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Tobacco
Free Press - Table of Contents
July 2012
Secondhand Smoke
- Smokers pollute air on streets: Study
- Updated lists of municipalities and states with smoke-free laws
- Atlanta curbs smoking, part of southern wave of bans (GA)
- Media campaign launched statewide by The Louisiana Campaign for Tobacco-Free Living (LA)
- No smoking for inmates, employees in Miss. prisons (MS)
- Smoke-free North Dakota petition looks for signatures (ND)
- Assembly approves bill to prohibit smoking outside of elementary or secondary schools (NY)
- Oklahoma's capitol, other state buildings become tobacco-free (OK)
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Tobacco Pricing
- Tobacco legislative wrap up
- New report - Raising the Excise Tax on Cigarettes: Effects on Health and the Federal Budget
- New Hampshire's tobacco tax revenues plummet (NH)
- Tax hike has many Utahns bootlegging cigarettes (UT)
- President Obama signs roll-your-own-tobacco legislation
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Other Policy
- Awareness and impact of New York City's graphic point-of-sale tobacco health warning signs
- National Association of Local Boards of Health (NALBOH) releases new state-specific tobacco control funding fact sheets
- Tobacco money in California politics (CA)
- Policy update: Countering tobacco retailer licensing opposition (CA)
- Funds cut for N.C. anti-tobacco efforts (NC)
- New York legislature approves ban on e-cigarettes for minors (NY)
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Youth Prevention
- Waterpipe smoking among U.S. university students
- On-screen smoking may turn teens on to cigarettes
- Childhood trauma linked to adult smoking for girls
- Tobacco retailer underage sales training (KY)
- N.J. high schoolers are drinking, smoking less, but also skipping breakfast, survey shows (NJ)
- Most teens start smoking in June and July
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Tobacco-Related Disparities in Specific Populations
- Social and cultural influences on tobacco-related health disparities among South Asians in the USA
- Genetic ancestry-smoking interactions and lung function in African Americans: A cohort study
- Heterogeneity in past year cigarette smoking quit attempts among Latinos
- Tobacco use more prevalent among African American adolescents living in public housing communities
- New report on addressing tobacco use on the U.S. Associated Pacific Islands
- Head Start Tobacco Cessation Initiative: Partnering for Healthier Children and Families
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Cessation
- Healthcare costs around the time of smoking cessation
- Physician advice on avoiding secondhand smoke exposure and referrals for smoking cessation services
- Healthcare providers' advice to quit smoking, NHIS 2000, 2005, 2010
- Lost productivity due to premature mortality in developed and emerging countries: an application to smoking cessation
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Legal
- Cigarette distributors drop suit against state (IL)
- New court ruling on tobacco health warnings in stores (NY)
- Supreme Court decision to uphold health reform law preserves vital tobacco prevention initiatives
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Tobacco Industry News
- Philip Morris to introduce lower-risk cigarettes by 2017
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Health Effects of Tobacco
Data/Reports
- Smokers more likely to try e-cigarettes than nonsmokers
- 40 million Americans addicted to cigarettes, alcohol or drugs
- People ignorant of cancers caused by smoking (United Kingdom)
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Save the Date
- Understanding the FDA Tobacco Control Act in Indian Country
- Webinar: Digging into the Tobacco Documents: Real Life Examples of How to Advance Tobacco Control
- 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
- NCTOH ancillary meeting: Smoke-free Multi-Unit Housing: A Focus on Affordable Housing
- 8th annual National LGBTQ Health Equity Summit - Bridging the Gap: Promising Practices in LGBT Health and Tobacco Control
- 2012 National Conference on Tobacco or Health
- American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting
- Clearing the Air: An Institute for Policy Advocacy, VIII
- National Summit on Smokeless & Spit Tobacco
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Job Announcements
- Consultant Positions: Tobacco/Marijuana School-based Intervention Counselor
- Bilingual Spanish-English Tobacco Treatment Specialist
- Attorney/Vice President – Tobacco Control Programs
- Coalition Coordinator or Program Manager
- Researcher/Writer
- Program Coordinator
- Advocacy Manager
- Tobacco Prevention Coordinator
- Media Advocacy Trainer (Technical Assistance Specialist IV)
- Executive Director
- Research Associate
- Part-Time Research Fellow
- Cessation Program Manager
- PH Tobacco Program Specialist - (Tobacco cessation program coordinator)
- Rhode Island Tobacco Control Network Director
- Health Communications Coordinator
- Leadership Program Coordinator
- Tobacco Prevention Outreach Coordinator
- Director, Chronic Disease Prevention and Restitution
- Policy Director
- Associate Director, International Communications (Social Media)
- Country Director
- Program Manager, West Virginia Tobacco Quitline
- Program Coordinator
- Director of Policy Research & Analysis
- Director of Programs
- Jobs at the Center for Tobacco Products (CTP), Various
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Requests for Proposals
- Smoking Cessation Leadership Center at University of California San Francisco (UCSF) and Pfizer Medical Education Group Request for Proposals (RFP): Smoking Cessation
- Center for Sharing Public Health Services Releases Call for Proposals: Shared Services Learning Community
- Tobacco Centers of Regulatory Science for Research Relevant to the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (P50)
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Awards
- Nominate a deserving colleague for Legacy's Community Activist Award
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Other Announcements
General:
- Register for the Fundamentals of Evaluation web-based course
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FDA Announcements:
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