LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Jan. 25, 2010) – Stamp Out Smoking, the educational outreach media campaign for the Arkansas Department of Health Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program, announced today it will host the seventh annual tobacco-free drama contest. Titled “The Big Pitch,” the contest will give students across Arkansas the chance to write and star in [...]
Tobacco Prevention Coordinator Hunter Caraway, in accordance with the city of Melbourne, saw an opportunity to extend the smoke-free message within Izard County. As of November 24, 2009, a ban was established on smoking within 20 feet of all city-owned playground equipment. Learn more about how Hunter’s initiative helped provide a healthier environment for children [...]
This fiscal year, TPCP has partnered with Arkansas Department of Human Services’ Division of Behavioral Health Services’ Office of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention (OADAP), the Department of Community Corrections (DCC), and University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff (UAPB), to provide intensive tobacco treatment training to close to 80 substance abuse counselors.
In a report released in early December, Arkansas ranks 9th in the nation for funding programs to prevent kids from smoking and help smokers quit. Currently, Arkansas is only funded at half of what the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends when orchestrating tobacco prevention and cessation programs. Arkansas’s commitment to remain one [...]
New Year’s Resolution Follow-Up
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New Year’s Resolution
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Every year, countless Arkansans make New Year’s resolutions to become tobacco-free. Thanks to the Arkansas Tobacco Quitline, tobacco users throughout the state have access to free medication and cessation counseling to help them keep their 2010 resolutions to quit. Stamp Out Smoking encourages tobacco users to reach the Quitline by calling 1-800-QUIT-NOW or 1-800-784-8669 this [...]
