Secondhand Smoke

• Ethnic variability in persistent asthma after in utero tobacco exposure
• Trends in home smoking bans in the USA, 1995-2007: Prevalence, discrepancies and disparities
• Study finds smoke-free laws do not impact rural or urban economies
• California legislature approves ban on rental-unit smoking (CA)
• More renters living in smoke-free housing (ME)
• Cuomo bans smoking on LIRR platforms (NY)
• Navajo Nation President vetoes smoking regulation (Navajo Nation)
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Tobacco Pricing

• More smokers avoiding taxes with self-rolled cigarettes and small cigars (KY)
• Tobacco price increase offsets N.H. tax cut (NH)
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Other Policy

• Government inaction on ratings and government subsidies to the U.S. film industry help promote youth smoking
• New consortium resources
• State preemption of local advertising and youth access restrictions, 2000-2010
• Tobacco opponents worry anti-smoking efforts will be curtailed (IA)
• Massachusetts stamping out anti-tobacco funding (MA)
• Only tribe members can buy untaxed cigarettes (Sac and Fox Nation)
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Youth Prevention

• The reciprocal relationships between changes in adolescent perceived prevalence of smoking in movies and progression of smoking status
• Cigarettes smoked per day among high school students in the U.S., 1991-2009
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Tobacco-Related Disparities in Specific Populations

• New report from Legacy on tobacco use and mental illness
• "No Community Left Behind": California's priority populations launch a new tobacco control initiative (CA)
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Cessation

• A systematic review of longitudinal population-based studies on the predictors of smoking cessation in adolescent and young adult smokers
• Providing accurate safety information may increase a smoker's willingness to use nicotine replacement therapy as part of a quit attempt
• Menthol may make it tougher to stop smoking
• Smokers with comorbid conditions need help from their doctors to quit
• Quit-smoking fact sheet now available for clinicians based on 2010 Surgeon General's Report, "How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease"
• Division of Public Health Services develops tailored Text for TIPS service for New Hampshire residents (NH)
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Legal

• Tobacco Control Legal Consortium - Legal Update Summer 2011
• Jury orders Philip Morris USA Inc. to pay $12.8 million to son for father's lung cancer death (CA)
• Bill Wichmann wins Ciccone Engle tobacco trial (FL)
• Jackson Co. judge rules in tobacco settlement (MS)
• Cigarette makers sue FDA over new labeling rules
• Federal court deals new blow to tobacco giants over plain packaging battle (Australia)
• Tobacco firm lose major Canada liability ruling (Canada)
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Tobacco Industry News

• Reynolds didn't take big hit in suits over ad in Rolling Stone
• FTC reports on tobacco advertising and promotion: Amount spent declines for cigarettes, increases for smokeless tobacco in 2007 and 2008
• Reinforcement of smoking and drinking: Tobacco marketing strategies linked with alcohol in the United States
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Health Effects of Tobacco

• New analysis indicates that risk of bladder cancer from smoking greater than previously reported
• Female smokers face higher heart risk than men
• How safe is tobacco that melts in your mouth?
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Data/Reports

• Fewer Californians smoking cigarettes, but hookah use on the rise (CA)
• Indiana smoking rate fell 23% from 2001 to 2010 (IN)
• New York's youth smoking decline fuels drop in adult smoking (NY)
• Progress Report on State Legislative Activity to Reduce Cancer Incidence and Mortality finds majority of states falling short on laws and policies that prevent cancer and save lives
• Heart disease prevention may save billions annually in U.S.
• New national report shows many differences in the types and levels of substance use and mental illness problems experienced among the states
• Smokers' own concern about smoking ties record high
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Save the Date

• Webinar: Behavioral Health & Tobacco: The Final Frontier
• American Public Health Association Annual Meeting & Exposition
• World Conference on Tobacco or Health
• Promising Practices to Eliminate Tobacco-Related Disparities: The Power of Communities
• 2012 National Conference on Tobacco or Health
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Job Announcements

• Evaluation Fellows Program
• Public Health Analyst (Broad Policy Focus), GS-13
• Public Health Analyst (Data and Eval Division), GS-14
• Policy Counsel, GS-9/11/12
• Senior Associate
• Project Director
• Cross Cultural Technical Assistance and Training Program Coordinator
• Tobacco Prevention Grant Specialist
• Borough Manager
• Senior Biostatistician
• Vice President, Government Affairs
• Tobacco Control Media and Communications Coordinator
• Scientific Writer/Editor (Chronic Disease Prevention)
• Program Officer, International Resource Center
• Associate, International Communications
• Health Communications Coordinator
• Research Scientist II (Epidemiology/Biostatistics)
• Research Scientist I (Epidemiology/Biostatistics)
• Health Program Specialist I
• Project Manager
• Director, Africa
• Advocacy Director, Head of Russia/Ukraine Programs
• Jobs at the Center for Tobacco Products (CTP), Various
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Requests for Proposals

• Call for Papers: Journal of Environmental and Public Health Special Issue on Tobacco Consumption Patterns
• Virginia Youth Tobacco Prevention Program Grant Opportunity
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Awards

• Call for nominations: Community Activist Award
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Other Announcements

General:

• Call for applications: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Evaluation Fellows Program
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FDA Announcements:

• FDA opens docket for harmful and potentially harmful constituents in tobacco products and tobacco smoke
• Retailer tobacco compliance training webinars available
• States awarded FDA tobacco retail inspection contracts
• New FAQs and fact sheets available
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