Covid-19 and Tobacco/Vaping
We know cigarette smoking and vaping are linked to lung inflammation and lowered immune function. Both potentially heighten the risk for a more severe response if exposed to COVID-19. Smoking doubles your risk of [...]
Tobacco and Stress Awareness
Sieda Tobacco Prevention wishes to increase public stress awareness. Such as causes and ways we can help manage our stress. One thing to avoid for less stress is tobacco and vaping use. That is to [...]
Tobacco and The Environment
Sieda Tobacco Prevention Specialist, Lisa M. provides education and programming across our counties to spread the dangers of all forms of tobacco. Tobacco use is not only a health issue it is also an [...]
Smoking and Heart Disease – Wear Red Day!
National Wear Red Day is on February 5th, 2021, and occurs each year to raise awareness about heart disease. What can you do to be more heart-healthy & protect your heart? Here are some [...]
Tobacco Quitline Program for People with Behavioral Health Conditions
Sieda Tobacco Prevention suggests the Quitline program which provides intensive long-term support to quit tobacco products for good. People with mental health and substance use conditions have unique hurdles when quitting tobacco. National Jewish Health [...]
Nicotine Poisoning Prevention Strategies
Nicotine poisoning exposure cases are increasing as e-cigarettes products have increased in the United States. The increasing use of e-cigarettes and ever-changing product designs. Particularly the development of new products with high nicotine levels [...]
Virtual ISTEP Summit Tobacco Prevention
Lisa, Tobacco Prevention Specialist with Sieda Behavioral Health and Treatment Services, attended the first virtual ISTEP Summit that was held on September 10, 2020. ISTEP (Iowa Students for Tobacco Education and Prevention) is Iowa's [...]
Iowa’s Tobacco 21 Law
On June 29th, 2020, Governor Reynolds signed a new law into effect for Iowa. The law raises the legal age to 21 to purchase tobacco, tobacco products, alternative nicotine products, including vapor products, and [...]
New Tobacco-Free/Nicotine-Free Policy in the Area
As a Tobacco Prevention Specialist here at Sieda, one of the goals we work on for the Tobacco Use Prevention and Control Community Partnership Grant through the Iowa Department of Public Health is policy [...]
Sieda Tobacco Prevention Support of “World No Tobacco Day”
This year the World No Tobacco Day will be held on May 31, 2020. The World Health Organization (WHO) will be speaking out this year to empower and educate youth and others on the [...]