Secondhand Smoke

• Hair nicotine levels in nonsmoking pregnant women whose spouses smoke outside of the home
• Can infants' wheezing be prevented?
• Secondhand smoke may harm mental health
• Smoking bans linked to less secondhand smoke in children
• For heart attack, prevention strategies seem to work
• Dogs plus pollutants may raise asthma risk in kids
• Fourth national report on human exposure to environmental chemicals
• New clean indoor air factsheets from NALBOH, NACCHO, and ASTHO
• Secondhand smoke: Assessing the burden of disease at national and local levels
• Heart attack admissions fall after smoking ban (England)
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Youth Prevention

• Agreement between parents and youth on measures of anti-smoking socialization
• Trends in U.S. movie tobacco portrayal since 1950: A historical analysis
• State-level tobacco control policies and youth smoking cessation measures
• UNC study: North Carolina leads nation in number of tobacco-free college campus policies (NC)
• All 50 states and the District of Columbia continue to achieve goals in restricting tobacco sales to minors under Synar Program – A state/federal partnership
• New report provides startling look at substance abuse on an average day in the life of American adolescents
• truth and Best Buy @15 Exchange
• truth kicks off its 11th annual summer tour with Vans Warped Tour, Ast Dew Tour, the Afro-Punk Festival and others
• BACCHUS certifies two university tobacco policies (OK, MN)
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Tobacco-Related Disparities in Specific Populations

• "Willful misconduct": How the U.S. government prevented tobacco- disabled veterans from obtaining disability pensions
• A population-based study of sexual orientation identity and gender differences in adult health
• Sensitivity to cigarette prices among individuals with alcohol, drug, or mental disorders
• Changes in cigarette smoking, purchase patterns, and cessation-related behaviors among low-income smokers in New York State from 2002 to 2005
• Tobacco outlet density and demographics: Analyzing the relationships with a spatial regression approach
• Expert panel makes recommendations on addressing tobacco in homeless populations
• American Lung Association highlights health disparity in new report on tobacco prevalence in lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) community
• WHO publication: Equity, Social Determinants, and Public Health Programs
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Cessation

• State-level factors influencing tobacco cessation quitline spending in 2008
• National survey of U.S. health professionals’ smoking prevalence, cessation practices, and beliefs
• Quitting smoking may ease stress levels
• Nicotine mouth spray quickly curbs cravings
• Quitline Iowa drops free patches and gum (IA)
• More calls to the Michigan Tobacco Quit Line after smoke-free air law takes effect (MI)
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Policy

• Should public housing projects go smoke-free?
• Starbucks snuffing out smoking outdoors (CA)
• Committee rejects smoking ban bill (LA)
• Everett board bans sale of tobacco in drugstores (MA)
• Mass. Senate casino bill would allow smoking (MA)
• Survey: More than 75 percent favor Mich. smoking ban (MI)
• Proposal would allow food service in restaurant bars that allow smoking (NV)
• FDA marks first anniversary of Tobacco Control Act
• Tobacco era in NASCAR ends as new FDA rules take effect
• Postal Service set to enforce tobacco ban
• FDA demands Philip Morris marketing documents
• WHO seeks clampdown on tobacco ads targeting women
• Egypt cracks down on smoking in Alexandria (Egypt)
• Greece to ban smoking Sept 1 in indoor public places (Greece)
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Legal

• Court backs Walgreens' objection to tobacco ban (CA)
• U.S. Supreme Court lets theater smoking ban stand (CO)
• Jury in tobacco case awards smoker $8 million (CT)
• Jury verdict for Philip Morris USA in Engle progeny case (FL)
• Motion following trial challenges law benefiting Big Tobacco (FL)
• Clubs, bingo parlors challenge Kansas smoking ban (KS)
• Three tobacco companies, retailers sue NYC health board over smoking ads (NY)
• Supreme Court rejects appeals of tobacco ruling
• Group challenges 2 members of tobacco safety panel
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Excise Taxes

