Jenny Haubenreiser, the leader of MSU's health promotion team and president of the American College Health Association, has been working with other campuses to spread the tobacco-free initiative across the country! Check out the resources and ideas Jenny and her associates have combined to help promote health on college campuses throughout the nation.
National Tobacco-Free College Campus Initiative
Wednesday, September 12, 2012
Friday, September 7, 2012
Flu shots are coming
Student Health Service will host a series of walk-in flu shot clinics this fall. From 9am to 3pm on Tuesday, October 2nd, Wednesday, October 10th, and Tuesday, October 23rd. No appointment needed and the shot is only $15! Put it in your schedule today.
Wednesday, August 8, 2012
Comments and Questions about Tobacco-Free MSU
Please feel free to post any comments, questions or observations regarding the Tobacco-Free policy below in the comments section.
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Welcome to Tobacco-Free MSU!
MSU is now tobacco-free! Starting today, August 1, tobacco products are prohibited on all university property. Going tobacco-free is a great step towards creating a healthier environment on campus! Check out the article from the Bozeman Daily Chronicle for more info.
http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/education/article_191ce552-d930-11e1-a6d1-0019bb2963f4.html
Please feel free to leave any comments, questions or observations below.
http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/news/education/article_191ce552-d930-11e1-a6d1-0019bb2963f4.html
Please feel free to leave any comments, questions or observations below.
Monday, July 2, 2012
Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults: A Report from the Surgeon General
Preventing Tobacco Use Among Youth and Young Adults: A Report from the Surgeon General
The Surgeon General's Report earlier this year describes the widespread problems caused by youth tobacco use. The tobacco industry is increasingly tailoring their marketing strategies towards youth, and rates of tobacco use in young people are no longer declining. Check out the full report to see just how big this epidemic has become!http://www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/reports/preventing-youth-tobacco-use/factsheet.html
Monday, June 18, 2012
Tuesday, June 5, 2012
Skin Cancer Awareness: Protect Your Skin (From the CDC)
Skin Cancer Awareness: Protect Your Skin
When you're having fun outdoors, it's easy to forget how important it is to protect yourself from the sun. Unprotected skin can be damaged by the sun's ultraviolet (UV) rays in as little as 15 minutes. Yet it can take up to 12 hours for skin to show the full effect of sun exposure.
Even if it's cool and cloudy, you still need protection. UV rays, not the temperature, do the damage. Clouds do not block UV rays; they filter them—and sometimes only slightly. Remember to plan ahead, and keep sun protection handy in your car, bag, or child's backpack.
Tan? There's no other way to say it—tanned skin is damaged skin. Any change in the color of your skin after time outside—whether sunburn or suntan—indicates damage from UV rays. Using a tanning bed causes damage to your skin, just like the sun.
Types of Skin Cancer
Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States. The two most common types, called basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas, are highly curable. But melanoma, the third most common skin cancer, is more dangerous.
Risk Factors
Anyone can get skin cancer, but some things put you at higher risk, like having—
•A lighter natural skin color.
•A personal history of skin cancer.
•A family history of melanoma.
•Exposure to the sun through work and play.
•A history of sunburns early in life.
•Skin that burns, freckles, reddens easily, or becomes painful in the sun.
•Blue or green eyes.
•Naturally blond or red hair.
How to Protect Yourself
Take precautions against sun exposure every day of the year, especially during midday hours (10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.), when UV rays are strongest and do the most damage. UV rays can reach you on cloudy days, and can reflect off of surfaces like water, cement, sand, and snow.
•Seek shade, especially during midday hours.
•Cover up with clothing to protect exposed skin.
•Wear a hat with a wide brim to shade the face, head, ears, and neck.
•Wear sunglasses that wrap around and block as close to 100% of both UVA and UVB rays as possible.
•Put on sunscreen with broad spectrum (UVA and UVB) protection and sun protective factor (SPF) 15 or higher.
•Avoid tanning beds and sunlamps. The UV rays from them are as dangerous as the UV rays from the sun.
When you're having fun outdoors, it's easy to forget how important it is to protect yourself from the sun. Unprotected skin can be damaged by the sun's ultraviolet (UV) rays in as little as 15 minutes. Yet it can take up to 12 hours for skin to show the full effect of sun exposure.
Even if it's cool and cloudy, you still need protection. UV rays, not the temperature, do the damage. Clouds do not block UV rays; they filter them—and sometimes only slightly. Remember to plan ahead, and keep sun protection handy in your car, bag, or child's backpack.
Tan? There's no other way to say it—tanned skin is damaged skin. Any change in the color of your skin after time outside—whether sunburn or suntan—indicates damage from UV rays. Using a tanning bed causes damage to your skin, just like the sun.
Types of Skin Cancer
Skin cancer is the most common form of cancer in the United States. The two most common types, called basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas, are highly curable. But melanoma, the third most common skin cancer, is more dangerous.
Risk Factors
Anyone can get skin cancer, but some things put you at higher risk, like having—
•A lighter natural skin color.
•A personal history of skin cancer.
•A family history of melanoma.
•Exposure to the sun through work and play.
•A history of sunburns early in life.
•Skin that burns, freckles, reddens easily, or becomes painful in the sun.
•Blue or green eyes.
•Naturally blond or red hair.
How to Protect Yourself
Take precautions against sun exposure every day of the year, especially during midday hours (10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m.), when UV rays are strongest and do the most damage. UV rays can reach you on cloudy days, and can reflect off of surfaces like water, cement, sand, and snow.
•Seek shade, especially during midday hours.
•Cover up with clothing to protect exposed skin.
•Wear a hat with a wide brim to shade the face, head, ears, and neck.
•Wear sunglasses that wrap around and block as close to 100% of both UVA and UVB rays as possible.
•Put on sunscreen with broad spectrum (UVA and UVB) protection and sun protective factor (SPF) 15 or higher.
•Avoid tanning beds and sunlamps. The UV rays from them are as dangerous as the UV rays from the sun.
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