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Smokeless Tobacco Causes Cancer Too

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:49:31-07:00August 22nd, 2014|Prevention|

Smokeless tobacco has made recent headlines with former MLB players citing their habitual use for their cancer diagnosis, including Tony Gwynn, who recently died after battling salivary gland cancer, and this week, Curt Schilling, who publicly announced his diagnosis of squamous cell carcinoma (cancer of the mouth). Both attributed their cancer to their 30+ years of chewing. The percentage of adults [...]

“Winnable Public Health Battles” Smoking and Tobacco Use

By Will Humble|2017-02-10T09:52:17-07:00May 26th, 2010|Prevention|

All this week, I'm talking about the five "winnable battles" in public health as laid out by the new CDC Director - Dr. Thomas Frieden. Dr. Frieden talked about focusing its strategic planning on public health and policy interventions to help win the 5 “Winnable Battles” in the next 3 years. There’s not much on [...]