ABSTRACTS BOOKLET
The A Smoke Free Paso del Norte 2010-2011 Grantees Abstracts Booklet in English and Spanish are now available online. You may access them at the following link: http://www.research.utep.edu/Default.aspx?tabid=44072.
EVENTS
Rally on the River is an International Annual event recognizing the International Day against Substance Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. Hundreds of people from the states of Chihuahua, New Mexico and Texas are expected to attend.
Rally on the River will be a SPECTACULAR event!!
Come join us and enjoy a picnic like environment!
Dignitaries from Chihuahua, Las Cruces, Sunland Park and El Paso will make brief presentations, refreshments and entertainment will be provided.
Location: Sunland Park, NM (Anapra, NM) Monument Marker 1
(see attached Map for your review)
Time: 9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Pre-Ceremony Festivities start at 8:30 a.m.
Date: June 26, 2010
See attachment.
U.S. Counties Along the Mexico Border Initiative Annual Meeting
August 24-25, 2010
See attachment.
INFORMATION
U.S. Cigarette Brands Tops in Cancer Causing Chemicals
CNN (Paging Dr. Gupta Blog), Miriam Falco, 06/01/2010
Smokers of U.S. brand cigarettes may get more bang for their buck in the worst way according to a small study conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Researchers found U.S. made cigarettes contain more cancer-causing chemicals than some cigarettes brands made elsewhere around the world.
Public Smoking Bans Effective for Youth
UPI (United Press International), 06/07/2010
Children and teens who live in counties banning smoking in public places have much lower levels of a secondhand smoke biomarker, U.S. researchers found. Study leader Melanie Dove, who received her doctorate in environmental health at Harvard School of Public Health this year, said the team examined data from the 1999-2006 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, a cross-sectional survey designed to monitor the health of the U.S. population.
Cigarette Packs Get Colorful for ‘Light’ Label Ban
Associated Press, Michael Felberbaum, 06/04/2010
“Light” cigarettes are going up in smoke by the end of June, but their names and packaging are getting a colorful makeover. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration says cigarette packs no longer can feature names such as “light,” “mild,” “medium” or “low,” which many smokers wrongly think are less harmful than “full-flavor” cigarettes.
Everett Board Bans Sale of Tobacco In Drugstores
Boston Globe, John Laidler, 06/10/2010
Starting next week, smokers will find it a little less convenient to pick up a pack of cigarettes in Everett. Hoping to deliver another blow against smoking, the Board of Health on May 24 voted unanimously to ban the sale of tobacco products in pharmacies.
Should Menthol Cigarettes Be Banned?
Health.com, Amanda Gardner, 06/15/2010
Menthol cigarettes now account for more than one-quarter of all cigarettes sold in the U.S. In fact, menthols — often described as “cooling,” “soothing,” and “smooth” — make up a growing share of the shrinking cigarette market. Between 2004 and 2008, the percentage of adult smokers who smoked them increased from 30 percent to 34 percent.
Cigarette Packaging Changes Called Not So Mild; Critics See an Attempt to Mislead
USA Today, Rita Rubin, 06/14/2010
In anticipation of a ban against using words such as “light” or “mild” on cigarette labels and ads, tobacco companies have lightened package colors to convey the same message, a move the American Lung Association and Rep. Henry Waxman, D-Calif., have attacked as disingenuous.
