Nevada Prevention Resource Center
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Volume:
11
8 September 2014
Issue: 10
E-cigarettes and Tobacco Use An interesting new article appeared in the Washington Post recently. The article looks into the relationship between e-cigarettes and tobacco use based upon a new CDC report. According to the Post article: “The results show that 43.9 percent of sixth- through 12th-graders who had used e-cigarettes said they intended to light up conventional cigarettes over the next year, compared with 21.5 percent of youth who had
never used the electronic nicotine delivery systems. Overall, more than 263,000 adolescents who had never smoked before used e-cigarettes in 2013, up from 79,000 in 2011, the CDC reported in a study in the journal Nicotine and Tobacco Research.” One of the main debates over e-cigarettes is whether they encourage cigarette use or help current smokers to reduce or even cease smoking. But, there is
increasing concern over the marketing of e-cigarettes to teenagers. According to the CDC press release: “There is evidence that nicotine’s adverse effects on adolescent brain development could result in lasting deficits in cognitive function. Nicotine is highly addictive.” Washington Post article. CDC Press Release.
Recent Happenings at NPRC We not only keep stock on older items but we also add new items to our clearinghouse on a frequent basis. Although many new items are electronic only and available from other sources, we strive to keep an up-to-date inventory from many different vendors in the prevention field, health field, addiction treatment and other related fields. If an item seems to be a good fit for our clearinghouse but
it is not clearly in the public domain, we contact the publisher, or distributor, to obtain reprint rights. In so doing, we include items that may not be easily accessible. We want to provide our patrons with an efficient method of obtaining what they need. Some examples of new materials in the clearing house: 2419 Motivation for Change (English Transcript)
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2420 No Longer Alone (English Transcript) 2427 The Role of Emergency Medical Services Providers in Preventing Suicide Check our clearinghouse frequently to see our new materials. New resources are listed on the left side of the page. If there are any materials that we do not have that you would like to have easy access to, please email us at nprc@casat.org.
New Clearinghouse Items
More New materials: Youth E-cigarette Use Tripled Between 2011 and 1. 2424 The Role of Co-Workers in 2013 Preventing Suicide in the Workplace 2. 2423 Suicide Prevention ResourcCould This Gene Make You More Likely To Be An es for Teens. Alcoholic? For access to NPRC Clearinghouse materials click here. With high blood pressure, light to moderate drinkThis publication was supported in whole or in part by the Nevada Division of Public and Behavioral Health, Substance Abuse Prevention and Treatment ing may protect heart
Agency (SAPTA) through State General Funds and/or the SAPT Block Grant for the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the U.S. DHHS, SAMHSA, or the State of Nevada.
Events and Grant Opportunities Come be a part of the discussion of ways to raise recovery awareness and reduce the negative stigma associated with living with an addiction. The Anonymous People is a feature documentary film about the over 23 million Americans living in long-term recovery from alcohol and other drug addiction. Where: Joe Crowley Theater located in the Joe
Crowley Student Union at University of Nevada, Reno When: Wednesday, September 10th 2014 at 6:30 pm.
FREE health and wellness resource fair. When: Saturday, September 27. 12:00 noon - 4:00pm Where: Boulevard Mall, 3528 S. Maryland Parkway, Las Vegas, NV 89169 Presented by the Care Coalition. Mammograms, vision screenings, and healthcare providers available for free health screenings. Also, raffle giveaways valued at $100 or more!
Upcoming Events Dayton’s First Community “Walk in Memory, Walk for Hope” September 13th at 10:00 a.m. Dayton Community Center 170 Pike Street The 8th Annual “Walk in Memory, Walk for Hope” takes place on Sept. 13th, 2014 in many different communities across the nation and in 12 Nevada towns. “The goal of the event is to increase awareness of the effects suicide has on our nation and state, and to remember those who have been lost to suicide.”
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In Dayton, there will be registration and information booths on area resources as well as light breakfast snacks. The walk will be through Old Town Dayton. After the walk, participants will be invited to plant flowers in memory of loved ones and in hope for the future.
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Assistant or Associate Professor, Utah State University The Department of Psychology at Utah State University seeks candidates for a tenure-track Assistant or Associate Professor position to begin August 2015. The successful candidate will join and support the growing Sociobehavioral Epidemiology emphasis area within the department. Prospects should have research interests and teaching experience in at least one: quantitative psychology, psychometrics, prevention science, epidemiology, social psychology, public health.
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