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| Tendon-To-Bone Healing Impeded By Cigarette Smoking |
Orthopaedic surgery researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified yet another reason not to smoke. Studying rotator cuff injury in rats, the research team found exposure to nicotine delays tendon-to-bone healing, su |
10/23/06 |
| Collaboration To Reduce Smoking Rates Announced By The American Legacy Foundation And Mayo Clinic |
The American Legacy Foundation® and Mayo Clinic announced today their first collaboration together, to marry the expertise of the Mayo Clinic's Nicotine Dependence Center and the American Legacy Foundation's public health and marketing acumen to help |
10/23/06 |
| Missouri Tobacco Tax Proposal To Appear On November Ballot |
The Missouri Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled unanimously that a proposed constitutional amendment to raise tobacco taxes should be placed on the Nov. 7 ballot, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. The ballot measure, Amendment 3, would raise about |
10/19/06 |
| At Least One In Four Hardened Smokers Will Develop Progressive Lung Disease (COPD) |
At least one in four hardened smokers will develop the progressive and incurable lung disease COPD, finds a long term study published ahead of print in Thorax.
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10/19/06 |
| Rapid Improvement In Health Of Bar Workers Associated With Smoking Ban |
Bar workers in Scotland showed significant improvements in respiratory symptoms and lung function within 2 months following a ban on smoking in confined public places, according to a study in the October 11 issue of JAMA.
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10/19/06 |
| Smokers Have A 25% Chance Of Developing Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
If you smoke, your have a 25% chance of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), say British and Danish researchers. COPD is a lung disease in which the lungs become so damaged that it is difficult to breathe - the airways are partly ob |
10/19/06 |
| Nabi Biopharmaceuticals Completes Enrollment In NicVAX Phase IIB 'Proof-of-Concept' Clinical Trial |
Nabi
Biopharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: NABI) today announced it has completed
enrollment for its Phase IIB "proof-of-concept" study for NicVAX(R)
(Nicotine Conjugate Vaccine), the company's novel, innovative and
proprietary investigationa |
10/19/06 |
| Smoking Ban Study Shows Health Benefits For Bar Staff |
Scotland's smoking ban has had an immediate and positive impact on the health of bar staff who were previously subject to high levels of passive cigarette smoke, a study conducted by researchers at the University of Dundee has concluded. |
10/19/06 |
| Get Wise To Subliminal Messages In Cigarette Ads: Teens Would Be Half As Likely To Smoke |
Today alone, more than 4,400 U.S. teenagers will start smoking, according to statistics from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Administration. Many of these adolescents will be lured to cigarettes by advertisements and movies that feature sophisticat |
10/12/06 |
| Help For Women To Give Up Smoking |
Adding the opiate blocker naltrexone to the combination of behavioral therapy and nicotine patches boosted smoking cessation rates for women by almost 50 percent when assessed after eight weeks of treatment, but made no difference for men, report researc |
10/12/06 |
| Double Jeopardy: Obese Smokers At Higher Risk Of Death |
People who are both very obese and who smoke increase their risk of death by 3.5 to 5 times that of people of normal weight who never smoke, finds a study in the November issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.
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10/09/06 |
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