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| Tobacco Control E-Newsletter |
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| OCTOBER 31, 2007 |
VOLUME 2, NUMBER 2 |
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October 3, 2007: Testimony Supports Granting FDA Broad Authority to Regulate Tobacco Products as a Way to Save Lives |
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October 3, 2007: The President vetoed the SCHIP bill, which used a 61-cent increase in the Federal cigarette tax to pay for an expansion of health insurance for children.
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October 17, 2007: Public Support for SCHIP High, But May Not Be Enough to Sway Lawmakers |
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October 18, 2007: Congress Should Redouble Efforts to Increase Federal Cigarette Tax |
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October 25, 2007: "Revised SCHIP Bill Faces Another House Vote" |
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October 3, 2007: Preventable Health Problems, Including Smoking and Obesity, Cause Illnesses that Cost the United States an Estimated $100 Billion Annually, According to a New Study. |
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October 17, 2007: Waterpipe (Hookah) Smoking It Is Not A Safe Alternative |
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August 10, 2007: Smokeless Tobacco Delivers Deadly Carcinogens |
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Report says Government curbs on secondhand smoke in New York led to nearly 4,000 fewer hospital admissions for heart attacks in 2004, according to a new statewide study. |
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Code Blue is an interactive documentary developed to raise awareness about the country’s number one cancer killer, Lung Cancer. The American Legacy Foundation and National Association of Broadcasters created Code Blue.
Code Blue’s Guide to Help Prevent the Nation’s Number One Cancer Killer |
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Tobacco-Related Legislation in 2007 General Assembly Session |
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Half of the United States is now protected by a smokefree policy. Minnesota Is 25th State to Go Smoke-free! |
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October 8, 2007: Big Tobacco’s Latest Dirty Trick: Deceiving Oregon Voters |
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$200-million cancer screening study of the effectiveness of annual CT scans to detect lung cancer among smokers is scrutinized because some researchers have ties to the tobacco industry. |
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Cigarette Prices, Smoking, and the Poor: Implications of Recent Trends |
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“Mental Health Problems Common Among Women Who Smoke During Pregnancy” |
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“Crib Deaths Linked to Maternal Smoking” |
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“Smoking Linked to Stillbirths, Study Says” |
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October 9, 2007: Teen Exposure to Smokeless Tobacco Ads Dipped, Rose Again |
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Federal Synar Law Has Been Highly Successful in Curbing State’s Tobacco Sales to Minors by Stepping up Enforcement of Laws Against Selling Tobacco to Minors |
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Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT), in the form of patches, gum or lozenges, helps expectant women quit, although more research is necessary to confirm that NRT is safe to take during pregnancy. |
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Legacy's new smoking cessation program, “EX” is being piloted in four cities but its goal is to extend the program nationally. To learn more, click here |
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October 23, 2007: Smoke-free beaches campaign supported by Rhode Island beachgoers |
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Tobacco Control Program table at Channel 10’s two-day Health and Fitness Expo at the Rhode Island Convention Center on September 15-16 was very busy. |
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RI Quit Smoking Campaign Launches Nov. 15th
The Rhode Island Department of Health will begin running quit smoking ads on November 15th. The ads will run through December 15th, then we'll take a couple of weeks off around the holidays and go back on air on December 31st to catch all those people making New Year's resolutions and will run through May 18, 2008. The ads will have 1-800-Try-To-Stop as the call the action. Ads that run in Spanish will have 1-800-Dejalo as the call to action. The goals of the campaign is provide resources for smokers who wish to quit, and to make the quitline phone number ring with calls from smokers seeking counseling and assistance to quit smoking.
This year's campaign will feature Rhode Island and Massachusetts sharing resources. Massachusetts is creating three new TV spots that Rhode Island will be running. Since the two states share a border, running the same ads reinforces the messages, especially for residents living in border communities who are likely to see the ads on both Rhode Island and Massachusetts stations.
The ads will be running on Rhode Island stations WJAR-TV10, WLNE-TV6, WPRI-TV12, WNAC-TV64, and WLWC-TV28. Ads will also run on Cox cable. The Spanish ad will run on Telemundo.
For more information please contact Ms. Margaret Thomas, Phone: 401-438-8866, Email: MET.marketing@verizon.net, or Carol Hall-Walker, Phone: 401-222-2589, Email: Carol.Hall-Walker@health.ri.gov |
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Stop Big Tobacco. Be Informed. Take Action. Recruit Others. |
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Urge your U.S. Representative to override the President's veto |
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Add Your Voice in Support of a Smokefree United Nations! |
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Nationwide Poll Shows Overwhelming Support for Increasing Federal Cigarette Tax! Review Cigarette Tax Fact Sheets and More… |
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Visit the online tobacco encyclopedia from Globalink Global Tobacco Control. The online encyclopedia covers tobacco topics such as, health effects of active and passive smokers, addiction, pharmacology and chemistry, tobacco industry supporters, advertising and promotions, youth, women, cessation and more. |
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Has the tobacco industry lived up to the Master Settlement Agreement to stop marketing their deadly products to Kids? Learn the facts on Tobacco Marketing and Kids… |
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What is a fire safe cigarette? Click here for information on fire safe cigarettes…
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Check out www.knowtobacco.net. This is a new portal website created by Danya International, Inc. under contract to CDC. At knowtobacco.net, tobacco control professionals create a community where knowledge becomes practice by sharing resources, networking with tobacco control professionals, creating or joining a work group, participating in discussion gropus, and more. The team at Danya International, Inc. have been working on this site for 2 years, and really kicked it off at the 2007 National Conference on Tobacco or Health. |
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Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs Newly Released Guide - 2007
CDC's Best Practices for Comprehensive Tobacco Control Programs*2007 is an evidence-based guide to help states plan and establish effective tobacco control programs to prevent and reduce tobacco use. |
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Please contact the Tobacco Control Staff if you need anything:
Lina Alba-Navarro (Secretary)
Seema Dixit (Program Manager)
Kelly Doyle (Community Coordinator)
Katie Thurber (Community Coordinator)
Christina Mathews (Community Coordinator)
Carol Hall-Walker (Media)
Betty Harvey (Team Leader)
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