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Stories from the Field

Shared on November 6, 2020 | by Samara Tahmid

Persistence and Practice Change: How Fourteen State Tobacco Control Programs Continued Their Commitment to Addressing Tobacco Disparities During COVID-19

On a brisk January morning, fourteen state tobacco control programs convened in Washington D.C., for the launch of the National Behavioral Health Network’s (NBHN) 2020 State Tobacco Control Community of …

Shared on April 2, 2020 | by Dana Lange

Peer Specialists: Enhancing the Behavioral Health Workforce to Address Tobacco Cessation

Peer Specialists: Enhancing the Behavioral Health Workforce to Address Tobacco Cessation Interview with Heath Hayes, Senior Director – Communications and Strategic Engagement Oklahoma Department of Mental Health & Substance Abuse …

Shared on October 17, 2019 | by Samara Tahmid

State Cancer Control Programs Work to Advance Comprehensive Cancer Care with Mental Health in Mind

In August 2019, the National Behavioral Health Network for Tobacco & Cancer Control (NBHN) facilitated the launch of the 2019 Cancer and Behavioral Health Education training, a three-part in-person and …

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Tobacco Prevention & Control

Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDs) and Youth Vaping: What Providers Need to Know

Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems (ENDs) and Youth Vaping: What Providers Need to Know Original Air Date: Thursday, November 12, 3 – 4 p.m. ET Growing research shows that use of …

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Tobacco Prevention & Control

For Smokers With Schizophrenia, Varenicline Found Most Effective at Achieving Abstinence [APA]

For Smokers With Schizophrenia, Varenicline Found Most Effective at Achieving Abstinence Smokers with schizophrenia who received pharmacotherapeutic smoking cessation aids, especially the medication varenicline, had significantly higher abstinence rates compared …

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Cancer Prevention & Control Tobacco Prevention & Control

New NBHN COVID-19 Social Media Shareables!

As our healthcare systems begin to shift to address the unprecedented circumstances caused by the global pandemic of coronavirus (COVID-19), public health, behavioral health and health care professionals have been …

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