Second Hand Smoke

• Adolescents’ perceptions of secondhand smoke risks
• Exposure to secondhand smoke linked to youth smoking initiation
• Patient counseling about dangers of secondhand smoke urged
• New study shows Ireland's smoke-free law supported by smokers
• No “safe” level of exposure to tobacco smoke
• California Air Resources Board releases report linking ETS to various health effects
• Secondhand smoke exposure can harm fetus
• Tobacco Control Legal Consortium publishes report on secondhand smoke and the family courts
• Presentations on smoke-free apartment policies available
• EPA develops smoke-free homes placemat
• ANR launches smoke-free music and casino website
• Dramatic decrease in indoor air pollution in Hennepin County
• 350 restaurants in North Carolina’s Triangle are smoke-free
• Rhode Island smoking ban improves air quality and sales
• Non-smoking bartenders in Madison suffer respiratory symptoms
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Youth Prevention

• Household smoking bans affect youths’ perceptions of smoking
• Exposure to magazines affects smoking rates among high school seniors
• Children of smokers have an increased risk of developing types of cancer
• Smoking cessation approaches among youth
• Preschoolers’ perceptions about cigarettes shaped by parents’ behaviors
• Parental smoking linked to smoking initiation among preteens
• Young children’s perceptions of smoking
• Risk factors for smoking among youth
• Restaurant smoking bans prevent youth smoking
• OSH releases article on adolescent exposure to state-funded tobacco ads
• Americans for Nonsmokers Rights launches website focused on Big Tobacco’s targeting of youth
• Anti-smoking murals targeting African American youth
• Teens who dine with mom and dad lower their risk of tobacco use
• truth advertising campaign, Shards O' Glass, takes home Emmy
• Tobacco sales to youth in California are fewer
• 2005 Florida Youth Tobacco Survey results released
• Hawaii teens create REAL coalition
• Fewer high school students in Iowa smoking
• Outcomes of defunding Minnesota youth tobacco prevention program examined
• New Jersey may raise legal age for tobacco purchase to 19
• Illegal sales of tobacco to minors in New Mexico decrease
• South Dakota State University’s rodeo team has banned sponsorship by U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Company
• Unique Washington youth prevention campaign launched October 3rd
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Disparities

• High prevalence of cigarette use among low-income African Americans
• Smoking rates disproportionately high in gay and lesbian community
• Korean smokers’ perceptions of U.S. tobacco control policies
• Asian Americans suffer from secondhand smoke exposure
• Smoking prevalence and correlates among Chinese- and Filipino-American adults
• Racial and gender differences in susceptibility to tobacco smoke among patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
• Higher rates of lung cancer among black Americans related to cellular “checkpoints”
• Americans for Nonsmokers Rights launches websites focused on tobacco’s targeted populations
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Cessation

• Vaccine to block nicotine
• New drug to help smokers quit
• Patient preferences and cognitions affect cessation
• American Lung Association revamps online cessation program
• Mayo Clinic offers group cessation program
• Military offers cessation services
• American Cancer Society Sponsors Great American Smoke-Out November 17th
• California governor vetoes bill requiring health insurance coverage for cessation
• Maine quitline receives record number of calls after tax increase
• North Dakota’s quitline has successful first year
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Legislative Watch

• Hospital smoking bans being enacted across the country
• Arizona health care industry work toward smoking ban
• California becomes third state to enact fire-safe cigarette legislation
• California’s Anaheim City Council considers regulation of hookah bars
• Colorado Clean Indoor Air Act to be introduced to state Senate
• George Washington University smoking ban takes effect
• D.C. Health Committee approves smoking ban
• Florida amendment to require anti-smoking spending moving forward
• Georgia’s counties roll back smoking bans
• Chicago City Council's Health Committee unanimously approves smoking ban
• Most Springfield, IL voters support smoking ban
• Illinois legislator seeks ban on smoking in college residence halls
• Indiana’s Monroe County toughens smoking ban
• Georgetown smoking ban goes into effect
• Louisville, KY prepares for smokefree air law implementation
• Restaurants not harmed by smoking ban in Maryland
• Massachusetts lawmakers review smoking ban
• Massachusetts Public Safety Committee unanimously passes fire-safe cigarette bill
• R.J. Reynolds funds Duluth Hospitality League to oppose statewide smoking ban
• Montana statewide smoking ban takes effect
• Blackfeet Nation in Montana has its own smoking ban
• New Jersey could become smokefree
• Garden Staters support smoking ban
• Less cigarette fire deaths in New York one year after self-extinguishing cigarette law passes
• North Dakota Attorney General rules that restaurant can’t become bar to allow smoking
• Ohio moving forward in effort for statewide ban
• Oklahoma receives tobacco settlement money
• One of nation’s oldest rodeos bans free chewing tobacco
• Portland public transportation stations go smoke-free
• Pennsylvania smoking ban faces opposition
• Pennsylvania county prison to go smoke-free
• Death of Philadelphia Councilman could affect proposed smoking ban
• Smoking ban passes easily in Corpus Christi
• Smoking banned in Houston restaurants
• Austin smoking ban upheld
• Vermont strengthens law to become smoke-free state
• Initiative 901 in Washington would ban smoking from building entrances
• Washington residents support bar and restaurant smoking bans
• Ban goes into effect in Mercer County, WV
• Smoking bans upheld in Madison and Appleton
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Lawsuits

