Other Announcements

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Excellence in State Public Health Law program
The Justice and Society Program, with funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, has announced a new Excellence in State Public Health Law (ESPHL) program. The one-year ESPHL program will consist of up to eight teams of eight members each. Over the course of the year, each team will focus on exploring, identifying, and evaluating how law and policy can advance one of their respective state’s health priorities. The goal of the ESPHL program is to provide education and other resources that will enable policymakers and agencies to more effectively address public health issues and to become leaders in creating healthier states. The program will strengthen public health law collaborations among state officials and state-level policy-makers, and will increase these leaders’ effectiveness on public health issues in their respective states, including working across party lines and government agencies and branches. The application deadline has been extended to April 16, 2013. For the full ESPHL program announcement and call for proposals, click here.

Dr. Alma S. Adams Scholarship
Legacy is accepting applications for the Dr. Alma Adams Scholarship for Outreach and Health Communications to Reduce Tobacco Use among Priority Populations. Applications will be accepted from high school, undergraduate, or graduate students through April 30, 2013. Scholarship funds may be used for tuition, books, and related living expenses while attending any accredited college or university within the U.S. Click here for more information about this scholarship, and to download the application.

AAP launches 9th annual Children's Art Contest
The American Academy of Pediatrics is sponsoring the 9th annual AAP Children's Art Contest with the theme of “A World Free from Tobacco and Secondhand Smoke” with support from the Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute. The contest is open to children in the US in grades 3-12, and to children outside the US ages 13-18. Click here to read the contest rules and access the entry form.

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FDA Announcements

Health organizations applaud Dr. Lawrence Deyton for leading FDA's Center for Tobacco Products
The current director of the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Center for Tobacco Products, Dr. Lawrence Deyton, has stepped down and his replacement as of March 2 is Mitchell Zeller, J.D. Deyton had been the director since 2009, and was instrumental in the implementation of a landmark national tobacco product regulation program. Zeller is an FDA veteran and has a wealth of experience in tobacco product regulation. Click here to read the announcement of this new leadership appointment from FDA Commissioner Margaret A. Hamburg, or click here for a statement from Matthew L. Myers, President of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. Click here to read Legacy’s statement.

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