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CSU 35/2011: THE QUARTER THAT CHANGED THE WORLD

CSU 35/2011: THE QUARTER THAT CHANGED THE WORLD: CIGARETTE TAXATION IN CALIFORNIA   Full text is at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2976491/?tool=pubmed Good reading. BD Tob Control. 2010 April; 19(Suppl_1): i3–i15 ... read more

CSU 79/2011: CIGARETTE SMOKE INCREASES SUSCEPTIBIL ...

  From the Journal of Infectious Diseases, ‘Cigarette smoke increases susceptibility to tuberculosis.’ Why is it that so few governments in Africa and Asia have declared war on tobacco, or even taken up arms against it? Why can I bu ... read more

CSU 111/2011: TOBACCO IN CHINA

How one tobacco company makes money in the world’s most populous country even as smoking declines in its domestic market.   Full text at http://www.tobaccoinduceddiseases.com/content/8/1/13 Good reading.   BD   Analysis of a tobacco vect ... read more

CSU 110/2011: TOBACCO IN INDIA

The world’s most populous democracy struggles, with mixed success, against the tobacco industry. From the Indian Journal of Cancer Click for abstract and full text  at http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20622419 COMMUNITY RESEARCH  ... read more

SMOKE-FREE HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN AND DECREASING ...

With No Tobacco Day on 31 May, why not another item on tobacco and kids?  ‘This is the first study to quantify average annual decreases in paediatric encounters for OM over the past decade and a half. The observed steadily increasing tren ... read more

IS YOUTH SMOKING RESPONSIVE TO CIGARETTE PRICES?

'an increase in price of 10 percent would reduce youth cigarette consumption by 21.1 percent at the mean.'Abstract below; full text, with figures, is at http://www.plosmedicine.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pmed.1001110 IS YOUTH SMOKI ... read more

SMOKE FREE MEXICO CITY

Tobacco Controltobaccocontrol.bmj.com Tob Control 2011;20:64-72 doi:10.1136/tc.2010.037010 Research paper Strong advocacy led to successful implementation of smokefree Mexico City Eric Crosbie1, Ernesto M Sebrié2, Stanton A Glantz1 + Auth ... read more

SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF SMOKE FREE MEXICO CIT ...

STRONG ADVOCACY LED TO SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION OF SMOKEFREE MEXICO CITY ‘The Tobacco industry's power at higher levels of government makes implementing smokefree policies at the federal level a challenge in many countries. Tobacco compan ... read more