[HealthyTribes] FW: REVISED DATE Regarding Communication Activities for World No Tobacco Day

[Moseley Katarina]

Coordinators,
Below is information regarding national initiatives for World No Tobacco Day. This email is being shared with you as an FYI.

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On May 31, the global tobacco control and prevention community will celebrate World No Tobacco Day (WNTD), an annual awareness event that draws worldwide attention to the tobacco epidemic and highlights the need for effective policies to reduce tobacco use.

This year, the World Health Organization and its partners are calling upon countries to raise taxes on tobacco products. This recommendation is among several actions also identified in the 2014 Surgeon General's Report-The Health Consequences of Smoking: 50 Years of Progress-to more quickly and dramatically reduce tobacco use. CDC encourages states and partners to familiarize themselves with these actions as an effective means of further accelerating the national movement to reduce tobacco use.

CDC/OSH has planned communication activities leading up to WNTD. Following is a preview of what's to come. Please be on the lookout for an another forwarded email on May 29 (after 1 PM EST) providing a link to the feature article.

Products and Activities

CDC Feature Article: CDC Celebrates World No Tobacco Day 2014
This article:

*         Presents a case study outlining how Turkey successfully reduced smoking rates after raising taxes and prices on cigarettes

*         Identifies proven strategies that work to reduce U.S. smoking rates

*         Identifies ways to further accelerate progress in reducing tobacco use

*         Provides helpful, free quitting resources

This feature article will go live on May 29 (after 1 PM EST) on CDC.gov<http://www.cdc.gov/>; information will also be forthcoming via CDC Tobacco Free social media profiles. We'll also send out a follow-up E-mail that contains a direct link to the article.

Twitter Chats


*         Wednesday, May 21 at 2 PM EST: New 2014 Surgeon General's Report Findings Join the Office on Smoking and Health, https://twitter.com/CDCTobaccoFree, for a Twitter chat about new findings from the 2014 Surgeon General Report's Report on Smoking and Health and how they are impacting your community. Special guests include Acting Surgeon General Boris Lushniak, https://twitter.com/Surgeon_General, and CDC Director Tom Frieden, https://twitter.com/DrFriedenCDC. Use #SGR50chat to join in. For questions, contact Maggie Silver at uvt8 at cdc.gov<mailto:uvt8 at cdc.gov> or 770-488-0962.


*         Thursday, May 29 at 1 PM EST: World No Tobacco Day Twitter Chat This chat will be hosted by Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America (@CADCA<https://twitter.com/CADCA> ). To participate, use the hashtag #WNTDchat. The chat will include a discussion about World No Tobacco Day activities, tobacco prevention strategies, and resources and tools to help reduce tobacco use.  For questions, contact Colleen Hopkins at chopkins at cadca.org<mailto:chopkins at cadca.org> or 703-706-0560, ext. 260.

Like, Follow, and Subscribe! Additional Social Media Engagement
To take advantage of all the activities we have planned on our social media profiles, you may also wish to proactively like and follow @CDCTobaccoFree on Facebook<http://www.facebook.com/cdctobaccofree> and Twitter<https://twitter.com/CDCTobaccoFree> and subscribe to the Smoking & Tobacco Use playlist on YouTube<http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL184B81EA3136E9FE&feature=plcp>. Doing so will enable you to receive and share status updates and profile updates as they are posted.

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