CALLING ALL FAITH LEADERS IN

SACRAMENTO COUNTY AREA

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Register for Big Day of Giving (BDOG) 2024

Register for BDOG by Jan 19th 5 pm.

RSVP here for Jan 16th session

RSVP here for Jan 24th session

January is Cervical Cancer Awareness Month!

Black women are 75% more likely to die from cervical cancer and women who smoke tobacco are twice as likely to get cervical cancer than those that do not! Visit AMPLIFY today for tailored support to assist you in your tobacco cessation efforts!

DID YOU KNOW?February is National Children's Dental Health Month

Thirdhand Smoke Exposure And Child Dental Health. There are a lot of ways that tobacco exposure can impact the health of children. A recent study shows the negative impact of thirdhand smoke exposure on children’s dental health.

Breaking Free E-Zine Year in Review

The Breaking Free E-Zine opens with a tobacco cessation manifesto about the commitment to the process and willingness to move out of one's comfort zone as they work towards tobacco cessation.

As you flip through the pages you can view November's Breaking Free From Nicotine Celebration Day, tips on ways to remain tobacco free during the holidays, January's interview with Certified Tobacco Cessation Specialist Charles Debnam, Communication Health Corner with Human Communication Institute Founder and CEO P.S. Perkins, holiday laughs, book recommendations and so much more! 

US Supreme Court rejects challenge to California flavored tobacco ban

Jan 8 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company's challenge to a voter-approved measure in California that banned flavored tobacco products in the most-populous U.S. state.

The justices rejected an appeal by R.J. Reynolds, a unit of British American Tobacco (BATS.L), and other plaintiffs of a lower court's ruling holding that California's law did not conflict with a federal statute regulating tobacco products.

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The Future of the Tobacco Section is Up for Grabs

Each time c-store management thinks they have a timetable for the ban on menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars, the Food & Drug Administration (FDA) or the White House resets the play clock. So far, the FDA has moved its “effective date” for its bans from May 2023 to October 2023, to “end of the year,” and now to March 2024.

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