Second Hand Smoke

• Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke causes respiratory symptoms in healthy adults
• Indoor smoking makes air 28 times more polluted
• Special smoking ventilation doesn’t really help
• Air quality in Washington improved since expanded Clean Indoor Air Act
• Broad ban beats out industry-backed plan
• Belmont to be first U.S. city to ban all smoking
• Hawaii smoking ban seen as one of nation’s strictest
• The smoking debate
• Madison County could get strong smoking ban
• Statewide smoking ban looks more likely
• Some bar owners benefit from smoking ban
• Questions 4 & 5: Voters blow through smoke
• Ohio says ‘Snuff it out’
• Columbia to exempt bars from smoking ban
• Beaufort County passes smoking ban
• Smoking banned in public places in city of Socorro
• Smoking ban likely to hit Norfolk in early ‘07
• Clark County Washington elevates smoke-free rental housing efforts
• American Medical Association adopts new policy on smoke-free meetings
• Don’t Pass Gas PSAs
• Congress could become rolled into smoking ban
• Study shows benefit from anti-smoking laws
• Nova Scotia prepares for public smoking ban
• Butt ban sparks people to quit: Study
• China to revise regulations to ban smoking in public areas
• Why Germany balks at European Union smoking ban
• Berlin smoking ban hoped to set example for rest of Germany
• Smoking ban good for sales says pub firm
• Pub firm rides out smoke impact
• Cigarette sales up 5% despite smoking ban
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Youth Prevention

• MMWR — Racial/Ethnic Differences Among Youths in Cigarette Smoking and Susceptibility to Start Smoking — United States, 2002–2004
• New study finds tobacco industry 'prevention' ads don't work and encourage kids to smoke
• New study finds tobacco marketing more than doubles odds of children smoking, shows need for congress to grant FDA authority over tobacco
• No proven programs to help teens quit smoking
• The more you smoke, the more you’re likely to drink, research concludes
• Parental rules and monitoring of children's movie viewing associated with children's risk for smoking and drinking
• American Medical Association families launch $500,000 national grassroots campaign to make youth-rated movies smoke-free
• New Infect truth campaign gives young people “digital viruses” to spread the truth
• Green eggs and spitless tobacco?
• Shops that sell cigarettes to minors face tobacco sale ban
• Cigarette ‘kiddie packs’ outlawed
• Whiff of tobacco firms on net
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Disparities

• Racial/Ethnic disparities in report of physician-provided smoking cessation advice
• Educational inequalities in initiation, cessation, and prevalence of smoking among 3 Italian birth cohorts
• Smoking cessation processes in low-SES women: The impact of time-varying pregnancy status, health care messages, stress, and health concerns
• New study shows majority of gamblers are non-smokers
• Gay/Lesbian sexual orientation increases risk for cigarette smoking and heavy drinking among members of a large Northern California health plan
• Racial/Ethnic differences among youths in cigarette smoking and susceptibility to start smoking
• National LGBT Tobacco Control Network website launches
• Celebrities join the National African American Tobacco Prevention Network to launch national campaign to educate and reduce tobacco use and smoking among African Americans
• Washington Puyallup Tribe changes clinical practices, reduces number of smokers
• Keys to Success with Low SES & Building on a Smoke-Free Foundation: Action kits
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Cessation

• State Medicaid coverage for tobacco-dependence treatments: United States, 2005
• Study: 16,000 smokers quit since smoking ban took effect
• New study finds everyday activities trigger smoking cravings
• Exercise helps smokers quit
• Randomized trials on Consider This, a tailored, Internet-delivered smoking prevention program for adolescents
• Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: Model tobacco use treatment benefit and Key elements of a tobacco use treatment benefit
• A Practical Guide to Working with Health-Care Systems on Tobacco-Use Treatment
• The National Pharmacy Partnership for Tobacco Cessation launches new website
• Aetna to help members quit tobacco with new tobacco cessation program
• Want to quit smoking? Try the internet
• Gunther von Hagens’ BODY WORLDS launches dramatic appeal to smokers
• NASCAR drives in a smoke-free direction
• Uninsured Washington vets eligible for free expanded cessation services
• Delhi residents phoned to quit smoking
• Graphic smoking images approved
• Belgium wants to shock smokers out of their habit
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Legislative Watch

• State lawmakers try again to limit smoking
• Smoking ban here?
• Scotland plans to raise smoking age
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Lawsuits

