Secondhand Smoke

• Review: Secondhand smoke and smoking restrictions in casinos
• Systematic review and meta-analysis of the economic impact of smoking bans in restaurants and bars
• Associations of lifetime active and passive smoking with spontaneous abortion, stillbirth and tubal ectopic pregnancy: a cross-sectional analysis of historical data from the Women's Health Initiative
• Georgia bans smoking and tobacco products on state university campuses (GA)
• New Jersey beach smoking ban proposal advances (NJ)
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Tobacco Pricing

• A longitudinal analysis of cigarette prices in military retail outlets
• Crackdown on illegal cigarette sales eyed (MA)
• Proposed tobacco tax hike debated by Ohio groups (OH)
• President's plan to expand early education with a tobacco tax will protect kids and save lives
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Other Policy

• Policy tools for minimizing public health and environmental effects of cigarette waste
• Tobacco free pharmacies action guide
• Leading health groups call on drug stores and other retailers to follow CVS's example and end tobacco sales
• States urge retail giants with pharmacies to stop selling tobacco products
• Regulating pharmacy tobacco sales case study: Massachusetts
• White paper: Time to ban menthol
• European politicians back tougher anti-tobacco rules (European Union)
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Youth Prevention

• Electronic cigarettes and conventional cigarette use among US adolescents: A cross-sectional study
• Tobacco-free college campus resources
• You're the target: New global Marlboro campaign found to target teens
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Tobacco-Related Disparities in Specific Populations

• State-level tobacco environments and sexual orientation disparities in tobacco use and dependence in the USA
• Disturbing differences: Health disparities tackled by states
• Advancing Health Equity in Tobacco Control report
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Cessation

• A new cessation program introduced to help tobacco users quit (MN)
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Legal

• Tobacco cos. win temporary reprieve from NYC coupon ban (NY)
• Fight over tobacco settlement money could cost Pennsylvania millions (PA)
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FDA Announcements

• Public comments being accepted for Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee meeting
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Data/Reports

• Cigarette smoking prevalence in US counties: 1996-2012 - A few counties responsible for smoking rate decline
• How to make communities healthier with healthy stores (CA)
• Report: Tobacco use declining in South Carolina (SC)
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Other Tobacco Products

• Electronic (e-) cigarettes and secondhand aerosol
• Retail group urges youth e-cig ban
• E-cigarettes ignite debate between Snyder administration, tobacco industry over regulation (MI)
• Bill to treat e-cigarettes like standard smokes moves forward (MN)
• Kasich signs ban on e-cigarette sales to kids (OH)
• Lawmakers vote to limit minors' access to e-cigarettes (VA)
• West Virginia lawmakers pass HB4237 to amend tobacco use restrictions (WV)
• Senators look for e-cigarette marketing limits
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Save the Date

• County Health Rankings 2014 release and webinar
• Webinar: Strengthening Partnerships between Community Health Centers and Quitlines
• Webinar: Kill the Butts! Policy Options for Reducing Cigarette and Other Tobacco Product Waste
• Webinar: Up in Smoke? The Beginning of the End of Combustible Tobacco Product
• Public Listening Session for the Office of Science, Center for Tobacco Products, FDA
• Reduce Tobacco Use Conference 2014
• Webinar: Ask the Experts: e-Cigarettes, Hookah, and Other Smokeless Tobacco Products
• Counter Tools Training Institute: Getting Started at the Point of Sale
• Promising Practices to Promote Tobacco-Free Active Living and Healthy Eating in Low Socioeconomic Status Communities
• Annual Tobacco Documents Workshop: Putting the tobacco industry's words to work for you
• National Minority Research Symposium on Tobacco & Addictions
• National Conference on Tobacco and Behavioral Health
• World No Tobacco Day
• Clearing the Air: An Institute for Policy Advocacy, IX
• American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition
• American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Exposition
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Job Announcements

• Tobacco Enforcement Specialist (Outreach Specialist)
• Latin America Communications Consultant
• Postdoctoral Research Fellowship -
  Georgia State University – Tobacco Center for Regulatory Science (TCORS)
• Director of Digital and Grassroots Strategy
• Program Officer
• Assistant Project Director
• Communications & Development Assistant
• Senior Program Analyst, Chronic Disease Prevention
• Advocacy Coordinator
• Post-Doctoral Fellowship -
  Focus on communication to vulnerable populations
• Post-Doctoral Fellowship -
  Focus on FDA regulation of tobacco and communication
• Program Assistant
• Program Manager
• Director/Senior Research Specialist, Economic and Health Policy Research
• Jobs at the Center for Tobacco Products (CTP), Various
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Requests for Proposals

• Request for proposals: State tobacco retail inspection
• Call for proposals: Health Impact Project
• Call for proposals: Public health law research: Making the case for laws that improve health
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Awards

• Dr. Alma S. Adams Scholarships for outreach and health communications to reduce tobacco use among priority populations
• Unsung Heroes' Award
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Other Announcements

• Partner resources – 50th anniversary of the Surgeon General's report on smoking and health
• Rethink Butts campaign resources for Earth Day
• Prevent tobacco use: A CADCA toolkit
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