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Tobacco Free Press - Table of Contents
December 2007

MRI identifies lung damage from secondhand smoke exposure
Study: Smokers' wives have higher cancer risk
Health group calls for Health Canada to end Japan Tobacco’s misleading new advertising campaign.
Ohio Tobacco Prevention Foundation reports Ohio is breathing easier one year later
Warning over dangers for non-smokers
Adelaide bid to be 'smoke free' city
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Studies Review Smoking Among College Freshmen And Tobacco Use By Adolescents With ADHD
Grassroots Enterprise launches 'I am Smoke- Free' application built on Facebook(R) platform to enable easier activism on behalf of The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
Schools alter smoking policy
Penn Researchers Find That Participation in Organized High School Activities Lowers Risk of Smoking Three Years After Graduation
2007 data from in-school surveys of 8th-, 10th-, and 12th-grade students
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Nashville NAACP Tobacco Prevention Initiative: An example of community-based participatory action research
Clinicians urged to research more into smoking, alcohol abuse in Africa
Concern over mentally ill smokers
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Tobacco control: Quitting smoking is easier with help
Free Nicotine Patches Plus Phone Counseling Prompts More Smokers to Quit
Current smokers cost Medicaid nearly $10 billion
Accentuating the Positive More Effective In Inspiring Smokers to Quit
Research Shows What Works to Cut Smoking Rates
Video from Medialink and the Society of Interventional Radiology: Smoking causes pain - another reason to quit
HealthCentral.com's new stop smoking site provides expert advice, supportive community to help smokers quit
Stop smoking services are reducing the UK’s health gap
European Union officials investigate safety of Pfizer's anti-smoking drug
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Bush vetoes children’s health bill
FDA tobacco legislation is on hold for now
Lottery juggling whether to ban smoking at ticket
Will shelters violate spirit of smoke ban?
Special report: Smoke Free Laws
£130m drive to cut cancer deaths
New shock-photo warning rule on cigarette packs sparks industry opposition, officials say
Smoking ban poses new climate threat
EU to insist on fire-safe cigarettes
MPP leads drive to protect kids
Tobacco faces display ban
Smoking ban violation attracts Dh1,000 fine
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States sue R.J. Reynolds over Camel ads
Supreme Court argument report: Justices examine state law on internet tobacco sales
Health and Social Services lauds decision as Alaska Supreme Court upholds state’s duty to protect public from harm
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Philip Morris to 'Unleash the Beast'?
European Commission and JT International (Japan Tobacco) sign 15-year agreement to combat contraband and counterfeit cigarettes
Embarrassments Dog Iowa Front-Runner Huckabee
Loews to Spin Off Lorillard Tobacco
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Smoking doubles breast cancer risk
From Smoking Boom, a Major Killer of Women
Smoking costs over 6.5% of national income to nations
New Lancet Study: Tobacco Control Measures Are Effective and Affordable Strategies to Reduce Chronic Disease Deaths Globally
Study suggests nicotine addiction might be controlled by influencing brain mechanisms
Prenatal and Adolescent Exposure to Tobacco Smoke Modulates the Development of White Matter Microstructure
Smoking 'raises risk of diabetes'
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“Smokefree” tobacco and nicotine products reducing the risks of tobacco related disease
FACTBOX-Smoking bans around the world
Special reports: State tobacco settlement
Current cigarette excise tax rates
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FlickerLab Tackles The Influence of Big Tobacco on Impressionable Teens
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The 4th National Summit on Smokeless and Spit Tobacco
Access 2008: Building a Tobacco-Free Future
Kick Butts Day 2008
Promising Practices from the Field: Tobacco Control Strategies that Work!
The 5th "Clearing the Air: An Institute for Policy Advocacy" conference
Best and Promising Practices for Tobacco Control in American Indian and Alaskan Native Communities
7th National Symposium on Young Adults
8th Annual CDC/AEA Summer Evaluation Institute
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Jobs:

Public Health Prevention Service (PHPS) program
Epidemiologist
State Tobacco Use Program
Public Health Educator/Quitline Coordinator
State Tobacco Use Program
Public Health Educator
State Tobacco Use Program
Public Health Educator
State Tobacco Use Program
Youth Activism Manager
Department of Program Development
Tobacco Control Researcher
Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education
Health Care Analyst 3
Public Health Informatics
Grassroots Advocacy Director
Founders Affiliate of the American Heart Association
Evaluation Manager (Research Analyst 4)
The Oregon Tobacco Prevention and Education Program
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Awards:

Judy Wilkenfeld Award for International Tobacco Control Excellence
National Cancer Institute Tobacco Control Research Branch Cancer Research Training Award (CTRA)
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