Secondhand Smoke

• Secondhand smoke exposure and quality of life in patients with heart failure
• Association between local indoor smoking ordinances in Massachusetts and cigarette smoking during pregnancy (MA)
• Researcher finds university-wide smoking ban effective (IN)
• Increasingly, smoking indoors is forbidden at public housing
• Smoke-free laws save lives: Michigan smoking ban cuts indoor air pollution by 93 percent; North Carolina smoking ban helping lower heart attacks (MI, NC)
• New policy prohibits smoking in cars when minors are present (Guam)
• Did smokefree legislation in England reduce exposure to secondhand smoke among nonsmoking adults? (England)
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Tobacco Pricing

• A renewed effort to increase state tobacco tax (ID)
• Bid afoot in Maryland to raise tax on cigars and more (MD)
• Indonesia to raise cigarette excise by 15% on January 1 (Indonesia)
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Other Policy

• States could see substantial savings with tobacco control programs
• Smoking restrictions inspire quitting more than social support: Study
• Washington State's tobacco prevention program saved over $5 for every dollar spent (WA)
• States slash funding for tobacco prevention programs by 36 percent
• New resource from Tobacco Control Legal Consortium on novel non-cigarette tobacco products
• E-cigarettes banned in workplaces in Boston, and city prohibits sales to minors (MA)
• Institute of Medicine report recommends high scientific bar for modified-risk tobacco products
• Brazil bans smoking in enclosed public places and widens war on tobacco (Brazil)
• India's film industry bans smoking in movies (India)
• Russian anti-tobacco bill signed into law (Russia)
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Youth Prevention

• New survey shows U.S. youth smoking rates at record low
• Fewer middle school, high school kids smoking (FL)
• Hawaii tobacco sales to minors drops (HI)
• Anti-smoking efforts losing effectiveness among teens (MN)
• Smoking rates down among North Dakota high school students (ND)
• National Cancer Institute announces Smokefree Teen initiative and SmokefreeTXT cessation support
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Tobacco-Related Disparities in Specific Populations

• The effects of Arkansas Master Settlement spending on disparities in smoking
• Women and tobacco: A call for including gender in tobacco control research, policy and practice
• National African American Tobacco Prevention Network (NAATPN) unveils new website
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Cessation

• Study: Therapy can help smokers quit, even if they don't want to
• American Lung Association "Helping Smokers Quit" report released
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Legal

• Philip Morris prevails in first solo smoking suit in Alaska (AK)
• Plaintiff found 60% at fault in Sury Engle tobacco trial (FL)
• Federal judge upholds NYC flavor ban ordinance (NY)
• Obama administration appeals cigarette warning ruling
• Justice Department reaches settlement with tobacco companies to continue industry document database
• Judge blocks enforcement of tax provision in cigarette trafficking law
• Imperial Tobacco challenges Australia plain packaging (Australia)
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Tobacco Industry News

• Inventing conflicts of interest: A history of tobacco industry tactics
• Three cigarette-makers raising prices for second time this year
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Health Effects of Tobacco

• Researchers find smoking is strongly associated with squamous cell carcinoma among women
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Data/Reports

• Percentage of smokers drops in Vermont (VT)
• America's Health Rankings report released
• Institute of Medicine report: Lifestyle changes can lower breast cancer risk
• Oral cancer deaths declining among well-educated
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Save the Date

• Save the Date: It's About a Billion Lives: Celebrating Tobacco Research and Education at UCSF
• Through with Chew Week / Great American Spit Out
• World Conference on Tobacco or Health
• NALBOH's 13th Annual Ned E. Baker Lecture in Public Health
• 2012 National Health Promotion Summit
• Promising Practices to Eliminate Tobacco-Related Disparities: The Power of Communities
• National Association of Local Boards of Health Conference: Celebrating Achievements, Shaping the Future
• NAQC Conference 2012: Quitline Innovation and Sustainability: Exploring Strategies and Seizing Opportunities in Challenging Times
• 2012 National Conference on Tobacco or Health
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Job Announcements

• Division Director, Community Health / Director
• Tobacco Control Coalition Liaison
• Ellen R. Gritz Postdoctoral Fellowship in Tobacco Control
• District 6 Cancer Coalition Coordinator
• Manager, Tobacco Free for a Healthy New Jersey
• Africa Program Officer
• Tobacco Policy Coordinator
• Citywide Communications Manager
• Project Associate, The 84 Movement
• Postdoctoral Fellowships
• Tobacco and Health Policy & Advocacy Intern – 2012 Spring Semester
• Advocacy Manager
• Communications Specialist
• Deputy Director - NYC Coalition for a Smoke Free City
• Director of Programs
• Viet Nam Policy Consultant
• Evaluator--Tobacco Prevention and Control
• Program Associate, Constituency Relations and Advocacy
• Postdoctoral Fellowships in Tobacco Control Research
• Cross Cultural Technical Assistance and Training Program Coordinator
• Program Officer, International Resource Center
• Research Scientist II (Epidemiology/Biostatistics)
• Research Scientist I (Epidemiology/Biostatistics)
• Health Program Specialist I
• 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

• American Public Health Association announces Policy Innovation Contest
• New tobacco control funding opportunities through the AAP Richmond Center
  • 2012 AAP Visiting Lectureship Program
  • 2012 Julius B. Richmond CATCH Grants
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Awards

• Nominations for the 2012 Youth Advocate of the Year Awards are now open
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Other Announcements

General:

• Health Promotion Practice journal supplement: Training and technical assistance: Lessons learned to sustain social norm changes in tobacco control
• AAP Tobacco Consortium now seeking new member nominations
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FDA Announcements:

• Opportunities for public comment:
  • Applications for premarket review of new tobacco products
  • Proposed restrictions on the sale and distribution of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco to protect children and adolescents
  • Deadline extended: Non-face-to-face sale and distribution of tobacco products and advertising, promotion and marketing of tobacco product
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