Here we are again.
In 2018, in response to yet another historically high Colorado suicide death count, I published an article imploring Colorado suicide prevention administrators and practitioners to heed the alert, It is going to get worse before it gets worse. In reaction to this alarm, and many earlier words of warning, some readers accused me of suffering from the Chicken Little Syndrome.
With the advantage of hindsight, it is now fitting to paraphrase a popular quote from Miguel de Cervantes, the author of Don Quixote: Facts are the enemy of [your perceived] truth.
As factual evidence, last week,
JAMA.
1 He brought with him experience as editor of
Archives of Disease in Childhood and extensive clinical perspective and academic and research experience as a pediatrician at Boston Medical Center and Boston University School of Medicine. But most important, he brought to
JAMA and the
JAMA family of journals extraordinary vision and creativity, a commitment to absolute excellence, highest integrity and ethical principles, and an insatiable drive and unrelenting work ethic.
The past 10 years of Howard Bauchner’s leadership have represented unprecedented progress, growth, and innovation for
JAMA and the JAMA Network of scientific publications. His diligence, perseverance, evidence-based approach, and keen instincts have led these journals to new levels of success that never seemed imaginable, except perhaps to him and his strategic “moon shots.”
Floridians who want to quit smoking on their own terms can still access free tools to get started. They can choose one, choose two, choose as many options as they need, or use them in addition to our Phone, Group and Web Quit services.
The Tobacco Prevention Program would also like to acknowledge Regional Medical Center Bayonet Point in their efforts to maintain their Smoke Free Campus policy. We would like to take this time to encourage anyone who smokes to take the steps on World No Tobacco Day to begin their Quit Season Journey. It’s never too late to make a change, so be the first.