Partnership for Prevention

April 8, 2009

• Corinne Husten, MD, MPH, Interim President of Partnership for Prevention; Former Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Office on Smoking and Health - Biography
• Paul Billings, Vice President, National Policy and Advocacy, American Lung Association - Biography   

• Video: requires FlashPlayer 10 Kerry Bolger, PhD, Legislative Assistant to Rep. Diana DeGette, D-CO Corinne G. Husten, MD, MPH, Interim President, Partnership for Prevention
• Part 2 <Embed: Partnership for Prevention - The _Perfect Storm_ for Tobacco Cessation - A Congressional Briefing_ Part 2 .flv> - Corinne G. Husten
• Part 3 <Embed: Partnership for Prevention - The _Perfect Storm_ for Tobacco Cessation - A Congressional Briefing_ Part 3> - Paul Billings, American Lung Association
• Podcast

• Corinne Husten, Tobacco Taxes: A Perfect Storm for Tobacco Cessation
• Paul Billings, Raising Tobacco Taxes and Helping Smokers Quit

• Partnership for Prevention Overview
• American Lung Association’s Smoking Cessation Programs
• Access to Cessation Treatment for Tobacco In Our Nation (ACTTION) Overview
• Real Health Reform Starts with Prevention (Executive Summary)
• Sample Newsletter Insert – This language can be included in newsletters or other correspondences Members of Congress send to their constituents
• 1-800-Quit Now Data for US States: Call Attempts – This data was prepared by the National Cancer Institute and shows the total number of calls routed through 1-800-QUIT-NOW by state
• Promotional Campaigns in the States – Sample of print advertisements from Indiana and Arkansas
• Cigarette Tax Boost Prod Some to Quit , David Brown, Washington Post, April 3, 2009; A06
• Quit Smoking for Life Act of 2009 – Representatives Diana DeGette and Todd Platts introduced H.R.1850 on April 1, 2009. The legislation would promote tobacco use cessation under the Medicare Program, the Medicaid Program, and the maternal and child health program.