ActionToQuit

ActionToQuit is a tobacco control initiative sponsored by Altarum Institute. One in five adult Americans smoke or uses some form of tobacco.

It urges all sectors – health care systems, employers, insurers, government agencies, quitlines, and policymakers – to work together to develop and promote sound tobacco control policies. This causes or complicates many of the Nation’s most common and costly chronic diseases (cancer, heart and lung disease, stroke, asthma) and results in the deaths of over 400,000 people every year. We are failing as a nation to provide the treatment that is needed to help these people quit their addiction to tobacco. Beyond the physical costs, failing to help people quit takes a financial toll – over $180 billion every year – a toll that U.S. taxpayers, investors and business owners can no longer afford in today’s uncertain economic environment. This is due to a combination of factors, not the least of which is the failure of public and private policies to give tobacco users full access to all the tools they need to quit. Our failure to act is costing us precious lives and money - we can and we must do better.

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12/29/2016

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The new Major League Baseball contract will phase out players’ use of the addictive substance.

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12/28/2016

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On the verge of being snuffed out by Obama administration regulators, Florida’s traditional and culturally distinct premium cigar industry has …

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12/27/2016

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The design and content of ci******es continue to make them attractive, addictive, and deadly. Every day, more than 1,300 people in the United States die because of cigarette use.

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12/23/2016

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The increased public use of e-ci******es has not re-normalized the use of conventional ci******es, as some have argued, according to a new study conducted by the Centre for Substance Use Research (CSUR) in Scotland. The findings are published in the journal International Archives of Addiction Resear...

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12/22/2016

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This year’s holiday greetings from to***co companies come with party tips, free gift tags, DIY decoration ideas and, of course, lots of coupons for to***co.

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12/21/2016

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The amount of ni****ne in ho**ah to***co is often inaccurate and can be misleading to the consumer, researchers have found.

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12/20/2016

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The dangers of ni****ne may be especially problematic for children and teens, causing addiction and other health problems. Consumer Reports examines new findings.

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12/19/2016

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Pharmacies -- trusted healthcare sources -- and to***co -- the leading preventable cause of death -- just. don’t. mix. We’re teaming up with truth to take ba...

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12/16/2016

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The FDA is cracking down on flavored ci******es that are marketed as "ci**rs." Consumer Reports explains the law.

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12/15/2016

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Big To***co spends $20 to market its deadly products for every $1 the states spend to fight to***co use.

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12/14/2016

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A survey says that American teenagers are on their best behavior in 40 years – they’re drinking and smoking less, and are not doing drugs as often as their predecessors. Even ma*****na use has gone down among middle-school children, says the yearly Monitoring the Future survey conducted. Lloyd Johns...

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12/13/2016

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Warning labels are there to deter smoking. However, researchers have found that testimonial warning labels are better than text-based ones in motivating smokers to quit.

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