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Tobacco Free Press - Table of Contents
July 2009

Rates of secondhand smoke exposure high among college students
Do indoor smoke-free laws provide bar workers with adequate protection from secondhand smoke?
Home smoking rules tend to vary by race
The effect of maternal smoking during pregnancy and postnatal household smoking on dental caries in young children
Evidence and argument in policymaking: Development of workplace smoking legislation
Secondhand smoke threatens casino workers’ health
Who is exposed to secondhand smoke? Self-reported and serum cotinine measured exposure in the U.S., 1996-2000
Using indoor air quality monitoring in 6 counties to change policy in North Carolina
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development: Recommendations on non-smoking policies in public housing
Smoke-free living: Good for business - good for health
Smoke-Free Environments Law Project (SFELP) listing of housing authorities/commissions which have adopted smoke-free policies
Updated model smokefree ordinance
Pubs are reeling from smoke ban as habits change (U.K.)
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Internet may be newest venue for teen tobacco exposure
Team sports can't compete with films to keep kids from smoking
Both good and bad movie characters who smoke influence teens to do the same
Smoking rates drop among teens (IN)
Juvenile tobacco sales up in West Virginia (WV)
The cent of tobacco: As feds crack down on youth smoking, companies give millions to youth groups
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Unhealthy partnerships: The tobacco industry and African American and Latino labor organizations
"Everywhere the soldier will be": Wartime tobacco promotion in the US military
American Journal of Preventive Medicine August Supplement: Tobacco Policy and Its Unintended Consequences among Low-Income Women
DOD, VA, Congress should take stronger steps towards eliminating tobacco use in military populations, VA Medical Centers
A movement, not a market: A tobacco and alcohol prevention resource for the LGBTQI community
Updated website: The National Latino Council on Alcohol and Tobacco Prevention
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Cigarette packaging sways sense of risk: Study
Arkansas lawmakers take look at tobacco settlement (AR)
Smoking ban at state beaches one step closer to reality after Assembly environmental review (CA)
Attorney General marks anniversary of state smoking ban (IA)
Businesses make moves to ban smoking (MI)
NC Hospital Association and NC Prevention Partners receive additional $250,000 grant (NC)
Complete smoking ban begins at state psychiatric facilities (NJ)
City proposes antismoking signs at cash registers (NY)
Insurers may soon help kick the habit (OR)
Smoking restrictions, tax increases take effect in Vermont (VT)
Wisconsin tobacco tax increase is positive step for health, but budget disappoints by cutting funding for tobacco prevention programs (WI)
FDA seeks public input on tobacco regulation
FDA to create new Center for Tobacco Products
Compromise or capitulation? US Food and Drug Administration jurisdiction over tobacco products
INB-3 reports: Stakes get higher in tobacco smuggling
Cigarette companies kicked out of tobacco meeting
New laws: No smoking in cars to protect children (Australia)
Feds set new restrictions on tobacco marketing (Canada)
Shanghai World Expo ditches 200-million yuan tobacco sponsorship (China)
EU calls for smoke-free Europe by 2012 (European Union)
Ireland first to ban tobacco advertising (Ireland)
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Texas tobacco lawyers now file class action in Arkansas over light cigarettes (AR)
Dealing with secondhand smoke at home: New fact sheets from TALC (CA)
Longtime dealer sues Caesars over second-hand smoke (NV)
Smoking ban decision challenged (SD)
Altria, Reynolds sued for ‘light’ cigarette marketing (TN)
Wash. court: Cartoon cigarette ads broke agreement (WA)
Philip Morris sees decline in health lawsuits
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Enacting tobacco taxes by direct popular vote in the United States: Lessons from 20 years of experience
Anti-smoking groups ramp up tobacco tax drive (CA)
North Carolina should increase cigarette tax by at least 50 cents to save lives and raise revenue (NC)
Tobacco lawsuit freezes $258 million in state budget for human-services programs (OH)
Blowing smoke (China)
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Best practices user guide: Coalitions-state and community interventions
FDA and public health experts warn about electronic cigarettes
New report finds nearly half of states falling short on policies to prevent and fight cancer
Briefing paper: Recommendations for addressing tobacco use in correctional facilities through policy and cessation programming
Nicotine dependence remains prevalent despite recent declines in cigarette use
Demographic profiles of smokeless tobacco users in the U.S.
Details of N.D. tobacco panel’s plans to cut smoking (ND)
Tobacco underground: The booming trade in smuggled cigarettes
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Call for Proposals: The Bloomberg Initiative To Reduce Tobacco Use
Funding Opportunity Announcement: Testing Tobacco Products Promoted to Reduce Harm
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