LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (June 10, 2011) – Father’s Day marks a day for children and families to celebrate their dads and all of the special things they do. Regrettably, more than 3,000 men in Arkansas will lose their lives due to smoking-related illnesses this year. Through the Arkansas Tobacco Quitline, fathers can take advantage of [...]
Arkansas has one of the highest smoking prevalence rates in the country for pregnant teens and women. Research shows that there is a higher incidence of miscarriage, low birth weight babies, and infant morbidity and mortality when an expectant woman smokes. TPCP is committed to helping pregnant women overcome their addiction to tobacco by providing [...]
A new four-segment “ask-the-expert” video series, available online at BecomeAnEX.org, is devoted to helping smokers understand their risks for lung cancer. Legacy, through an unrestricted educational grant from Genentech, has developed a series of short “ask-the-expert” videos designed to educate current and former smokers who are in the process of lung cancer screenings. The videos [...]
On February 1, 2011, the Let’s Clear the Air media campaign launched statewide and will run until April 30, 2011. The TPCP and ADH have received very positive feedback on the campaign. Local tobacco prevention coalitions and advocates have actively joined efforts to provide education of the dangers of secondhand smoke and the benefits of [...]
The Coalition for a Tobacco Free Arkansas hosted an educational legislative breakfast meeting on Tuesday, January 25, 2011 at the Capitol Hill Building. Fifty-eight individuals attended the early morning meeting to learn more about the perils of smoking and tobacco use in Arkansas, as well as hear strategies of how to reduce the health burdens [...]
The Arkansas Department of Health has awarded the Garland County Juvenile Detention Center a $22,880 grant to provide life skills training to detention center inmates. Belinda Cosgrove, the detention center administrator, announced the grant award at the center. She said half of the grant would be spent on Botvin LifeSkills Training, a 52-week evidence-based curriculum [...]
On March 30, 2011, the Governor signed SB 1004 into law – it is now Act 811 of 2011. Act 811 prohibits smoking in a vehicle in which a child under the age of 14 is a passenger (raises the age from 6 and eliminates the weight requirement). According to staff at the Bureau of [...]
The Madison County Rodeo Board was recently given the opportunity to allow an organization to set up a booth at its event to hand out free samples of smokeless tobacco. The board declined, and stated that smokeless tobacco would not be distributed during the rodeo or any other time. To express its appreciation, Coordinator for [...]
The Arkansas Department of Health is hosting a free webinar for health care providers and health administrators on Thursday, April 21st from 1:00 – 2:30 p.m., as part of its Tobacco Prevention and Cessation program and its Systems Training and Outreach (STOP) program. Whether it’s a clinic or a hospital network, this webinar will provide [...]
Young people from the Arkansas Youth Leadership Initiative (YLI) joined thousands of kids across the country on March 23 to take part in Kick Butts Day, a nationwide initiative that makes kids leaders in the effort to stop youth tobacco use. As part of the Kick Butts Day celebration, YLI hosted the fourth Arkansas Tobacco [...]
