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| Children Of Smokers Have Five Times Higher Levels Of A Nicotine Toxin |
Children who have at least one parent who smokes have 5.5 times higher levels of cotinine, a byproduct of nicotine, in their urine, according to a study published online ahead of print in Archives of Disease in Childhood. |
06/21/07 |
| Exposure To Smokers In Movies Increases Likelihood Of Smoking In The Future, New Study Shows |
A new study appearing in the July issue of Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, reports that watching an actor smoke on the big screen may make smokers more likely to continue smoking in the future, and make nons |
06/21/07 |
| MPAA Gives Lip Service To Rating Movies With Smoking |
"The Motion Picture Association of America's (MPAA) decision to 'consider smoking as a factor' when rating movies does nothing to ensure that children and teens are not exposed to and influenced by on-screen smoking. By failing to implement a mandatory R |
06/21/07 |
| Counter Advertising At The Cinema Reduces Appeal Of Smoking Only To Non-smokers |
Screening an anti-smoking advertisement before movies which glamorise smoking reduces the appeal of smoking images in movies only to young non-smokers, according to a study in the June issue of Tobacco Control. |
06/21/07 |
| UK Smokers Given More Help To Quit Since GP Performance Pay Introduced |
Smokers have been getting more support for quitting, and the numbers of smokers have reduced, since the introduction of performance-related incentives for UK general practitioners, according to new research published in the Canadian Medical Association J |
06/21/07 |
| More Smokers Barred From Adopting Children - Latest Step In Movement To Protect Kids From Smoke |
Smokers cannot adopt children under the age of five in Portsmouth,
Hants, in England, which just raised the critical age from two years to
five. |
06/21/07 |
| DNA In Sperm Altered By Cigarette Smoke, Genetic Damage Could Pass To Offspring |
The science has long been clear that smoking causes cancer, but new research shows that children could inherit genetic damage from a father who smokes.
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06/21/07 |
| BMA Scotland Welcomes Scottish Executive Announcement To Raise The Purchase Age Of Cigarettes To 18 |
Speaking following the announcement today that the Scottish Executive plans to increase the purchase age of cigarettes from 16-18, Dr Andrew Buist, Deputy Chairman of the BMA's Scottish GP committee, said: |
06/21/07 |
| Doctors Condemn Any Attempt To Dilute Smoking Ban, BMA Northern Ireland |
The BMA in Northern has written to all NI MLAs, urging them to vote against a proposed amendment to permit smoking when the artistic integrity of a performance calls for it. |
06/21/07 |
| Smoke-free Legislation A Breath Of Fresh Air, UK |
Opinion research released on World No Tobacco Day 2007 (31 May) by Asthma UK Scotland, shows that 33% of people with asthma - over 95,000 people - are going out to pubs and restaurants more frequently since smoke-free legislation was implemented last yea |
06/21/07 |
| Smoking Like It's Going Out Of Style |
New research published to mark World No Tobacco Day (31 May 2007) predicts major lifestyle changes when England goes smokefree on 1 July. Published by two of the UK's leading respiratory charities, Smokefree England: We're holding our breath is the lates |
06/21/07 |
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