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Welcome to the Tobacco Cessation Newsletter!

In this monthly newsletter we will share tobacco education updates, highlight training opportunities, and share services and resources available to help your clients address their tobacco use.


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San Francisco’s Flavored Tobacco Sales Ban
is now in effect!

San Francisco Health Code, Article 19Q:  Prohibiting the Sales of Flavored Tobacco Products was approved by San Francisco voters on June 5, 2018 and went into effect July 20, 2018. A flavored tobacco product is any tobacco product which contains an ingredient that imparts a characterizing flavor. A “Characterizing flavor” is a distinguishable taste or smell, other than the taste or smell of tobacco.

You can review and see the examples of flavored tobacco products on the Flavored Tobacco Products Sales Ban poster mailed to all San Francisco tobacco products retailers at the end of August 2018.

For more information about the timeline for enforcement of this new law, and planned activities related to community and retailer education visit the Environmental Health Branch's website on Flavored Tobacco.

In the NEWS This Month: 
FDA ordered to quickly implement graphic cigarette warnings as mandated by the 2009 Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act. 

The Truth Initiative reports that the US District Court has ordered the FDA to expedite their work around the implementation of the graphic label ruling.  
Current tobacco warning labels were last updated in 1984, and many studies suggest that graphic warnings can protect youth, and encourage quit attempts. 
For more information, read the article from the Truth Initiative
Stop Smoking Classes start September 13! 
Refer your patient through eReferral, or call (628) 206-6074 to help them enroll. OR, encourage patients to drop in on Thursday September 13th, 2-4pm. 
CLICK HERE to download the flyer!
Our current SF Quits! kits are running out!
Don't forget to order more for your clients before they are all gone!

CLICK HERE TO ORDER MORE KITS! 

Stay tuned for the NEW and REDESIGNED SF Quits! kits coming out in October 2018! 
Do you have questions about...
  • Nicotine Replacement Therapy?
  • Medications that help people quit smoking? 
  • Local quitting resources?
Email maryna.spiegel@sfdph.org for more information on training available through the Tobacco Free Project! 
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