USC Tobacco Education and Materials Lab (TEAM Lab)

After 5 years of enhancing to***co control education materials for the State of California, TEAM Lab is closing its doors today. Thank you to everyone who helped to make this project a success. We wish you all the best of luck in your future to***co control efforts. Please visit our blog to see a list of TEAM Lab’s accomplishments over the past 5 years!

TEAM Lab Accomplishments | To***co Education and Materials Lab On June 30th 2014, the To***co Education and Materials Lab (TEAM Lab) will be closing its doors. Since 2009, we have had the pleasure and honor of working with many to***co control agencies to make educational materials available to agencies across the State of California and the Nation.

TEAM Lab delivered a presentation for the Orange County To***co Education Coalition, “To***co Health Equity and Diverse Populations.” Check out our blog post to view the presentation and find health equity resources!

To***co Health Equity and Diverse Populations | To***co Education and Materials Lab TEAM Lab was invited to do a “To***co Health Equity and Diverse Populations” presentation for the Orange County To***co Education Coalition on September 10, 2013.

Last year, TEAM Lab visited the USC Institute of Creative Technologies and learned about innovative technologies that are used to teach individuals skills in new and engaging ways. In the fact sheet we created, we share some of the amazing technology we saw there and how it can be used for to***co control. Please read more about it on our website!

The Institute of Creative Technologies at USC | To***co Education and Materials Lab In May 2012, TEAM Lab had the privilege of touring the USC Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT). What an experience! It started off with a talk about the use of technology in training soldiers and physicians to interact with others in the field. Technology was showcased as an effective way to t…

Did you know that to***co companies spend $8.8 billion a year – $1 million each hour – to market their deadly and addictive products? Join us and fight back on Kick Butts Day!

TEAM Lab Congratulates Dr. Jonathan Samet for His Contributions to the 50th Anniversary Surgeon... The 50th Anniversary of the Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking was celebrated on January 11th 2014 with the release of The Health Consequences of Smoking—50 Years of Progress: A Report of the Surgeon General, 2014. Jonathan Samet, MD, MS—the Flora L. Thornton Chair for the Department of Preventativ...

From all of us at USC To***co Education and Materials Lab, we'd like to thank CVS for ending the sale of To***co Products! Thank you ChangeLab Solutions for the photo!

We are so proud of CVS for ending the sales of to***co in their stores by October 2014! This is a huge step in decreasing to***co availability and making our society healthy. We hope that other pharmacies and retailers will follow soon.

CVS Plans to End Sales of To***co Products by Oct. 1 The drugstore chain sees itself as a health care provider and says the sale of ci******es doesn’t fit that image, even though the company stands to lose $2 billion in sales.

Check out these cool new anti-smoking ads the FDA created for teenagers!

Wanna Smoke? It Could Cost You A Tooth, The FDA Warns Teens People who start smoking as teens are most likely to become hooked. Graphic new ads show the costs.

Today, the U.S. Surgeon General released a report on smoking and its impact on health marking the 50th anniversary of the Surgeon General's report that linked to***co to cancer and heart disease. This new report had key findings such as:

- Since the first Surgeon General’s report on smoking and health was published 50 years ago, more than 20 million Americans have died because of smoking.
- If current rates continue, 5.6 million Americans younger than 18 years of age who are alive today are projected to die prematurely from smoking-related disease.

To read more, visit the Surgeon General's report at http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/reports/50-years-of-progress/fact-sheet.html

The Health Consequences of Smoking—50 Years of Progress: A Report of the Surgeon General |... This is the 32nd to***co-related Surgeon General’s report issued since 1964. It highlights 50 years of progress in to***co control and prevention, presents new data on the health consequences of smoking, and discusses opportunities that can potentially end the smoking epidemic in the United States.

TOGETHER WE CAN MAKE THE NEXT GENERATION TO***CO FREE!!

5.6 Million Children This PSA shows that millions of today's children will ultimately die early from smoking if we don't do more to reduce current smoking rates. Comments on this...

Happy Holidays! From all of us at TEAM Lab we wish you a happy new year!!

Your son coming home after a deployment in the military. Your daughter’s first dance recital. Your wedding anniversary. These are some of life’s special moments-the moments you never want to miss. However, these are “Lost Moments” for nearly 40,000 Californians who die every year due to to***co related deaths. No one should lose out on life’s precious moments because of smoking.

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#LostMoments: "Military Homecoming" Ad - To***co Free CA Your son coming home after a deployment in the military. Which moments are you willing to give away since every cigarette shortens your life? To***co is stil...