SmokeFree Wisconsin is a single issue organization dedicated to promoting effective tobacco control policies.
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- Racine: Glad you asked 7:00am Nov 6|1 Comment
- November is lung cancer awareness month 7:00am Nov 5
- UW-CTRI: Combining cessation medications best for successfully quitting. 10:45am Nov 4
Recently The Journal Times of Racine published a question about fire safe cigarettes."What chemical are they putting in the fire-safe cigarettes to make them go out...
Please join us in honoring lung cancer awareness month this Novemeber. It is estimated that there will be 3,960 new lung cancer case diagnosed this year (American Cancer Society, 2009)...
Earlier this week UW-Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention (UW-CTRI) released a new study about the effectiveness of common quit-smoking strategies . The study compared a variety of nicotine replacement therapies such as lozenges, the patch, buproprion (brand name Wellbutrin)...
Its hard to be sympathetic to Big Tobacco, but that is exactly what they want- sympathy. Specifically, they want President Obama to challenge the Canadian ban on candy flavored cigarettes and small cigars....
New York is leading the way on prohibiting Tobacco Products like spit tobacco and flavored cigarsOn Wednesday October 28th the Mayor of the City of New York signed an ordinance that would prohibit the sale of most forms of flavored tobacco products...
The Wausau Daily Herald got it right this time. Tobacco Prevention and Control Advocates are extremely dismayed by the significant cuts in tobacco control dollars especially while the cigarette tax was increased in the last budget. Fo...
Earlier this week the L.A. Times reported that some city council members are supportive of a smoke-free outdoor dining ordinance. The city has already worked to remove secondhand smoke from parks, farmer's markets, and city beaches...
Interference: ICD-9 Project Big Tobacco's strategy to prevent attributing illnes to secondhand smoke
The International Classification of Diseases (ICD) in its 9th revision is a code book for every ailment, treatment, procedure, and cause...
This post is the first in a series of posts related to the emerging issue of smoke-free casinos and gaming venues. We will be featuring a guest blogger who is working on smoke-free casino efforts...
UW-Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention (UW-CTRI) is conducting a study focusing on Milwaukee's poorest neighborhoods...
Behind that shiny corporate feel good logo is Phillip Morris- a company that has been deceiving the American public for far too long...
A new study from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) shows that nearly 33.5 million full-time employees ages 18 to 64 reported smoking in the past month. "The study provides important insight and updated information that can be used to assist in the developing o...
Just today Beloit Daily News is discussing the funding cuts to the Tobacco Prevention and Control Program:"lthough Wisconsin taxpayers are paying more for cigarettes, programs aimed at curbing smoking are getting cut.State Rep. Kim Hixson, D-Whitewater, Rep. Chuck Benedict, D-Beloit, and Sen...
Late last month the FDA outlawed the sale of cigarettes with flavors like clove, strawberry or vanilla. While there were some push back from smokers of clove cigarettes a recent report shows how important this restriction is to public health. T...
JANESVILLE — Much of Rock County Youth2Youth’s funding went up in smoke when Wisconsin’s anti-smoking and smoking cessation programs lost 55 percent of their state funding.Funds in the 2009-11 budget signed by Gov. Jim D...