• Department of Justice Lawsuit Update
• Action on Smoking and Health urges states to sue R.J. Reynolds over Eclipse cigarettes
• Court denies motion by Lorillard for re-argument in case against American Legacy Foundation
• Lung Cancer Alliance asks for tobacco industry-funded research
• Canadian Supreme Court rules that British Columbia can sue tobacco companies
• California Supreme Court hears case regarding R.J. Reynolds distribution of free cigarettes
• Massachusetts granted list of internet purchasers
• Minnesota Blue Cross Blue Shield able to release funds from tobacco industry settlement
• North Carolina judge orders payment to tobacco growers
• South Carolina inmate with asthma is awarded money
• Virginia farmers file lawsuit over federal tobacco buyout plan
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Excise Taxes

• Updates on taxes in California, Kentucky, Maine, Maryland, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, and Oklahoma.
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Other News

• Light smokers do not escape disease and death
• Cigar smokers face additional risks
• Diabetes more likely among smokers
• Smokers have increased risk of developing macular degeneration
• Treating multiple health behavior risks a promising approach
• Findings from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health released
• American Cancer Society reports decline in six causes of death
• UPS agrees to stop cigarette delivery
• STATE Policy-Tracking System Updated
• September Tobacco Control Legal Consortium Legal Update available
• “No If, Ands or Butts” Council of State Governments webconference materials
• Ignite, anti-tobacco youth-run organization, up and running again
• Report on tobacco industry federal political contributions released
• Corporate Accountability International releases report on Big Tobacco's attempts to derail the global tobacco treaty
• Northwest employees who smoke will have to pay fee
• Independent report finds New York's Tobacco Control Program is successful
• Utah smoking rate decreases further
• Report documents tobacco industry influence in Oklahoma
• Washington State adult smoking rate continues to decline
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Save the Date

• BACCHUS Network Web Seminar Series
• Policy Advocacy: Time-Tested Tools and Strategies
• Oregon’s Annual Tobacco Control Meeting: New Horizons – Opportunities in Tobacco Prevention, Education and Policy
• Connecticut’s Annual Tobacco Control Meeting: Building a Tobacco Free Future
• 11th ANNUAL DUKE NICOTINE CONFERENCE
• Past Successes – Future Challenges: The Next Phase of Tobacco Policy Advocacy in West Virginia
• Society for Public Health Education 56th Annual Meeting: Global Health Promotion: Bridging New Worlds and New Cultures
• The 133rd Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association
• Wisconsin Tobacco Control Conference - Smoke-Free Air: Wisconsin Makes Its Mark
• Sustainability Workshops
• STEP UP to Sustain Tobacco Control and Prevention through Education and Research
• 2006 National Health Policy Conference
• 12th Annual Meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco
• Society for Public Health Education 2006 Health Education Advocacy Summit
• Preventing Youth Access to Tobacco Conference
• Mayo Clinic Nicotine Dependence Center Conferences
• 24th National Conference on Health Promotion and Health: Advancing the National Health Promotion and Health Education Agenda Through Effective Policies and Practices
• 2006 International Cancer and Tobacco Control Conferences
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Requests for Proposals/Job Announcements

• American Legacy Foundation Announces Health Communications Scholarship
• Tobacco Researcher, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
• Tobacco Control Program Manager, Asian Services in Action, Inc.
• Health Educator/Smoking Cessation Program Coordinator, Grady Health Systems, Office of Health Promotion and Disease Prevention
• Tobacco Cessation Project Coordinator, WY Department of Corrections
• After School Program Consultant, Substance Abuse Division, WY Department of Health
• Agency Administrator, Substance Abuse Division, WY Department of Health
• Research Fellow, American Legacy Foundation
• Director of Policy Development and Advocacy, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Bureau of Tobacco Control
• Director of Medical Services, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
  Bureau of Tobacco Control
• Director of Cessation, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
  Bureau of Tobacco Control
• Special Assistant, NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
  Bureau of Tobacco Control
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State Program News

• Lori Westphal joins Florida Tobacco Prevention Program
• Illinois welcomes new program manager Judith Miller
• Two new staff members join the New Jersey Comprehensive Tobacco Control Program
• In Memoriam – Craig Ryder, Associate Director of New York's Tobacco Control Program
• Julie Pyatt rejoins Washington Tobacco Program
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