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Tobacco Free Press - Table of Contents
November 2008

New evidence strengthens link between cigarette smoke exposure and poor infant health
Smoking ban tied to a gain in lives (MA)
Workplaces preparing for Jan. 1 anti-smoking law (OR)
More hotels go completely smoke-free (US)
ADA rule for Lottery takes effect in January (WV)
Smokers are banned from fostering (UK)
WHO praises complete smoking ban at all UN headquarters
Greece’s Parliament approves ban on public smoking (Greece)
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Smoking knowledge and behavior in the United States: Sociodemographic, smoking status, and geographic patterns
Cigarette smoking and military deployment: A prospective evaluation
Current economic situation prompts increased smoking, delay in quit attempts middle and low-income Americans hit hardest
Society study finds racial disparities increasing for cancers unrelated to smoking
American Lung Association of the Northwest reaches out to lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgender community with smoking prevention message
Tobacco control evaluation with low SES populations in California (CA)
Free nicotine patches now available to Massachusetts veterans and their families (MA)
Anthropology in China's health promotion and tobacco
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CHEST: Healthcare professionals lack knowledge about tobacco dependence
Today's smokers more addicted to nicotine
Happily (and healthily) ever after
New American Lung Association report: Quitting smoking saves lives and money
Rx for change: Clinician-assisted tobacco cessation
Local bowling centers show smokers how to Become an EX®
What you'll save by quitting smoking
American Cancer Society Marks 33rd Great American Smokeout
Coalition backs plan to provide all tobacco users with access to cessation treatment
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North Dakota votes to keep promise to kids by fully funding tobacco prevention (ND)
Board of Health makes changes in smoking ban rules (IA)
A.C. gives final OK to lift ban on smoking in casinos (NJ)
CDC reports drop in adult smoking, but death toll and health costs are still growing; Congress, states should implement proven solutions
Changes in Washington may pressure U.S. cigarette makers to make changes
Global tobacco controls to be debated in S. Africa (South Africa)
Commission eyes smoking ban in all EU bars, restaurants (Europe)
Ghana to ban tobacco smoking in public (Ghana)
Britain has toughest smoking controls in Europe, finds new report (GB)
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Ban on tobacco sales in drugstores is upheld (CA)
Two judges rule differently on Illinois smoking ban (IL)
How does increasingly plainer cigarette packaging influence adult smokers’ perceptions about brand image?

Good clean tobacco: Philip Morris, biocapitalism, and the social course of stigma in North Carolina
Deadly in pink: Philip Morris’ new look for Virginia Slims cigarettes
R.J. Reynolds' Snus goes national
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Smoking-attributable mortality, years of potential life lost, and productivity losses --- United States, 2000—2004
Effective anti-tobacco ads should either scare or disgust viewers, MU study reveals
Living with smokers may be associated with inadequate access to food
Cigarette smoking may worsen premenstrual woes
Three quarters of deaths in developing world will be caused by heart and lung diseases by 2030
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Cigarette smoking among adults --- United States, 2007
A decade of broken promises: The 1998 state tobacco settlement ten years later
The tobacco settlement, 10 years later
New STATE System fact sheets from CDC, Office of Smoking and Health
Sustainability beyond dollars: Organizations achieving long-term success in community-based tobacco control
Maximizing our nation’s investment in cancer: Three crucial actions for America’s health
Announcement: Over 14,000 new documents in the Legacy Tobacco Documents Library
Tobacco control: major initiative launched in Africa
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The Praxis Project Learning Circle Series 2009: Communicating to Advance Racial Justice
Second Annual Symposium on Tobacco Control
The 14th World Conference on Tobacco or Health
2009 NACDD Chronic Disease Academy
The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids' 13th Annual Youth Advocates of the Year Awards Gala
Clearing the Air: An Institute for Policy Advocacy
5th National Summit on Smokeless and Spit Tobacco
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Call for Abstracts: Third National Leadership Summit on Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health
Call for NALBOH 2009 Abstracts and Exhibit Sponsors
Call for NALBOH 2009 Proposals
Request for Proposals: NACCHO healthy communities demonstration sites
Call for nominations: The 2009 Tobacco Industry Documents Awards
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