Secondhand Smoke

• Louisiana House agrees to extend smoking ban to within 25 feet of building entrances (LA)
• New York Parks Department bans smoking at playgrounds, pools (NY)
• Bloomberg calls for residential smoking rules (NY)
• Russia ready to crack down on smoking (Russia)
• Socioeconomic inequalities in childhood exposure to secondhand smoke before and after smoke-free legislation in three UK countries (United Kingdom)
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Tobacco Pricing

• New resources from the Tobacco Control Legal Consortium
• Roswell Park surveys: Area smokers opt for low-cost reservation cigarettes (NY)
• Iowa looking to tax 'roll-your-own' cigarette machines (IA)
• Bill would require roll-your-own retailers to pay cigarette tax, use tobacco from registry (TN)
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Other Policy

• A framework for mobilizing communities to advance local tobacco control policy: The Los Angeles County experience (CA)
• American Academy of Pediatrics tobacco control issue briefs
• AAP Tobacco Prevention Policy Tool
• "Knock Tobacco Out of the Park" website revamped
• National Networks call on FDA to ban menthol
• Public health groups oppose legislation that would exempt cigars from FDA regulation
• NACCHO releases two new position statements on tobacco
• Loophole enables Alaska minors to buy nicotine (AK)
• Plain tobacco packaging: A systematic review
• 135 nations agree to anti-tobacco trafficking deal
• Federal government significantly cuts anti-tobacco funding (Canada)
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Youth Prevention

• Continued importance of family factors in youth smoking behavior
• Smoking initiation among young adults in the United States and Canada, 1998-2010: A systematic review
• Smoking, drinking by teens decreases (WY)
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Tobacco-Related Disparities in Specific Populations

• Predictors of tobacco outlet density nationwide: A geographic analysis
• Socioeconomic disparities in community-based treatment of tobacco dependence
• Cost of smoking and policy strategies for California American Indian communities (CA)
• Family Dollar Store Campaign: "There is nothing family friendly about selling tobacco"
• Emerging Promising Practices fact sheets from the National Latino Tobacco Control Network
• Health Promotion Practice call for papers
• The Leadership and Advocacy Institute to Advance Minnesota's Parity for Priority Populations (LAAMPP III Institute) (MN)
• TReND publishes supplement on Tobacco-related inequalities in low- and middle-income countries
• Is the socioeconomic gap in childhood exposure to secondhand smoke widening or narrowing? (Australia)
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Cessation

• Use of and interest in smoking cessation strategies among daily and nondaily college student smokers
• Mass media campaigns to promote smoking cessation among adults: An integrative review
• Interventions to increase smoking cessation at the population level: How much progress has been made in the last two decades?
• Multi-State Collaborative launches new website
• Debut of graphic CDC anti-smoking ads is followed by a boom in calls to quitline
• News from NCI about new Smokefree.gov websites
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Legal

• Appeals court hears case of graphic tobacco ads
• WTO dents U.S. ban on clove cigarettes
• Philip Morris executive in Pakistan fined for violating advertising rules (Pakistan)
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Tobacco Industry News

• Tobacco industry denormalization as a tobacco control intervention: A review
• A brief overview of the tobacco industry in the last twenty years
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Health Effects of Tobacco

• Menthol cigarettes may increase stroke risk, study says
• Secondhand smoke affects girls more
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Data/Reports

• Journal of Environmental and Public Health special issue on tobacco use patterns
• Building healthy communities: Action planning for tobacco prevention and control
• County Health Rankings 2012: How healthy is your county?
• IOM report calls for increased national focus on prevention, public health
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Save the Date

• Webinar: Telling the Public Health Story to the FDA
• Webinar: Winning the Battle: Impacting Tobacco Control in the Real World
• Webinar: Practical Applications of the New Joint Commission Tobacco Standards – Revenue and Clinical Opportunities for Tobacco Specialists and Hospital Administrators
• NAATPN Webinar: Telling the Public Health Story to the FDA
• National Association of Local Boards of Health Conference: Celebrating Achievements, Shaping the Future
• NCTOH ancillary meeting: A Winning Hand for Smokefree Casinos
• NAQC Conference 2012: Quitline Innovation and Sustainability: Exploring Strategies and Seizing Opportunities in Challenging Times
• 8th annual National LGBTQ Health Equity Summit - Bridging the Gap: Promising Practices in LGBT Health and Tobacco Control
• POSTPONED: NCTOH ancillary workshops from the Multi-State Collaborative
• 2012 National Conference on Tobacco or Health
• National Summit on Smokeless & Spit Tobacco
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Job Announcements

• China/Western Pacific Program Officer, International Grants
• Coordinator, Manhattan Tobacco Cessation Program
• Associate Director, International Communications (Social Media)
• Social Media Specialist, Marketing
• Marketing Coordinator, Interactive
• Assistant Manager, Marketing
• Country Director
• Visiting Attorney, Public Health Law Practice
• Program Manager, West Virginia Tobacco Quitline
• Borough Coordinator
• Community Transformation Grant Coordinator
• Principal Executive/Manager F-(Chronic Disease Prevention Section Manager)
• Program Coordinator
• Director of Policy Research & Analysis
• Director, State Communications
• Africa Program Officer
• Director of Programs
• Cross Cultural Technical Assistance and Training Program Coordinator
• Jobs at the Center for Tobacco Products (CTP), Various
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Requests for Proposals

• Call for Proposals: County Health Rankings and Roadmaps Program
• Call for Applications: "Million Hearts" social marketing programs
• AAP Julius B. Richmond Visiting Lectureship Program
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Awards

• Roadmaps to Health Prize
• AAP Julius B. Richmond AAP/FAMRI Scholarship Program
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Other Announcements

General:

• Legacy calls those affected by tobacco to share their stories
• Healthy People 2020 seeks real stories from organizations implementing innovative programs
• EnviroHealth links on tobacco, smoking, and health
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FDA Announcements:

• Obama administration takes action to address tobacco epidemic; FDA takes two significant actions
• FDA Center for Tobacco Products quarterly update
• Searchable Tobacco Control Act
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