Second Hand Smoke

• Restaurant workers exhibit increased levels of biomarkers for ETS
• Second hand smoke affects rates of implantation and pregnancy in women undergoing IVF
• Review indicates multiple physical effects of second hand smoke on the cardiovascular system
• Website to aid clinicians in reducing children’s exposure to ETS
• CalEPA publishes revised report evaluating ETS [read more]

Youth Prevention

• Home smoking bans shown to affect attitudes toward smoking among youth
• Children’s films still portray cigarette use
• Many adolescents start smoking in the summer
• Youth Tobacco Cessation Collaborative Launches Web Site [read more]

Disparities

• American Lung Association releases 2005 report on lung disease in Culturally Diverse Communities
• Study examines Asian Americans’ knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors surrounding ETS
• Pilot study investigates attitudes and beliefs of Latino Americans on smoking interventions
• Study examines effects of nativity, age at migration, and acculturation on smoking among individuals of Mexican Descent
• Study demonstrates disparate cancer survival rates among Hispanics
• Study shows that tobacco industry targeted women with ads and products
• Smoking Rates and Contributing Factors in Southwest and Northern Plains American Indian Tribes
• Educational videos on Asian American and Latina girls and smoking available
• Mi Familia No Fuma launched in Texas
• Anti-tobacco messages use hip hop to counteract tobacco industry efforts to target African American youth
• SmokeFree Home Campaign targets New York’s LGBT community [read more]

Cessation

• Walking may aid in smoking cessation
• Research to begin on permanent cessation for pregnant women
• CMS to cover new levels of counseling for smoking cessation
• Cessation programs make sense for businesses
• DHHS distributes pocket tool to guide nurses to support cessation
• New Mexico quitline goes into effect
• Individualized quit program instated at NJ medical center
• New York City provides free smoking cessation kits
• Oklahoma and Rhode Island experience large increases in calls to State quitlines
• Wisconsin quitline saves millions in health care costs [read more]

Legislative Watch

• Department of Justice Lawsuit Update
• American Lung Association releases 2004 edition of SLATI
• Ban on candy flavored cigarettes under consideration
• Flagstaff, AZ to be smoke free
• Pine Bluff becomes second city in Arkansas to enact smoking ban
• More California beaches become smoke free
• California corrections facilities are smoke-free
• California State Assembly passes fire-safe cigarette legislation
• Tobacco control in Colorado to be funded at CDC recommended levels
• Bill to eliminate smoking in most Colorado workplaces defeated
• Steamboats Springs, CO soon to be smoke-free
• DC city council assessing several smoke free workplace bills
• Restaurant owner looking for “historic” out on smoking ban
• Georgia State workers who smoke will pay more for insurance
• Indianapolis passes smoking ordinance
• Enough support for the windy city to be smoke free?
• Louisville, KY to vote on city-wide smoking ban
• Ramsey County, MN ordinance leaves loophole for restaurants
• Montana becomes one of three new smoke free States
• Smoking banned in child-friendly places in Nevada
• New York county raises age for purchasing tobacco
• Smoking banned in North Carolina prisons
• House bill to ban smoking in NC restaurants fails
• North Dakota joins list of smoke free States
• Columbus, OH smoking ban prevails
• Philadelphia smoking ban delayed
• Rhode Island smoke free law strengthened
• Austin, TX is smoke free – and working on the litter
• Vermont passes one of strongest smoke free laws in the nation
• Vermont requires fire safe cigarettes
• Music venues in Washington State to be anti-smoking [read more]

Excise Taxes

• Updates on taxes in Alaska, Colorado, Kentucky, Louisiana, Minnesota, Montana, North Carolina, Ohio, Oklahoma, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin. [read more]

Other News

• CDC reports that national smoking rates are not expected to meet 2010 goal
• Reduced harm tobacco products investigated
• Studies observe the impact of comprehensive tobacco control measures in New York City and California
• Research examines relationship of weight and smoking
• Resources on rodeo audience demographics
• Continuing education website for physicians and counselors
• State Tobacco Activities Tracking and Evaluation (STATE) System Updates
• Correction from March/April 2005 issue [read more]

Save the Date

• No If, Ands, or Butts: Proven Anti-Smoking Strategies for States
  Healthy States Webconference
• truth® tour
• Working with Tribal Health Organizations to Help Pregnant Smokers Quit Conference Call
• ASTHO – NAACHO Joint Conference 2005
• TTAC Sustainability Workshops
• Clearing the Air Institute
• Spit Tobacco Summit
• 3rd National Prevention Summit: Innovations in Community Prevention
• Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs Annual Conference [read more]

Requests for Proposals/Job Announcements

• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation grant opportunity in support of community and state tobacco policy advocacy
• EPA: Replacement Grant to Increase Awareness of Adverse Effects of Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS)/Secondhand Smoke on Children
• Health Services Consultant 3, Department of Health Tobacco Prevention and Control Program, Washington State Department of Health
• National Field Director, National Coalition for LGBT Health
• Research Fellow, American Legacy Foundation
• Survey Operations Supervisor, Statistical Services Unit, State Center for Health Statistics - North Carolina [read more]

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