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Tobacco Free Press - Table of Contents
May/June 2006
- ETS exposure decreasing in U.S.
- Study reveals correlation between secondhand smoke
and damage to DNA
- Prenatal and early exposure to ETS threatens childrens’
lungs
- Household smoking practices not on a par with support
for smoke-free air laws
- ETS exposure linked to risk of hay fever in infants
- ETS may harm infants from birth
- Louisville, KY air quality unchanged after implementation
of weak ordinance
- Oregon air monitoring project assesses indoor air quality
- Surgeon General’s Report on secondhand smoke released
- HUD letters regarding smoke-free apartments available
on SFELP website
- Heather Crowe, Canadian smoke-free advocate, dead from
lung cancer
- Maine promotes smoke-free air policies to tourists
- Massachusetts General Hospital recognized by EPA
- Government/Prison Smoke-Free Policies
- Hospital Smoke-Free Policies
- Outdoor Smoke-Free Policies
- College/School Smoke-Free Policies
- Smoke-Free Dining
- Smoke-Free Dwellings
- Hotel Smoke-Free Policies
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- CDC releases results of 2005 YRBS and 2002 YTS
- Global Youth Tobacco Survey examines cigarette use among
students worldwide
- Anti-smoking ads that elicit disgust more effective
than counter-industry ads among youth
- Ads with relaxing themes influence teen girls’
intention to smoke
- Comparing health impact of increasing cigarette taxes
to raising legal smoking age to 21
- Study finds that laws banning sales to minors don’t
work
- Smokeless tobacco use declines among teen boys
- College students tend to smoke more on weekends
- Gendered dimensions of smoking among college students
- Relationship of magazine ads to teen smoking
- Childhood depression linked to smoking among youth
- Smoking related to stress and self-esteem in young women
- Point-of-sale cigarette advertising affects children
- truth® embarks on 7th annual summer tour
- Chevron limits tobacco sales to youth
- Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids honors 2006 Youth Advocates
of the Year
- University of Arizona awarded grant to study rising
smoking rates among young adults
- California school district awarded grant to implement
anti-tobacco program
- Fewer high school students in Connecticut smoking
- Kansas works to improve retailer compliance on sales
to minors
- Single cigarette purchases occurring in Massachusetts
- Smoking among New York City youth exposed to World Trade
Center attack
- Carson, NV targets tobacco retailers
- North Carolina store clerks arrested for underage sales
- North Dakota high schoolers smoking less
- Pennsylvania Department of Health’s “Check
It” campaign begins
- More teens in Virginia smoking
- Washington youth present Spanish-language anti-smoking
radio show
- Wisconsin student hits the airwaves to spread anti-smoking
message
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- Health education helps African American light smokers
quit
- Sociodemographics and smoking behavior among African
American women
- Contextual factors predict smoking among African American
women
- Ethnic differences in predictors of adolescent smoking
onset and escalation
- Anti-smoking messages miss Korean Americans
- Effects of acculturation and social norms on adolescent
smoking among Asian-American subgroups
- Ceremonial and non-ceremonial tobacco use by American
Indian adolescents
- Beliefs and attitudes about smoking cessation among
American Indians
- Prevalence and trends in smoking in rural areas
- Anti-tobacco media awareness of rural vs. urban and
suburban youth
- Smoking and obesity pose greatest risk to disadvantaged
- Racial disparities in tobacco use and social influences
in a rural middle school
- Inner city adults underestimate harm of smoking to
child health
- Females become addicted to tobacco faster than males
- Health disparities-related broadcasts and seminars available
- CDC’s Office on Smoking and Health announces 2006-2007
National Network grantees
- Arizona to address the soaring smoking rates among
gay community
- Fewer California women smoking
- Colorado nurses surveying young Hispanic smokers
- Women request most nicotine patches during NYC giveaway
- New Washington State campaign targets tribal communities
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- Nicotine patch results in less relapse
- Family intervention targets tobacco use prevention
and cessation
- Blood test predicts success of quitting with nicotine
patch
- Gender and age disparities for cessation treatment
- Smoking and cessation among individuals with COPD
- Study compares nicotine lozenges and patches
- Costs and effectiveness of different benefit designs
for treating tobacco dependence
- Smoking status in initial weeks of quitting as predictor
