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Tobacco Free Press - Table of Contents
October 2011

Strategies implemented by 20 local tobacco control agencies to promote smoke-free recreation areas, California, 2004-2007 (CA)
ANRF's updated smoke-free lists and maps now online
Smoke-free policies in multi-unit housing: Steps for success curriculum
New college campus tobacco policy signed into law (CA)
Florida prisons ban smoking (FL)
Kentucky lawmaker to propose statewide smoking ban (KY)
Boston public housing to go smoke-free (MA)
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Louisiana voters approve scholarship and cigarette tax amendments (LA)
Maryland group lobbies for tobacco tax increase (MD)
New Jersey considers new taxes on non-cigarette tobacco products (NJ)
Impact of the 2010 tobacco tax increase in Australia on short-term smoking cessation: A continuous tracking survey (Australia)
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Special issue of Thorax: Smoking in the Movies
Smoking is a drag at the box office: An analysis of top-grossing movies from the last decade shows that films with smoking make less money
Which interventions against the sale of tobacco to minors can be expected to reduce smoking?
Effectiveness of a school nurse-delivered smoking cessation intervention for adolescents
Study on tobacco sales to minors notes more problems in rural areas (AZ)
Tobacco sales to California minors hit all-time low (CA)
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Associations of discrimination and violence with smoking among emerging adults: Differences by gender and sexual orientation
Successful implementation of a wellness and tobacco cessation curriculum in psychosocial rehabilitation clubhouses
New CDC report: Current cigarette smoking prevalence among working adults–United States, 2004-2010
New fact sheet on tobacco cessation for people with mental illness or substance use
New fact sheet: LGBT People and Tobacco
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Collaborating with diabetes educators to promote smoking cessation for people with diabetes: The California experience
Study: Do hospitals do enough to help smokers quit?
State hopes graphic ads will get people to stop smoking (OR)
Grants will help Wisconsin moms-to-be quit smoking (WI)
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Earnings for Greensboro based Lorillard fell 3 percent
Reynolds American 3Q profit falls on charges
R.J. Reynolds rejects request to stop testing "dissolvable" tobacco in Colorado
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Oklahoma smoking rate reaches historic low (OK)
Cigarette sales in pharmacies in the USA (2005-2009)
Trends in selected chronic conditions and behavioral risk factors among women of reproductive age, Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2001-2009
Healthy People 2010 misses targets on obesity and health disparities
WHO warns of growing epidemic of premature death from 'noncommunicable diseases'
UN launches global campaign to curb death toll from noncommunicable diseases
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APHA Annual Meeting and Exposition
Webinar: To smoke or not to smoke: That is the adolescent's question
November 2-3, 2011 Tobacco Product Scientific Advisory (TPSAC) Meeting POSTPONED
Webinar: Regulating non-cigarette tobacco products more effectively
Webinar: Helping Patients Quit: Implementing the Joint Commission Tobacco Measure Set in Your Hospital
Webinar: Social media and tobacco control
Webinar: Emerging Tobacco Retailer Policies
Warner Series lecture: Smoking in the Military
2011 Making it Better conference
FDA Stakeholder Discussion Series meeting with the research community
World Conference on Tobacco or Health
2012 National Health Promotion Summit
Promising Practices to Eliminate Tobacco-Related Disparities: The Power of Communities
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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Request for Applications: Innovation Advisors Program
Request for Applications: ACHIEVE Mentors/Mentees
Request for Proposals: Public Education Campaigns Targeted To At-Risk and Underserved Populations
Request for Proposals: National Public Education Campaigns Support Services
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Nominations for the 2012 Youth Advocate of the Year Awards are now open
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General:

New CDC Office on Smoking and Health mobile site
2012-2013 Youth Activism Fellowship
AAP Richmond Center launches new and improved website
New fact sheet on menthol from the California Tobacco Control Program
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FDA Announcements:

FDA seeks comments from the public on draft guidance for premarket tobacco product applications
FDA posts Small Entity Compliance Guide
New FDA CTP tobacco compliance webinar series
Update on FDA tobacco retail inspection contracts
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