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Date |
| Teens And Smoking: Why Cessation Interventions Should Start After The First Puff |
Smoking prevention and cessation programs have met with little success for teenagers. The natural course of cigarette use has traditionally been thought to progress through 5 stages, ending with nicotine-dependent smoking.
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08/28/06 |
| Smokers With Chronic Pain Smoke More, But Show Desire To Quit |
Smokers who experience significant pain smoke more cigarettes per day than those who are not regularly in pain, according to a study published by researchers at the University of Kentucky. However, more than half of smokers with pain are at least consi |
08/28/06 |
| Increased Odds Of Rheumatoid Arthritis In Women Smokers Without Genetic Risk Factor |
Smoking increases the chance of developing rheumatoid arthritis in women who otherwise lack genetic risk factors for the disease, reveals research published ahead of print in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.
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08/28/06 |
| Roswell Park Researchers Evaluate World-Wide Effort To Implement Tobacco Control Policies |
Scientific evidence can be used to direct and support tobacco control policies around the world, according to a newly released special issue of the journal Tobacco Control. K. Michael Cummings, PhD, Chair of the Department of Health Behavior at Roswell |
08/28/06 |
| Imaging Study May Help Point Toward More Effective Smoking Cessation Treatments |
Results of a new imaging study, supported in part by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institutes of Health, show that the nicotine received in just a few puffs of a cigarette can exert a force powerful enough to drive an individual |
08/28/06 |
| Nicotine Found To Protect Against Parkinson's-like Brain Damage |
New research suggests that nicotine treatment protects against the same type of brain damage that occurs in Parkinson's disease. The research was conducted in laboratory animals treated with MPTP, an agent that produces a gradual loss of brain function |
08/28/06 |
| Children Of Smokers More Likely To Have Behavior Problems, Smoke And Use Drugs In Adolescence And Adulthood |
A new study exploring smoking, heavy drinking and marijuana use across three generations indicates that the children of a parent who uses any of these substances are more likely to smoke, binge drink or use marijuana in adolescence and adulthood. Drug |
08/28/06 |
| Anti-smoking Effort Recognized Internationally |
The Chairman of the Hong Kong Council on Smoking and Health (COSH), Dr Homer Tso today (August 10) was congratulated by the Director of Health, Dr PY Lam, for receiving an international award recognizing his dedicated and outstanding contribution to tob |
08/28/06 |
| The Possible Links Between Nutrition And Oral Cancer In Smokers |
Every year, nearly 300,000 people worldwide are diagnosed with oral cancer. This type of cancer has the highest incidence in people who use tobacco, including cigarettes, but the means by which tobacco promotes the development of oral cancer is unknown |
08/28/06 |
| Pennsylvania Department Of Health To Promote Anti-Chewing Tobacco Message At Little League Baseball World Series |
Sports fans attending the
Little League Baseball World Series in Williamsport, Aug. 18-27, will also
be part of the commonwealth's latest efforts to educate the public about
the dangers of tobacco products, especially chewing tobacco. |
08/28/06 |
| No Butts About It: Texas Is Crushing Out Smoking, Unique UH Database Shows |
In the last five years, Texas cities have been crushing out cigarettes and other tobacco products in restaurants, bars and worksites at a faster rate than ever before. The trend toward non-smoking ordinances is one of many findings of the Texas Smoke-F |
08/28/06 |
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