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Date |
| Topping The List Of Lifestyle Factors Impacting Oral Health Are Smoking And Sleep |
There are many lifestyle factors that can impact a person's health, such as nutrition, amount of sleep, mental stress, tobacco use, and exercise. A study in the May issue of the Journal of Periodontology identifies lifestyle factors that have the most im |
05/23/07 |
| Reducing The Nation's Tobacco Use |
Despite declines in tobacco use in the United States, hundreds of thousands of Americans still die every year from smoking-related causes. ENDING THE TOBACCO PROBLEM: A BLUEPRINT FOR THE NATION, a new report from the Institute of Medicine, examines which |
05/23/07 |
| Household Smoking Restrictions More Strongly Associated With Better Health Status Than Workplace Smoking Restrictions |
In the first study of its kind to evaluate how smoking restrictions in the workplace and at home affect health status, researchers at the Mailman School of Public Health found that nonsmokers who live under both a total household and total workplace smok |
05/23/07 |
| Tobacco And Alcohol Use Independently Increase Risk Of Head And Neck Cancer |
Cigarette smoking is more strongly associated with head and neck cancers than drinking alcohol, according to a study in the May 16 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. The study found that smoking is responsible for a quarter of head an |
05/23/07 |
| Smoking, Care For Poor And US Flu Vaccine Policies |
Research in New York Academy of Medicine's Journal of Urban Health
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05/23/07 |
| Mayor Of New York Proposes Preventing 100 Million Deaths From Tobacco |
Around 100 million lives could be saved if every country around the world reduced its adult smoking rate to below 20% or by 5% if already below 20%. The proposal is published in a Viewpoint co-authored by Mayor of New York Michael Bloomberg in this week' |
05/23/07 |
| Smoking In Hollywood Movies Strongly Linked To Increase In Global Youth Smoking |
New research reveals how the incidence of smoking in US-made movies is influencing teenagers in countries far beyond American shores. Studies in Germany and Mexico, as well as further evidence from the United States, show a correlation between the amou |
05/23/07 |
| BAT Admits Breach Of Its Marketing Code |
Following the release of ASH's report - "You've got to be kidding" [1] - into the way BAT markets its cigarettes to young people around the world, the company has acknowledged in a letter to ASH that it has started an investigation into the marketing br |
05/23/07 |
| Indiana Gov. Daniels Signs Law To Increase Cigarette Tax To Fund Health Care Program |
Indiana Gov. Mitch Daniels (R) on Thursday signed into law a bill that will increase the state's cigarette tax by 44 cents per pack to fund a health insurance program for low-income residents, the AP/Louisville Courier-Journal reports. The tax, which w |
05/23/07 |
| Lung Cancer Alliance Says Stop Splitting Hairs: Give Movies With Smoking Scenes An R Rating |
Today, Lung Cancer
Alliance (LCA) President Laurie Fenton Ambrose called this week's decision
by the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) to "consider" smoking
as a factor when rating movies, "not good enough."
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05/23/07 |
| Low tar "lite" cigarettes impair blood flow through the heart as severely as regular cigarettes |
Low tar "lite" cigarettes impair blood flow through the heart as severely as regular cigarettes, reveals a small study published ahead of print in the journal Heart.
The findings are based on 62 people in their mid 20s, with no evidence of cor |
05/23/07 |
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