Office on Smoking and Health’s new website
The Office on Smoking and Health's Web site--TIPS--has been redesigned and is now called the Smoking & Tobacco Use Web site. The address for the redesigned site will remain the same (www.cdc.gov/tobacco); however, URLs to previously bookmarked TIPS pages have changed. The first featured item, "Newly Designed Smoking & Tobacco Use Web Site", provides an overview of the site as well as some new features that will help you locate information quickly and easily. Click here to go directly to the new website.

American Society of Health-System Pharmacists has updated its website
The updated American Society of Health-System Pharmacists website has posted new materials, including: the Rx for Change Cessation Medication Chart, Monographs of all the currently available cessation medications, the Rx for Change Drug Interactions with Smoking List, a list of topic specific cessation web resources, as well as a Decisional Balance Sheet handout to help you initiate a dialog with smokers who are not quite sure that they want to quit. Click here to access these resources.

New national survey finds most Americans don’t know what’s in a cigarette
A new national survey by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids finds that most Americans are not aware of the dangerous chemicals in cigarettes and cigarette smoke. The survey of over 500 teens and 1,000 adults found that 71 percent of adults and 79 percent of teen could not name a single chemical found in cigarette smoke, other than tar and nicotine. To raise awareness of the hazardous chemicals in cigarettes, the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids has launched a new web site – www.whatareyousmoking.org. The survey also found evidence that children are being bombarded by tobacco advertising, with teens being twice as likely as adults to recall seeing advertising – 49 percent of teens compared to 26 percent of adults. To access the full report, click here.

Tobacco Laws Affecting California booklet
The Technical Assistance Legal Consortium has just released its new edition of “Tobacco Laws Affecting California” a user-friendly guide to all tobacco-related laws in effect as of January 1, 2007. The new 2007 edition replaces all previous editions and annual supplements. The booklet includes information on California state laws and regulations related to tobacco, as well as on federal laws and regulations that apply within California. Click here to access a copy.

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