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• ** NEW **  Workshop - Smokeless Tobacco: Trends in Use and Interventions - June 26th, 2008 

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• MDQuit in conjunction with the Allegany County Health Department hosted a Smokeless Tobacco Workshop on June 26th, 2008 at the Allegany County Health Department.  Click here for additional information about the Workshop, including downloadable Powerpoint slides.  

•  ** NEW **  County-Specific Youth Tobacco Use Fact Sheets 

• Click here to view and download Fact Sheets on Tobacco Use by Youth for all Maryland Counties and Baltimore City brought to you by the Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene.  These reports have been prepared and published by the Surveillance & Evaluation Component of Maryland's Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Program.   A link to these pdfs can also be found under the Maryland Data Overview Page (under the Maryland State Specific Prevalence Data).
  

• ** NEW **  Youth Prevention and Cessation Workshop
  
  

• MDQuit hosted a workshop entitled, 'Making the Grade: How to Score Big with Youth Prevention and Cessation Strategies' which was held Tuesday, May 20th, 2008 at Turf Valley Resort in Ellicott City, MD.  
  
  Presenters included Dr. Carlo DiClemente, Dr. Gilbert Botvin, Dr. Chudley Werch & Dr. Linda Hancock.  Click here to view and download the presenter's slides.  
  

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  Click here for a pdf version of MDQuit's latest Newsletter (Summer 2008).

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Maryland Tobacco News

Baltimore City seeks to ban sale in individual cheap cigars - May 29, 2008

Annual Conference On Vaccine Research To Highlight Not Only Health Benefits But Also Economic Gains - May 6, 2008

National Tobacco News

Menthol levels manipulated to hook youth -- July 17, 2008

Decline in Secondhand Smoke exposure -- July 17, 2008

Movie studios to include anti-smoking message in movies -- July 17, 2008

WHO advocates indoor smoking bans -- July 8, 2008

Smokeless tobacco use increases cancer risk -- July 8, 2008

Smoking linked to hearing loss in middle age - June 26, 2008

AMA advocates retail clinics to stop selling cigarettes - June 26, 2008

NY smoking tax another reason to quit -- June 19, 2008

Smoking in middle age correlated with cognitive declines -- June 19, 2008

Use of alternative tobacco products on the rise -- June 19, 2008

WHO condemns international tobacco industry marketing toward youth - June 4, 2008

Genes may help determine best cessation aid - June 3, 2008

Evidence of switching to smokeless tobacco as a smoking cessation method - May 29, 2008

Friends quit smoking? You probably will too: Smokers kick habit in groups, those who don't become outcasts, study finds - May 22, 2008

FAA bans Chantix for pilots, traffic controllers - May 22, 2008

Florida County Says No to Hiring Smokers, Citing Costs - May 20, 2008

Turkey Broadens Ban on Public Smoking - May 20, 2008

Vending Machine Would Verify Age by Counting Wrinkles - May 19, 2008

Nicotine Inhalers for Indoor Smokers - May 16, 2008

Many College Students Smoking Water Pipes, Study Finds - May 16, 2008

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• Maryland institutes a FREE Quitline for all residents.

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