By Delmonte Jefferson The Center for Black Health & Equity in partnership with the Wisconsin African American Tobacco Prevention Network May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and at The … [Read more...]
Parents, heads up. Nicotine makes teen stress worse.
Trying to use nicotine to deal with stress can trap teens in a dangerous loop. Learn more at tobaccoischanging.com … [Read more...]
Menthol supercharges nicotine. Nicotine Supercharges stress.
Your teen's mental health is at risk. http://tobaccoischanging.com … [Read more...]
Wisconsin Receives Mostly Failing Grades for Policies to Prevent and Reduce Tobacco Use
By Karen Stokes The 2023 released “State of Tobacco Control” evaluates state and federal policies on actions taken to eliminate tobacco use and recommends proven-effective tobacco control laws and … [Read more...]
Parents, heads up. Nicotine makes teen stress worse.
Trying to use nicotine to deal with stress can trap teens in a dangerous loop. Learn more at tobaccoischanging.com … [Read more...]
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Black Health: Going Up In Smoke
Legislatively Speaking By Senator Lena C. Taylor I grew up in a period when smoking was cool and common. Cigarettes were accessible and encouraged. Models were often depicted with the thin … [Read more...]
No Menthol Sunday Kickoff: Panel Discusses Effects of Menthol Cigarettes on the Black Community
By Karen Stokes On Friday, April 22, 2022, Attorney Sharon Eubanks, Carol McGruder, co-chair of the African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council (AATCLC) and Mark Meaney, the Deputy … [Read more...]
No Menthol Sunday: Shyquetta McElroy Talks Smoking, Quitting and Poetry
By Ana Martinez-Ortiz The first time Shyquetta McElroy puffed on a cigarette, she was 12 and had just lit it for her mom. She did not like it, but nearly a decade later, she tried again. For 11 … [Read more...]
Stopping a Lifetime of Tobacco Addiction Starts at The Counter
Because every illegal tobacco sale we stop helps create a healthier Milwaukee for everyone. Most tobacco users get started before they turn 21, the age requirement for legal tobacco purchases. That's … [Read more...]
Founding Member of national African American Tobacco Leadership Council joins Lt. Gov. Mandela Barnes to Kick-off No Menthol Sunday efforts in Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI – On Friday, April 16, 2021, Carol McGruder, a national leader in tobacco-prevention efforts and co-chair of an organization that filed a complaint against the FDA for not taking action … [Read more...]