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LGBT Wellness Roundup: October 5

As published on Huffington Post’s new LGBT Wellness blog, see original at: http://ow.ly/DhVNO Each week HuffPost Gay Voices, in a partnership with bloggers Liz Margolies and Scout, brings you a round up of some of the biggest LGBT wellness stories from the past seven days. For more LGBT Wellness, visit our page dedicated to the topic here. TheContinue reading “LGBT Wellness Roundup: October 5”

Yet another life lost to smoking

We are deeply saddened to report that Bill Busse, a Tips From Former Smokers ad participant, has passed away. The cause of death was heart disease, which is very common for smokers. Bill shared his story on the Tips From Former Smokers Campaign about the affects that smoking had on his health (made more severe by diabetes,Continue reading “Yet another life lost to smoking”

Network training update- National Jewish Quitline!

             Network Training Update      National Jewish Quitline       Last week, Dr. Scout flew to Colorado to do trainings at the National Jewish Hospital, home of one of the country’s largest quitlines. Dr. Scout’s training, titled  “The LGBT Population and Tobacco Use: Creating an LGBT Friendly & InclusiveContinue reading “Network training update- National Jewish Quitline!”

New Study Looks at Smoking Cessation among People with HIV

  Corey Prachniak is an LGBT rights, HIV policy, and healthcare attorney. He serves on the Steering Committee of the Network for LGBT Health Equity and tweets @LGBTadvocacy.       What makes smoking cessation successful among people living with HIV?  That was the question posed at an event last week at the American Legacy FoundationContinue reading “New Study Looks at Smoking Cessation among People with HIV”

E-Cigarettes: Friend or Foe for the LGBT Communities?

 As published on Huffington Post’s new LGBT Wellness blog, see original at: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/scout-phd/e-cigarettes-friend-or-foe_b_5024583.html Working in tobacco control sometimes elicits interesting reactions from people. Some try to hide their smoking. While I certainly appreciate not being near the smoke itself, I’ve got great empathy for smokers. In fact, since most smokers have already tried to quit, they’re muchContinue reading “E-Cigarettes: Friend or Foe for the LGBT Communities?”

FDA Launches Youth Anti-Smoking Campaign, with LGBT Effort to Follow

  Corey Prachniak is an LGBT rights, HIV policy, and healthcare attorney.  He serves on the Steering Committee of the Network for LGBT Health Equity and tweets @LGBTadvocacy.   This morning at the National Press Club in Washington, the Food and Drug Administration unveiled a $115 million anti-smoking campaign aimed at youths – the first-everContinue reading “FDA Launches Youth Anti-Smoking Campaign, with LGBT Effort to Follow”

We’re working toward a tobacco-free future for LGBT communities!

Here at the National LGBT Cancer Network Summit in NYC, we wanted to get in on the Surgeon General Report excitement! #SGR50

Sassy new ad and infograph highlight LGBT smoking disparity in California

  Brian Davis, Project Director Freedom From Tobacco           New video and infographic resources were unveiled by California’s anti-tobacco partners for the LGBT community to address the disproportionate impact of tobacco within the community.  In California, the LGB community has one of the highest smoking rates of any group; lesbian, gay and bisexualContinue reading “Sassy new ad and infograph highlight LGBT smoking disparity in California”

Cigarette butts: why are we still throwing them on the ground?!?!

  Daniella Matthews-Trigg Program Associate Attempting to air my pet peeves in a constructive way          Did you know that CIGARETTE BUTTS ARE THE NO.1 MOST LITTERED ITEM ON US ROADWAYS AND THE NO. 1 MOST FOUND ITEM ON BEACHES AND IN WATERWAYS WORLDWIDE?! Whoa. A survey released in April by Legacy showsContinue reading “Cigarette butts: why are we still throwing them on the ground?!?!”

Upcoming webinar about CDC’s unveiling of “Talk with your doctor” sub-campaign- register today!

    The Network for LGBT Health Equity  Bringing you awesome Webinars and keeping you in the know!            A new feature of the CDC’s Tips From Former Smokers campaign was unveiled this week— “Talk With Your Doctor” (TWYD). The goal of this phase of the campaign is to engage health care providers andContinue reading “Upcoming webinar about CDC’s unveiling of “Talk with your doctor” sub-campaign- register today!”