• Tobacco Control Legal Consortium - Legal Update November 2006
• Supreme Court agrees to hear Philip Morris appeal in $80 million judgment
• Tobacco companies win delay and appeal of ‘light’ cigarette marketing ban
• Health groups file to appeal tobacco case
• R.J. Reynolds challenges new state tobacco-tax hike
• Homeowners association rule forbids couple to smoke in their own home
• Bar owners file notice of appeal on smoking ban
• Supreme Court won’t review Illinois tobacco case
• Lawsuit challenges Louisville’s smoking ban
• Smoker says company violated his rights when they fired him
• Mass. smokers sue Philip Morris on cancer checks
• Smoking ban upheld
• Anti-smoking law’s foes target enforcement flaws
• Judge hears smoking ban challenge
• City of Austin will appeal smoking ordinance ruling
• Ruling could cost Utah its tobacco settlement
• European Union can tax alcohol, tobacco brought abroad
• British Columbia wins ruling in tobacco fight
• Saskatchewan moves to sue big tobacco
• Saudi Arabia intends to sue tobacco companies says Al-Manie
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Excise Taxes

• Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: State cigarette excise tax rates and rankings
• Attorney General says cigarette tax 80 cents a pack
• Big tobacco wages successful anti-Proposition 86 effort
• Illinois House: Yes to cigarette taxes
• Governor proposes increase in state cigarette tax
• Culver: Cigarette tax yes; gas tax no
• Anti-tobacco activists renew push for higher tax
• Health groups unite to get cig tax raised
• Tobacco defeat in Missouri bucks national trend
• Cigarette sales fall after tax kicks in
• Cigarette tax for arts approved in Cleveland and suburbs
• Tobacco tax increase begins January first
• Cigarette tax hurts local business
• Smokers are bracing for tax increase
• Mexico soda, tobacco taxes pass key Congress hurdle
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Tobacco Industry News

• Philip Morris USA asks ‘Please don’t give your cigarette brands a part in your movie’
• US Smokeless Tobacco Co.
• Big tobacco downplays smoking-cancer link when sued
• Philip Morris USA raises lifts cigarette prices
• Philip Morris planning a new Marlboro option
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Health Effects of Tobacco

• Halving your smoking quota won’t help you live longer
• Maternal exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke and pregnancy outcome among couples undergoing assisted reproduction
• Future smokers may be programmed in womb
• HPV and smoking a risky combo for women
• Smoking, drinking lower odds of surviving cancer
• Bladder cancer early smoking link
• Regular smoking substantially increase risk of asthma in adolescents
• New risk for smokers: Survey show they’re more prone to losing teeth
• Smoking changes brain chemistry
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Other News

• Mayor Bloomberg using own money in anti-smoking campaign
• Voters approve amendment to hike anti-tobacco spending
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Save the Date

• Fundamentals of Evaluation Web-based Course
• Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco’s 13th Annual Meeting
• Evidence-Based Public Health: A Course in Chronic Disease Prevention
• 3rd National Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Intersex Health Summit
• The 6th National Tobacco Symposium on Young Adults
• 17th Annual Art and Science of Health Promotion Conference
• Clearing the Air: An Institute for Policy Advocacy, IV
• Wisconsin Tobacco Control & Prevention Conference
• The National Association of Local Boards of Health Conference
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Requests for Proposals/Job Announcements

• National African American Tobacco Prevention Network: Grants for Youth Prevention, Cessation, and Education
• Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Minnesota Center for Prevention: Statewide Technical Assistance Contract for Priority Population Coalitions Implementing Tobacco Prevention Programs
• Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: Youth Advocates of the Year Awards
• Project Manager, National Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Tobacco Control Network
• Manager of Health and Social Marketing Communications, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota
• Community Education Specialist, Drexel University
• Associate Director of Field Operations, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
• Associate Director of Advocacy, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
• Lead Account Manager, American Cancer Society
• Director of Programs, Asian Pacific Partners for Empowerment, Advocacy and Leadership (APPEAL)
• Director of Cessation Services, Ohio Tobacco Prevention Foundation
• Director of Research, International Advocacy Resource Center, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
• Director, International Communications, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
• Deputy Vice-President of International Programs, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
• Health Communications Specialist, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia
• Manager for Cessation Services, American Legacy Foundation
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Data/Reports

• Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: Annual state tobacco control spending report
• Tobacco use among adults- United States, 2005
• Tobacco-related diseases to take high toll, study finds
• China warned of rising tobacco use
• Smoking costs China 250 billion Yuan last year
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