Secondhand Smoke

• Study: Secondhand smoke tied to dementia
• Tobacco smoke and alcohol harm liver worse as combo
• Environmental tobacco smoke avoidance among pregnant African-American nonsmokers
• Bar Workers who smoke also benefit from smoking ban, study finds (Scotland)
• Smoking ban hits home. Truly. (CA)
• Study documents secondhand smoke cost to Indiana (IN)
• The prevalence of second-hand smoking exposure and its correlated factors in 6 counties of China (China)
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Youth Prevention

• Impact of parental home smoking policies on policy choices of independently living young adults (MA)
• Mom and dad’s tobacco use influences teens’ smoking
• Perceived accessibility of cigarettes among youth: A prospective cohort study
• Statewide anti-smoking campaign takes new approach in curbing teen smoking (AZ)
• The latest thing they’re smoking in pipes on college campuses: Tobacco
• Social Acceptance 'more important than health' to teen smokers
• Cigarette Brand Preference among Middle and High School Students who are Established Smokers—United States, 2004 and 2006
• New CDC Study shows tobacco marketing influences kids to smoke, underscores need for FDA regulation of tobacco products
• Assessing the impact of the national ‘truth’ antismoking campaign on beliefs, attitudes, and intent to smoke by race/ethnicity
• Children worry about parents’ smoking
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Disparities

• Tobacco use among sexual minorities, USA, 1987-2007: A systematic review
• Smoking kills, irrespective of social class and gender
• Menthol cigarettes the most addictive
• Tobacco companies target girls
• Deadly in pink: New report warns big tobacco has stepped up targeting of women and girls
• Military effort wants to put an end to smokeless tobacco use
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Cessation

• My last dip
• Smokers would rather give up for their pooch’s health than their own
• Promise of cash prompts smokers to quit: Financial incentives tripled rates of cessation, study found
• Nicotine gum may help smokers quit gradually
• Impact on the Australian Quitline of new graphic cigarette pack warnings including the quitline number (Australia)
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Legislative Watch

• Waxman plans new push for FDA control of tobacco
• House OKs limited workplace smoking ban: Bars, betting venues excluded from measure (IN)
• Kansas Senate approves statewide smoking ban (KS)
• Nebraska smoking ban stays; opt-out plan killed (NE)
• Ban won’t choke businesses (SD)
• Va. House approves ban on smoking (VA)
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Legal

• Fla. jury to decide fault in smoking trial (FL)
• Blunt lawsuit pits rolling paper makers v. city: Boston ban on wraps starts Monday (MA)
• State sues smoke shops, officials (OK)
• Ohio ruling is important step toward using tobacco settlement funds as intended-to reduce tobacco use and save lives (OH)
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Excise Taxes

• Obama signs children’s healthcare bill
• Little cigar consumption on the rise, while cigarette use declines: SCHIP law will tax cigars at cigarette equivalent for first time
• Arkansas cigarette tax increase delivers victory for kids and taxpayers (AR)
• Beshear signs alcohol and tobacco law (KY)
• Granholm wants tax to snuff tobacco habit, help budget (MI)
• Miss. Senate committee oks cigarette tax increase (MS)
• Utah Senate panel snuffs out tobacco-tax hike (UT)
• House panel rejects bill to hike tax on cigarettes (VA)
• Cigarette tax hike dies quickly (WY)
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Tobacco Industry News

• Developing smokeless tobacco products for smokers: An examination of tobacco industry documents
• Phillip Morris Int’l to enter smokeless market
• Phillip Morris USA raises cigarette prices
• General Tobacco nears deal with states on MSA
• Alternative Brands, cigarette maker, files bankruptcy
• Geographical Information Systems as a tool for monitoring tobacco industry advertising (Greece)
• Philip Morris involvement in the development of an air quality laboratory in El Salvador (El Salvador)
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Health Effects of Tobacco

• Smoking teenagers make depressed adults
• Smoking in pregnancy cuts blood flow to the fetus
• Smoking increases likelihood of RA development
• Lung study another reason to avoid smoking cigarettes
• Effects on smoking linked to accelerated aging protein
• Young smokers increase risk for Multiple Sclerosis
• Smoking, metabolic problem raises heart risk (China)
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Data/Reports

• Smoking prevention campaign saving billions in smoking-related care
• Using Best Practices – Practical Lessons in Building and Sustaining Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs
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Jobs Announcements

• Program Officer
• Tobacco Prevention and Control Program Evaluation Specialist
• Community Outreach Coordinator
• Senior Survey Statistician
• Finance Manager
• Director of Program Operations
• Director of Programs
• Vice President of International Programs
• Tobacco Control Policy Researcher
• Research Scientists
• Associate Director of Advocacy
• Associate Director for Media Advocacy – India
• Global Tobacco Control Faculty Position
• Managing Senior Fellow
• Head of Indonesia Programs
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Save the Date

• Kick Butts Day 2009
• 2009 NACDD Chronic Disease Academy
• The National Native Commercial Tobacco Abuse Prevention Network’s Regional Conference
• Prevention Connections 2009 Conference: Reducing Tobacco Use among Young Adults
• The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids' 13th Annual Youth Advocates of the Year Awards Gala
• LGBTQ Tobacco Control Summit
• 2009 National Conference on Tobacco or Health
• Clearing the Air: An Institute for Policy Advocacy
• 5th National Summit on Smokeless and Spit Tobacco
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Requests for Proposals/Other Announcements/Awards

Proposals:

• Call for Applications: Unique Interactions Between Tobacco Use and HIV/AIDS
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Awards:

• Call for Applications: Dr. Alma S. Adams Scholarship for Outreach and Health Communications
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Other Announcements:

• National Network on Tobacco Prevention and Poverty (NNTPP) now known as the Break Free Alliance
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