In celebration of World No Tobacco Day on May 31, Stamp Out Smoking is encouraging Arkansas tobacco users to quit by calling the Arkansas Tobacco Quitline at 1-800-QUIT-NOW. The World Health Organization holds World No Tobacco Day every year to raise awareness of the harms of tobacco, the marketing tactics of the tobacco industry and [...]
The Arkansas Department of Health and state law enforcement joined forces at a press conference today to alert Arkansans that local police will be on the lookout for drivers smoking in cars with children, and they will be pulled over and fined. The press conference kicked off a statewide campaign to increase enforcement and raise [...]
The Arkansas Tobacco Quitline offers 10 free one-on-one phone sessions with a trained Quit CoachÒ for pregnant women who use tobacco, a more intensive program than for callers who are not pregnant. Quit Coaches offer personalized, motivational counseling for tobacco users. In 2008, Arkansas mothers smoked during pregnancy in 15.3 percent of total births, according [...]
Kids in Arkansas will take center stage in the fight against tobacco on March 24 as they join thousands of young people nationwide for the 15th annual Kick Butts Day. Arkansas participates in this movement through Arkansas Tobacco Free Kids Day, the local counterpart of the national event, by celebrating youth leadership and activism [...]
Arkansas has the third highest percentage of adults who use smokeless tobacco, falling only behind Wyoming and West Virginia, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention State Tobacco Activities Tracking and Evaluation System. Stamp Out Smoking is joining state and national tobacco control partners to celebrate Through With Chew Week February 14 – [...]
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 [...]
Winners have been selected out of more than 1,600 entries received for the Stamp Out Smoking “Tobacco Tackle” essay contest – the highest participation in the four-year history. Entries were divided into three categories: grades 2-3, 4-6 and 7-9, with a first-, second- and third-place winner in each category.
The Arkansas Department of Health Tobacco Prevention [...]
Stamp Out Smoking encourages Arkansas tobacco users to participate in the Great American Smokeout on November 19. The Great American Smokeout is a national cessation day held every year by the American Cancer Society. It is a day selected to raise awareness of the dangers of tobacco and to help tobacco users quit, for at [...]
On October 1, the Arkansas Tobacco Quitline will celebrate its one year anniversary of helping callers quit tobacco under operation by a new vendor, Free & Clear, Inc. In only one year, more than 26,000 tobacco users have called to receive the Quitline’s free motivational counseling and medications such as patches and lozenges. Thirty percent [...]
New survey information shows that there are nearly 100,000 fewer smokers in Arkansas since the beginning of the Arkansas Department of Health’s (ADH) Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program in 2002. When the program started in 2002, 25.1% adults smoked in the state; more current data show that those numbers have decreased to approximately 20.7%.
Dr. Paul [...]
