Secondhand Smoke

• Smoking bans help curb kids' severe asthma attacks
• A prospective cohort study of biomarkers of prenatal tobacco smoke exposure: The correlation between serum and meconium and their association with infant birth weight
• Secondhand smoke in alfresco areas
• Nonsmokers' exposure to secondhand smoke - United States, 1999-2008
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Youth Prevention

• Public health survey finds youth smoking in Connecticut continues to decline (CT)
• Foundation and MTV hope campaign is 'dead on' with youths
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Tobacco-Related Disparities in Specific Populations

• Effects of adopting a smokefree policy in state psychiatric hospitals
• Smoking behavior among low-income black adults: Patterns and correlates of smoking trajectories
• Wash U breaks down Missouri's smoking demographic, pushes for policy change (MO)
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Cessation

• A pilot study to assess smokeless tobacco use reduction with varenicline
• Quitting smoking helps after serious heart attack damage
• Partner smoking characteristics: Associations with smoking and quitting among blue-collar apprentices
• New study finds positive return on investment for states that invest in quit smoking treatments
• Preventive services can save lives at little or no cost
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Policy

• AHA: Don't be fooled, smokeless tobacco isn't exactly safe
• Cigarette sales ban expansion moves one step closer to approval (CA)
• NYC to try banning smoking in parks and at beaches (NY)
• Smoking ban campaign begins in Rapid City (SD)
• Air Force bans electronic cigarettes from the workplace
• FDA sends warning letters to e-cigarette companies
• Ban on smoking in indoor public places from Sept. 1 (Greece)
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Legal

• Secondhand smoke lawsuit reinstated (CA)
• Verdict goes RJR's way in latest Engle progeny trial (FL)
• Judge's ruling extends smoking ban to Wichita (KS)
• Judge rules continued light cigarette purchasers can remain in Philip Morris multidistrict litigation (ME)
• Ruling protects Indian tribes statewide from cigarette tax (NY)
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Excise Taxes

• Cigarette tax increase boosts state's revenue (CT)
• Lung Association: Double Ohio cigarette tax, raise $400M (OH)
• Close, and it is a cigar: Tobacco manufacturers are accused of exploiting a tax loophole to boost sales
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Tobacco Industry News

• General Tobacco to shut down
• Leaks reveal over $6m spent on tobacco front group (Australia)
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Health Effects of Tobacco

• Nicotine binding to receptor linked to breast cancer cell growth
• Chronic musculoskeletal pain and cigarette smoking among a representative sample of Canadian adolescents and adults
• Association of adolescent symptoms of depression and anxiety with daily smoking and nicotine dependence in young adulthood: Findings from a 10-year longitudinal study
• Smoking mothers link to infertility
• Birth weight and adult hypercholesterolemia: subgroups of small-for-gestational-age based on maternal smoking status during pregnancy
• 'Snus' tobacco linked to stillbirth risk
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Data/Reports

• CDC Vital Signs: Tobacco use
• Current cigarette smoking among adults aged 18 years - United States, 2009
• State Tobacco Activities Tracking and Evaluation (STATE) System updates
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Save the Date

• National Health Education Week
• Making the Difference in Tobacco-Related Health Disparities Science: TReND Progress, Process, and Opportunities for Future Investment
• APHA Annual Meeting & Exposition
• Great American Smokeout
• Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) 17th Annual Meeting
• Reducing Tobacco Use 2011 Conference
• Clearing the Air: An Institute for Policy Advocacy, VII
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Job Announcements

• Project Officer
• Senior Program Associate
• National Advocacy Consultant
• Tobacco Staff Attorney
• Tobacco Mentoring Deputy Director
• Tobacco Mentoring Activities Director
• Health Communications Assistant
• Training and Policy Specialist: Smoke-Free Families Initiative
• Manager - Smokefree Communities
• Part Time Legal Consultant
• Senior Manager, Smokefree Communities
• Advocacy Coordinator — Russia
• Advocacy Coordinator — China
• Project Manager, Tobacco Policy and Programs
• Communications Specialist
• Director of Population-Based Prevention Programs
• Program Manager/Trainer - Tobacco Control Training Center
• Program Consultant
• Assistant Director of Research
• Part-Time Legal Consultant
• Program Assistant
• Director, Health Systems Development Division
• Jobs at the Center for Tobacco Products (CTP), Various
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Other Announcements

General:

• HHS awards $31 million more for prevention and wellness projects
• Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) website updates
• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and partners launch Public Health Law Network
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FDA Announcements:

• CTP Stakeholder Discussion Series sessions
• Draft guidance for FDA and tobacco retailers: Civil money penalties and no-tobacco-sale orders for tobacco retailers
• Updates on FDA's "Break the Chain of Tobacco Addiction" campaign
• FDA posts question-and-answer page for consumers on e-cigarettes and light cigarettes
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