Secondhand Smoke

• Professor publishes study on tobacco smoke and learning disabilities
• Exposure to tobacco smoke in childhood home associated with early emphysema in adulthood
• Study: Secondhand smoke disrupts asthmatic kids’ sleep
• The American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation’s smokefree lists, maps, and data
• Smoking ban in Duluth low-income housing promotes health (MN)
• Smoking ban linked to drop in heart attacks (Switzerland)
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Youth Prevention

• High-sensation seeking youth drawn to sweet-tasting cigarettes, study finds
• ‘Avatar’ joins holiday movies that fail an antismoking test
• 2010 Kick Butts Day website open for business
• N.Y. tobacco retailers mostly compliant with minors law (NY)
• Good sign: Youth smoking rates decline (OK)
• WHO: Tobacco a global pediatric concern
• Government of Canada announces project that engages youth in tobacco control initiatives (Canada)
• Company posts pro-tobacco messages in Sichuan school (China)
• What prevents young adolescents from smoking? Self-reported motives of 12-15-year-old non-smokers (Germany)
• Adolescents’ response to text-only tobacco health warnings: results from the 2008 UK Youth Tobacco Policy Survey (UK)
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Tobacco-Related Disparities in Specific Populations

• Discrimination may lead to smoking in boys
• Elders Tobacco Project has elders talking about tobacco (MN)
• Ohio hopes to stop smoking by gay youth, others (OH)
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Cessation

• Giving up smoking 'raises diabetes risk'
• Quitline messages that stress benefits of quitting may improve smoking cessation
• NTCC develops tool kit to help build demand for cessation
• DoD boosts quit tobacco efforts for 2010
• Rise of the part-time smoker: The new smoker, who lights up only intermittently, needs new strategies to learn to quit
• Pennsylvania offers free nicotine patches (PA)
• Smokers offered free 'quit kit' by NHS to kick the habit in new year (UK)
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Policy

• Effects of venue-specific state clean indoor air laws on smoking-related outcomes
• Smokers in twelve states to puff fire-safe cigarettes
• ADMH plans healthy New Year’s Resolution: A tobacco-free initiative (AL)
• D.C. moves to curb sidewalk smoking, youths' access to tobacco (DC)
• Senate bill would snuff out Indiana's smoking-cessation agency (IN)
• Kansas Gov boosts smoking ban but hurdles remain (KS)
• NC smoking ban at restaurants, bars (NC)
• Blowing smoke at a ban (NY)
• Oklahoma anti-smoking proposal expected next session (OK)
• Officials reject proposal to lobby for state ban on flavored products (WI)
• Tobacco prevention opportunities in final health reform bill
• What's in a cigarette? FDA to study ingredients
• Victoria gets tough on tobacco with new smoking ban in cars (Australia)
• Olympics no longer 'smoke-free': Authorities 'relax' smoking restrictions to accommodate officials (Canada)
• Chinese cities set to order ban on smoking (China)
• Finland aims to stub out smoking habit (Finland)
• Smoking ban? The French light up again in public (France)
• Tobacco no longer on display (Norway)
• Spanish government eyes ban on smoking in bars, restaurants (Spain)
• UAE law strikes at tobacco (United Arab Emirates)
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Legal

• Lawsuit pending regarding cig fee (CA)
• State sues electronic cigarettes retailer (CA)
• Denver theatre company to take smoking ban case to Supreme Court (CO)
• Ex-smoker drops Philip Morris (FL)
• Lawsuit seeks to allow Nevada convention smoking (NV)
• New York City tobacco tax suits limited by top court (NY)
• USSTC fights New York City flavored tobacco ban (NY)
• $258M from tobacco settlement for Ohio held pending court (OH)
• TN says Colombian cigarette maker owes $300,000 (TN)
• U.S. judge upholds most limits on tobacco marketing
• Judge OKs imports of e-cigarettes, blasts FDA
• Kretek drops cigar lawsuit against FDA
• Tobacco's plea: No big US payments
• Japan court rejects tobacco lawsuit, notes dangers (Japan)
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Excise Taxes

