Tobacco Control Network

Tobacco Free Press - Table of Contents
April 2010

Tobacco policies: Smoking bans reduce exposure to secondhand smoke and reduce heart attacks, review finds
Adolescents validly report their exposure to secondhand smoke
Tobacco smoke exposure in nonsmoking hospitality workers before and after a state smoking ban
Passive cigarette smoke exposure and soft contact lens wear
Secondhand smoke ups risk of sinus, nasal problems
TCN webinar materials: Smokefree Air as a Social Justice Issue
Tobacco is toxic for Toto, too
Smoking bans cut hospital admissions: study (Canada)
Half of kids swimming in secondhand smoke (China)
Can you please put it out? Predicting nonsmokers’ assertiveness intentions at work (Greece)
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Effect of smoking scenes in films on immediate smoking: A randomized controlled study
Sociodemographic risk indicators of hookah smoking among White Americans: A pilot study
Zwinky®.com teams up with the truth® campaign to battle teenage smoking
Trends in youth tobacco use in Massachusetts, 1993-2009 (MA)
Study shows reduction in tobacco use by N.H. students (NH)
Cigarette sponsor pulled from Kelly Clarkson show (Indonesia)
Associations between schools’ tobacco restrictions and adolescents’ use of tobacco (Norway)
Predicting the life-time benefit of school-based smoking prevention programs (UK)
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Decreases in smoking prevalence in Asian communities served by the Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) project
Association of socioeconomic position with health behaviors and mortality
Predictors of smoking reduction among Blacks
American Lung Association releases report on lung cancer in African Americans: Calls for eliminating health disparities
Depression and Smoking in the U.S. Household Population Aged 20 and Over, 2005–2008
Cherokee Nation to promote healthy eating, tobacco cessation efforts
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Nicotine vaccines: Will smokers take a shot at quitting?
New report finds more smokers calling telephone quitlines but state budget cuts put progress at risk
Cowboy culture change costs big money (WY)
The influence of occupational stress factors on nicotine dependence: a cross sectional study (Germany)
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Updated smokefree lists & maps from ANRF
Program and Funding Guidelines for Comprehensive Local Tobacco Control Programs – 3rd edition
Updated model smokefree ordinance from ANR
Attorney General Corbett announces multi-state agreement with Valero to curb tobacco sales to minors
Alabama Senate committee approves restaurant smoking ban (AL)
American Samoa House votes for smoking restrictions (AS)
Calif. officials target small tobacco companies (CA)
State hopes to snuff out e-cigarette sales (IL)
New website: The State of Michigan's Public Smoking Ban (MI)
Governor signs ‘no smoking’ bill (OK)
New legislation aims to help Wis. smokers quit (WI)
FDA Center for Tobacco Products launches call center
U.S. FDA panel weighs menthol cigarette effects
Navy officially bans smoking on submarines
Congress urges baseball to ban smokeless tobacco
Could Hong Kong teach China to quit smoking? (China)
Peru bans smoking in indoor public spaces (Peru)
Wales to ban display of tobacco (Wales)
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Regulating tobacco marketing: A “commercial speech” factsheet for state and local governments
Attorney General announces $150,000 settlement with R.J. Reynolds regarding cartoon cigarette ads (CT)
Two more Florida juries favor plaintiffs in “Engle progeny” cases (FL)
State ban on smoking in public places upheld (IA)
Judge upholds ban on flavored-tobacco sales (NY)
Legal Update – April 2010
Tobacco-makers see $550M go poof in deal with governments over contraband smokes (Canada)
Indonesia takes U.S. to WTO over clove cigarette ban (Indonesia)
Tobacco groups seek to challenge UK display ban (UK)
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Corporate power and social policy: The political economy of the transnational tobacco companies
White Owl introduces the ultimate sweet deal
Greenbutts cigarette filters create garden of flowers from discarded butts
Convenience store sales show gains amid a battered economy
British American Tobacco on Facebook: undermining article 13 of the global World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
Swedish Match signs deal to move cigars to new joint venture
Gates Foundation stops grant to Canadian research center
Philip Morris cancels cigarette price hikes (Japan)
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Nicotine withdrawal and agitation in ventilated critically ill patients
Tobacco dangers in pregnancy
Smoking in pregnancy may up risk of "cross-eyed" baby
Flavored tobacco pellets are denounced as a lure to young users
Association of passive and active smoking with incident type 2 diabetes mellitus in the elderly population: the KORA S4/F4 cohort study
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Puerto Rico: A Success Story of Comprehensive Approaches to Tobacco Control Work
Tobacco Control State Highlights 2010
State cigarette minimum price laws, United States, 2009
Adult Tobacco Survey, nineteen states, 2003-2007
China wrestles with tobacco control - an interview with Dr Yang Gonghuan (China)
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Tobacco Dependence Treatment and Mental Health Patients – Bridging the Gap
SAMHSA 10x10 Wellness Campaign Training Teleconference: New Frontiers in Smoking Cessation to Support Wellness among People with Mental Health Problems
World No Tobacco Day 2010
Tribal Institute on Commercial Tobacco: Integrating Chronic Disease Interventions
APPEAL 15th Anniversary Conference and Dinner
The BACCHUS Network presents the 8th National Tobacco Symposium on Young Adults - Building Momentum: Competencies for Leading Change
18th Annual NALBOH Conference
National Conference on Health Communication, Marketing, and Media
APACT 2010 Conference: Asia Pacific Conference on Tobacco or Health
APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition
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Request for Applications: 2010 NIDA Translational Avant-Garde Award for Medication Development for Diseases of Addiction
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Other Announcements:

FDA to launch stakeholder listening series
FDA Center for Tobacco Products selects Dr. David L. Ashley as first Director for the Office of Science
Tobacco Law Center becomes Public Health Law Center
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