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NALBOH Releases Call for Proposals
The
National Association of Local Boards of Health invites you to submit a proposal to present at our 21st Annual Conference in
Salt Lake City, Utah, August 14-16, 2013! The
2013 NALBOH Annual Conference is designed to provide attendees with
information on public health governance functions, engaging citizens, and the
role of effective leadership in healthy communities.
NALBOH Offers Tobacco Prevention Tool Kit
NALBOH is pleased to offer its fourth edition of the Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Tool Kit
for free PDF download.
NALBOH Releases State-Specific Factsheets
NALBOH's
state-specific factsheets focus on states that are
receiving a failing grade on tobacco prevention and control program spending.
These factsheets are available for free PDF download.
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NEW RESOURCES AND HEADLINES
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The Department of Health and Human Services has launched a new
website, BeTobaccoFree.gov, highlighting up-to-date tobacco
control and prevention information.
The
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly
Report (MMWR)
released a study on Indoor Air Quality at Nine Large-Hub Airports With and
Without Designated Smoking Areas-United States, October-November 2012.
Legacy
and Seventeen magazine survey shows teen girls who smoke want to quit.
Three new tobacco policy publications by the Public Health
Law Center staff were featured in the November 2012 supplement to the American Journal of Preventive
Medicine.
The
Tobacco Control Legal Consortium has released a report on The Effect of the 2012 Federal
Transportation Reauthorization Bill on State and Local Regulation
of Roll Your Own Tobacco Retailers.
The
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly
Report (MMWR)
released a study on Current Cigarette Smoking Among Adults-United States, 2011.
The
American Lung Association has recently released Helping Smokers Quit: Tobacco Cessation Coverage 2012 report.
The
American Cancer Society and World Lung Foundation published The Tobacco Atlas, Fourth edition, which
estimates that one billion people will die worldwide during the 21st century
if they don't quit smoking.
A
new study published in Tobacco
Control shows smoking in cars produces harmful pollutant levels above the
World Health Organization's indoor air quality standards.
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BOARDS IN ACTION
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Sharon Board of Health (MA) plans to discuss raising the legal age to buy cigarettes and
other tobacco products.
Lewis County Board of Health (WV) looks to change existing smoking ban to include other public places,
such as parks and playgrounds.
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ABOUT NALBOH
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Uniquely positioned to deliver technical expertise through
research and education on public health priorities, policy, and board
development, NALBOH strives to strengthen good governance where public health
begins - at the local level. Membership has benefits.
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National
Association of Local Boards of Health
www.nalboh.org Phone: (419) 353-7714
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Copyright 2012, NALBOH
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