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Tobacco Free Press - Table of Contents
August 2009

Mother’s smoking increases daughter’s pancreatic cancer risk
The effect of smoke-free homes on adult smoking behavior: A review
Indoor concentrations of nicotine in low-income, multi-family housing: Associations with smoking behaviors and housing characteristics
Smokers' cars loaded with nicotine: Levels twice those found in places that permit smoking, study suggests
Kids launch campaign against second hand smoke (MN)
Smokers support car bans (New Zealand)
Smoking parents putting children’s health at risk (U.K.)
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Parents important in teens' smoking risk: study
A double-threat to teen health
Relative risks of exposure to different smoking models on the development of nicotine dependence during adolescence: A five-wave longitudinal study.
‘Substantial reduction’ in tobacco sales to minors
Illegal tobacco sales put federal funds in jeopardy (OK)
Anti-smoking ad takes new approach for teens (TX)
Proxy purchasing on the increase (U.K.)
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New analysis: Women of low socioeconomic status face unique challenges related to smoking, smoking ban policies
Women and smoking: An interdisciplinary examination of socioeconomic influences
Schizophrenia prefrontal cortex deficits impede smoking cessation
Smoking and mental illness: Results from population surveys in Australia and the United States
Tobacco use among sexual minorities in the USA, 1987 to May 2007: a systematic review
Bringing Everyone Along (BEA) resource guide supplement
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Guide helps hospitals achieve smoke-free campus
The adoption of smoke-free hospital campuses in the United States
California lawmaker seeks adults-only restriction on smokeless ‘cigarettes’ (CA)
Model ordinance restricting smoking in outdoor areas (CA)
Nebraskans weigh in on cigar bar rules (NE)
State finding fewer smoking violations (OH)
Not all restaurants wait to be told to go smoke free (SD)
FDA: Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee (TPSAC) established, nominations for voting members now being accepted
FDA: Frequently asked questions on the passage of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (FSPTCA)
Shanghai may become China’s first city to ban smoking in public places (China)
Smokers barred from adopting or fostering children; Ban reportedly first to apply to children regardless of age (U.K.)
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New legal resources on FDA tobacco regulation from TCLC
Arkansas wins antitrust ruling over tobacco fees (AR)
Judges don’t buy theory in S.F. tobacco-ban case (CA)
Smokers, tobacco both winners in early Engle cases (FL)
The gaming industry stacks the deck against smokefree workplaces in Indiana (IN)
Court reverses decision on tobacco settlement (MT)
Smoking-ban challenge in Nebraska still alive (NE)
New York wins round in fight against Indian tobacco vendors (NY)
Ohio judge rules tobacco settlement funds should be used as intended – to reduce tobacco use and save lives (OH)
Oregon AG settlement blocks e-cigarette sales (OR)
Trial delayed in smoking ban dispute (SD)
Smokeless "e-cigarette" makers and FDA in court today
Altria, cigarette makers seek review on racketeering
Psychiatric patients’ rights not violated by NHS ban on their smoking (U.K.)
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Do cigarette prices vary by brand, neighborhood, and store characteristics?
FTC releases reports on cigarette and smokeless tobacco sales and marketing expenditures
Tobacco sales fall starkly by -19.3%
Philip Morris is test-marketing roll-your-own tobacco
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Increased risk of heart attack and stroke with the use of smokeless tobacco products
Smoking is an independent risk factor for VTE
Smoking linked to increased brain lesions and brain shrinkage in MS
Middle-aged smokers at higher risk of dementia
Pancreatic cancer risk varies with smoking habits
Quitting smoking causes quick drop in inflammation
Smoking link with STEMI risk raised in younger and female patients
Cigarette smoking dulls taste
Smokers seen twice as likely to develop active TB
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Institute of Medicine (IOM) tobacco website
Arkansas health official says anti-smoking programs working (AR)
2009 edition of the Tobacco Atlas: Tobacco seen killing 6 million people next year
Overall smoking rates about the same, decline seen among women 25 and up: StatsCan (Canada)
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Request for Applications: Local Tobacco Control Interventions (CA)
Request for Proposals: Statewide Youth and Young Adult Advocacy, Training and Technical Assistance (CA)
Call for Proposals: Public Health Services and Systems Research
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