Secondhand Smoke

• Women's peripheral artery disease tied to secondhand smoke
• Check the Web if you want no smoke (VA)
• Smoke ban in your home? Lake talks setting rule for public housing (IL)
• Smoky air in Israeli pubs, cafés worse than in countries with bans (Israel)
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Youth Prevention

• Cigarette packs need to have horrific graphics to deter teens: research (Canada)
• Younger smokers on fast track to behavior problems later
• College students have smoked hookah pipes as much as cigarettes, poll shows
• Big Tobacco's grip on colleges and students loosens, but still holding strong: New report examines trends on campuses
• Underage smoking drops (VA)
• Smoking banned entirely at colleges (PA)
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Disparities

• Smoking hurts women more than men
• Docs don't deliver "no smoking" message to pregnant women
• Adult smoking drops slightly, rate hits new low (WA)
• NAATEN/NNTPP National Conference presentations
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Cessation

• Newly-defined factors may prevent postpartum smoking relapse
• Study probes why smokers find it hard to quit
• Researchers profile teens who seek help to quit smoking
• Nicotine nasal spray a no-go for teen smokers
• Ramadan fast means hard times for smokers
• WHO warns against use of electronic cigarettes
• Can Chantix make a comeback?
• Health dept. distributes matchbooks with grim alert (NY)
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Legislative Watch

• Tobacco bill unlikely to pass this year
• U.S. House Passes Anti-Internet Sales PACT Act
• State agency drafts rules for public smoking ban (NE)
• L.A. council panel to consider ban on outdoor smoking at restaurants (CA)
• Cigarette smoking under fire (MA)
• No-smoking era begins (PA)
• S.C. ends funding for anti-smoking (SC)
• Biz finances survived AZ smoking ban (AZ)
• Stalemate remains over workplace smoking ban (MI)
• New Report: Ballot Measure 3 will reduce smoking, save lives and save money in North Dakota (ND)
• India smoking ban 'has strong public support'
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Legal

• Tobacco Control Legal Consortium Legal Update, Summer 2008
• Washington State's indoor smoking ban upheld by state Supreme Court (WA)
• Tobacco tax upheld in state Supreme Court (AK)
• Walgreens seeks to stop S.F. tobacco ban (CA)
• Russian health officials sue British American Tobacco for misleading smokers
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Excise Taxes

• No butts about it: Cigarette tax appears likely (NH)
• Jump to $2 a pack would raise $50M for health programs (UT)
• Minister of National Revenue unveils a new state-of-the-art excise stamp to combat contraband tobacco (Canada)
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Tobacco Industry News

• After years of speculation, Altria will buy UST For $10.4 billion
• Reynolds American to eliminate 10% of U.S. workforce
• Philip Morris extends bid for Rothmans after acquiring 67.8 per cent of shares
• Report: China tobacco merger to create No. 4 maker
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Health Effects of Tobacco

• Surveillance for cancers associated with tobacco use - United States, 1999-2004
• Healthy lifestyle boosts women's longevity
• Cadmium exposure tied to lung disease
• Cigarettes' power may not be in nicotine itself, new study suggests
• Three IITs to help government regulate tobacco industry (India)
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Data/Reports

• Report: State loses millions due to tobacco use (WY)
• New study finds California's tobacco control program has saved billions in medical costs, shows why states should increase funding for such programs (CA)
• Smoking rate falls dramatically (MN)
• World Cancer Declaration sets ambitious targets for 2020
• Ending tobacco smoking in Britain: Radical strategies for prevention and harm reduction in nicotine addiction
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Save the Date

• 2008 Wisconsin Tobacco Prevention & Control Conference: Accelerating Change with Best Practices
• The Praxis Projects Learning Circles Web and Teleconference Series and Residential Training
• 20th National Conference on Chronic Disease Prevention and Control
• The 14th World Conference on Tobacco or Health
• 5th National Summit on Smokeless and Spit Tobacco
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Requests for Proposals / Awards / Other Announcements

• Call for Abstracts: 2009 National Conference on Tobacco or Health
• Call for Proposals: National Institutes of Health
• International Award for Outstanding Use of Tobacco Industry Documents
• New TTAC Web Calendar
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Job Announcements

• Program Associate, Sr.
• Government Affairs Manager
• Senior Director, Development
• Communications Associate
• Senior Trainer, Tobacco Control Training Project
• Program Coordinator
• Program Development Coordinator
• Public Health Epidemiologist II
• Managing Senior Fellow
• Postdoctoral Fellowship
• Associate Director for Media Advocacy
• Public Health Epidemiologist II
• Manager, Collaboration and Outreach-National Partners
• Medical Officer
• Head of Indonesia Programs
• Epidemiologist
• Research Scientist
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