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| Russia Edges Closer To Ratifying FCTC |
New legislation to adopt a ban on tobacco advertising, if approved, would allow Russia to ratify the World Health Organization FrameÂwork Convention on Tobacco ContÂrol (FCTC). The FCTC calls all signatories to undertake a comprehensive ban on all tob |
01/25/08 |
| Canada Ready For Smoking Curbs In Cars, Cancer Group Says |
According to the Canadian Cancer Society there is widespread support for laws which would ban smoking in cars carrying young people. |
01/25/08 |
| How Smoking May Damage Your Eyesight |
If you are a smoker not only is your risk of developing age-related macular degeneration (AMD) greater, but also the risk of existing AMD progressing faster is also higher if you smoke. This is according to an article published in Archives of Ophthalmol |
01/25/08 |
| New Book By University Of Calgary Professor Tackles Nicotine Addiction Through Hypnotism |
In his fifth and new self-published book Breathe, Freedom: Kicking the Crap Out of Cigarettes, Dr. Kevin Alderson, a clinical hypnotist and associate professor in applied psychology at the U of C, uses hypnotic suggestions and offers a host of other me |
01/25/08 |
| Lighting Up The Powerful Global Smoking Lobby |
Global public health efforts to reduce smoking are at odds with the interests of the tobacco industry. According to a case study published in the online open access journal Globalization and Health, competing tobacco companies co-operate via a global net |
01/25/08 |
| Smoking Leads To A Worse Prognosis For Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Patients |
According to new research, smokers and ex-smokers with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), an untreatable progressive lung disease that usually leads to death within a few years of diagnosis, have a worse prognosis than non-smokers.
Previous research |
01/25/08 |
| UF Research Snuffs Out Notion That Smokeless Tobacco Is Lesser Of Two Evils |
Millions of Americans make the New Year's resolution to stop smoking, but far too many break ranks before Jan. 2. Their dismal success rate has health officials scrambling to come up with easier ways to quit, and many have toyed with the idea that smokel |
01/25/08 |
| New Study Examines Smoking And The Risk Of Age Related Eye Disease |
A new study has examined the effect that smoking has on the increased long-term risk and greater progression of the eye disease age-related macular degeneration. |
01/25/08 |
| Young Adults More Likely To Quit Smoking Successfully |
Researchers at the Moores Cancer Centre at the University of California, San Diego said young adults are more likely than older adults to quit smoking successfully, partly because they are more likely to make a serious effort to quit. |
01/25/08 |
| A Place For Smokers To Find Out: What Has Smoking Done To My Lungs? How Can I Quit? |
A unique, multidisciplinary clinic
designed for current and former smokers to help them assess the condition
of their lungs and to get them started down the road to quitting will open
this Fri... |
01/25/08 |
| Smoking Belies Milder Disease But Worse Prognosis For IPF Patients |
Smokers and ex-smokers with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), an untreatable progressive lung disease that usually leads to death within a few years of diagnosis, have a worse prognosis than non-smokers, according to research from London.
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01/25/08 |
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