Muriel Lights' Candle Designs: NYCHA FREE SMOKING CESSATION SESSION

Muriel Lights' Candle Designs: NYCHA FREE SMOKING CESSATION SESSION: New York City Housing Authority is starting a Smoking Cessation Program in housing projects. This program which is a pilot program is desi...

NYCHA FREE SMOKING CESSATION SESSION

New York City Housing Authority is starting a Smoking Cessation Program in housing projects. This program which is a pilot program is design to help housing tenants who want to stop smoking.and stay smoke free. The pilot program is part of New York City Housing Authority (Healthy Homes Program) to support public housing residents working to promote the environmental health of their homes. .NYCHA  is committed to improving access to information and resources that help residents who want to quit smoking.

Four NYCHA residents now know how to help their friends and neighbors stop smoking through training offered by the American Lung Association the resident joined three NYCHA employees in learning how to support smokers who want to quit.  They now are qualified to lead support groups that will meet for eight weeks sharing information on nicotine addiction and maintaing participant' motivation and commitment to quitting smoking.

Ms. Johnson and the other three resident-Micheal Eaddy From Red Hook West Houses, Doris McLaughlin from Oceanside Apartment at Queens, and Charlene Williams from Castle Hill Houses in the Bronx- will meet with residents in different parts of the city to impact as many people as possible.
 
" In low - income communities, many people don't visit the doctor often enough, " Ms. Johnson said "so it is very important to be proactive for people to preserve their health."

According to the American Lung Association, more than 392,00 People die from tobacco-caused disease every year int he United States, meaning it the leading cause of preventable death.  Smoking causes and contributes to heart disease Stroke, diabetes, emphysema, and lung and other cancers.  No matter how long someone has been smoking, quitting reduces the risk of developing these illnesses and improves overall health immediately.

And while smoking may not be visible as it used to be as the public smoking laws that were put in place over the past 10 years.  Ms. Johnson see a specific population at her development that she thinks could use some outreach. " you can't leave the building without seeing our younger population right there smoking " she said.
Quitting also can save money smoking a pack a day in New York City costs more than $4000 a year. Residents who want resources to help them stop smoking can call 311 or go to www.nyc.gov and search for "NYC Quits."

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Muriel Lights' Candle Designs: BLACK HISTORY MONTH

Muriel Lights' Candle Designs: BLACK HISTORY MONTH:  AFRICAN AMERICAN PIONEERS IN HEALTH CARE   William Edward Allen, Jr.  was born August 14, 1903 , in Pensacola, Florida, just eig...

BLACK HISTORY MONTH

 AFRICAN AMERICAN PIONEERS IN HEALTH CARE  

William Edward Allen, Jr. was born August 14, 1903, in Pensacola, Florida, just eight years after the x-ray was discovered. As a radiologist, researcher, professor, and philanthropist, Dr. Allen was a significant influence in the field of radiology during its development in the 1930s. He focused his skills on shaping radiology as a science and as a profession and on increasing access to education and scientific careers for other African Americans.

Dr. Allen attended Howard University and earned his B.S. degree in 1927 and his M.D. in 1930. By the time he completed his residency at City Hospital No. 2 in St. Louis, he had organized one of the nation's first approved training schools for African American x-ray technicians at St. Mary's Infirmary.

In 1935, one year after the American Board of Radiology examinations were established, he became the first African American certified x-ray technician. By the late 1930s Allen had established one of the first approved residencies in radiology for minorities. He also became a founding member of the National Medical Association's Commission on X-Ray and Radium.

Several months before the United States entered World War II, Allen volunteered for active military service. However, since there was no place in the segregated military for a African American radiologist, he accepted assignment as a battalion surgeon. When a military hospital staffed by African American medical officers was established at Ft. Huachuca, Arizona, Allen became its chief of x-ray service, training medical officers. He also established the first and only African American Women's Army Corps School for x-ray technologists. In 1945 he was elected to fellowship in the American College of Radiology.

After the war, Dr. Allen returned to Homer G. Phillips Hospital in St. Louis and established yet another school for x-ray technologists, which eventually gained international recognition. In 1949 the National Medical Association (NMA) radiology section was born, and Allen served as its first chairman.

Dr. Allen's career followed the emerging fields of radiology and radiation oncology with his later research focused on nuclear medicine and radiation therapy in prostate tumors and cervical cancer.

Dr. Allen taught for many years at St. Louis University Medical School and gained the rank of emeritus professor at the Washington University School of Medicine. He has developed scholarships for students from Haiti, Nigeria, Liberia, and South Africa to study radiology.

The American College of Radiology presented Dr. Allen with a gold medal in 1974. He has received the highest awards available from institutions such as Homer G. Phillips Hospital, Howard University, the St. Louis Chapter of the NAACP, the American Cancer Society, and the National Medical Association.

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Muriel Lights' Candle Designs: CVS BAN SELLING CIGARETTES AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS

Muriel Lights' Candle Designs: CVS BAN SELLING CIGARETTES AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS: Today CVS CEO Larry Merlo release the news that they will ban selling all cigarette and tobacco products in their national stores.  CVS w...

CVS BAN SELLING CIGARETTES AND TOBACCO PRODUCTS

Today CVS CEO Larry Merlo release the news that they will ban selling all cigarette and tobacco products in their national stores.  CVS who are said to lose an estimate of 2 billion dollars of revenue.    CVS Larry Merlo states by October 2014 consumers will not be able to buy cigarettes or any other tobacco products in any of their 7,600 location.  

Without saying tobacco use is the number one cause of preventable death in the United States.  The governments say tobacco kills more than 480,000 American each year.   More than half individuals suffer from more than one chronic disease making it clear to Merlo prevention is key to reducing this outcome.  Merlo feels this is the right position even though they generate 2 billion in tobacco and related sales.  This move will position future growth and opportunities for CVS to play a bigger role in our evolving health care system. 

CVS one of the leading stores when asked “Why they decided to make this change?  The answer provided by CEO Larry Merlo was this was his efforts to promote healthier Living.  The CEO states he looking not only at short term success but long term success. They have been evolving into more of a healthcare company.  They have 26,000 pharmaceutical and nurse practitioners, who are helping millions of patients across the country every day to manage conditions like high blood pressure, high cholesterol, diabetes all condition whole effects are worsened by the impact of smokers.

As a person who understands the effect Cigarettes and other tobacco product effects our communities I say great I always wondered why we just didn’t stop selling cigarettes if we wanted to decrease the effects it was having on the population.  Instead of increasing the price believing that would decrease the physically need of the cigarettes.  

President Obama thanked CEO Larry Merlo for taking this step to reduce tobacco related death cancer, and heart disease, which will as also bring down healthcare cost. As a person who has long relative who have lost their lives to tobacco related  illnesses I also would like to give CVS a thumbs up for leading this cause.