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ClearWay MinnesotaSM has announced a new Research RFQ for Fiscal Year 2009, titled Research Funding for the Tribal Tobacco Use Project: Measuring Tobacco Use in Minnesota's Tribal Communities. Information about this RFP is available here.

Our mission is to enhance life for all Minnesotans by reducing tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke through research, action and collaboration.

ClearWay MinnesotaSM serves Minnesota through its grant-making program, individual QUITPLAN® Services to help people quit smoking and statewide outreach activities.

ClearWay Minnesota is funded with 3 percent of the state’s tobacco settlement and is an independent, nonprofit organization.

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Recent News

5/9/08: QUITPLAN® Services can help you quit for Mom this Mother's Day

 

Mother's Day provides a great opportunity to quit smoking for yourself and your family. Free help is available to Minnesotans through QUITPLAN Services.

 

Full release

 

5/7/08: ClearWay MinnesotaSM observes 10th anniversary of Minnesota tobacco settlement

 

May 8, 2008, marks the 10-year anniversary of Minnesota's historic settlement with the tobacco industry. The state had sued the industry for deceptive practices in marketing tobacco products, and the trial brought to light millions of pages of documents exposing Big Tobacco's strategies and tactics.

 

A portion of the settlement was used to create ClearWay Minnesota, an independent nonprofit organization specifically chartered to reduce tobacco's harm in Minnesota.

 

Full release

 

Podcast (MP3) - Listen to ClearWay Minnesota CEO David Willoughby discuss the settlement and the history of ClearWay Minnesota (5:03)

 

4/23/08: Governor Pawlenty appoints new members to ClearWay MinnesotaSM Board

Additional Board applications sought

 

Last week, Governor Tim Pawlenty appointed two new members to the ClearWay Minnesota Board of Directors.

  • Chris Georgacas is president and CEO of public relations firm Goff & Howard and a former vice chair of the Metropolitan Council.
  • Mark Mishek is the president of United Hospital, a vice president of Allina Hospitals and Clinics and a Board Member of the St. Paul Chamber of Commerce.

ClearWay Minnesota is pleased to welcome these new members to its governing Board. Please click here (PDF) for a press release on the appointments from the Governor's office.

 

ClearWay Minnesota is also currently seeking additional applicants for its Board. Applications are due May 9; for more information, please click here.

 

4/18/08: Clear Insight - Spring 2008 newsletter from ClearWay MinnesotaSM

Includes features on:

  • A survey showing overwhelming support for Minnesota's smoke-free law 
  • Minnesota's grades on the American Lung Assocation's "report card"
  • QUITPLAN® Services promotions on TV and at the State Capitol
  • A Vietnamese New Year festival sponsored by ClearWay Minnesota
  • Recent staff achievements

Spring 2008 Clear Insight (PDF)

 

4/18/08: New QUITPLAN® Center opens in St. Paul

 

Starting April 10, a new QUITPLAN Center began serving the St. Paul area. Operating through the University of Minnesota, the new QUITPLAN Center is located at Phalen Village Clinic in St. Paul.

 

The new QUITPLAN Center will provide quit-smoking counseling on Thursday afternoons; call 651-772-3461 to schedule an appointment, or call 1-888-354-PLAN (7526) or click here to learn more about QUITPLAN Centers.