of smoking-cessation outcomes in pregnant women
- Documents from NIH State-of-the-Science Conference on
Tobacco Use now available online
- Fax-to-Quit Manual
- FDA approves new smoking cessation medication
- American Legacy Foundation introduces “Healthy
Monday” approach to smoking cessation
- Consumer group calls for FDA intervention regarding
laser therapy for cessation
- Alabama Quitline makes nicotine patches available
- Expert says California likely to be only state to meet
HP2010 cessation goals
- Nicorette Stop Shop in Atlanta
- Georgia Quitline callers pleased
- Kentucky’s cessation programs cut
- Massachusetts health care bill offers cessation incentives
- MPAAT scores at ballparks with Quitplan(SM) services
campaign
- Montana Tobacco Quit Line celebrates second anniversary
with over 10,000 calls
- New Jersey's smoking ordinance encouraging residents
to quit
- New York City distributes nicotine patch kits
- CDC provides grant to curb smoking during pregnancy
in Washington State
- Wisconsin Smokers’ Health Study shows high quit
rates
- University of Wisconsin tests tobacco addiction vaccine
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- Review published on the effectiveness of antismoking
legislation
- May/June 2006 Legal Update available
- ANR updated model Comprehensive Smoke-free Ordinance
- Blueprint for assessing support for smoke-free legislation
- AMA passes new policies on smoking ordinances and cessation
- Two Canadian provinces go smokefree
- Fire-safe cigarette laws expanding nationally
- Signatures handed in for ballot measure in Arizona
- Regulations for Arkansas Clean Indoor Air Act being
reviewed
- Arkansas governor supports legislation prohibiting
smoking by pregnant women
- Hotline and website launched in anticipation of Colorado
Clean Indoor Act
- Hawaii Governor considering statewide secondhand smoke
legislation
- Illinois passes fire-safe cigarette law
- Chicago plugs loophole in city’s new ordinance
- Another three Illinois cities pass smoke-free ordinances
- Three localities in Indiana go smoke-free and Bloomington
votes against exemption
- Kentucky faith community urging anti-tobacco laws
- Louisiana passes smokefree ordinance
- Howard County, Maryland passes smoke-free ordinance
- Ordinance in Baltimore being reconsidered
- Michigan bill would limit tobacco smoke around kids
in vehicles
- Petition to appeal St. Paul smoke-free ordinance delayed
- Omaha passes smoke-free ordinance
- New Hampshire passes Fire-Safe Cigarette Law
- Santa Fe passes smoke-free ordinance
- Ban on sale of candy-flavored tobacco products and increase
in tobacco purchasing age proposed in NYC
- Pennsylvania Restaurant Association now supporting smoke-free
legislation
- Philadelphia passes smoke-free air ordinance
- Smoke-free bill in South Carolina defeated
- Smoke-free zones widened in Utah
- Vermont now requires self-extinguishing cigarettes
- Compliance with new smoke-free air law high in Washington
- Weak bill defeated in Wisconsin
- Cheyenne, WY goes smoke free
- Smoking ordinance takes effect in Guam with some enforcement
difficulties
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- Tobacco-friendly science escapes scrutiny in courtroom
- Tobacco companies ask for dismissal of suit to recover
Medicare costs
- CREW granted right to depose key Justice Department
official in effort to investigate position change in case
against tobacco companies
- New Jersey, Utah, and West Virginia join fight for MSA
funds
- Supreme Court asking for input on Arkansas “light”
cigarette marketing case
- R.J. Reynolds settles California sampling lawsuit for
$5 million
- Judge denies attempt to delay implementation of Colorado
ordinance
- Illinois Supreme Court declines to reconsider $10 billion
verdict against Philip Morris in “light” cigarettes
case
- Judge upholds Lawrence, KS smoking ordinance
- Minnesota health impact fee upheld
- Court denies continued funding for Partnership for a
Healthy Mississippi
- Judge rules that Nevada Clean Indoor Air Act will remain
on ballot
- Case to recover MSA funds in New Hampshire to be settled
through arbitration
- New Jersey widow wins tax victory
- Signatures on Ohio petition for smoking ordinance invalidated
- Lower-court ruling in Philip Morris suit overturned
in Ohio
- Oklahoma AG sues foreign tobacco manufacturers over
settlement
- Philip Morris appeals $80 million Oregon verdict to
Supreme Court
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- Cigarette prices influence smoking among young adults
- Factsheet on tax stamp technology
- SLATI contains list of state cigarette excise taxes
- Updates on taxes in California, Delaware, Hawaii, Iowa,
Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Missouri, New York,
New Jersey, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Texas,
Vermont, and Wisconsin.
