Secondhand Smoke

• Legal risks to employers who allow smoking in the workplace
• Smoking Bans Reduce Smoking
• Cars with kids: NYC’s next smoking ban?
• “Making Smokefree Housing Laws Work”
• New Checklists for TALC Model Ordinances
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Youth Prevention

• New study sheds light on role of news coverage in reducing teenage smoking
• Smoking among girls rising worldwide
• 2006 New Jersey Youth Tobacco Survey
• Ontario: Youth target tobacco “power walls”
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Disparities

• University of Pittsburgh study finds inequality in tobacco advertising
• New CDC Fact Sheet: Preventing Smoking and Exposure to Secondhand Smoke Before, During and After Pregnancy
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Cessation

• Cigarette additives may make it rougher to quit
• Smokeless tobacco: Unsafe alternative
• Quitting on impulse may be smokers’ best bet
• GWU smoking cessation kit wins American Public Health Association contest
• National Tobacco Cessation Collaborative announces website and newsletter
• Hawaii: Tobacco-free group urges firms to snuff out smoking
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Legislative Watch

• Senate panel backs giving FDA regulatory powers
• Advisory panel calls for tobacco regulation, higher taxes
• Tommy Robertson ousted from Senate seat
• North Carolina Requires “Fire-Safe” Cigarettes by 2010
• Ottawa to ban cigarette makers from labeling products ‘light’ and ‘mild’
• Brunei bans cigarette advertisements, smoking in selected public places
• Analysis of proposed regulation of tobacco products by FDA
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Lawsuits

• Missouri: Court tosses tobacco appeal despite citing company wrongdoing
• Court: California can’t regulate cigarette advertisements pitched at kids
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Excise Taxes

• Children’s health bill approved by House
• Senate approves wider kids’ health program
• Taxes trigger big drop in U.S. smoking: USA Today report
• Wisconsin: Health groups launch campaign for cigarette tax hike
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Health Effects of Tobacco

• Smoking during pregnancy boosts baby’s blood pressure
• Another reason not to smoke while pregnant: Birth defects
• Smoking tied to serious pregnancy condition
• Metals in tobacco smoke may increase risk of breast cancer
• Smoking ups risk for age-linked vision loss
• Prevent smoking to reduce risk of erectile dysfunction
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Data/Reports

• Poll: Fewer Americans smoking
• Preventive steps could save 100,000 U.S. lives
• Washington: Adult smoking rate continues downward trend
• Canada aims to cut smoking to 12% of population
• High prevalence of smoking among physicians in China
• President's Cancer Panel Annual Report 2006-2007: Tobacco Control Recommendations
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Other Resources

• Legal Update – July 2007
• American Legacy Foundation honors champion of anti-tobacco fight
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Save the Date

• National Indian Health Board 24th Annual Consumer Conference
  September 24-28, 2007; Portland, OR
• 2007 National Conference on Tobacco or Health
  October 24-26, 2007; Minneapolis, MN
• 5th Annual National LGBTI Anti-Tobacco Summit
  October 23, 2007; Minneapolis, MN
• 2007 National Conference on Tobacco or Health
  Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey (TUS-CPS) Users’ Workshop
• 4th National Summit on Smokeless and Spit Tobacco – Call for Abstracts
  March 4-6, 2008; Oklahoma City, OK
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Requests for Proposals/Job Announcements/Awards

• American Legacy Foundation announces truth® or Consequences Youth Tobacco Prevention Grants Program
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation: Call for proposals for Tobacco Policy Change
• American Legacy Foundation Community Activist Award
• NIH Opportunities Related to Dissemination and Technical Assistance
  
   
  Jobs:
• Program Director
  National African American Tobacco Education Network
  Health Education Council
   
• Health Education Specialist
  Montana Tobacco Use Prevention Program
   
• Assistant Director of Programs (#1825BR)
  Tobacco Technical Assistance Consortium
  Rollins School of Pubic Health, Emory University
   
• Program Associate Senior (#1827BR)
  Tobacco Technical Assistance Consortium
  Rollins School of Pubic Health, Emory University
   
• Program Analyst 2 – 2 positions
  (COMMUNITY PROGRAMS COORDINATOR)
  Public Health Division Employment Opportunity
  Oregon Department of Human Services
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