In this month's issue . . .

Mark your calendars (or Blackberries or IPhones) for the annual meeting in October.  Learn about how to budget for TRU group meetings and find a recipe for elephant.  
 
Another successful TRU group retreat was held in the Piedmont last month and a video was created to prove it.  Read about revisions to ASPIRE, a free online resource about the dangers of tobacco use, that you could incorporate into your work today. 
 
Learn more about the group of your peers working to heighten sensitivity to issues of diversity.  Tell us about your Kick Butts Day events and welcome some familiar faces from SAVE back to the classroom.  
 
You will want to peruse The Tobacco Atlas that looks at tobacco use from a global perspective and see how North Carolina fits in the bigger picture.  There's lots to read and learn this month. 

 

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March 2010                                      Issue 4

Did you know….

 

If you are “new” to the Tobacco Control Movement or just  want to learn more, go to The Basics of Tobacco Control—a Pathway to Change for more information on implementing a social change approach to tobacco control.

Or

Go to Tobacco 101 developed for the Tobacco Technical Assistance Consortium (TTAC) by the Organizational Development and Training Group at the University of Massachusetts Donahue Institute in 2004. The curriculum was last updated and revised by TTAC in 2006.

Looking for Spanish language materials?

Go to  Topic Specific Resources and look under Cessation for Spanish language QuitlineNC Materials and NC Smokefree Laws for Spanish language promotional materials. 

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The TRU Toolkit contains useful information to use in managing your tobacco control program. The site contains forms, media, publications, articles and program ideas. It is for use by ALL Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Grantees and the public.

Looking for information about planning your AAP? 

It is time to develop your Annual Action Plans  again. For tools to help, go to Grant/Program Management and look under Annual Action Planning.

Need to speak to a fellow grantee…

 

 

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Looking for  Kick Butts Day ideas…

 

On March 24, 2010, thousands of youth in every state and around the world will STAND OUT … SPEAK UP…AGAINST TOBACCO use.

Go to Kick Butts Day 2010 for ideas.

What is Cultural Competency?

 

Cultural and linguistic competence is a set of congruent behaviors, attitudes, and policies that come together in a system, agency, or among professionals that enables effective work in cross-cultural situations.

 

Learn  more information about  priority populations on the   Cultural Competency page.