Secondhand Smoke

• Secondhand smoke linked to diabetes
• Secondhand smoke tied to higher birth defect risk
• Maternal smoking and congenital heart defects in the Baltimore-Washington Infant Study
• Passive smoking 'raises breast cancer risk'
• Secondhand smoke raises the stakes in America's casinos
• Acceptability of testing children for tobacco-smoke exposure: A national parent survey
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Youth Prevention

• PG-rated 'Rango' has antismoking advocates fuming
• New campaign from Legacy: There's no sugarcoating tobacco-related disease
• Washington State launches new and improved youth prevention website (WA)
• Children tune in to smoking message (China)
• 'One cigarette for you and one for me': Children of smoking and nonsmoking parents during pretend play (Netherlands)
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Tobacco-Related Disparities in Specific Populations

• A nationwide analysis of US racial/ethnic disparities in smoking behaviors, smoking cessation, and cessation-related factors
• Tobacco craving increased in smokers with schizophrenia
• Socioeconomic variation in recall and perceived effectiveness of campaign advertisements to promote smoking cessation
• Women and the smoking epidemic: Turning the tide
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Cessation

• Does smoking cessation cause depression and anxiety? Findings from the ATTEMPT cohort
• Certain parts of the brain activated in people who heard tailored health messages and quit smoking
• Safe to quit smoking before surgery, anytime
• For smokers, internet both promotes and undermines smoking cessation
• Free EX info cards available from Legacy
• Massachusetts offers veterans free nicotine patches to quit smoking (MA)
• Antismoking ads in NYC show gruesome health consequences (NY)
• RI looking to help smokers kick habit (RI)
• Comparative responses to radio and television antismoking advertisements to encourage smoking cessation (Australia)
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Policy

• State senator seeks e-cig sales ban to minors (AZ)
• E-cigarette age limit signed into law (CO)
• Florida attempt to repeal preemption (FL)
• Smoking ban for Florida prisoners begins in six months (FL)
• Anti-smoking forces push for casino ban in gambling bill (IA)
• Bills to loosen smoking restrictions to be considered by Illinois House (IL)
• Bill to ban smoking in casinos advances in Kansas House (KS)
• Lawmakers look to ban smoking in cars with kids (MD)
• Lawmaker tried to cut Medicaid for Mainers who smoke (ME)
• Mo. lawmakers seek smoking ban on prison grounds (MO)
• House overturns Measure 3 smoking cessation funding (ND)
• Bills aim to increase state control of tobacco (OR)
• Utah House says no smoking in cars with kids (UT)
• Wash. bill would OK sites for cigar, pipe smoking (WA)
• Leading health groups launch national campaign for tobacco-free baseball
• Belgium bans smoking in cafes, casinos (Belgium)
• China to ban smoking at indoor public places (China)
• U.K. plans to end display, promotion of tobacco in stores (England)
• Honduras law lets police be called on home smokers (Honduras)
• Govt commits to smoke-free NZ by 2025 (New Zealand)
• Venezuela cancels smoking ban (Venezuela)
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Legal

• Ex-smoker wins $1.4 million in asbestos-filter suit (CA)
• Engle trial updates (FL)
• New Orleans casino owner sued over secondhand smoke (LA)
• Tobacco companies fire back on government-proposed ads
• U.S. Supreme Court won't hear challenge of $246B tobacco deal
• New international tobacco law website
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Excise Taxes

• Lance Armstrong targets California for $20 million cigarette tax campaign (CA)
• Cigarette tax advocates keep pushing despite deadline (GA)
• Ill. committee approves cigarette tax increase (IL)
• Minn. Senators say tax mini-cigars like cigarettes (MN)
• Anti-tobacco advocates propose tobacco-tax increase (MT)
• Neb. Gov. says he will not sign proposed cig tax (NE)
• NH bucks trend, proposes cutting tobacco tax (NH)
• NC legislators propose increasing cigarette tax by $1 (NC)
• Lawmakers approve tax hike on mini cigars (UT)
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Tobacco Industry News

• Tobacco sales and promotion in bars, cafes and nightclubs from large cities around the world
• Philip Morris USA provides report to FDA on the use of menthol in cigarettes
• FDA tells Star tobacco products not part of FDA law
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Health Effects of Tobacco

• Menthol cigarettes no more risky, study suggests
• Cigarette smoke ups mucus in lungs
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Data/Reports

• Smoke-free air law had no effect on off-track betting facility business activity, Indiana study finds (IN)
• Texas SPHs assess impact of smoke-free workplaces in state (TX)
• UWM: Bartenders benefit from smoking ban (WI)
• Heavy smoking declines in U.S.: Biggest drops in California because of tobacco control programs, researchers say
• Smoking-attributable mortality in the United States
• Effectiveness of state and federal government agreements with major credit card and shipping companies to block illegal internet cigarette sales
• Economic costs attributable to smoking in China: update and an 8-year comparison, 2000–2008 (China)
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Save the Date

• Diabetes and Tobacco: A Dangerous Combination Webinar
• Tobacco Research Intensive Lecture Series
• Reducing Tobacco Use 2011 Conference
• National Summit on Smokeless & Spit Tobacco
• 18th Annual Nicotine Dependence Conference
• World No Tobacco Day
• NALBOH 2011 Annual Conference
• Clearing the Air: An Institute for Policy Advocacy, VII
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Job Announcements

• Project Manager
• Resource Development Manager
• Social Media Marketing Coordinator
• Policy Coordinator / Senior Outreach Specialist
• Senior Legal Counsel, Tobacco Control
• Director, Africa
• Assistant Director
• Associate Governmental Program Analyst
• Program Coordinator I-CIB Tobacco
• Tobacco Prevention Coordinator
• Health Program Specialist I
• Data Manager, Global Adult Tobacco Survey
• Project Advocates
• Director, Policy Research and Analysis
• Project Director/Management
• Director of Programs
• Associate Director of International Communications
• Advocacy Director, Head of Russia/Ukraine Programs
• Advocacy Coordinator — China
• Communications Specialist
• 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:

• Newly updated Legacy factsheets
• International Call for Papers: Research to reduce tobacco-related inequalities around the world
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FDA Announcements:

• Menthol cigarettes and public health: Review of the scientific evidence and recommendations
• 2011 Compliance Training for Tobacco Retailers Webinar Series
• FDA Center for Tobacco Products has a new Spanish-language website
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