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Tobacco Free Press - Table of Contents
November 2012

Smoking in cars produces harmful pollutants at levels above WHO indoor air quality standards
Smoke-free workplace leads to fewer heart attacks
Secondhand smoke and smoke-free policies in owner-occupied multi-unit housing
Comprehensive smoke-free law coverage in the 50 largest U.S cities: 2000 and 2012
Indoor air quality at nine large-hub airports with and without designated smoking areas
North Dakota voters ban smoking in bars, indoor workplaces (ND)
Two years later, few flout smoking ban (SD)
Smoking bans cut number of heart attacks, strokes
Current tobacco use and secondhand smoke exposure among women of reproductive age — 14 countries, 2008–2010
Smoke-free laws database (Canada)
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American Journal of Preventive Medicine supplement: "Minnesota's Investment in Applied Tobacco Control Research: Findings to Inform Practice and Policy"
Research shows tobacco's price is largest factor in reducing smoking prevalence (MN)
Many health insurance plans fall short in covering tobacco cessation treatments mandated by health reform law, study finds
SOPHE's guide to effectively educating state and local policymakers
ASH: Big tobacco buys big political influence
Obama administration gives smokers a way out of higher insurance premiums
Draft protocol to eliminate illicit trade in tobacco products
Tobacco firm may have breached packaging laws (Australia)
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Young people tuning in to YouTube for little cigar promotions
Kids who smoke menthol more likely to get hooked
Cigar, cigarillo, and little cigar use among current cigarette-smoking adolescents
Teen smoking has fallen across most of U.S.: Report
Uncle Sam to start tracking tobacco use in movies aimed at kids
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Addressing tobacco use in homeless populations: A survey of health care professionals
Cigarette warning label policy alternatives and smoking-related health disparities
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Cell phone messages may help smokers quit
Tobacco Atlas estimates 1 billion people will die worldwide during 21st century if they don't quit smoking
How employers impact their bottom line by helping employees quit smoking
Project UNIFORM: Building military-civilian partnerships to end tobacco use (CA)
Georgia Tobacco Use Prevention Program is promoting nicotine replacement therapy (GA)
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Federal approaches to the regulation of non-cigarette tobacco products
U.S. judge orders tobacco companies to admit deception and tell the truth to the American people
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Webinar: Helping Smokers Quit: 2012 Report
Webinar: Pharmacotherapy 101
Webinar: e-Quit: An Introduction to Web-Based Smoking Cessation Resources
Webinar: Meaningful Use and Tobacco Cessation: What You Need to Know
State of the Art Clinical Approaches to Smoking Cessation
CADCA's 2013 National Leadership Forum
Society for Research in Nicotine and Tobacco Annual Meeting
Clearing the Air: An Institute for Policy Advocacy, VIII
2013 National Association of Local Boards of Health Annual Conference
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Tobacco Treatment Program Health Educator
Associate Director, International Research
Community Mobilization Specialist / Public Policy Liaison
Principal Executive / Manager F Health Promotion and Chronic Disease Prevention Section Manager
Health Program Specialist I (HPS I)
Assistant Director, Youth Activism
Quantitative Research Scientist (Public Health Focus)
China Programs Associate
Project Director, Internet Tobacco Vendor Study
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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