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Tobacco Free Press - Table of Contents
December 2012

Pediatrician interventions and thirdhand smoke beliefs of parents
National and state estimates of secondhand smoke infiltration among U.S. multiunit housing residents
Public comment period reopened: Smoke-free policies for multiunit and public housing
Videos: Fighting to eliminate "the casino worker's disease"
Indiana colleges look to revise campus smoking policies (IN)
DE officials celebrate 10th anniversary of smoking ban (DE)
Fargo bar owner says he'll exploit ‘loophole’ in state's new smoking ban (ND)
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Tobacco industry using coupons to keep women and young people addicted
As cigarette taxes go up, heavy smoking goes down
Genetics vs. tobacco taxes: The limits of public policy aimed at reducing smoking
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Annual report: The 1998 State Tobacco Settlement 14 years later
New Lung Association report shows policies needed to help smokers quit
Implementation of tobacco cessation coverage under the Affordable Care Act: Understanding how private health insurance policies cover tobacco cessation treatments
Alabama's largest employer to stop hiring smokers, dippers and chewers (AL)
More employers demand applicants quit smoking (OH)
New Vermont tobacco legislation bans e-cigarette sales to minors and extends display restrictions (VT)
Plain cigarette packaging begins in Australia (Australia)
Brazil's smoking population reduced by half (Brazil)
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Teenage hookah smoking rates must be reduced, experts say
'Hiding' cigarettes in stores might keep kids from smoking: Study
Teen girls who smoke may up risk for future bone disease
New survey shows U.S. youth smoking rates fell to record lows in 2012
Addicted and conflicted: New national survey shows teens want to quit smoking
Request for public comments: Draft recommendation on interventions to prevent tobacco use in children and teens
Illegal tobacco sales to minors makes historic decline (HI)
Wisconsin youth smoking drops to all-time low (WI)
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Is life better after quitting smoking?
Public comment opportunity: Meaningful Use Stage 3 draft recommendations
Quitline Service Offering Models: A Review of the Evidence and Recommendations for Practice in Times of Limited Resources
Tobacco cessation and behavioral health course
QuitPal: An innovative app to quit smoking
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Federal Court upholds Providence, RI, measures to reduce tobacco sales to kids (RI)
US tobacco companies, 17 states settle over payments
Court denies rehearing on cigarette warnings
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Smoking in pregnancy tied to lower reading scores
Secondhand smoke increases risk of invasive meningococcal disease in children
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Webinar - Helping Children Breathe: Effective Strategies to Reduce Tobacco Smoke Exposure for Children with Respiratory Illness
State of the Art Clinical Approaches to Smoking Cessation
CADCA's 2013 National Leadership Forum
Through with Chew Week
Great American Spit Out
Society for Research in Nicotine and Tobacco Annual Meeting
Kick Butts Day
Clearing the Air: An Institute for Policy Advocacy, VIII
NACCHO Annual 2013
National Summit on Smokeless & Spit Tobacco
2013 National Association of Local Boards of Health Annual Conference
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O'Neill Law Fellows
Public Health Research Director
Program Administrator, Workplace Wellness Program
Health and Equity Fellowships
Tobacco Control Project Specialist
Manager, Health Education Technology
Assistant Director for Tobacco Cessation and Training Program
Health Educator, Tobacco Treatment Program / Community Health Educator II
Tobacco Treatment Program Health Educator
Associate Director, International Research
Principal Executive / Manager F Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Section Manager
Health Program Specialist I (HPS I)
Assistant Director, Youth Activism
Health Education Coordinator
Country Director — Indonesia
Head of International Social Media
Health Communications Coordinator
Policy Director
Country Director
Program Manager, West Virginia Tobacco Quitline
Director of Programs
Jobs at the Center for Tobacco Products (CTP), Various
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General:

Register for TTAC's Fundamentals of Evaluation web-based course
2013 Protecting Children and Families from Tobacco: Leadership Advocacy Training – Call for applications now open
I'm Your Community Guide! Contest
New and improved global tobacco control website
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FDA Announcements:

Public comment opportunity: Respond to RJR's citizen petition on warning labels
Public comment opportunity: FDA reopens docket on graphic warning labels
Comment deadline extended: FDA Actions Related to Nicotine Replacement Therapies and Smoking-Cessation Products
New form for reporting potential tobacco product violations
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