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- Industry practices impact youth smoking behavior
- Tobacco industry influence on science in Germany
- Philip Morris internal documents reveal project to address
industry delegitimization
- Tobacco companies fund infertility research to counter
evidence regarding impact of smoking
- Tobacco companies testing smoke-free products
- Attorneys General seek to limit marketing of cigarettes
as “little cigars”
- Tobacco industry uses deceptive tactics to defeat anti-tobacco
measures in several states
- Judges’ trips paid for with tobacco industry funds
- R.J. Reynolds heir unlikely tobacco control advocate
- WHO focuses on industry’s use of misleading labels
on World No Tobacco Day
- KOOL and Camel 2006 tours predicted to reach over 2,000
venues
- Lung Association releases report on alcohol-flavored
cigarettes
- Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids releases updated factsheets
on smokeless tobacco
- R.J. Reynolds attempting to water down ordinance in
Arizona
- Ohio religious coalition urges FDA regulation of tobacco
- “No Thanks Big Tobacco” campaign going statewide
in NY
- Oswego, NY Tobacco Free Network kicks off “Not
For Sale” campaign
- Telemarketing technique by tobacco industry targets
bill in Tennessee
- US Tobacco corporate giving to emergency service projects
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- One cigarette may trigger urge to smoke years later
- Just one cigarette stiffens heart muscle
- Links between smoking and osteoporosis strengthened
- Young adults believe other tobacco products are safer
than cigarettes
- Respiratory symptoms decrease after public smoking
ban enacted in Norway
- Smoking history hinders lung cancer treatment
- Research says women aren’t aware of lung cancer
risks
- Smokers believe hand-rolled tobacco poses less risk
- Link between heavy marijuana use and cancer disputed
- Anticipation of smoking affects brain
- Gender plays role in factors affecting smoking initiation
- Smokers’ wrinkle patterns may determine risk of
COPD
- Hookah smoking just as dangerous as cigarettes
- HIV positive female smokers respond worse to anti-retroviral
treatment
- Smoking motives and affective vulnerability related
in young smokers
- WHO warns against use of alternative tobacco products
- Tobacco use in Nebraska costs over $1 billion annually
- Virginia workplaces charge smokers more for insurance
coverage
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- Being tired in the morning may encourage smoking
- State Tobacco Activities Tracking and Evaluation (STATE)
System Update
- Report released on smoking-related fires
- Smoking rate goes up in Indiana
- BCBS Minnesota agrees to reimburse nonsmokers for overpayments
- Number of smokers slowly rising in NYC
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- Master Agreement Settlement spending report available
- TCN member presentations at UICC World Cancer Congress
and World Conference on Tobacco OR Health
- Montana Cancer Control Coalition plans to decrease tobacco
use
- Virginia announces head of Tobacco revitalization commission
- Washington State selects new ad agency
[ read more ]
- 2006 International Cancer and Tobacco Control Conferences
and CDC Cancer Partners Summit
- Fourth Annual LGBTI Tobacco Control Summit
- Healthy States Summit for State Legislators: Building
Healthier Communities for Our Youth and Adults
- NACCHO ANNUAL 2006 Conference: "The Local Health
Department Story: Know it. Live it. Share it."
- CDC’s 2006 National Health Promotion Conference
- Help Your Patients Quit Smoking: Become a Tobacco Dependence
Treatment Specialist
- The 3rd Annual Spit Tobacco Summit: Advancing Understanding
and Building Collaboration
- 2006 CDC/OSH National Tobacco Control Program and Evaluation
Meeting
- SOPHE Annual Meeting
- APHA 134th Annual Meeting and Exposition
- 17th Annual Art and Science of Health Promotion Conference
[ read more ]
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Tobacco Policy Change
Grants
- “It’s How We Live” Grant
- Nat'l Governors Association removes Altria/Kraft as
sponsor of Healthy States grant program
- Blue Cross announces health air finalists for Prevention
Minnesota funding
- South Dakota awards anti-smoking grants to schools and
universities
- Public Health Representative VI, Division of Chronic
Disease Prevention and Adult Health, New York Tobacco
Use Prevention and Control Program
- General Counsel, Action on Smoking and Health
- Training/Media Coordinator, Tobacco Use Control Project,
Virginia Department of Health
- Tobacco Quitline Coordinator, Tobacco Use Control Project,
Virginia Department of Health
- Executive Director, Colorado Tobacco Education and Prevention
Alliance
- Staten Island Tobacco S.T.O.P. Cooridinator, Cicatelli
Associates, Inc.
- Branch Head, Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention, North
Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
- Program Manager, Montana Tobacco Use Prevention Program
- Senior Research Scientist in Tobacco Research, Research
Triangle Institute
- Tobacco Prevention Consultant, Substance Abuse Division,
Wyoming Department of Health
- Cessation Associate, Bureau of Tobacco Control, NYC
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
- AmeriCorps*VISTA Youth Empowerment Coordinators, Monta
Department of Public Health, Prevention Resource Center
- Tobacco Prevention Project Policy Coordinator, Community
Wellness & Prevention Project, Contra Costa Health
Services
- Senior Media Manager, Arizona Division of Public Health
Services/Office of Tobacco Education and Prevention Program
- Open Rank, Tenure-Track Faculty Positions Related to
Tobacco, College of Public Health, University of Arkansas
for Medical Sciences
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