Secondhand Smoke

• Smoking during pregnancy may increase risk of autism in children
• Apartment dwellers often subjected to neighbors' tobacco smoke
• Health poll shows majority of Kentuckians favor statewide smoking ban (KY)
• Health groups pan committee's tobacco votes (KS)
• Debate still lights up over Michigan smoking ban (MI)
• Leach sponsors bill exempting bars, tobacco shops from smoking bans (MO)
• RI bill: cops could warn smokers in cars with kids (RI)
• New rules set more specific smoke-free areas
• Irish Health Minister seeks to ban smoking in cars, beaches and parks (Ireland)
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Tobacco Pricing

• New research reveals fiscal and policy implications of federal tobacco tax loophole
• 2009 federal tobacco tax increase cut number of youth smokers by at least 220,000 in first two months alone, new study shows
• Large disparities in tax rates for smoking products trigger significant market shifts to avoid higher taxes
• Tobacco industry gearing up to take down California cigarette tax initiative (CA)
• Illinois Legislature approves $1 cigarette tax hike (IL)
• Not content with new tax hike, Md. tobacco foe wants more (MD)
• Bills would raise Missouri cigarette taxes (MO)
• Roll-your-own cigarette bill signed into law in Tennessee (TN)
• U.S. senators introduce legislation to close tobacco-tax loophole
• Call for a ban on duty-free smokes (Australia)
• Canadian federal excise stamp mandatory on tobacco products (Canada)
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Other Policy

• State tobacco settlement and tax revenues and tobacco control funding appropriations after the Master Settlement Agreement—United States, 1998–2010
• CounterTobacco.org: A tobacco control point of sale resource center
• NACCHO tobacco policy statements
• NALBOH releases two tobacco position statements
• Groups call on Family Dollar to reconsider decision to sell cigarettes
• Experts draw parallels between obesity prevention and tobacco control movements
• Commercial RYO machine legislative update
• Colorado returns millions of dollars to fight tobacco, cancer (CO)
• House vote to eliminate prevention fund jeopardizes efforts to improve health, reduce costs
• Adult awareness of tobacco advertising, promotion and sponsorship in fourteen countries
• Moving towards plain packaging of tobacco products (New Zealand)
• Cigarette packs to feature graphic warnings (United Arab Emirates)
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Youth Prevention

• New study shows young smokers are more likely to switch from menthol to nonmenthol cigarettes
• Video games and the next tobacco frontier: Smoking in the Starcraft universe
• Surgeon General's Report consumer guide now available in English and Spanish
• New National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) data: Fewer young Americans smoking
• Playground trade 'drives smoking' (United Kingdom)
• New report and film reveal shocking impact of tobacco packaging on children (United Kingdom)
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Tobacco-Related Disparities in Specific Populations

• Tobacco brands target Black youth, study finds (CA)
• New report shows more than one in five pregnant white women smoke cigarettes
• Health Promotion Practice call for papers: Deadline extended!
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Cessation

• Anti-tobacco TV ads help adults stop smoking, study finds
• Warnings on cigarette packs may keep ex-smokers free from relapse
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Legal

• Tobacco Control Legal Consortium launches FDA Tobacco Action Center
• New tobacco control resources from the Tobacco Control Legal Consortium
• Technical Assistance Legal Center (TALC) has a new name!
• Tobacco companies challenge $6.5B payout dies with states
• Tobacco control efforts at risk of being undermined by trade rules
• Canada's largest tobacco company launches charter challenge on new, larger warning labels (Canada)
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Tobacco Industry News

• New From Altria: A Nicotine Lozenge
• Lorillard acquires blu ecigs; $135 million deal offers expanded distribution capabilities for emerging product
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Health Effects of Tobacco

• New findings support theory that smoking causes depression
• Research reveals need for sight warnings on tobacco
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Data/Reports

• California study shines light on cost of preventable diseases (CA)
• Study: Obesity surpasses smoking in employee healthcare (MN)
• CDC's STATE System website has been updated with legislative data for 1st quarter 2012
• Global ignorance of tobacco's harm to cardiovascular health costing lives
• Cigarette smoking will fall just 1.7% by 2030 without action, study claims
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Save the Date

• World No Tobacco Day
• Webcast: A Hidden Epidemic: Tobacco Use and Mental Illness
• Webinar: No Smoking, Child on Site! New Smoke-free Policies to Protect Kids
• Webinar: Advancing Tobacco Cessation Policy: Stories from the States
• 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
• 2012 National Conference on Tobacco or Health
• American Public Health Association (APHA) Annual Meeting
• National Summit on Smokeless & Spit Tobacco
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Job Announcements

• FDA Tobacco Regulatory Science Fellowship
• Department of Health Services Chronic Disease Program Coordinator / Senior Outreach Specialist
• Cancer Policy and Research Director
• Policy Director
• Built Environment Deputy Director
• Youth Recruitment Coordinator, S.T.A.K.E. Act
• Public Relations Associate for NY State Tobacco Program
• Borough Coordinator, NYC Coalition for a Smoke-Free City
• Associate Professor / Environmental Approaches to Tobacco Prevention
• Evaluation Fellows (multiple openings)
• Communications/Media Coordinator
• Editorial/Project Manager
• Associate Director, International Communications (Social Media)
• Social Media Specialist, Marketing
• Marketing Coordinator, Interactive
• Assistant Manager, Marketing
• Country Director
• Program Manager, West Virginia Tobacco Quitline
• 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

• HHS announces available funding of $70 million for Community Transformation Grants
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Awards

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

General:

• CDC seeks applicants for 2012-13 Evaluation Fellows Program
• Action planning template for local tobacco control coalitions
• Register for upcoming sessions of TTAC's instructor-led web-based courses
• New web-based course: Making Health Communication Strategies Work for Your Program
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FDA Announcements:

• New guidance for tobacco industry and investigators: Meetings with Industry and Investigators on the Research and Development of Tobacco Products
• FDA dockets open for public comment
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