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| Smokers To Be Denied Surgery, ASH Notes - Will Slash Costs And Recovery Times And Surgical Complications, UK |
Smokers will be denied surgery in order to slash health care costs and
reduce recovery time and surgical complications, reports Action on Smoking
and Health (ASH), a national antismoking organization which has long
championed making smokers |
06/21/07 |
| Quit Smoking Before Father's Day: Cigarette Smoke Alters DNA In Sperm - 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. |
06/21/07 |
| Cigarette Smoking Impairs Ligament Healing |
The list of reasons you shouldn't smoke has gotten longer. Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis are reporting that smoking interferes with ligament healing.
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06/21/07 |
| International Pharmaceutical Federation Supports WHO Action To Promote Smoke-Free Environments |
Today the World Health Organization is urging all across the globe to recognize and participate in World No Tobacco Day, held annually on May 31. This year the event will centre around the theme SMOKE-FREE ENVIRONMENTS, with WHO and associated stakeholde |
06/04/07 |
| World No Tobacco Day 2007: Quit, Before Your Time Runs Out! |
To mark May 31, 2007, World No Tobacco Day 2007, The Lung Association launched its campaign urging Canadians to "Quit, before your time runs out". The campaign includes a public service announcement that will run on major media outlets, as well as a sup |
06/04/07 |
| Only 100% Smoke-Free Environments Adequately Protect From Dangers Of Second-Hand Smoke |
The World Health Organization (WHO) signalled the urgent need for countries to make all indoor public places and workplaces 100% smoke-free with the release of its new policy recommendations on protection from exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke in adv |
06/04/07 |
| WHO Urges All Countries To Ban Smoking |
Coinciding with today being World No Tobacco Day, the World Health Organization (WHO) is urging all countries to bring in a 100 per cent ban on smoking
in indoor public places and workplaces and has released its new policy recommendations on protec |
06/04/07 |
| Choice And Motivation Means Success For Smokers Who Want To Quit |
Smokers who have a say in how they quit are more likely to try kicking the habit and are more successful, according to new research at the University of Rochester.
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06/04/07 |
| AMA/ACOSH National Tobacco Scoreboard 2007 Awards - Western Australia Wins Again |
AMA (Australian Medical Association) President, Dr Mukesh Haikerwal, today announced the winners (and losers) in the 2007 AMA/Australian Council on Smoking and Health (ACOSH) National Tobacco Scoreboard. |
06/04/07 |
| Nation's Pediatricans Urge Elimination Of Smoking From Movies With Less Than R Rating, USA |
Each day, nearly 4,000 children and adolescents smoke their first cigarette. One thousand of them become addicted smokers, facing a lifetime of medical conditions from which more than 400,000 die each year. A significant body of research indicates that |
06/04/07 |
| American Lung Association Applauds Institute Of Medicine Report -Report Affirms Need For Congress To Pass FDA Regulation Of Tobacco Products This Year |
A new report from the Institute of Medicine further reinforces the urgent need for Congress to pass legislation giving the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authority over tobacco products. This groundbreaking report, Ending the Tobacco Problem: |
06/04/07 |
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