Sunday, June 21 is the perfect day for Arkansas dads to start living a healthy and prosperous life. On that day, dads currently using tobacco can celebrate Father’s Day by stopping their tobacco use, choosing to save money and be around longer for their families. To help dads celebrate this special day, families can provide [...]
Stamp Out Smoking, the media and public relations campaign for the Arkansas Department of Health Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program, announced today it will host the sixth annual tobacco-free drama contest. Titled “The Big Pitch,” the contest will give students across Arkansas the chance to write and star in their own television spot highlighting the [...]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Feb. 16, 2009) – In an effort to curb spit tobacco use, the Arkansas Department of Health Tobacco Prevention and Cessation campaign, Stamp Out Smoking, announces Feb. 15-21, as “Through With Chew Week.”
Through With Chew Week is a national cessation movement devoted to educating Americans about the dangers of smokeless tobacco and [...]
New research shows that Arkansas is making definite headway in its fight against tobacco use in the state. Three separate studies indicate positive outcomes, including significant reductions in adult smoking, lower hospitalization rates for diseases related to tobacco use, and positive results for youth smoking. This news is significant because tobacco use has been linked [...]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (April 21, 2008) – Stamp Out Smoking, the media and public relations campaign for the Arkansas Department of Health Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program, has announced the winners of its fifth annual “The Big Pitch” drama contest.
Fayetteville High School Team A was awarded first-place and was presented with a $2,500 gift certificate [...]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (March 31, 2008) – The Youth Extinguishing Smoking Team is hosting its first Arkansas Tobacco-Free Kids Day on April 2, on the steps of the Capitol. The kick-off at the Capitol is the first of several events that will take place throughout the day to promote tobacco-free lifestyles and expose the tobacco [...]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (March 11, 2008) – Today, Dr. Carolyn Dresler of the Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) announces a new “get out the vote” initiative that urges all Arkansans to rally around Stamp Out Smoking, the media and public relations campaign of the ADH Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program.
“For the first time since the [...]
LITTLE ROCK (Feb. 5, 2008) – Stamp Out Smoking (SOS), the media and public relations campaign for the Arkansas Department of Health Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program (TPCP), announced today the 2008 “SOS Clean Air Avengers ” essay contest. This contest will give Arkansas students in grades 2-9 the opportunity to submit an [...]
LITTLE ROCK (January 29, 2008) — Stamp Out Smoking (SOS), the media and public relations campaign for the Arkansas Department of Health Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Program (TPCP), announced today it would sponsor the fifth annual tobacco-free drama contest. Entitled “The Big Pitch,” the contest will give students across Arkansas the chance to write [...]
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (Jan. 17) —The American Lung Association recently awarded Arkansas with an “A” in tobacco prevention and control spending in its report “State of Tobacco Control 2007,” which also included an “A” in smoke-free air laws.
The annual report tracks progress on key tobacco control guidelines at the state and federal levels, [...]
