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Tobacco Free Press - Table of Contents
October 2009

Maternal smoking may increase newborns' discomfort
Smoking and attitudes on smokefree air laws among club-going young adults (NY)
The smoker next door: Handling unwanted tobacco smoke in apartments and condominiums
TALC fact sheets on smokefree housing available in Spanish
Infiltration of secondhand smoke into condominiums, apartments and other multi-unit dwellings: 2009
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Water pipe tobacco smoking among middle and high school students
Smoking and drinking among college students: “It’s a package deal”
Teen attitudes toward smoking linked to likelihood of drinking and using drugs
Phone counseling aids in smoking cessation
2010 Legacy Youth Activism Fellowship
New study: Rural youth show high levels of awareness of truth® youth smoking prevention campaign
Fewer California stores sell cigarettes to minors, state says (CA)
Crackdown on stores selling tobacco to Hawaii’s kids (HI)
Schools approve tobacco ban (IN)
Ad campaign urges New York schools to enforce tobacco-free policies (NY)
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Time 4 u 2 quit: Text messaging found to help smokers
Doubts on suicide-anti-smoking drug Chantix link
New survey finds one in three sports fans smoke, five out of six smoke while watching sports
Most smokers make multiple quit attempts before they quit smoking for good
Smoking fee spurs workers to quit (GA)
Gov. Beshear announces Kentucky joins innovative national effort to help smokers quit (KY)
State cuts tobacco quitline funding despite tax increases (WI)
Telephone recruitment into a randomized controlled trial of quitline support (Australia)
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Substance abuse policy research program releases five-year research roadmap
Idaho activists hope study helps anti-smoking push inside bars (ID)
Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoes e cigarette ban bill in California (CA)
D.C. weighs more curbs on smoking (DC)
Haze lingers over 2008 smoking ban (IL)
Kansas governor says he’ll push for smoking ban (KS)
Council bans flavored tobacco (NY)
Gregoire criticized for anti-smoking cuts (WA)
IOM report confirms smoking bans prevent heart attacks
AAP calls for tobacco-free environments for all children
FDA Draft Guidance: The scope of the prohibition against marketing a tobacco product in combination with another article or product regulated under the federal food, drug, and cosmetic act
Association salutes Prime Minister and Health Minister for strong leadership on lung health (Canada)
Bus conductors can now fine you for smoking (India)
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U.S. court reinstates Alaska smoker case versus Altria (AK)
Philip Morris may have to pay for diagnostic tests for smokers (MA)
Cancer society joins smoking ban battle (SD)
Cigarette makers plan U.S. Supreme Court appeal
Eleven health & consumer groups urge federal court to reject tobacco companies’ lawsuit against FDA tobacco regulation law
FDA sued again on flavored cigarette ban
Ontario sues tobacco makers for health costs; Companies call move hypocritical (Canada)
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Voters say yes to raising tobacco taxes (AK)
Quinn, Madigan favor cigarette tax hike to pay for college scholarships (IL)
Budget strife escalates amid protests in Lansing (MI)
Pennsylvania lawmakers end the budget stalemate (PA)
Updated state tobacco tax fact sheets from Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids
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FDA starts collecting tobacco fees
New rules, new smoke signals: Color shift called trick to subvert word ban
Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association announces that U.S. Smokeless Tobacco Co. will not renew their national sponsorship agreement after 2009
Philip Morris International: Website on tobacco display bans
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Autoimmune condition, especially combined with smoking and oral contraceptive use, massively increases risk of stroke and heart attack in young women
Smoking raises arthritis risk and makes it harder to treat
Contribution of smoking during pregnancy to inequalities in stillbirth and infant death in Scotland 1994-2003: Retrospective population based study using hospital maternity records (UK)
Smoking in pregnancy risks psychotic children (UK)
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Department of Health announces significant drop in adult smoking rate (NM)
American Legacy Foundation: New fact sheets
Roll-up cigarettes’ popularity on the rise with women, report reveals (UK)
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18th annual NALBOH conference call for presentations
Funding Opportunity Announcement: State Supplemental Funding for Tobacco Control
Funding Opportunity Announcement: Pacific Islands Supplemental Funding for Five-Year US Affiliated Pacific Island Collaborative Performance Agreement for Tobacco Control, Diabetes Prevention and Control, and the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Funding Opportunity Announcement: American Recovery Reinvestment Act of 2009 – Communities Putting Prevention to Work
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Other Announcements:

Solicitation for written comments on the development of Healthy People 2020
Presentation available for download - Emerging Tobacco Products: "New Products, Same Targets”
FDA extends comment period for public input on tobacco regulation
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