News and Events

Division of Public Health Recognizes "Don't Fry Day", NH DHHS Press Release, 5/24/13

NH Senate Rejects Tobacco Tax Hike, Seacoastonline, 5/23/13

2nd Annual Race for the Cure Set for May 11, Boston.com, 5/5/13

Urologists Recommend Less PSA Testing for Prostate Cancer, NHPR, 5/3/13

A healthy choice for NH Senate, Fosters.com Editorial, 4/13/13

Robert Wood Johnson and Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Launch New Initiative to Reduce Tobacco Use, 4/11/13 news release

Cigarette tax increase seen as a deterrent to youth smoking, Union Leader, 4/9/13

NH CCC annual conference presentations available: Navigating Turbulent Waters: Reducing the Burden of Cancer in Individuals and Communities was held March 20, 2013.

Bottom of the pack: New Hampshire trailing all states in spending on tobacco prevention and cessation programs, Nashua Telegraph, 3/24/13

Monthly Checkup: Colon Cancer Awareness Month, WMUR, 3/21/13 

UPDATED: House approves tobacco settlement, to net about $17 million, Union Leader, 3/20/13

NH Kids Will 'Kick Butts' on Wednesday, March 20, Wall Street Journal, 3/15/13

News Release: NH CCC annual conference, 3/13/13

Senate Approves Tobacco Settlement, Union Leader, 3/14/13

More Tobacco Settlement Money Headed for NH, Union Leader, 3/12/13

Stubbing Out Cigarettes for Good, New York Times Op Ed, 3/1/13

Insurance Rates for Smokers Under Fire in NH, Seacoast Online, 3/1/13

New Hampshire Department of Health Declares Through with Chew Week, DHHS news release, 2/15/13

Hassan Says Casino, Tobacco Tax Hike Would Fund Budget, Eagle Tribune, 2/14/13

Letter: Preventing Cancer, Concord Monitor, 2/8/13

Young Melanoma Survivors Speak to Teens in NH about Tanning Risks, Tanning Forums to be Held Feb. 15 & 16, NH CCC News release 2/7/13

February 4 Designated Cancer Prevention Day in NH, Seacoast Online, 2/04/13

Exeter Hospital Expands its Cancer Center, Union Leader, 2/3/13

DHHS Recognizes National 'Wear Red Day' to Promote Heart Disease Awareness, NH DHHS press release, 2/1/13

American Lung Association Gives Failing Grade to NH on Tobacco, Eagle- Tribune, 1/24/2013

Female Smokers Face Greater Risk Than Previously Thought, NHPR, 1/24/13

Dermatologists blast tanning industry campaign to play down skin cancer fears, NBCnews.com, 1/22/2013

Lung Association wants $1 hike in NH Tobacco Tax, Union Leader, 1/16/13

NH Receives Low Grades on Smoking Prevention, Seacoast Online, 1/16/2013

NH Must Invest to Curb Smoking, Seacoast Online, 1/7/2013

Pap Tests for Cervical Cancer Often Are Wasted, NHPR, 1/3/2013

Breast Cancer: What We Learned in 2012, NHPR, 1/1/2013 

Are e-cigarettes blowing smoke?, Union Leader, 12/29/2012

Online Education Didn't Boost Colon Cancer Screening Much, NHPR, 12/21/2012

Tobacco Sales To Youth In NH Increased In 2012, NH DHHS press release, 12/20/2012

A Cigarette-tax Boost Should Come With a Promise to Fund Prevention Programs, Keene Sentinel, 12/11/2012

Letter: Unnecessary Costs, Concord Monitor, 12/10/2012

Report: State Ranks Last in Anti-Smoking Efforts, NHPR, 12/7/2012

Broken Promises to Our Children: The 1998 State Tobacco Settlement 14 Years Later, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Report, 12/06/2012

Arsenic Likely in Nearly 40 Percent of New Hampshire's Groundwater, US Geological Survey, 12/04/2012

Helping Smokers Quit: Tobacco Cessation Coverage 2012 Report, American Lung Association, 12/03/2012

Time to Fund Smoking Prevention Programs, Nashua Telegraph, 11/29/2012

NH Comprehensive Cancer Collaboration’s “Emerging Issues” Work Group Releases Brief, Taking the Fear Out of Palliative Care, 11/1/2012

Pink Thinking Turns Yellow, Breast Cancer Awareness Campaign at D-H Norris Cotton Cancer Center -10/2/12

Statement on Breast Cancer Awareness Month by Kathleen Sebelius, US HHS Secretary- NCI Cancer Bulletin- 10/2/12

New Hampshire Program Offers FREE Breast Cancer Screenings to Women Who Meet Eligibility Criteria- 10/1/12

"Tobacco Use Among Youth in New Hampshire" issue brief developed by NH Tobacco Prevention and Control Program- 8/12

Cancer collaboration elects Board- Union Leader 9/16/12

Cancer organization names Morse to the Board -Seacoastonline 9/16/12

NH CCC Names New Board Members - 8/29/2012

CDC says graphic anti-smoking ads work, more on the way- 8/6/2012 

NH cigarette tax cut hurt public health, too- 7/15/2012

On-screen smoking may turn teens on to cigarettes- 7/8/2012

Officials praise new Nashua cancer center- 6/23/2012

Officials discuss need for more cancer research funding- 6/22/2012

Doctors got it right in anti-smoking letter- 4/12/2012

State should target youth tobacco use- 4/2/2012

NH CCC Awards Pacts for Screening and End-of-Life Care, Union Leader, 1/26/2012

NH CCC to Support Cancer Prevention and Treatment Programs- 1/25/2012

National Report: NH Ranks Last in Protecting Kids from Tobacco - 12/6/2011

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