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| Smoking When Pregnant Raises Child's Risk Of Stroke, Heart Attack |
Women who smoke during pregnancy can cause permanent vascular damage in their children - increasing their risk for stroke and heart attack, researchers warned at the American Heart Association's 47th Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiolo |
03/12/07 |
| Indiana House Rejects Cigarette Tax Increase To Fund Health Care Coverage |
The Indiana House on Tuesday voted 52-44 against a bill (HB 1008) that would have raised the state's cigarette tax by 25 cents per pack to fund health coverage for low-income, uninsured residents, the Evansville Courier & Press reports. The tax was exp |
03/12/07 |
| Lung Function Decline In Smokers Slowed By Higher Physical Activity Level |
Moderate to high levels of regular physical activity are associated with lower lung function decline among smokers and help to moderate their risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), according to a large retrospective cohort study |
03/12/07 |
| Lung Cancer Alliance Commends Research On Non-Smoking Lung Cancer Cases |
Today, Lung Cancer
Alliance (LCA) commended the work of a Stanford researcher for documenting
the number of non-smokers who are being diagnosed with lung cancer.
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03/12/07 |
| New NHS Campaign Highlights Hidden Dangers Of Secondhand Smoke, UK |
Secondhand smoke is an "invisible killer", according to a shocking
new advertising campaign, launched by Public Health Minister Caroline
Flint today. Nearly 85 per cent of tobacco smoke is invisible and
odourless, but it causes just as much harm to pe |
03/06/07 |
| Nicotine's Role In Smoking Behavior |
Tobacco dependence is the leading cause of mortality in Canada. Although most smokers express a desire to stop smoking, only a small number are able to succeed. A new study from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH, Canada) and the National I |
03/06/07 |
| TB Infection Risk Increased By Smoking, New Study Finds |
People who smoke have a greater risk of becoming infected with tuberculosis (TB) and of having that infection turn into active TB disease, according to an analysis by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley.
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03/06/07 |
| Smoking Levels In The WHO European Region Have Stabilized, But Greater Focus Needs To Be Placed On Young People, Women And Marginalized Groups |
The European tobacco control report 2007, now published, presents an overview of tobacco use and tobacco-related harm in the Region, and reports progress in tobacco control at national and international levels since 2002 when the European Strategy for |
03/06/07 |
| California Anti-Smoking Laws Save Thousands Of Lives, New Study Finds |
More than 50,000 lives
will have been saved by the year 2010 in California because of statewide
tobacco control policies. That's according to a new study that also
estimates smoking rates among Californians dropped by 25 percent due to
high |
03/06/07 |
| UK Coalition Joins EU Pledge To Fight Fire With Fire Safer Cigarettes |
Fire fighters, fire victims and campaigners from across Europe have come together to form a powerful coalition. Their objective is to drive through new measures to prevent much of the avoidable death and disfigurement arising from fires caused by cigaret |
03/01/07 |
| Mom, Thank You For Not Smoking |
Worldwide, over 300 million people are affected with asthma. It is known that both genetic and environmental factors influence who will suffer from asthma. Researchers from Michigan State University in the USA and The David Hide Asthma and Allergy Resear |
03/01/07 |
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