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| Outlook Improving for Lung Cancer Patients-Study |
LONDON (Reuters) - It's still not great but the outlook for patients with lung cancer is improving, thanks to better treatments and early detection of the first signs of the disease, Finnish scientists said on Monday. |
06/03/02 |
| Genetic Fingerprint Of Lung Cancer Predicts Treatment Outcome |
New research from Toronto's Princess Margaret Hospital identifies the genetic fingerprint for lung cancer that may eventually help determine which patients are at high risk for cancer recurrence after surgery. |
06/03/02 |
| Study Faults Laws Barring Tobacco Sales to Minors |
MONDAY, June 3 (HealthScoutNews) -- Age laws to keep cigarettes away from minors don't lead to drops in youth smoking rates. |
06/03/02 |
| California may increase smoking age |
LOS ANGELES -- A lawmaker planned to unveil a bill Monday that would raise California's smoking age from 18 to 21, making it the highest in the nation. |
06/03/02 |
| Secondhand smoke cost county million |
The cost of disease and death related to secondhand smoke was estimated at million in Marion County in 2000, according to a report being released today by the county Health Department. |
05/31/02 |
| New anti-smoking campaign kicked off |
Feel free to say no - with that statement the Commission wants to reach the youngsters in the European Union before they start smoking; a target group of about 36.2 million people. Studies shows that eight out of ten people who smoke start when they are b |
05/31/02 |
| Governor Ruth Ann Minner Signs Landmark Ban On Smoking In Delaware’s Indoor Public Places |
Wilmington - Governor Ruth Ann Minner Friday put her signature on a measure to ban smoking from most indoor public places in Delaware beginning Nov. 27, 2002, thus improving the health of Delawareans for generations to come by protecting residents and chi |
05/31/02 |
| Long-term smoking tied to increased risk of rectal cancer in women |
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Women who smoke cigarettes for 30 years or more appear to be at increased risk for rectal cancer, according to a recent report. Such long-term smoking, however, does not appear to increase the risk of colon cancer. |
05/31/02 |
| Fire Fighters Extinguish Tobacco Use for World No Tobacco Day |
NEW YORK, May 30 /PRNewswire/ -- In celebration of World No Tobacco Day (WNTD), observed annually on May 31 worldwide, fire departments across the country have joined together to encourage fire fighters and all tobacco users to quit tobacco use for the da |
05/30/02 |
| Tax hike could cut into teen smoking |
If legislators approve the 50-cent increase in cigarette taxes Gov. George Ryan has proposed, anti-smoking activists say one of the benefits will be a dramatic reduction in youth smoking--even if the youths themselves have their doubts. |
05/30/02 |
| Trial begins against tobacco companies |
Twenty years after snuffing out his last cigarette, quitting his three-pack-a-day habit cold turkey, Miami lawyer John Lukacs learned he had bladder cancer. |
05/30/02 |
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