Secondhand Smoke

• Secondhand smoke tied to high blood pressure in kids
• Environmental tobacco smoke in relation to bladder cancer risk - the Shanghai Bladder Cancer Study
• Smokers' former homes may retain tobacco toxins
• ANRF's updated smokefree lists and maps now online
• State: Smoking ban has fewer employees exposed to secondhand smoke (NC)
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Youth Prevention

• College students' exposure to tobacco marketing in nightclubs and bars
• Risk and protective factors for nicotine dependence in adolescence
• Teens highly susceptible to tobacco promotion, advertising (Germany)
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Tobacco-Related Disparities in Specific Populations

• Do smokers of menthol cigarettes find it harder to quit smoking?
• CDC health disparities and inequalities report — United States, 2011
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Cessation

• Phone chat plus web program helps smokers quit
• Quitting smoking improves cholesterol
• Studies decipher how anti-smoking drugs work
• Projected cost-effectiveness of smoking cessation interventions in patients hospitalized with myocardial infarction
• Smokers' brains light up during smoking scenes in movies and on TV
• Smoking also kills the environment; California launches a new strategy (CA)
• UDOH starts program to help drug addicts kick tobacco too (UT)
• DOD urges troops to quit tobacco in 2011
• CDC launches new cessation campaign, "2011: Your year to quit smoking"
• Nicotine patches to be offered to England smokers (England)
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Policy

• Legislative cuts could trim back tobacco cessation efforts (IA)
• Illinois casinos hoping smoking ban bills pass in 2011 (IL)
• Ind. lawmakers: Exempt casinos from smoking ban (IN)
• Kentucky legislators to open debate on statewide smoking ban (KY)
• Mass. hospitals hope to go tobacco free in 2011 (MA)
• Maine lawmakers consider anti-smoking bills (ME)
• State smoking ban legislation proposed (MS)
• Ohio smoking-cessation aid might have reached the end of the line (OH)
• Official: SD lawmakers could amend smoking ban (SD)
• Smoking lamp to extinguish Dec. 31 on Navy subs
• Car rental companies add 'no smoking' signs
• Americans support smoke-free parks and beaches
• Police raid homes to stub out smoking habit (Bhutan)
• Canada to put bigger health warnings on cigarettes (Canada)
• More Chinese cities committed to anti-smoking campaign (China)
• Spain introduces smoking ban (Spain)
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Legal

• Conn. smoker awarded $4M more in tobacco lawsuit (CT)
• Minnesota court revives suit against Philip Morris (MN)
• Judge rejects city law on antismoking posters (NY)
• Ohio Supreme Court rules to allow state to dissolve tobacco prevention and cessation programs (OH)
• FDA files new appeal on e-cigarettes
• TCLC introduces Tobacco Policy Tips and Tools
• Kids, cars and cigarettes: Policy options for smoke-free vehicles
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Excise Taxes

• Cigarette tax increase stalls in Illinois House (IL)
• Bill would set Neb. cigarette tax at $2 a pack (NE)
• NoVa delegate: Higher tobacco taxes could fund Medicaid (VA)
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Tobacco Industry News

• RJ Reynolds' ads urge tobacco pouches for smokers
• Virginia tobacco maker seeks new FDA designation
• Lorillard fights to snuff menthol ban
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Health Effects of Tobacco

• Smoking may worsen pain for cancer patients
• Smoking tied to miscarriage risk
• Smoking linked to earlier male deaths
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Data/Reports

• Nicotine and Tobacco Research Supplement on Menthol Cigarettes: Moving Toward a Broader Definition of Harm
• Group praises U.S. strides in tobacco control
• Smokers who are also using smokeless tobacco products in the US: a national assessment of characteristics, behaviors and beliefs of 'dual users'
• Pregnant women often deny smoking
• Report: Smoking industry harming economic health (China)
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Save the Date

• FDA Stakeholder Meeting: Minority Communities and Groups Affected by Tobacco-Related Health Disparities
• Kick Butts Day 2011
• Reducing Tobacco Use 2011 Conference
• Tobacco Research Intensive Lecture Series
• National Summit on Smokeless & Spit Tobacco
• World No Tobacco Day
• NALBOH 2011 Annual Conference
• Clearing the Air: An Institute for Policy Advocacy, VII
• American Public Health Association Annual Meeting & Exposition
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Job Announcements

• Surveillance Section Chief
• Project Director/Management
• Director of Programs
• Program Director, African Tobacco Control
• Senior Legal Counsel for Policy, Tobacco Control
• Senior Evaluation Specialist
• Project Manager, TeamLab
• Project Specialist, TeamLab
• Associate Director of International Communications
• Regulatory Analyst
• AZ State Government Relations Director
• Assistant/Associate Professor – Research
• Advocacy Director, Head of Russia/Ukraine Programs
• Assistant to Associate Professor, Tenure-Track
• Advocacy Coordinator — China
• Communications Specialist
• Program Manager/Trainer - Tobacco Control Training Center
• Program Assistant
• Jobs at the Center for Tobacco Products (CTP), Various
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Awards

• Dr. Alma S. Adams Scholarship for Outreach and Health Communications
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Other Announcements

General:

• Register now for TTAC's Fundamentals of Evaluation web-based course
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FDA Announcements:

• FDA: Agency must review tobacco products
• FDA Center for Tobacco Products launches online clearinghouse
• FDA-CTP posts an update on its progress in implementing the Tobacco Control Act
• New leaders appointed at FDA Center for Tobacco Products
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