• Raising cigarette tax difficult in Missouri (MO)
• Cigarette tax increased to keep state running (NY)
• Poll shows support for raising W.Va. cigarette tax (WV)
• House Ways and Means Subcommittee takes critical first step to protect public health and taxpayers from tobacco smuggling
• The economics of tobacco and tobacco taxation in Mexico (Mexico)
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Tobacco Industry News

• The "We Card" program: Tobacco industry "youth smoking prevention" as industry self-preservation
• New resources available from the Buck Tobacco Sponsorship Project (CA)
• Reynolds American to shut 2 plants, cut about 60 jobs (NC, PR)
• Clemson awarded $360,000 by Philip Morris International (SC)
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Health Effects of Tobacco

• Tobacco smoke: A risk factor for pulmonary arterial hypertension? A case control study
• Smoking may contribute to pelvic pain in pregnancy
• More cancer-causing agents in U.S. cigarettes
• Active and passive smoking and the risk of pancreatic cancer in the Netherlands Cohort Study
• Gender differences in COPD: are women more susceptible to smoking effects than men?
• Early stages of age-related macular degeneration associated with smoking, cholesterol levels
• Smoking, hypertension top world stroke risks
• Chinese 'low-tar' cigarettes do not deliver lower levels of nicotine and carcinogens (China)
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Data/Reports

• CDC releases new Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS) data
• Smoking and age: The baby boomer bulge
• July AJPH issue focuses on systems modeling in tobacco control
• Tobacco Control State Highlights 2010: Surveillance and Evaluation Supplement
• New Collaboration Toolkit from Legacy
• WHO FCTC Health Warnings Database
• A third of EU nationals light up still
• Differences by sex in tobacco use and awareness of tobacco marketing - Bangladesh, Thailand, and Uruguay, 2009
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Save the Date

• Webinar: Performance Partnership Model: Making Measurable Progress to Strengthen Healthy Lifestyles
• NACCHO Annual 2010 Conference
• Meeting of the FDA Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee
• Fourth National Conference on Women, Addiction, and Recovery
• Change is in the Air: Deep South Tobacco Prevention and Control Policy Institute
• 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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Job Announcements

• Research Associate
• Cessation Coordinator
• Evaluation Coordinator
• Head of China Programs
• Grassroots and Policy Specialist
• Paralegal/Information Content Coordinator
• Assistant Director of Research
• Part-Time Legal Consultant
• Director
• Manager of Collaboration and Outreach
• Senior Health Project Coordinator/Senior Project Manager
• China Programs Associate
• Bilingual Merchant Coordinator
• Assistant Commissioner, Tobacco Control
• Program Manager
• Program Assistant
• Regional Coordinator, Region II
• Director, Health Systems Development Division
• Jobs at the Center for Tobacco Products (CTP), Various
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Requests for Proposals / Awards

Requests for Proposals:

• NACCHO/NALBOH grant for local tobacco control: Developing Capacity To Support Tobacco Prevention And Control Efforts
• American Medical Association Foundation - Healthy Living Grant Program
• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health for Communities Organized to Respond and Evaluate (REACH CORE)
• Request for Proposals: California Tobacco Control I-Clearinghouse
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Awards:

• Call for Nominations: 2010 Community Activist Award
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Other Announcements

General:

• Call for Papers: Training and Technical Assistance Lessons Learned to Sustain Social Norm Changes in Tobacco Control
• Sebelius announces new $250 million investment to lay foundation for prevention and public health
• Office on Smoking and Health on Twitter
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FDA Announcements:

• Food and Drug Administration (FDA) dockets for public comment
• Food and Drug Administration: Guidance, compliance & regulatory information
• U.S. Food and Drug Administration Center for Tobacco Products 2009–2010: Inaugural Year in Review
• FDA resources for retailers
• FDA to launch discussion series
• New FDA Tobacco Ideas website
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