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Tobacco
Free Press - Table of Contents
May 2008
Secondhand Smoke
- Smoke-free laws have no impact on employee turnover
- Ear infections in children linked to passive smoking
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Youth Prevention
- Waterpipe smoking on college campuses may contribute to growing public health problem
- Eateries' smoking ban is dissuading teens
- Cool kids can help others avoid smoking: study
- Florida turns to freebies, Web for anti-smoking campaign (FL)
- New alcohol, drug, tobacco rules oversee student activities (AK)
- Advertising linked to increased tobacco use among India's youth
- Tobacco use among 13-15 year olds in Sri Lanka, 1999-2007
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Disparities
- Cigarette bill treats menthol with leniency
- Sharing Our Lessons – Colorado Statewide LGBT Network Case Study (CO)
- Exploration of in-patient attitudes towards smoking within a large mental health trust
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Cessation
- Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 update
- Doctors: Chantix benefits outweigh risks
- Nordic scientists start trial on nicotine vaccine
- When doctors tell patients to quit smoking, they listen
- Kicking the habit may be contagious, study finds
- New law allows Arizona's Medicaid program to cover smoking cessation treatments (AZ)
- New guidelines show smokers have more tools to quit than ever, but elected officials must do more to help
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Legislative Watch
- State smoking restrictions for private-sector worksites, restaurants, and bars; United States, 2004 and 2007
- State urges end to tobacco Web sales (CT)
- Electronic cigarettes get around indoor ban
- Public smoking nears its last gasp (MI)
- Smoking ban compromise unravels (PA)
- Time runs out in Alabama legislature on statewide smoking ban (AL)
- Canada banning all smoking in federal prisons (Canada)
- Yukon rolls out smoking ban campaign as law becomes official (Canada)
- Smoke-free life begins in Turkey as of May 19 (Turkey)
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Legal
- Legal Update, March/April 2008
- State using up cash from tobacco lawsuit (IA)
- Agency goes up in smoke: Foundation makes last bid to keep cash (OH)
- Judge's ruling brings down curtain on bar's smoking
'performances' (MN)
- Patients lose smoking ban appeal (UK)
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Excise Taxes
- Cigarette purchases decrease (OK)
- House sustains cigarette-tax veto (SC)
- District of Columbia Council delivers victory for kids and taxpayers by doubling the cigarette tax to $2 per pack (DC)
- Chief has his own tobacco control plans (Canada)
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Tobacco Industry News
Health Effects of Tobacco
- Secondhand smoke blocks artery repair
- Smoking 'triggers deadly changes'
- Quit smoking: Death risk drops fast
- Air pollution, smoking affect latent tuberculosis
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Data/Reports
- State-specific Master Settlement Agreement payments
- WHO World Health Statistics 2008
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Save the Date
- WHO World No Tobacco Day
- 8th Annual CDC/AEA Summer Evaluation Institute
- 2008 Wisconsin Tobacco Prevention & Control Conference: Accelerating Change with Best Practices
- The 14th World Conference on Tobacco or Health
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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
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Job Announcements
- Evaluation Position
- Director of Tobacco Cessation
- Policy & Grassroots Specialist
- Manager
- Public Health Manager
- Director, Grants Management/Sponsored Projects
- Postdoctoral Fellow
- Research Scientist 5 (Epidemiology)
- Epidemiology Branch Chief
- Epidemiologist
- Attorney - Public Interest / Public Health
- Evaluation Manager (Research Analyst 4)
- Research Scientist
- Associate Director of Research
- Research Associate
- Program Officer
- Sr. Program Associate
- Tobacco Control Researcher
- Project Coordinator
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