Preventing and reducing tobacco use in Nebraska is the topic of a webinar series offered by Health Education Inc. in the coming months.

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?

Reducing Tobacco Use in Nebraska 101 will explore the answers to these questions, and invite Nebraskans across the state to join the effort for a healthier Nebraska.

The webinar series is designed to meet the needs of Nebraskans who want to learn how to reduce the preventable death and disability resulting from tobacco use. These include 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.

You may register below for the webinars.

Presenters on this webinar will explore 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 
Jeff Soukup, Program Manager, Tobacco Free Nebraska, Nebraska DHHS


This webinar took place Tuesday, December 6, 2011. Register now to receive information on how to view the replay.

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.

Presenters
Monica Eischen, CDC OSH Program Services Branch, Team Lead Program Consultant, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Judy Martin, Program Administrator, Tobacco Free Nebraska, Nebraska DHHS


This program took place Tuesday, December 20, 2011. Register now to be notified about the replay when it's made available.

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.

Presenters
Madeleine Solomon, Tobacco Technical Assistance Consortium, 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

Dr. Chaloupka will explore the relationship between the price of tobacco products and smoking and tobacco use rates, sharing national research and Nebraska statistics.

Presenter
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

For more than 30 years, Health Education Inc. has promoted the health of Nebraskans. That work includes efforts to protect the air Nebraskans breathe and to secure funding for tobacco control programs.