Briefings: Monthly Newsletter: August 2010
July 27, 2010 Letter from Diane Canova
Dear Partners,
Partnership for Prevention and ActionToQuit were very pleased with the announcement in mid-July of new regulations under the Affordable Health Care Act requiring private health plans to cover evidence-based preventive services and to eliminate cost-sharing for preventive care. Among the services to be covered are tobacco cessation interventions to for tobacco users.
July 28, 2010 Views on Unassisted Cessation: An Interview with Steve Schroeder
Simon Chapman has written about the neglect of “unassisted cessation.” . . .
July 28, 2010 “Celebrating Smokefree Voices” YouTube Contest Winner
The Smokefree Women web site www.smokefreewomen.gov has just celebrated its 1-year anniversary with a video contest on YouTube. People were asked to submit videos explaining why women should stay smokefree or why they want the women they love to be or stay smokefree. More than 14,000 people voted for their favorite of the many videos that were submitted.
July 28, 2010 State and City News
-University of Arizona Providing Cessation Training for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Professionals
-South Dakota Smoking Down to 17.5 Percent
-Los Angeles County Report Shows Smoking Rates by Local Community
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Key Dates
September 13 - 17, 2010 Tobacco Treatment Specialist Certification
http://www.regonline.com/builder/site/Default.aspx?eventid=854142
Columbus, OH
September 30 - 1, 2010 Online Social Networks and Smoking Cessation: Strategic Research Opportunities
http://www.legacyforhealth.org/PDF/SNCC_Final_Program.pdf
