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| Smoking Ban Study Shows Health Benefits For Bar Staff |
Scotland's smoking ban has had an immediate and positive impact on the health of bar staff who were previously subject to high levels of passive cigarette smoke, a study conducted by researchers at the University of Dundee has concluded. |
10/19/06 |
| Get Wise To Subliminal Messages In Cigarette Ads: Teens Would Be Half As Likely To Smoke |
Today alone, more than 4,400 U.S. teenagers will start smoking, according to statistics from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration. Many of these adolescents will be lured to cigarettes by advertisements and movies that feature sophisticat |
10/12/06 |
| Help For Women To Give Up Smoking |
Adding the opiate blocker naltrexone to the combination of behavioral therapy and nicotine patches boosted smoking cessation rates for women by almost 50 percent when assessed after eight weeks of treatment, but made no difference for men, report researc |
10/12/06 |
| Double Jeopardy: Obese Smokers At Higher Risk Of Death |
People who are both very obese and who smoke increase their risk of death by 3.5 to 5 times that of people of normal weight who never smoke, finds a study in the November issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
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10/09/06 |
| New Fodder For The Next Clean Air Fight: Smoke-Filled Cars |
New research from investigators at Harvard University measured secondhand tobacco smoke in cars and found pollution levels that are likely hazardous to children.
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10/09/06 |
| Teen Smoking Cessation Programs Improve Quit Rates |
Smoking cessation programs geared to teen smokers are effective, a new review of studies has found. Teens who participate are more likely to kick the tobacco habit than those who attempt to quit on their own. |
10/09/06 |
| Kaiser Daily Women's Health Policy Report Highlights Recently Released Journal Articles |
The following highlights recently released journal articles on women's health issues. Pregnancy & Childbirth "Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Risk of Spontaneous Abortion," Epidemiology: Lena George of the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sw |
10/04/06 |
| Global Trend Of Smoking Tobacco Through A Waterpipe Or Hookah Means More Young People And Women Have Taken Up The Habit |
The growing fad of smoking tobacco through a waterpipe, sometimes known as a hookah, is rapidly turning into a worrisome epidemic, according to a Georgetown University researcher who says smokers who think this form of tobacco use is less toxic than ciga |
10/04/06 |
| Oregon Gov. Proposes Cigarette Tax Increase To Fund Children's Health Care Coverage |
Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski (D) on Monday proposed increasing the state's cigarette tax by 85 cents per pack to expand the Oregon Health Plan, which provides health insurance to uninsured children, the Oregonian reports. Under the plan, Oregon' |
10/03/06 |
| Washington, D.C., Mayor Proposes 5 Million In Health Initiatives Using Tobacco Settlement Funds |
Washington, D.C., Mayor Anthony Williams on Tuesday proposed a plan to fund a number of health initiatives with at least 5 million from the city's share of the 1998 national tobacco settlement, the Washington Times reports (Doolittle, Washington Tim |
10/02/06 |
| Blunt Smokers Link Dependence Potential To Nicotine |
According to a study by researchers at National Development and Research Institutes, Inc. (NDRI) users of blunts (tobacco cigar shells filled with marijuana) do not understand or experience marijuana dependence in terms of conventional clinical criteria. |
10/02/06 |
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