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Date |
| Misperceptions About Smoking Cessation Aids May Hinder Smokers From Using Effective Treatment For Quitting |
Leading researchers
in the field of smoking cessation are gathering at the annual meeting of
the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (SRNT) to present the
latest research on smoking... |
03/05/08 |
| Health Of Women And Children Threatened By Tobacco Use Including Secondhand Smoke Exposure During Pregnancy |
Findings from a National Institute of Health (NIH) study indicate that rates of tobacco use during pregnancy, as well as exposure of pregnant women and their young children to secondhand smoke, are significant threats to health in several low and middle- |
03/05/08 |
| New Study: How Cigarette Smoke Causes Cancer |
Everyone has known for decades that smoking causes cancer, but until now no one really understood how cigarette smoke causes healthy lung cells to become cancerous. Researchers from the University of California, Davis, show that hydrogen peroxide in ciga |
03/05/08 |
| Efforts To Fix Or Kill Lung Cancer Cells Thwarted By Protein |
A protein that helps lung cancer cells thrive appears to do so by blocking healthy cells' ability to fix themselves when radiation or chemicals, such as nicotine, damage their DNA, according to a University of Florida study to be published Friday (Feb. 2 |
03/05/08 |
| Secondhand Smoke Exposure: Worldwide Concern |
Although secondhand smoke has been linked to death and illness, a new study suggests that parents around the world do very little to protect their children from "passive smoking" exposure.
Heathe... |
03/05/08 |
| France: Heart Attack Rates Drop Following National Smoking Ban |
Statistics show that since a smoking ban took effect in France a year ago, admissions of patients with myocardial infarction dropped 15 percent at emergency wards.
French health authorities told the National Sanitary Institute that there was a 15 per |
03/05/08 |
| Public Health Officials Warn About The Unrecognized Health Hazards Of Smoking From A Hookah, Reports The Harvard Mental Health Letter |
A new fad among college
students and other young people -- smoking from a hookah -- is raising
public health concerns. The centuries-old tradition of smoking from a
hookah, or waterpipe, is ... |
03/05/08 |
| Step-Parents Influence Teenage Smoking Behaviour, UK |
Smoking by a non-biological parent is as influential as smoking by biological parents in determining whether their teenager smokes, reveal the results of a Cancer Research UK study published in the journal Addiction*.
Researchers based at Cancer Researc |
03/05/08 |
| World Heart Federation Urges Geneva To Vote For Smoking Ban |
The World Heart Federation is urging Geneva to vote on February 24th to ban smoking in bars and restaurants. Following recent smoking bans in France, Spain, Italy and the United Kingdom, it is hoped Geneva will follow the example set by fellow Swiss can |
03/05/08 |
| Heart Attack Rates Fall Following National Smoking Bans |
French researchers announced a striking 15% decrease in admissions of patients with myocardial infarction to emergency wards since the public ban on smoking came into effect in restaurants, hotels a... |
03/05/08 |
| Pre-Eclampsia Risk To Mothers And Babies Is Greater For Smokers |
The results of a new study published in the journal Hypertension
reveal that if women give up smoking before or during pregnancy, they
can reduce their risk of pre-eclampsia.
Pre-eclampsia is a high-risk medical condition when hypertension (high
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03/05/08 |
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