Tobacco Free Press - Table of Contents
November 2013

Secondhand Smoke

  • Predictors of voluntary home-smoking restrictions and associations with an objective measure of in-home smoking among subsidized housing tenants
  • Newspaper coverage of implementation of the Michigan smoke-free law: Lessons learned
  • Smokefree Casinos Model Policy and Implementation Toolkit
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Tobacco Pricing

  • A novel approach to estimating the prevalence of untaxed cigarettes in the USA: Findings from the 2009 and 2010 International Tobacco Control surveys
  • Great American Smokeout an opportunity for Congress to decrease national tobacco burden by increasing the federal cigarette tax
  • Next tobacco war battlefield: Cigarette smuggling (CA)
  • Cigarette tax avoidance and evasion: Findings from the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project
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Other Policy

  • Is consumer response to plain/standardised tobacco packaging consistent with Framework Convention on Tobacco Control guidelines? A systematic review of quantitative studies
  • Cigarette graphic warning labels and smoking prevalence in Canada: A critical examination and reformulation of the FDA regulatory impact analysis
  • NYC to ban tobacco sales to anyone under age 21 (NY)
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Youth Prevention

  • Tobacco product use among middle and high school students — United States, 2011 and 2012
  • Trends in exposure to pro-tobacco advertisements over the Internet, in newspapers/ magazines, and at retail stores among U.S. middle and high school students, 2000–2012
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Tobacco-Related Disparities in Specific Populations

  • CDC Health Disparities and Inequalities Report — United States, 2013: Cigarette smoking — United States, 2006-2008 and 2009-2010
  • What do veterans service organizations' websites say about tobacco control?
  • Structural stigma and cigarette smoking in a prospective cohort study of sexual minority and heterosexual youth
  • Comparison of an intensive pharmacist-managed telephone clinic with standard of care for tobacco cessation in a veteran population
  • Viewpoint: An ignored group of smokers: People with mental illness
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Cessation

  • Pharmacotherapy effects on smoking cessation vary with nicotine metabolism gene (CYP2A6)
  • Crowdsourced peer- versus expert-written smoking-cessation messages
  • Trends in smoking before, during, and after pregnancy — Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System, United States, 40 Sites, 2000–2010
  • Automated tobacco assessment and cessation support for cancer patients
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Legal

  • Liggett Group to pay $110 million in tobacco settlement (FL)
  • Kentucky could lose $45 million in tobacco settlement money (KY)
  • Legal Update newsletter, Fall 2013
  • U.S. lawmakers to President Obama: Protect tobacco control measures under trade pact
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FDA Announcements

  • Call for nominations for Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee members
  • Public comment opportunity: Adopt regulations to protect our nation's health by asserting jurisdiction over all tobacco products
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Data/Reports

  • Network influences on dissemination of evidence-based guidelines in state tobacco control programs
  • Smokers' and nonsmokers' beliefs about harmful tobacco constituents: Implications for FDA communication efforts
  • New data added to the State Tobacco Activities Tracking and Evaluation (STATE) System website
  • Tobacco use in Africa: Tobacco control through prevention
  • Healthcare provider screening for tobacco smoking and advice to quit — 17 countries, 2008–2011
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Other Tobacco Products

  • Awareness, perceptions and use of snus among young adults from the upper Midwest region of the USA
  • Hookah use among adolescents in the United States: Results of a national survey
  • Tips and tools guide: Regulating electronic cigarettes and similar devices
  • CDC: Makers of e-cigarettes, little cigars target kids
  • Ranking members warn of dangers of e-cigarette advertising
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Save the Date

  • Society for Research in Nicotine and Tobacco Annual Meeting
  • Kick Butts Day
  • Reduce Tobacco Use Conference 2014
  • Point of Sale Training Institute: Skill Building and Collaboration to Advance Public Health
  • Promising Practices to Promote Tobacco-Free Active Living and Healthy Eating in Low Socioeconomic Status Communities
  • Clearing the Air: An Institute for Policy Advocacy, IX
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Job Announcements

  • Senior Program Analyst, Chronic Disease Prevention
  • Smokefree Bars Campaign Manager
  • Research Group Manager (LGBT Young Adult Research)
  • Research Manager (LGBT Young Adult Research)
  • Manager, Youth Activism
  • Director, Global Public Health Advocacy Initiative
  • Network Program Associate
  • Community Coalition and Youth Leadership Coordinator
  • Advocacy Coordinator
  • Manager, Health Education
  • Comprehensive Health Planner II
  • Post-Doctoral Fellowship - Focus on communication to vulnerable populations
  • Post-Doctoral Fellowship - Focus on FDA regulation of tobacco and communication
  • Post-Doctoral Fellowship - Focus on risk communication messages for novel tobacco products
  • Associate Director, Programs
  • Associate Director of Training and Capacity Building
  • Director, Global Public Health Advocacy Initiative
  • Senior Associate, Tobacco Prevention
  • Manager, Lung Health Policy
  • Public Policy Attorney
  • Program Assistant
  • Program Manager
  • India States Manager (New Delhi, India)
  • International Communications Manager
  • Associate Director of International Communications
  • International Communications Manager
  • Associate Vice President, Research and Evaluation
  • Staff Services Manager I / Public Relations Strategist
  • Director/Senior Research Specialist, Economic and Health Policy Research
  • Senior Adolescent Health Scientist
  • Research Group Manager
  • Country Director — Indonesia
  • Policy Director
  • Country Director
  • Jobs at the Center for Tobacco Products (CTP), Various
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Requests for Proposals

  • Request for Applications: Reduce Tobacco-Related Inequities Interventions (CA)
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Other Announcements

  • November is American Diabetes Month - Tobacco and diabetes resources
  • Call for papers: The Evidence for Policy and Environmental Approaches to Promoting Health
  • American Academy of Pediatrics accepting nominations for Tobacco Consortium Membership
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