Upcoming Regional Coalition Meetings
The Regional Pennsylvania Tobacco-Free Coalition has been everchanging and growing! Several plans are in the works. Come join in on our quarterly meetings below and see for yourself what's new on this new year's horizon. All meetings below will be held from 10 AM through 2 PM.
- SC Region: March 7, 2023
- NC Region: March 14, 2023
- NE Region: March 15, 2023
- SC Region: June 6, 2023
- NC Region: June 7, 2023
- NE Region: June 13, 2023
If you are interested in attending any one of these meeting, please contact Jennifer King. Meeting may be held virtually or in-person. Look out for more details coming soon.
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Increased Health Improvement for Quitters under 45 Years of Age
A new study published by JAMA evaluated the risk of death among Americans based on their smoking history. It found that smoking is associated with increased risk of death, regardless of race, ethnicity and sex (though some groups have even higher risk than others).
Quitting was associated with an 80% drop in risk, as compared to risk for current smokers. This improvement increased to 90% among those who quit before 45 years of age. Read the entire article to understand the added benefits of quitting earlier.
American Lung Association has 40+ years of proven-effective cessation programming available in 6 different modalities for adults and 2 different modalities to support youth. Learn more about quitting or share these resources today.
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New 2023 Firefighter Calendar - Order Yours for a Good Cause!
The American Lung Association is honoring firefighters that competed in their local Fight For Air Climbs to raise awareness and funds to support our vision of a world free of lung disease.
Top firefighter group fundraisers are featured in our annual calendar, alongside fire-safety tips, stats on how fires affect our lung health and more. Order yours today!
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Latest Lungcast Episode: Smoking Cessation Wisdom
Jennifer Folkenroth, the National Senior Director of Tobacco Programs, is excited to share the latest Lungcast™ episode: Smoking Cessation Wisdom with Dr. Rizzo, Bob Levey and herself, as an additional guest speaker. The episode went live late Tuesday, and now can be easily accessed.
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TRU New Year's Activity for Youth
With 2023 just around the corner, TRU is offering youth a fun way to get ready for the new year. The Dear Future Me activity features a digital time capsule that lets youth write to their future selves about why staying tobacco-free is an important New Year's resolution. Then, they email it back to themselves sometime in the future. All the details for this activity is located in the instruction sheet.
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NEW! Toolkit Addressing Commercial Tobacco Use in Indigenous Communities
The American Lung Association is joining the effort to educate and build confidence among public health professionals and community-based individuals addressing commercial tobacco disparities in Indigenous communities through the release and integration of the Lung Association’s Addressing Commercial Tobacco Use in Indigenous Communities toolkit. The purpose of this toolkit is to examine issues related to commercial tobacco use and nicotine dependence in Indigenous communities and to provide culturally competent strategies, tools and lessons learned that can be implemented by public health professionals, clinicians and community partners serving diverse Indigenous communities.
This toolkit presents a model that honors the vision of decolonizing tobacco among Indigenous Peoples as a path to fostering wellness and achieving health equity among Indigenous communities. Collective action, rooted in cultural humility, can create the achievable and sustainable change required to address nicotine use and addiction in today’s Indigenous communities. Please feel free to share this resource. Questions? Contact us at FreedomFromSmoking@Lung.org.
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Great American Smokeout Recap - Cool 'Cold Turkey' Idea!
Article by Megan Suhs, Healthy Communities Partnership
The Great American Smokeout, a day when people around the country are encouraged to take action and attempt to quit smoking, took place on November 17th. To promote the Great American Smokeout, Healthy Communities Partnership partnered with thirteen area restaurants to offer ‘cold turkey’ sandwich specials. Their office provided the restaurants with print and social media materials for advertising. A list of participating locations was shared with community partners and on the Healthy Communities Partnership social media accounts as well.
To ensure that the sandwich promotion was linked to cessation resources, the participating restaurants made Freedom From Smoking class information available to customers. In addition to having the ‘cold turkey’ specials, a local ice cream shop offered a free ice cream cone to individuals of legal tobacco use age who turned in a cigarette. Tobacco cessation quit kits were available at the ice cream shop for individuals who participated. Overall, their promotional efforts for the Great American Smokeout helped them uniquely promote Healthy Communities Partnership's Freedom From Smoking programs while forming new relationships with local businesses.
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Two Freedom From Smoking Clinics in January, and Anti-Tobacco Resources
Article by Sierra Kohl, Lebanon Family Health Services
The other class will be held at LFHS, starting on January 19, 2023, from 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM. Both classes were publicized on Lung.org with an online registration link to expand our reach.
LFHS staff has posted several tobacco/lung health, vaping facts and resources/links on their social media in both English and Spanish. Some of the resources they shared are the Quit Smoking Saving Calculator, Conversation Guide for How to Talk to Your Kids about Vaping, Vaping Resources for Parents, and Vaping Fact Sheets on LFHS's social media channels. Their staff has also actively posted Freedom from Smoking materials, and multiple resources from Parents Against Vaping and Truth Initiative on their Instagram stories. See several of these posts on LFHS' Meta (Facebook) and Instagram pages.
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Freedom From Smoking Clinic, January 5th, Hazleton
By Eileen Panzarella, Pathway to Recovery
Pathway To Recovery will be starting FFS clinics at the AmeriHealth Caritas Community Wellness Center. This clinic will be located at 20 West Broad Street, in Hazleton. Classes with start on January 5, 2023, at 10:30 AM and 3:00 PM. For more information, or to register, individuals can contact 570-455-9902.
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Seeking: Certified Tobacco Treatment Counselor - Sign on Bonus Eligible!
By Lindsey Dietrich, Lehigh Valley Health Network
Lehigh Valley Health Network has a job opening. Be sure to share this wonderful job opportunity amongst your friends and family. To learn more or to apply for the Certified Tobacco Treatment Counselor, read the entire job posting.
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