The Gift of a Lifetime
It’s that gift giving—and receiving—time of year again; the time of year that people break out their wallets and typically spend more money than they do during any other month. Sure, the latest and greatest [...]
Great American Smokeout
Are you going to try quitting? Great American Smokeout--Thursday, November 17 Successfully quitting tobacco is a matter of planning and commitment, not luck. Decide now on your own plan. Some options include using nicotine replacement [...]
Tobacco 21
Raising the minimum legal sale age for tobacco products to 21 is a promising strategy to save lives and reduce smoking and other tobacco use among youth. A 21 sale age complements other strategies to [...]
1-800-QUIT-NOW
The Montana Tobacco Quit Line is a FREE service designed as a support system to help Montanans become tobacco-free. Read on to learn more... Is the quit line free, confidential and/or dependent on health insurance? [...]
Smokeless Tobacco Risks and Oral Cancer Screening Options
Whatever you call it — chew, dip, snuff, spit, plug, wad, pinch— it’s not a safe alternative to cigarettes. The tobacco industry markets the product “smokeless tobacco” as safer than cigarettes because you are not [...]
The More Tobacco Marketing Kids See, The More Likely They Are To Smoke
Kids who shop in stores with tobacco marketing, such as gas stations and convenience stores, are 64% more likely to start smoking than their friends who don’t. (1) What specifically is going on in these [...]
Candy Flavored Tobacco
Many kids believe flavored tobacco products are less harmful than their non-flavored counterparts. In fact, the 2011 National Youth Tobacco Survey showed, more than 40 percent of U.S. youth (grades 6-12) who currently smoke, reported [...]
Kick Butts Day Scavenger Hunt
For decades, Big Tobacco has marketed its deadly and addictive products to teens like you. Thanks to a 2009 law passed by Congress, the Food and Drug Administration has restricted some forms of tobacco marketing. [...]
Youth are price sensitive – Let’s end the tobacco epidemic
Thanks to moderate cigarette taxes, the Clean Indoor Air Act, and the Montana Tobacco Use Prevention Program; cigarettes are less accessible, less attractive, and less affordable. Unfortunately, the use of cigars, little cigars, e-cigarettes, and [...]
Are you “through with chew”?
Whatever you call it — chew, dip, snuff, spit, plug, wad, pinch— it’s not a safe alternative to cigarettes. If you are a father, brother, coach or community leader who uses chewing tobacco, you are [...]