Secondhand Smoke

• Smoking outside 'still harms kids'
• A landlord’s guide to no-smoking policies (WA)
• Senate OKs measure to ban smoking in apartments (CA)
• Memphis airport officials challenge anti-smoking law (TN)
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Youth Prevention

• One year later: Are MPAA's tobacco labels protecting audiences?
• Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance - United States, 2007
• Cigarette use among high school students - United States, 1991–2007
• WHO wants total ban on tobacco advertising
• Celebrate a smoke-free Father’s Day
• Rivalry aside, Marlins and Rays team up to fight tobacco (FL)
• truth® launches its 9th annual summer tour
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Disparities

• Smoking down 20 percent in Alaska (AK)
• Health campaigners target mosques in bid to reduce smoking among Muslims (UK)
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Cessation

• Switching to smokeless tobacco as a smoking cessation method: evidence from the 2000 National Health Interview Survey
• Direct mail campaigns can sway smokers
• Impact of tobacco control policies and mass media campaigns on monthly adult smoking prevalence
• Faith-based institutions give smoking cessation message to West Virginia residents (WV)
• The growing link between quitlines and chronic disease programs
• Washington State provides new tobacco cessation Medicaid benefit (WA)
• Quitting smoking just got tougher (SC)
• NAQC Policy Playbook: A guide to promoting quitlines during a policy change
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Legislative Watch

• Pennsylvania smoking ban approved (PA)
• Michigan House approves smoking ban, but exempts casinos (MI)
• Lawmakers vote to ban smoking in all college dorms (NY)
• Smoking ban fight to go national (IA)
• New poll: Voters strongly support FDA regulation of tobacco, say it would be important accomplishment for Congress
• Menthol cigarette ban urged by former U.S. health officials
• U.K. may ban cigarette logos on packaging to curb youth smoking (UK)
• Ontario passes ban on smoking in cars with kids under 16 (Canada)
• Heart attack admissions fall by up to 40% since smoking ban (UK)
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Legal

• Broader smoking limits now in effect in Omaha (NE)
• Anti-smoking group battles state over $230 million (OH)
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Excise Taxes

• N.Y.'s cigarette tax climbs to nation's highest (NY)
• 20 cent cigarette tax hike hits July 1 (VT)
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Tobacco Industry News

• Battleground for smokers lies in new markets
• Plain packs a risk to UK cigarette profits-analysts
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Health Effects of Tobacco

• Researchers update risk-of-death charts
• 'Gender equality' of lung cancer
• Smoking during pregnancy increases risk of SIDS
• Telltale toenail nicotine predicts heart problems
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Save the Date

• 6th Annual National LGBTQ Anti-Tobacco Summit
• 2008 Wisconsin Tobacco Prevention & Control Conference:  Accelerating Change with Best Practices
• The 14th World Conference on Tobacco or Health
• 5th National Summit on Smokeless and Spit Tobacco
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Requests for Proposals/Awards

• Call for proposals:  2009 NACDD Chronic Disease Academy
• Call for nominations:  The Luther L. Terry Awards for Exemplary
  Leadership in Tobacco Control
• Other Announcements
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Job Announcements

• Research analyst/Postdoctoral fellow
• Senior Advisor for Health Disparities CDC
• Medical Officer
• Head of Indonesia Programs
• Evaluation Position
• Manager
• Director, Grants Management/Sponsored Projects
• Research Scientist 5 (Epidemiology)
• Epidemiologist
• Research Scientist
• Associate Director of Research
• Research Associate
• Sr. Program Associate
• Project Coordinator
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