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CVS Will Stop Selling Tobacco Buy a Tag, Save a Life

Big news in the fight against tobacco: CVS Caremark announced that it will stop selling cigarettes and other tobacco products in its more than 7,600 stores nationwide on Oct. 1, 2014.
Citing smoking as the leading cause of preventable death and disease in the U.S., CVS President and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Larry Merlo said the pharmacy chain is taking the step to support the health and wellness of its customers.

Better Blood Pressure Control "Ending the sale of cigarettes and tobacco products at CVS/pharmacy is

Map Charts Comeback of Vaccine- the right thing for us to do for our customers and our company to help

Preventable Diseases

people on their path to better health," Merlo said in a news release.

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"Put simply, the sale of tobacco products is inconsistent with our purpose."

Jean O'Connor, Dr.P.H., director of the Office of Health Promotion and

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Disease Prevention at the Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH),

Visit the Events Schedule on our applauded the company's decision.

website.



PHTRAINING Buy a Tag, Save a Life

New Training Courses on Saba
DPH is offering many new training courses, which are now available for registration on Saba. Employees

Georgia drivers can help women in need just by picking a license plate.When

can sign up to learn more about the following topics: Procurement
Services, FMLA for Supervisors, Performance Management for
Supervisors, Performance Management for Everyone, Manager
Fundamentals for Success and Budget 101. Log on to Saba for

a driver buys a breast cancer awareness license plate from the Department of Motor Vehicles, $22 of the tag fee goes to supporting women in the fight against breast cancer.

dates and times of training and to

sign up for the courses. For additional information contact
Donna Dunn at dgdunn@dhr.state.ga.us.


The money funds grants that pay for screenings, education and treatment for uninsured Georgians who are also below the federal poverty level.

Two for Tuesdays Join the Office of Human Resources Georgia CORE - the Center for Oncology, Research and Education
on the second Tuesday of each administers the grants -- called the Georgia Access, Care, Treatment and

month from 11:30 a.m.-12:45 p.m. for the learning series Two for
Tuesdays. This series provides an opportunity for programs to explore
new ideas, share knowledge and highlight teams and their work. On

Services (ACTS) grants -- on behalf of the Georgia State Office of Rural Health, part of the Department of Community Health. In 2012, the grant program was able to award nearly $1.1 million to 16 community organizations from the sale of the breast cancer license tags.

Feb. 11, the Office of Telehealth will describe the development of Georgia's statewide network. To learn more and to register, click


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here .

A National Priority

Instructor-Led Computer

Training at 2 Peachtree

Editor's Note: On Nov.

Access Basics Thurs., Feb. 13 1:30-4:30 p.m.

15, 2013, Medscape interviewed Tom Frieden, M.D., director of the

Access Form and Report Design Centers for Disease

Fundamentals

Control and

Tues., Feb. 18

Prevention, on how

10:00 a.m.-3:30 p.m.

health care providers

Access Intermediate Queries Thurs., Feb. 20
10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.

and individuals can better control high blood pressure. The following is a

Access Advanced Queries Thurs., Feb. 20 1:30-4:00 p.m.

condensed version of the interview. For the full version, visit Medscape's website to read the article or watch a video of the interview.

Access Tables and Database Design
Tues., Feb. 25 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Look for Access classes in February
and Excel classes in March.
For employees not at 2 Peachtree, classes can be attended remotely --
however, remote attendees must be registered 48 hours prior to class. Register for all classes
through SABA (2 Peachtree attendees register for "InstructorLed" and remote attendees register for "Virtual" classes). Contact Lisa
Miller if you have questions.
Free Online Courses Available from Lynda.com
DPH has purchased a limited number of licenses for Lynda.com, an online library of high-quality, easy-to-use instructional videos on the latest software, creative and
business skills. Licenses are available for check out on a first come, first served basis. To check out a license, simply email Lisa
Miller from your public health email account.
Submit Calendar Entries to communications@dhr.state.ga.us

Frieden: One in three adults in this country has high blood pressure. That's nearly 67 million people, and more than 35 million of them don't have it under control. In fact, high blood pressure contributes to more than 1,000 deaths every day. We are making progress, but not nearly fast enough. Control is now increasing at about 1 percent per year. We need to ramp that up to 5 percent per year. High blood pressure control has to be a priority for every patient at every visit.
There are ways that we can make a big difference, and we are learning about that, using health information technology (IT), registries, prompts, alerts and reports; and making every single member of the health care team involved -- including the patient and the pharmacist -working together to control blood pressure.

Map Charts Comeback of VaccinePreventable Diseases

PHNEWS

Heroin Use, and Deaths, Rise

Americans consume too much Public health professionals worldwide are confronting an alarming fact:

added sugar, study says

many diseases that are preventable through the power of vaccination are making a steady comeback around the globe. A new online tool

FDA unveils anti-smoking

illustrates just how and where these diseases have made an impact.

campaign targeting teens

The Council on Foreign Relations launched an interactive world map

CDC: One-third of children killed in showing outbreaks of vaccine-preventable diseases since 2008. With

crashes unrestrained

colored dots sized depending on the number of cases in an outbreak, the map shows how measles, mumps, rubella, whooping cough, polio and

other diseases have gained a foothold once again, even in communities

PHRECIPE

where they were once far diminished by vaccination.

As the years pass, many of the dots keep getting larger.



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