| Title |
Intro |
Date |
| Teen smokers, it's tough but you can quit |
AT THE age of 13, Tiger puffed his way through 40 sticks of cigarettes a day. |
06/06/04 |
| Cigarettes or food? |
ACCORDING TO the World Health Organisation (WHO) the rich are curtailing their use of tobacco and the poor (especially in developing countries), are spending more of their income on smoking. |
06/05/04 |
| Smokers who quit before the age of 35 have a reasonable chance to regain their health |
A new analysis of data on smoking and health finds that smokers who quit before the age of 35 have a reasonable chance to regain their health over time and to live as long and as well as people who have never smoked. The Duke University Medical Center res |
06/05/04 |
| Collins On Board With Anti-Smoking Interests |
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Senator Susan Collins is cosponsoring an anti-smoking bill that will give the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the authority to regulate the sale, marketing, and advertising of tobacco products. The legislation would also allow the F |
06/04/04 |
| Secondhand smoke may trigger heart attacks |
Secondhand tobacco smoke contains at least 250 chemicals that are known to be toxic or carcinogenic, and is responsible for more than 35,000 heart disease deaths in the U.S. each year, as well as 3,000 lung cancer deaths. |
06/01/04 |
| Irish smoking ban a success |
A RECENT survey of Irish pubs, hotels and restaurants found 97 per cent obeying the government's wide-ranging smoking ban, according to the first implementation report from the country's Office of Tobacco Control (OTC) today. |
05/31/04 |
| Health group details smoking impact |
The economic impact of smoking is being highlighted today as part of No Tobacco Day in the Illawarra. |
05/31/04 |
| More than 1,500 people die annually of passive smoking |
Some 23.8 percent of the adult population in Israel smoke. This is the lowest percentage of smokers registered in Israel since the testing began 32 years ago, according to a Health Ministry report for the years 2003-2004 which was published Monday for int |
05/31/04 |
| Poll finds nonsmokers unlikely to say 'no' to smokers' pleas |
When asked by their bosses if it was OK to smoke, about 60 percent of nonsmokers felt they could not reply "no," according to a survey conducted by the Tokyo-based Smoking-Cessation Information Center. |
05/30/04 |
| NT heads anti-tobacco action |
The Northern Territory continued to top the nation in anti-tobacco action while Tasmania fell to last place, health experts said. |
05/30/04 |
| Peer pressure studied to reduce student smoking |
Michelle Kuhn sings in the choir and belongs to the Spanish Club at Abraham Lincoln High School. She also holds a job at Old Navy in the Mall of the Bluffs. |
05/30/04 |
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