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| Nicotine's double link to cot death |
New research suggests why babies whose parents smoke tobacco are more likely to die of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, or cot death. |
09/10/02 |
| Environmental Tobacco Smoke Exposure During Travel Affects Adults With Asthma |
NORTHBROOK, Ill., Sept. 10 /PRNewswire/ -- Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) exposure has been linked to many adverse health effects, ranging from asthma exacerbation to eye irritation to lung cancer. According to a new study by the University of Califor |
09/10/02 |
| Tobacco judge reportedly had industry ties |
LOS ANGELES (September 9, 2002 10:27 a.m. EDT) - A federal judge who helped hand the tobacco industry one of its biggest legal victories in recent years represented a tobacco company as a private attorney, a newspaper reported Monday. |
09/09/02 |
| Sanofi's Obesity Drug May Help Smokers Quit, Sans Weight Gain |
LONDON -- An experimental drug shows promise in helping people to quit smoking and avoid the weight gain that often comes with kicking the habit. |
09/06/02 |
| Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: Natl Survey Shows Tobacco Prevention Works, But So Does Philip Morris' Marketing in Attracting Kids |
WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The following statement by Matthew L. Myers, president of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids on the 2001 National Household Survey on Drug Abuse was released today: |
09/06/02 |
| FDA Says Pfizer Drug Works to Open Airways |
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A new drug to treat a smoking-related disease that is America's No. 4 killer seems effective for opening patients' airways, but its effect on shortness of breath is "less convincing," U.S. Food and Drug Administration staff said in |
09/05/02 |
| 'Reduced-risk' cigarette planned |
Philip Morris, the nation's leading cigarette maker, said yesterday it intends to launch a ''reduced-risk'' cigarette next year. |
09/05/02 |
| Medical Students Don't Receive Enough Training In Helping Patients Quit Smoking |
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. --Though tobacco use remains the leading cause of preventable death in the United States., medical schools are not doing enough to train medical students to help their patients quit smoking, a Wake Forest University School of Medicine |
09/04/02 |
| Dopamine May Be Key to Kicking the Habit: Study |
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A drug that blocks a chemical critical to the brain's "reward" system appears to aggravate cigarette cravings, while a drug that boosts levels of the chemical, dopamine, may weaken the urge to puff, according to the results of |
09/04/02 |
| Anti-tobacco group urges Southeast Asian countries to take tough common stance |
An international anti-tobacco group urged Southeast Asian countries meeting in Bangkok to take a tough common stance ahead of global negotiations next month for a U.N.-sponsored treaty on tobacco control. |
09/03/02 |
| Obesity burden 'outweighs smoking' |
More people are now falling ill through their couch potato lifestyle than through smoking, suggest Europe-wide figures. |
09/03/02 |
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