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We’re Talking to Our Youth to Head Off Tobacco Companies
In the spirit of collaboration, the CBHC TMBC Project Team partnered with seven Black youth-focused organizations to plan and host a Tobacco-Nicotine Youth Summit.
The Youth Summit was a tremendous success, drawing 80 enthusiastic participants. It provided numerous opportunities to connect with young people and raise awareness about the dangers of tobacco and nicotine. Engagement remained strong and consistent throughout the event, with participants showing sustained interest and positive energy from start to finish.
Menthol Tobacco Knockout
“The Youth Summit was an eye-opening conversation on the dangers and misunderstandings of tobacco use and how misuse of this substance can do great harm to oneself as well as their loved ones.
The youth-led workshops sparked creative dialogue. The beautifully presented gallery walk was both informative and artistic, and the panel provoked conversations around tobacco in a safe and enlightening environment.”
Tsion Hundie, Youth Aspiring Americans
for Social & Political Action (YAASPA)
Join the CBHC Coalition Today!
The Colorado Black Health Collaborative Coalition is a united group of grassroots community members and representatives from community and health organizations focused on the health and well-being of the community.
The Coalition is working to raise awareness, educate, and act against the predatory marketing of menthol and other flavored tobacco products in our community.
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Menthol Tobacco Is a Social Justice Issue
Anatomy of the Menthol Tobacco Social Justice Issue
Put On the Armor of Health |
Spoken Word by Kenya Mahogany
Ready to Quit? To help, CBHC provides vetted, culturally competent tobacco and nicotine cessation services and resources to support Black tobacco and nicotine users in quitting.
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Emotional Brain Training
Emotional Brain Training (EBT) is a scientific, proven method to rewire your brain. Whether you are stuck in anxiety, depression, or anger, or feel out of control of relationships, food, work, drugs, or alcohol, the problem is not you. It’s a wire in your brain – and you can rewire it with EBT.
Stress chemicals cause the need to smoke. EBT shuts off these chemicals and activates chemicals that reward you with dopamine so that the drive to smoke decreases.
The African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council (AATCLC) and the Smoking Cessation Leadership Center (SCLC) of the University of California, San Francisco have joined forces to promote Spiral Up Lite.
Spiral Up Lite is a FREE innovative mobile app that anyone can use to access rapid-acting tools to assist with smoking cessation. The app is based on the neuroscience of EBT, which has shown long-term effectiveness in treating today’s extreme stress levels, as well as mood and addictive behaviors, including smoking.
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Pathways to Freedom: Leading the Way to a Smoke-Free Community
Produced in partnership with key segments of the African American community, including churches, service organizations, and educational institutions.
This three-part guide combines knowledge regarding the history of smoking among African Americans, smoking cessation, and relapse prevention, which is based on contemporary cognitive behavioral techniques that have demonstrated success among African Americans.
Pathways to Freedom addresses issues specific to African Americans, including targeted advertising campaigns and historical, cultural, and socioeconomic influences.
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Education: Informs you about the impact of tobacco use on the Black Community.
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How to Quit: Provides information and resources to help individuals—and those supporting them—successfully stop smoking.
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Community Organization: Informs you on how communities can collaborate to fight the tobacco industry.
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Tips from Former Smokers
Listen to the quit stories and tips from Black/African American individuals, provided by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and Colorado Black Health Collaborative (CBHC).
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Colorado Quitline
A free telephone coaching service (1-800-QUIT-NOW) that connects people who want to quit smoking or using other tobacco products to an experienced Quit Coach (trained Counselor).
Along with personalized coaching, the telephone service provides free nicotine patches or gum. The service is available at no cost to anyone calling from anywhere in Colorado.
Click here to visit the website: https://www.coquitline.org/en-US/