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Date |
| Exposure To Environmental Tobacco Smoke Causes Respiratory Symptoms In Healthy Adults |
Over time, inhaling environmental tobacco smoke (ETS)--a process often called "passive smoking"--can cause otherwise healthy adults to develop chronic respiratory symptoms.
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11/23/06 |
| Teens Who Smoke Have Increased Risk Of Developing Asthma |
Children and teens who smoke cigarettes have nearly four times the risk of developing asthma in their teens compared to children and teens who do not smoke, researchers at the University of Southern California (USC) report.
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11/23/06 |
| Don't Smoke For One Day Drive In USA |
Today is the Great American Smokeout day, when smokers are encouraged to try to refrain from smoking for one whole day. This day has existed every year for the last 30 years. |
11/20/06 |
| HPV Positive Smokers Have Much Higher Cervical Cancer Risk |
A woman who is HPV positive, and smokes has a much higher risk of developing cervical cancer than a woman who is HPV positive and does not smoke. The heavier the smoking is, the higher the risk, say researchers from the Karolinska Institutet in Stockho |
11/20/06 |
| New Study Finds Everyday Activities Trigger Smoking Cravings |
While most smokers are well aware
that quitting can be an intense battle, many underestimate the severity of
cravings and the role cravings play in putting them at risk for relapse. |
11/20/06 |
| Heavy Smoking Cuts Women's Chance Of Pregnancy, Even With Donated Oocytes |
Heavy smoking may reduce female fertility by directly affecting the uterus - making it less receptive and reducing the chances the embryo will implant, according to research published on line on 9 November in Europe's leading reproductive medicine journa |
11/15/06 |
| Underage Smoke Exposure Raises Bladder Cancer Risk |
A child is more likely to develop bladder cancer later in life if he/she is exposed to second-hand smoke or smokes, say European researchers. A child who starts smoking before the age of 15 is three times as likely to suffer from bladder cancer later in |
11/15/06 |
| What Makes Us Stick To Our Bad Habits? |
Why do we ignore public warnings and advertisements about the dangers of smoking, drinking alcohol, overeating, stressing out and otherwise persist in habits and behaviours that we know aren't good for us?
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11/15/06 |
| Women Catching Up To Men In Lung Cancer Deaths |
Lung cancer is the No. 1 cancer-related killer in the United States. And while men are more likely to die from lung cancer than women, the trend is starting to change.
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11/15/06 |
| How Smoking Affects Fractures And Ligament Injuries |
Cigarette smoking, which causes over 8.6 million illnesses annually in the U.S., has been shown to have harmful effects on a variety of orthopedic conditions. Studies have shown that the numerous toxins contained in cigarette smoke can undermine fracture |
11/09/06 |
| Smokers Have Worse Side Effects From Radiation Treatment For Prostate Cancer |
Smoking has been found to contribute to poorer outcomes for people treated for many kinds of cancer and now, researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center have associated smoking and acute side-effects following radiation therapy for prostate cancer. The study |
11/09/06 |
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