Secondhand Smoke

• Smoke-free subsidized housing would save $521 million a year
• Can secondhand smoke hurt kids' kidneys?
• New and updated smoke-free outdoor air resources (CA)
• New York City celebrates 10 years of smoke-free air (NY)
• ANRF smoke-free lists and maps quarterly update
• New bill aims to pass new smoke-free air laws in public places (AR)
• Utah bans smoking with kids in car (UT)
• 2014 World Cup will be tobacco free
• Chile becomes smoke-free (Chile)
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Tobacco Pricing

• Louisiana governor shelves tax plan (LA)
• Massachusetts House of Representatives votes for $500 million tax increase, including hike in gas, cigarette taxes (MA)
• Bill would tax cigars, smokeless tobacco (PA)
• Proposed bill would raise cigarette taxes by $1 (WV)
• President's plan to increase tobacco tax will prevent kids from smoking and save lives
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Other Policy

• Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids launch new initiative to reduce tobacco use
• ActionToQuit policy brief: Addressing Tobacco Use Through Healthcare Systems
• Bill banning e-cigarettes for minors passes House (AR)
• Smokers will pay same rates as nonsmokers in D.C. insurance exchange (DC)
• Bill would close loophole allowing e-cigarette sales to minors (NC)
• Speaker Quinn and council members propose strong action to further reduce smoking in New York City (NY)
• Public health leaders urge FDA to act on menthol cigarettes
• New tobacco chief promises U.S. action as industry waits
• U.S. Senators call on FDA to regulate e-cigarettes
• Italy bans minors from buying electronic cigarettes
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Youth Prevention

• Smoking in youth-rated movies has doubled since 2010
• Teenage smoking behavior influenced by friends' and parents' smoking habits
• "America's Most Wanted Tobacco Villains" report spotlights tobacco industry's marketing to children
• Kick Butts Day 2013 was a big success!
• 2013 AAP Children's Art Contest
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Tobacco-Related Disparities in Specific Populations

• Strong smoke-free law coverage in the United States by race/ethnicity: 2000–2009 - Hispanics are most protected
• New survey reveals troops' drinking, drug use
• DOD launches Healthy Base Initiative
• Tips From Former Smokers campaign resources from the National Networks
• Share your personal stories and "tips" for quitting
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Cessation

• Characteristics of cigarette smokers who want to quit now versus quit later
• Light smokers benefit from nicotine-replacement medications
• Walking cure: Strolls may help teen smokers to quit
• CDC's education campaign returns second round of anti-smoking ads
• FDA to ease restrictions for smoking cessation products
• 2012 Tobacco Cessation National Dissemination Project
• Case study: Hospital patient tobacco cessation program
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Legal

• N.C. to receive $108 million after arbitration panel approves tobacco settlement agreement (NC)
• Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to tobacco regulation law
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Tobacco Industry News

• Colorful way tobacco industry may be skirting labeling rules
• Altria - Federal regulation of tobacco
• Tobacco Money in California Politics report
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Health Effects of Tobacco

• Smoking increases risk of urothelial carcinoma in women
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Data/Reports

• Most and least healthy counties ranked in every state
• Journal supplement: The Tobacco Endgame
• Genetics might determine which smokers get hooked
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Save the Date

• National Prevention Week 2013
• Webinar - Smokescreens and the Silver Screen: Smoking in the Media
• Webinar - Last Cowboy Standing: Smoking and the Future of Tobacco Control
• Webinar - Beyond Cigarettes: Federal Regulation of Other Tobacco Products
• UCSF/Legacy Tobacco Documents Workshop
• Getting Started at Point of Sale Training Institute
• World No Tobacco Day
• Summit on Tobacco Policy II
• NACCHO Annual 2013
• National Summit on Smokeless & Spit Tobacco
• NALBOH annual conference: Responsible Governance for a Brighter Public Health Future
• 2013 AAP National Conference and Exhibition
• American Public Health Association Annual Meeting & Exposition
• Promising Practices to Promote Tobacco-Free Active Living and Healthy Eating in Low Socioeconomic Status Communities
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Job Announcements

• Tobacco Cessation Specialist - (Chronic Disease Program Specialist)
• Director, Public Policy
• Technical Officer (TFI), National Programme Officer
• Tobacco Treatment Specialist
• Policy Analyst – Environmental Health
• Vice President of Programs
• Senior Adolescent Health Scientist
• Youth Culture Intern (Marketing Company)
• Research Group Manager
• Director, Tobacco Control
• Associate Director, Federal Government Relations
• Associate Director of Tobacco Industry Accountability
• Youth Engagement Director
• Associate Director, International Research
• Country Director — Indonesia
• Health Communications Coordinator
• Policy Director
• Country Director
• Jobs at the Center for Tobacco Products (CTP), Various
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Requests for Proposals

• Funding opportunities from SAMHSA for substance abuse treatment
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Other Announcements

General:

• Call for Abstracts: Best Practices, Research, and Relationships – Oklahoma's Investment in Tobacco Control
• Billions of pieces of toxic trash are leaching deadly chemicals
• California Tobacco Control Program unveils the Tobacco Waste Reduction Toolkit
• Coming soon from CDC: Mother's Day 2013 communications materials
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FDA Announcements:

• New infographic from the Center for Tobacco Products
• FDA issues report on retail compliance inspections
• Public comment period: Possible role of independent third parties in industry-sponsored tobacco product research
• Making the Tobacco Control Act easy to understand and use
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