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| Prenatal Nicotine Exposure Can Lead To Cardiac Function Reprogramming In Adult Offspring |
At least 11 percent of American women smoke during pregnancy. The negative effects of nicotine exposure to their fetuses and newborns are significant. A 2004 report by the Surgeon General, for example, found that women who smoked during pregnancy had ch |
05/07/07 |
| Smokers Take More Sick Leave: More Evidence Of The Benefits Of Going Smokefree Early |
Research from Sweden shows that smokers take almost 8 days more sick leave every year than non-smokers. [1] This large, nationally representative study provides the best evidence to date that smoking affects productivity. Across the whole sample, the a |
05/07/07 |
| Tobacco Giant's "School Of Cool" Recruits Young Smokers |
British American Tobacco (BAT) executives gather today to celebrate a "good year" at their annual shareholders' meeting in London. But health charity Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) believes the company is profiting from a new generation of young smo |
05/07/07 |
| Smoking Common During Pregnancy |
While pregnancy may be considered an effective motivator for smoking cessation, results of a new study by researchers at the Mailman School of Public Health indicate that pregnant U.S. women commonly smoke, placing themselves and their unborn children at |
05/07/07 |
| FSU Researcher's Award Will Fund Study Into Cardiovascular Grafts |
A Florida State University researcher who is developing methods for regenerating blood vessels damaged by secondhand tobacco smoke has received a fellowship award that could provide as much as 0,000 over five years for her to pursue new scientific app |
05/07/07 |
| 1.1 Million Smokers Quit On No Smoking Day 2007, UK |
Figures released today show that 1.1 million smokers (1 in 10) actually stopped smoking on last month's No Smoking Day (14 March) and a third of all smokers took a positive step towards stopping smoking. |
05/07/07 |
| Doctors Call For Tough Measures To Break The Tobacco Trap To Protect Children From Tobacco Smoke In Scotland |
Ten-pack cigarettes should be banned, shops that sell cigarettes should be required to have licences and keep cigarettes under the counter and tobacco vending machines should be outlawed. These are the some of the hard-hitting recommendations in the BMA' |
05/07/07 |
| Lung Cancer Risk Gauged Using Assessment Model Based On Medical History |
Clinicians may be one step closer to having a critical tool in identifying which smokers are at higher risk for developing lung cancer, the deadliest of all cancers, thanks to an assessment model generated by researchers at The University of Texas M. D. |
05/07/07 |
| 500,000 New Yorkers Started Smoking Again In The Past Year |
Quitting is easy, Mark Twain said - "I've done it a thousand times." More than half of New York City smokers tried to quit last year, but 80% of them - some 500,000 people - relapsed within three months. Fortunately, relapse doesn't mean failure. Quittin |
05/07/07 |
| Study Confirms The Risk Of Exposure To Secondhand Tobacco Smoke At Sidewalk Cafes And Other Outboor Settings |
Tens of thousands of Americans die each year from secondhand tobacco smoke, according to a 2006 report by the U.S. Surgeon General. While the health risks associated with indoor secondhand smoke are well documented, little research has been done on expos |
05/07/07 |
| Reduction In Nicotine Craving Predicts Ability To Quit |
The stronger the reduction in nicotine craving after smoking the first cigarette in the morning, the more difficult it will be to quit smoking, according to a Yale School of Medicine study in Drug and Alcohol Dependence. |
05/07/07 |
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