New Tobacco Research and Policy Resources

The November 2012 supplement to the peer-reviewed American Journal of Preventive Medicine features three tobacco policy-related articles written by Public Health Law Center staff members Mike Freiberg, Brooke Nunn, Warren Ortland, and Susan Weisman.  The supplement includes articles from ClearWay Minnesota-funded tobacco research grantees, a review article by two experts from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and a commentary by Dr. Howard Koh, Assistant Secretary for Health at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.  

Check out the Public Health Law Center articles on our website:

Federal Approaches to the Regulation of Non-Cigarette Tobacco Products. Michael J. Freiberg, J.D.  An investigation of how federal laws apply, or fail to apply, to the regulation of non-cigarette tobacco products.

 

Secondhand Smoke and Smoke-Free Policies in Owner-Occupied Multi-Unit Housing.  Martha J. Hewett, MS; Warren H. Ortland, JD; Betsy E. Brock, MPH; Curtis J. Heim, MS.  A study of the prevalence of secondhand smoke incursion in common interest communities that assesses residents' attitudes toward secondhand smoke and interest in smoke-free policies.

Influencing Taft-Hartley Funds to Provide Tobacco Cessation Benefits.  Susan R. Weisman, JD; Deborah Hennrikus, PhD; Kelvin Choi, PhD; Brooke Nunn, MPH, MSW; Jean L. Forster, PhD, MPH; Mary Kay Hunt, MPH; Rodney Skoog, BA; Wade Luneburg; Bernie Hesse, BA.  A study testing a pilot intervention to increase the provision and promotion of cessation benefits among Minnesota-based Taft-Hartley Health and Welfare Funds by educating the funds' advisors.

Here are two great resources for those working on university  tobacco free campuses.

·         Jones A and Sanders S . (February 2009). Guide for a tobacco-free campus: Why we should make campuses tobacco-free – and how to do it.  Action on Smoking and Health Australia.  Kings Cross NSW Australia.    Available at http://www.ashaust.org.au/pdfs/TFcampusGuideAus09.pdf
       
·         Jones A.  Tobacco-free Educational Campuses: A tobacco-free futures action guide.  International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease.  Edinburgh UK.    Available at:  http://www.tobaccofreeunion.org/assets/Technical%20Resources/Tobacco-free%20Futures%20Action%20Guide/Campus/Campus%20Factsheet%20-%20EN.pdf

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