Calendar
Webinar: Tobacco Cessation Barriers 101 - The Impact on Quitting
Date: Feb. 12 Time: 1:00 - 2:00 p.m.
Smoking is the leading cause of preventable disease and death in the United States. While data show almost seven in 10 smokers want to quit, fewer than one in 10 quit successfully. Join the American Lung Association to discuss common barriers to tobacco cessation services in state Medicaid programs. The webinar will also discuss the impact each barrier has on helping people quit smoking.
Register on the American Lung Association website.
Webinar: America Walks Creating Safer Streets for All
Date: Feb. 13 Time: 1:00 p.m.
Pedestrian safety is a critical part of planning for healthy, active and engaged communities. America Walks believes that a safe systems approach and built environment interventions are important to achieving fewer pedestrian injuries and fatalities. Attendees will learn about techniques and interventions to improve safety, including an overview of the safe systems approach, hear from communities taking steps to address safety concerns and be inspired to do the same and receive resources and ideas to begin addressing the safety in their own communities.
Register at the GoToWebinar information page.
Webinar: Kicking Butts through the Media
Date: Feb. 13 Time: 2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids is a leading force in the fight to reduce tobacco use and its deadly toll in the United States and around the world. This webinar is in preparation for Kick Butts Day to help prevent kids from smoking, help smokers quit and protect everyone from secondhand smoke.
Register with Tobacco-Free Kids.
Webinar: Don't Discount My Life - How Cheap Tobacco Only Benefits the Tobacco Industry
Date: Feb. 20 Time: 11:00 a.m. - Noon
Keeping tobacco prices high is the most effective way to help people quit and prevent young people from starting to use tobacco. The tobacco industry spends billions of dollars each year to reduce the price of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco for consumers. We can and should stop the tobacco industry from targeting our communities with cheap tobacco.
Please join Kristen Ackert from the Association for Nonsmokers MN to hear about a new campaign launching this month called Don't Discount My Life and how you can get involved with this new local initiative.
Register at the MDH WebEx page.
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