Media Outreach
Make your position known through media outreachin print and online, in journals, blogs and local newspapers. Click here and here for two sample letters and talking points.
Let us know if an article gets published and we will include it here for others to read.
News & Media to Restore CTCP Funding: |
Featured Content Summary: |
Written by: |
Published by: |
| June
21, 2010 Editorial |
Tobacco control program as an excellent return on investment |
Jonathan
Foulds, PHD Michael Steinberg, MD, MPH |
mycentraljersey.com (Gannett, Courier News) |
| June
18, 2010 Editorial |
Gains made to be lost with cut of CTCP funding | Edward Kazimir | northjersey.com (Bergen Record) |
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June
10, 2010 News Article |
mportance of restoring CTCP funding | Susan
K. Livio (statehouse bureau) |
nj.com (Star Ledger) |
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June
7, 2010 Editorial |
Importance of CTCP funded programs | Amy Schmelzer, MS, MPH | mycentraljersey.com (Gannett, Courier News) |
| Spring,
2010 Newsletter |
Financial
consequences of eliminating the NJ CTCP, testimony from QuitCenter patient, tobacco use in NJ, and a call to action to save the program |
Mercer County Community Partnership for a Tobacco-Free New Jersey | Mercer County Tobacco Dependence Program |
| May
22, 2010 Press Release |
Importance of funding for smoking cessation in the Latino community | Karen Blumenfeld, Esq. | |
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May 17, 2010 News Article |
111 speakers signed up to testify at the May 17, 2010 Assembly Budget Committee meeting | Matt Friedman (statehouse bureau) | nj.com (Star Ledger) |
| May
13, 2010 News Article |
Vineland Mobile Unit for Smoking Cessation at Risk with funding cut | Kristi Funderburk (staff writer) | thedailyjournal.com (The Daily Journal) |
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May 12, 2010 News Article Press Release |
Teen smoking rates and healthcare costs will rise if CTCP program eliminated in NJ | Fred M. Jacobs, MD, JD and Rebecca Perkins | news-medical.net (Medical News) |
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May 9, 2010 News Article |
State-funded smoking cessation programs at risk | Bill Bowman (staff writer) | app.com (Asbury Park Press) |
| April
26 , 2010 Editorial |
Support of funding state tobacco programs | Courier Post | courierpostonline.com (Gannett, USA Today) |
| March
24, 2010 Letter to Editor |
Support of CTCP funded Quitnet, Quitline and Quitcenters | Nancy Szkodny of Sayreville | mycentraljersey.com (Gannett, USA Today) |
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March
20, 2010 Letter to Editor |
Importance of tobacco control funding from a health perspective | Marc Steinberg, Ph.D., Mercer County | nj.com (Trenton Times) |
Last update: 7/9/10