Wyatt Pickner is an enrolled member of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe (Hunkpati Dakota) in South Dakota. He received his undergraduate degree in American Indian Studies and Health Sciences from the University of South Dakota and earned an MPH in Community-Oriented Public Health Practice from the University of Washington.
Dr. Dana Mowls Carroll is an epidemiologist and certified tobacco treatment specialist addressing commercial tobacco use disparities, particularly among American Indian and rural populations. She has over 50 peer-reviewed publications that include describing the co-design and evaluation of digital smoking cessation interventions for American Indian persons.
Learning About Healthy Living: Tobacco and You (LAHL), is a treatment manual published by The Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. This manual is an educational group curriculum on tobacco tailored for people with mental health conditions. The 2024 version contains two new sessions on harm reduction of e-cigarettes and vaping.
Jud Brewer MD PhD (“Dr. Jud”) is a New York Times best-selling author and thought leader in the field of habit change and the “science of self-mastery”, having combined over 25 years of experience with mindfulness training with his scientific research therein.
The CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health recently published an article in the Nicotine and Tobacco Research journal titled “The Long-Term Impact of the Tips From Former Smokers® Campaign on Calls to 1-800-QUIT-NOW, 2012–2023”.
For over twenty years, Dr. Yerger has dedicated her research and advocacy to framing the disproportionate burden of tobacco use among marginalized communities as a pressing social injustice. Her work has profoundly shaped public health policies aimed at effectively reaching and engaging these communities. By analyzing previously hidden tobacco industry documents, Dr.
