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Data/Reports
Blueprint for a healthier America
This report was compiled by the Trust for America’s Health, a program funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. Based on input from 150 national health policy experts, the report contains recommendations for the next President and Congress to improve America’s health. The recommendations include: setting new short-term and long-term national health goals, securing funding for public health activities such as smoking prevention, creating a science-based National Public Health Board, and implementing a national public health strategy that focuses on lowering disease rates. The report includes a budget analysis showing that critical national, state, and local public health programs face an annual $20 billion shortfall, partly due to cuts to CDC funding. Click here to read a press release, which includes a link to the full report.
Hollywood 'paid fortune to smoke' (CA)
An analysis of Tobacco Industry documents has revealed that tobacco companies paid “classic” film stars to smoke in public appearances and movies. From the 1930s through the 1950s, actors and actresses were paid up to $10,000, which would be equivalent to nearly $150,000 of today’s money. Tobacco companies also paid movie studios to record stars’ tobacco product endorsements for radio. The researchers suggest that glamorous depictions in “classic” movies of smoking as a normative behavior have contributed to today’s relaxed, nostalgic attitudes toward smoking in movies. This is important because research has shown that youth who view smoking in movies are more likely to smoke. Click here to read a summary of the findings. Click here to read more. Click here to access the research article, which was published online in the journal Tobacco Control.
Frosted doors hiding cigarettes from view (NY)
In 116 of its stores, the Price Chopper grocery chain no longer has in-store cigarette advertising and displays, and tobacco displays are obscured from shoppers’ view by opaque plastic. These changes came about after members of New York State’s Capital District Tobacco Free Coalition approached the grocery chain’s management with poll results showing that most New Yorkers prefer not to see cigarette advertising, particularly in places where it attracts children’s attention. According to a Price Chopper spokesperson, the chain was more than willing to respond to the coalition’s request to protect children from tobacco advertising, but stores will continue to sell tobacco, as it is a legal product. New York’s supermarkets have been targeted this year by public health campaigns to make tobacco sales less socially acceptable for retailers. Because supermarkets depend less on tobacco revenues than do convenience stores, supermarkets have been an easier target for tobacco prevention. However, the Capital District Tobacco Free Coalition has begun talking with convenience stores to further its efforts to remove tobacco displays. Click here to read the full news story.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention health marketing: eHealth data briefs
CDC’s National Center for Health Marketing has compiled eHealth data briefs with data highlights and demographic breakdowns for several current and upcoming eHealth channels. These briefs describe various technology-based health marketing channels, provide information about the types of users that can be reached, and inform readers about the most powerful ways to reach an audience. A listing of some channels of communication detailed in the briefs includes: internet, blogs, social networks, podcasts, and text messaging. Click here to access this information on the CDC website.
Updated Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids fact sheets
Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids has announced that many of its fact sheets have been updated to reflect newly available data from the 2007 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH). The following fact sheets have changed:
To request a copy of any of the state-specific factsheets listed above, please contact Jessica Kuehne at TFK by email at jkuehne@tobaccofreekids.org. Requests for updated state-specific factsheets should clearly identify: a) which specific factsheet(s) are needed; b) for which state; and c) when factsheet is needed. Browse the CTFK website to obtain updated versions of non-state-specific factsheets, or follow the links listed above. Fact sheets are continually updated as new data and formulas become available, so be sure to check the website regularly for the most up-to-date fact sheets.
Smoking-attributable mortality, morbidity and economic costs (SAMMEC)
The Smoking-Attributable Mortality, Morbidity, and Economic Costs (SAMMEC) system is an online application which allows users to estimate the health and health-related economic consequences of smoking among adults and infants. SAMMEC has two different modules: Adult SAMMEC and Maternal and Child Health (MCH) SAMMEC. Users of the system can access state-specific data for varying time periods. An updated version of SAMMEC is available in addition to a previous (2001) version of the tool. The updated version has additional data elements and more advanced report capabilities. Registered users can generate and save reports on smoking-attributable mortality, years of potential life lost, productivity loss, and healthcare expenditures. Click here to access this application.
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