• Poll: Citizens want to tax discount cigarette makers (FL)
• Department of Business and Professional Regulation wants citizens to “burn” illegal tobacco sales (FL)
• Budget plan adds tax on soda, cigarettes (NY)
• Tribe, state may revisit cigarette tax discussions (WA)
• W.Va. Gov eyes cigarette tax for health bill costs (WV)
• Senecas confront tobacco roadblock
• Ballarat doctors support smoke price rise plan (Australia)
• Greece raises tobacco, alcohol taxes (Greece)
• Japan’s tobacco tax to raise cigarette prices by 33% (Japan)
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Tobacco Industry News

• Tobacco industry consumer research on smokeless tobacco users and product development
• Tobacco company owes states $285 million
• Crop losing ground in historically tobacco-rich North Carolina (NC)
• Big tobacco kicked big bucks into Utah politics (UT)
• Altria a major donor to Va. political candidates (VA)
• Rivals pursue same goal: Reynolds American, Philip Morris prod FDA
• Eye on the tobacco industry: An update on current Canadian tobacco industry activities, October-December 2009 (Canada)
• Scientists say tobacco firm skews EU policymaking (European Union)
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Health Effects of Tobacco

• Lung cancer and melanoma laid bare: First comprehensive analysis of two cancer genomes
• Weight and smoking linked to skin aging
• Being fit, reducing waist girth, and not smoking improves CV health in men
• Smoking ups men's rheumatoid arthritis risk most
• Smoking-related bladder cancer on the rise
• It's never too late to quit smoking and save your vision
• Smoking, drinking up risks of gut, throat cancers
• Tobacco may up pain from jaw disorder
• If you smoke, watch out for low back pain
• Portland State University researchers find smokeless tobacco products with up to 700% more flavor additives than candy
• Tobacco smoking, alcohol consumption and pancreatic cancer risk: A case-control study in Italy
• Smoking and alcohol intake linked to severe psoriasis
• Tobacco smoke causes lung inflammation, promotes lung cancer growth
• Lung cancer patients who quit smoking double their survival chances
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Data/Reports

• American Lung Association Report Card: Federal government makes major strides; most states flunk for neglecting to prevent tobacco-caused disease
• Patterns of dual use of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco among U.S. males: findings from national surveys
• Global tobacco report outlines 21 challenges for 21st century
• First release of Global Adult Tobacco Survey results by Bangladesh (Bangladesh)
• Proof lacking on e-cigarettes' safety, experts warn
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Save the Date

• Webinar: Addressing barriers to delivering tobacco dependence interventions across mental health care settings
• It’s About a Billion Lives: Advances in Tobacco Control – Celebrating Tobacco Research and Education at UCSF
• NACDD Chronic Disease Academy
• Through With Chew Week / Great American Spit Out
• Native Tobacco Policy Summit
• Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco 16th Annual Meeting
• Kick Butts Day 2010
• Promising Practices: Achieving Health and Social Equity in Tobacco Control
• World No Tobacco Day 2010
• Tribal Institute on Commercial Tobacco: Integrating Chronic Disease Interventions
• 18th Annual NALBOH Conference
• APACT 2010 Conference: Asia Pacific Conference on Tobacco or Health
• APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition
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Job Announcements

• Health Communications Coordinator
• Communications Lead
• CDC Tobacco: Grant Administrator
• CDC Tobacco: Grant Evaluation Coordinator
• CDC Tobacco Grant Contract Manager
• Tobacco Policy and Control Public Policy Attorney
• Tobacco Policy and Control Media Specialist
• Tobacco Policy and Control Program Manager
• Program Specialist
• Post-Doctoral Associate in Tobacco Control
• Regional Coordinator, Region II
• Data Manager
• Project Directo
• Director, Health Systems Development Division
• Research Scientist
• Manager of Tobacco Cessation Services
• Instructional Content Developer
• Jobs at the Center for Tobacco Products (CTP), Various
• Director
• Grants Administrator, International Grants Program
• Managing Director, Global Tobacco Control
• Director of Advocacy - International Programs
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Requests for Proposals/Other Announcements

Proposals:

• Call for Proposals: Access to Cessation Treatment for Tobacco in our Nation (ACTTION)
• NACCHO 2010 Model Practices program
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Other Announcements:

• Opportunity for Public Comment: Draft National Plan for Action for addressing disparities
• Opportunity for Public Comment: National Institutes of Health to conduct unprecedented study of LGBT health
• Nonsmokers' Rights Legal Research and Advocacy Competition
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