocked the recent order extending the federal eviction moratorium The CDC issued a new eviction moratorium order to prevent further spread of COVID-19. The looming evictions for people [...]

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Kate Speed2021-07-30T11:22:53-04:00

Making our work more accessible and inclusive in our strive towards equity

Kate Speed2021-07-30T11:22:53-04:00July 30, 2021|Accessibility, Health Equity|

For people with disabilities, barriers can make it difficult to function in day to day life. We recognize that being more inclusive is strongly tied to our stance on equity, diversity and inclusion. Over the past [...]

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Counter Tools2021-07-29T11:39:04-04:00

A call for UNC – and all of us – to learn from our mistakes

Counter Tools2021-07-29T11:39:04-04:00July 29, 2021|Health Equity, News From Tools|

As a nonprofit organization that was born out of the Gillings School of Public Health at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, our team has strong Tar Heel roots. Our co-founders Drs. Allison Myers and [...]

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Counter Tools2021-07-26T13:25:13-04:00

Tobacco Tax Equity Act Letter of Support

Counter Tools2021-07-26T13:25:13-04:00July 26, 2021|Advocacy, Policy|

Dear Senator Durbin and Senator Wyden: We are writing to express our strong support for S. 1314, the Tobacco Tax Equity Act of 2021, which would increase the federal excise tax on cigarettes and set federal [...]

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