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Monday, October 01, 2012TOBACCO

New Research Using Tobacco Documents

6 new citations were added to the UCSF Tobacco Documents Bibliography.  This brings the total number of papers, reports, articles, and books using the documents to 790!

Read up on the development of scientific consultants, trade policy in Thailand, and Philip Morris's search for "corporate social value," to name a few. 
Wednesday, September 26, 2012TOBACCO

Over 50,000 RJR Documents Added Today!

59,790 new RJ Reynolds documents were added to the Legacy Tobacco Documents Library.

In addition, 297 Lorillard and Philip Morris documents have been updated with more comprehensive metadata as a part of a very large indexing project.  In partnership with the company, Samasource, we are adding metadata to tens of thousands of PM, RJR and Lorillard documents where the "persons mentioned," "organizations mentioned," and "brands" fields were previously left blank.  This ongoing project will provide more comprehensive and relevant search results for users.

Monday, September 24, 2012TOBACCO

Tobacco Fellowships at UCSF - Apply Now!

Applications are due January 23, 2013 for fellowships beginning July 1, 2013.
Academic Background Required: Doctorate/Equivalent Degree

The fellowship supports two years of postdoctoral training in all aspects of tobacco control research.
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.

The CTCRE offers 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.

Postdoctoral trainees will receive an annual salary commensurate with their experience, approximately $39,264 - $49,884, according to the NIH stipend scale.  Learn more about the Center, the fellowship program, current fellows, and faculty and their research interests at www.tobacco.ucsf.edu.

Visit http://tobacco.ucsf.edu/fellowship  to apply online.
Friday, September 07, 2012TOBACCO

14 Million Documents and Growing!

We have passed the 14 million mark!

We added 163,481 RJ Reynolds documents to LTDL yesterday, bringing the total count of documents to 81,253,444 pages in 14,008,922 documents.





Friday, August 24, 2012TOBACCO

Valerie Yerger honored at the 2012 Legacy Tobacco Industry Documents Awards


UCSF Professor, Valerie Yerger, was honored this year at the National Conference on Tobacco or Health  for her innovative work using tobacco industry documents to demonstrate how the tobacco companies have targeted African American groups and inner-city neighborhoods. The Legacy Tobacco Industry Documents Awards recognize individuals for their use of tobacco industry documents to educate the public about industry tactics and disseminate this information to other educators and policy makers. Dr. Yerger's research also includes a focus on the relationship between melanin and nicotine, and the use of menthol as a cigarette additive.  In 2010, Dr. Yerger and her team contributed reports to the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee (TPSAC), which concluded that the availability of menthol cigarettes increases initiation and reduces cessation.

For more information on this award, please access the Legacy News Release 

Congratulations Valerie!


Friday, August 17, 2012TOBACCO

36,000+ Documents Added to the Library

Over 36,000 new documents were posted to the Legacy Tobacco Documents Library this week!
Wednesday, August 01, 2012TOBACCO

New Research Using the Documents

The UCSF Tobacco Documents Bibliography has 8 new publications and 1 new video.  Read about tobacco industry influence in the Czech Republic, China and Thailand; industry "science" and "fakexperts;" and the industry's adolescent market strategies concerning the internet and video games.  Also, watch New Zealand's 60 Minutes program "Smoke Screen" showcasing industry documents and interviews concerning New Zealand's goal of becoming a smoke free country.