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Hospital Bulletin
Issues of Pressing Interest to all NC hospitals
 Feb. 25, 2009
Healthy Workplace Seminar
March 24 - 25, 2009
Hilton Riverside
Wilmington

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Dear Prevention Partners,

Below please find our latest hospital news.

* First cessation systems help call is tomorrow, Feb. 26.
* Great rate on healthy workplace seminar ends Friday.
* Latest stats on your fax referrals to the NC Quitline.
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Conference call on tobacco cessation systems tomorrow.

Call in to the first of a new series of help calls about our tobacco cessation systems and healthy food programs.

The first call is this Thursday, Feb. 26th from 3:00 - 4:15pm and will focus on cessation systems (we'll discuss healthy foods in March).  Submit questions in advance to Melva Fager Okun.

Call-in info: 1-800-989-2842, ID# 4880787

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jumpingGreat rate ends Friday for our healthy workplace Executive Seminar. Sign up now!

Join other hospital and business
leaders on March 24-25 in Wilmington.  Featured speaker: Michael V. Burke of the Mayo Clinic's Nicotine Dependence Center.

Learn about legal
pitfalls to avoid when starting wellness programs, offering healthy foods (in cafeterias & vending machines) and helping employees quit tobacco. ***Discounted rate until Feb. 27!***

Register now!
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Carolinas Medical Center referred more than 50 tobacco users to the Quitline in January.

Congratulations to Carolinas Medical Center, which referred 52 tobacco users to the Quitline via fax last month. January's top fax referrals came from:

·  Carolinas Medical Center - 52 fax referrals
·  Carteret General Hospital - 11
·  UNC Hospitals - 6
·  Chowan Hospital & Duke University Hospital - 5

See these and other monthly Quitline stats here. Congratulations to all, and keep the fax referrals coming.
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