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Monday, October 21, 2013

Postdoctoral Fellowships in Tobacco Control Research at UCSF

Applications are due January 22, 2014 for fellowships beginning July 1, 2014. Visit http://www.tobacco.ucsf.edu/fellowship to apply.

The purpose of the fellowship is to prepare individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds in medical, biological, social, behavioral, and policy sciences to join the next generation of academic leaders in tobacco control. Upon completion of training, fellows will be well positioned to be active participants in crucial policy debates about the future development and implementation of tobacco control interventions. 

The fellowship supports two years of postdoctoral training in all aspects of tobacco control research. Our program stresses the skills needed to conduct research in diverse, collaborative transdisciplinary settings.  We emphasize leadership in catalyzing the integration of multiple disciplines and translating science to policy and clinical practice.  Postdoctoral fellows will have exposure to diverse training including both didactic coursework and individualized mentoring to build a personalized research program.  Fellows have come from medicine, public health, nursing, economics, anthropology, political science, law, sociology, psychology, and cell biology.  Prior tobacco research experience is relevant, but not necessary for acceptance.

We offer individual mentorship with UCSF faculty along with courses in tobacco specific topics, health policy, cancer control and prevention, grant and scientific writing skills, career development, interdisciplinary research, and biostatistics.  UCSF is a global leader in tobacco science, a World Health Organization collaborating center, and home of the Legacy Tobacco Documents Library. We place a high priority on developing a fellowship program that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We encourage qualified applicants from all backgrounds to apply.

Postdoctoral trainees will receive an annual salary commensurate with their experience, approximately $41,264 - $51,884, $2000 above the current NIH stipend scale. 

Learn more about the Center, the fellowship program, current fellows, and faculty and their research interests at www.tobacco.ucsf.edu.
Thursday, October 10, 2013

New Documents Added to LTDL

353 new documents were added to the Legacy Tobacco Documents Library today.  The breakdown is as follows:


In addition, we have added to the metadata of over 1800 documents that were modified/revised by the industry in August.


Thursday, September 19, 2013

Prop 65 Trial Transcripts Posted to LTDL

California’s Proposition 65, also known as California’s Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, requires the state to keep a list of chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm. When hazardous doses of those chemicals are present, companies are required to notify the public, usually in the form of warning labels and signs. Failure to do so can result in a lawsuit.

2,523 documents from California Prop 65 secondhand smoke litigation have been posted to LTDL today.  This special collection is a part of our larger Tobacco DATTA collection and contains trial transcripts, depositions and exhibits pertaining to Prop 65 secondhand smoke court actions.

To access all documents for this special collection, search for speccoll:"Proposition 65" in the LTDL search box.

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In addition to the Prop 65 transcripts:
Thursday, September 05, 2013

Five New Publications for the Tobacco Documents Bibliography

The Tobacco Documents Bibliography has added 5 new papers/publications for July and August 2013!  These additions include papers and book chapters on the effects of cigarette design features, sociological testimony and evidence in product liability litigation, and older smokers on governmental regulation of tobacco to name a few.


Bibliography Highlight:

Yerger VB, Cataldo JK, Malone RE. Older smokers could be the strongest supporters for U.S. government regulation of tobacco: a focus group study. Tob Induc Dis. 2013 Aug 17;11(1). 

"Targeting of marginalized groups with aggressive tobacco marketing has been identified as exacerbating health disparities. However, interpretation of such targeting by groups varies, from surprise and outrage to regarding such marketing as evidence of social legitimacy. We sought to learn how an often-overlooked marginalized group, older adults, would respond to industry documents offering evidence of tobacco company target marketing."
 
The authors conducted focus groups using documents from the Legacy Tobacco Documents Library, among other resources, to examine older (≥50 years) smokers and former smokers' reactions to the tobacco companies' marketing strategies targeted towards aging populations. 

A few key documents from LTDL:




“The rapidly growing size and increasing disposable income of older Americans makes this segment a prime target for many products and services"
RJ Reynolds 1991
















"Even though the term ‘low tar’ is being used here, it should be pointed out that almost none of the respondents know the specific tar count of the brands they smoke or of those they try. Instead, they say they ‘go by’ designations on the package (or in advertising), such as ‘low tar’ or ‘light.’"
Lorillard 1987















“In general, younger people are not as concerned about their health. Conversely older individuals who had begun to take health issue more seriously appeared more favorable toward the ‘low tar’ concept.”
Philip Morris 1980
Thursday, August 08, 2013

New Trial Transcripts and Plain Packaging Documents Posted

189 new documents were added to the Legacy Tobacco Documents Library today.

This includes:
In addition, over 30,000 documents were revised this month, either by the tobacco companies themselves or through our efforts to enhance the indexing of certain important fields such as Persons and Organizations Mentioned and Brands.


Thursday, July 18, 2013

Thousands More Industry Documents Posted

Over 1500 new tobacco industry documents were posted to the Legacy Tobacco Documents Library today.

Also, we added additional indexing information (people, organizations, brands) to over 2,800 documents and revised over 2 million documents where the industry had added to the metadata.
Tuesday, July 02, 2013

New Research from the Legacy Tobacco Documents Library

The Tobacco Documents Bibliography has added 5 new papers/publications for May and June 2013!  These additions include papers on the tobacco industry and manufacturing doubt, medical tourism, cigarette packaging and the FDA's Institute of Medicine (IOM) Report.

Bibliography Highlight:

Tan CE, Kyriss T, Glantz SA. Tobacco Company Efforts to Influence the Food and Drug Administration-Commissioned Institute of Medicine Report Clearing the Smoke: An Analysis of Documents Released through Litigation. PLoS Med. 2013;10(5):e1001450. 

The authors used the Legacy Tobacco Documents Library among other resources, to examine the tobacco companies' strategies to influence the Institute of Medicine (IOM) committee that prepared the 2001 report "Clearing the Smoke: Assessing the Science Base for Tobacco Harm and Reduction", which set the tone for the development and regulation of tobacco products in the US.

A few key documents from LTDL:





A 1999 internal presentation at Philip Morris (PM) titled 'Potential for Worldwide Product Regulation' - described the IOM committee and also tracked the progress of several other tobacco regulatory efforts in Canada, the European Union, and the World Health Organization (WHO). This presentation identified harm reduction as a 'critical regulatory issue'...
1999.





"To overcome the IOM's closely guarded decision-making process, Multinational Business Services (MBS) suggested two ways PM could approach the IOM..."  1999.














"Consistent with their desire to gain greater credibility in the scientific community, PM scientists shared information with or on behalf of committee members Henderson and Hatsukami at least once more after completion of the IOM report. Henderson invited the industry scientists to speak in a symposium she was organizing at a Society of Toxicology national meeting, on the “scientific basis of reducing harm from cigarette smoking”"  2001.









Ellen Merlo, Senior Vice President of Corporate Affairs, wrote, “If this is it, this is very good. Obviously, we agree and that's why we are working with public health officials and encouraging FDA regulation of the product… Very good positioning for us”  2001.