Nebraskans interested in reducing tobacco use in Nebraska gained a deeper understanding of the toll of tobacco in Nebraska from a state and national expert on a webinar earlier this month.

Presenters on this webinar shared the toll that tobacco takes on Nebraska both in human and financial terms. 

Presenters Brenda Richards, Program Consultant, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Office on Smoking and Health and Jeff Soukup, Program Manager, Tobacco Free Nebraska, Nebraska DHHS, shared the tremendous toll that tobacco takes on Nebraska. They shared that each year:

• 2,200 Nebraska smokers die each year as a result of smoking
  
• 36,000 youth aged zero to 17 alive today will die from smoking in the future, and that
  
• 220 Nebraska non-smokers die each year from secondhand smoke.

The webinar is available by replay. To view the webinar, please register for the Tobacco's Toll on Nebraska webinar at the "Reducing Tobacco Use in Nebraska 101 Webinar Series" homepage.

Three other webinars are planned in the series, and registration is open for each of these webinars.

"A Program to Prevent Tobacco Use in Nebraska," with presenters Monica Eischen, CDC OSH Program Services Branch, Team Lead Program Consultant, and Judy Martin, Program Manager, Tobacco Free Nebraska, Nebraska DHHS, will take place at 10 a.m. CT/9 a.m. MT Tuesday, December 20, 2011. Presenters on this webinar will explore what programs to reduce tobacco use do, what the evidence is for their ability to reduce tobacco use and what's being done in Nebraska to reduce smoking and other tobacco use.

The "History of the Master Tobacco Settlement and Tobacco Prevention Spending in Nebraska," with presenters Madeleine Solomon, Tobacco Technical Assistance Consortium, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, and Rich Lombardi, American Communications Group, Lincoln, Nebraska, will take place 10 a.m. CT/9 a.m. MT Tuesday, January 31, 2012. Presenters on this webinar will explore the history of the national Master Tobacco Settlement, as well as the history of how the money Nebraska receives as part of that settlement has been spent, especially regarding reducing tobacco use.

"The Price of Tobacco Products and Consumption," with presenter Dr. Frank Chaloupka, Distinguished Professor of Economics & Public Health, and Director, Health Policy Center of the University of Illinois at Chicago will take place 10 a.m. CT/ 9 a.m. MT Tuesday, February 28, 2012. Dr. Chaloupka will explore the relationship between the price of tobacco products and smoking and tobacco use rates, sharing national research and Nebraska statistics.To register for each of the webinars, visit the "Reducing Tobacco Use in Nebraska 101 Webinar Series," homepage.

Because the Nebraska Legislature has scheduled a hearing dealing with tobacco Master Settlement Agreement funds on the morning originally scheduled for the Tobacco's Toll on Nebraska webinar, the first webinar is being rescheduled for December 6. See the new information below.

Anyone who has registered already for the webinars may keep the log-in information for all webinars. The information will "work" on December 6 for the first webinar rather than as originally scheduled.

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Each year, 2,200 Nebraska kids become daily smokers. Coincidentally, 2,200 is also the number of lives claimed by smoking-related diseases in Nebraska each year.

What’s the true toll of tobacco on Nebraska? What’s being done, and what can be done to reduce that toll?

That's the topic of a webinar series that will explore the answers to these questions, and to join the effort for a healthier Nebraska.  

Who should attend?
Nebraskans elected and appointed to serve as decision makers; professionals seeking to reduce tobacco use in our state; other interested public health professionals; advocates and volunteers seeking to promote healthier lives in our state; and members of the news media will find the presentations by our expert panel to provide insight into the problem of the state’s number one preventable cause of death for Nebraska’s adults.  Reducing Tobacco Use in Nebraska 101 registrations are being taken online.

The Webinars

Tobacco’s Toll on Nebraska
Presenters
Brenda Richards, Program Consultant, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
Jeff Soukup, Program Manager, Tobacco Free Nebraska, Nebraska DHHS
10 a.m. CT/9 a.m. MT Tuesday, November 29, 2011

A Program to Prevent Tobacco Use in Nebraska
Presenters
Monica Eischen, Program Consultant, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Judy Martin, Program Manager, Tobacco Free Nebraska, Nebraska DHHS
10 a.m. CT/9 a.m. MT Tuesday, December 20, 2011

History of the Master Tobacco Settlement
and Tobacco Prevention Spending in Nebraska
Presenters
Madeleine Solomon, TTAC, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University
Rich Lombardi, American Communications Group, Lincoln, Nebraska
10 a.m. CT/9 a.m. MT Tuesday, January 31, 2012

The Price of Tobacco Products and Consumption
Presenters
Dr. Frank Chaloupka
Distinguished Professor of Economics & Public Health
Director, Health Policy Center
University of Illinois at Chicago
10 a.m. CT/ 9 a.m. MT Tuesday, February 28, 2012

 Each year, 2,200 Nebraska kids become daily smokers. Coincidentally, 2,200 is also the number of lives claimed by smoking-related diseases in Nebraska each year.

What’s the true toll of tobacco on Nebraska? What’s being done, and what can be done to reduce that toll?

That's the topic of a webinar series that will explore the answers to these questions, and to join the effort for a healthier Nebraska.  

Who should attend?
Nebraskans elected and appointed to serve as decision makers; professionals seeking to reduce tobacco use in our state; other interested public health professionals; advocates and volunteers seeking to promote healthier lives in our state; and members of the news media will find the presentations by our expert panel to provide insight into the problem of the state’s number one preventable cause of death for Nebraska’s adults.