Secondhand Smoke

• Clean indoor air ordinance coverage in the Appalachian Region of the United States
• Prenatal exposure to maternal cigarette smoking and accumulation of intra-abdominal fat during adolescence
• Air quality in and around airport enclosed smoking rooms
• Transgenerational tobacco smoke exposure and childhood cancer: An observational study
• Smoking moms tied to lasting kids' sleep woes
• Hospital admissions found to decline since AZ public-smoking ban
• Arkansas press events raise awareness of smoke-free cars law (AR)
• Smoking ban clears air in N.C. restaurants (NC)
• Association of environmental tobacco smoke exposure with elevated home blood pressure in Japanese women: The Ohasama Study (Japan)
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Youth Prevention

• Early course of nicotine dependence in adolescent smokers
• Adolescent smoking and maternal risk factors
• Youth smoking cessation program evaluation toolkit now available
• New CDC publication: Youth Engagement Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs User Guide
• Kansas AG touts success in stopping tobacco sales to minors (KS)
• Many teens mistook smokeless tobacco products for candy (VA)
• One in four young adults has used a hookah (Canada)
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Tobacco-Related Disparities in Specific Populations

• Gender, race, and education differences in abstinence rates among participants in two randomized smoking cessation trials
• "But it just has that sort of feel about it, a leper"—Stigma, smoke-free legislation and public health
• Journal supplement: "Smoking, Tobacco Exposure, and Pregnancy"
• LGBT & Tobacco Peer Review Publications through March 2010
• Expert panel makes recommendations on addressing tobacco use in homeless populations
• Out of the Shadows: Women and Lung Cancer
• "Celebrating Smokefree Voices" YouTube video contest
• New Mexico's progress in collecting lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender health data and its implications for addressing health disparities (NM)
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Cessation

• Adherence to treatment for tobacco dependence: Association with smoking abstinence and predictors of adherence
• Behavioral counseling and varenicline treatment for smoking cessation
• Tobacco cessation in substance use disorder treatment facilities: Single state agency tobacco policies
• Nicorette's new campaign to help smokers quit includes big contest
• Quit Line helps 10,000 MT smokers quit (MT)
• Smoking Quit Line braces for more calls (WA)
• Electronic cigarettes: A survey of users
• Number of smokers in Italy declines (Italy)
• Mothers offered £650 to stub out tobacco (Scotland)
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Policy

• Governor rejects smoking ban at beaches, parks (CA)
• Time runs out on two Conn. smoking ban bills (CT)
• Website set up to help adjust to indoor clean air act (KS)
• La. bill to make bars, casinos smoke-free advances (LA)
• State to force stores to post graphic signs vs. smoking (MA)
• Q&A: Michigan to eat, drink smoke-free (MI)
• Governor signs act to protect youth from new tobacco products (MN)
• DeJongh signs into law anti-smoking, ‘racino’ bills (VI)
• 2009 edition of American Lung Association's State Legislated Actions on Tobacco Issues (SLATI) Report
• New bold warnings on tobacco ads
• Guidance for industry and FDA staff: Enforcement policy concerning certain regulations restricting the sale and distribution of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco
• The UN tackles noncommunicable diseases
• Australia proposes tough cigarette packaging rules (Australia)
• China's health ministry to go tobacco-free (China)
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Legal

• California court says woman can't sue Philip Morris again (CA)
• Altria, Reynolds, Liggett lose $20 million verdict (FL)
• Reynolds told to pay $29.1 million to smoker's widow (FL)
• State, tribe reach deal on tobacco sales (ID)
• Judge to allow smoking lawsuit against LVCVA (NV)
• Oregon court upholds Web cigarette sale regulation (OR)
• FDA denied request to remove tobacco-panel members
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Excise Taxes

• Tobacco tax fact sheets – May 2009
• Illinois House to debate $1 tax increase on cigarettes (IL)
• Bill would pinch snuff, cigar users with tax (PA)
• SC House overrides gov’s cigarette tax hike veto (SC)
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Tobacco Industry News

• Tobacco marketing surveillance newsletter from Trinkets & Trash
• Altria to increase prices on cigarette brands
• Reynolds to raise prices on Camel, all cigarettes
• Big Tobacco cutting contracts with US farmers
• New product watch: Ploom announces new alternative to smoking
• Ferrari bar code axed in puff of smoke
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Health Effects of Tobacco

• Arteries age twice as fast in smokers
• Obesity, smoking may raise blood clot risk
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Data/Reports

• CDC Grand Rounds: Current Opportunities in Tobacco Control
• U.S. panel criticized as overstating environmental cancer risks
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Save the Date

• Meeting of the Tobacco Constituents Subcommittee of the Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee
• NACCHO Annual 2010 Conference
• Meeting of the FDA Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee
• 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

• Director of Policy
• Director
• Public Health Epidemiologist
• Senior Policy Analyst
• Grants Manager
• Manager of Collaboration and Outreach
• Senior Health Project Coordinator/Senior Project Manager
• China Programs Associate
• Associate Director, International Research
• Bilingual Merchant Coordinator
• Research Assistant
• Senior Analyst
• Program Associate
• Media Advocacy Consultant – Indonesia
• Assistant Commissioner, Tobacco Control
• Legal Advisor, International Legal Consortium
• 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/Other Announcements

Proposals:

• Request for Applications: Tribal Tobacco Control Programs to Reduce Commercial Tobacco Use Among American Indians and Alaska Natives
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Other Announcements:

• Tobacco 101 Version 3 Training Kit: A comprehensive guide to training public health practitioners on the basics of tobacco control
• New Web tool: FDA and CDC content syndication
• Secretary of Health makes tobacco control a top priority for HHS
• Tobacco Control journal on Twitter
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