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| New Fodder For The Next Clean Air Fight: Smoke-Filled Cars |
New research from investigators at Harvard University measured secondhand tobacco smoke in cars and found pollution levels that are likely hazardous to children.
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10/09/06 |
| Teen Smoking Cessation Programs Improve Quit Rates |
Smoking cessation programs geared to teen smokers are effective, a new review of studies has found. Teens who participate are more likely to kick the tobacco habit than those who attempt to quit on their own. |
10/09/06 |
| Kaiser Daily Women's Health Policy Report Highlights Recently Released Journal Articles |
The following highlights recently released journal articles on women's health issues. Pregnancy & Childbirth "Environmental Tobacco Smoke and Risk of Spontaneous Abortion," Epidemiology: Lena George of the Karolinska Institutet in Stockholm, Sw |
10/04/06 |
| Global Trend Of Smoking Tobacco Through A Waterpipe Or Hookah Means More Young People And Women Have Taken Up The Habit |
The growing fad of smoking tobacco through a waterpipe, sometimes known as a hookah, is rapidly turning into a worrisome epidemic, according to a Georgetown University researcher who says smokers who think this form of tobacco use is less toxic than ciga |
10/04/06 |
| Oregon Gov. Proposes Cigarette Tax Increase To Fund Children's Health Care Coverage |
Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski (D) on Monday proposed increasing the state's cigarette tax by 85 cents per pack to expand the Oregon Health Plan, which provides health insurance to uninsured children, the Oregonian reports. Under the plan, Oregon' |
10/03/06 |
| Washington, D.C., Mayor Proposes 5 Million In Health Initiatives Using Tobacco Settlement Funds |
Washington, D.C., Mayor Anthony Williams on Tuesday proposed a plan to fund a number of health initiatives with at least 5 million from the city's share of the 1998 national tobacco settlement, the Washington Times reports (Doolittle, Washington Tim |
10/02/06 |
| Blunt Smokers Link Dependence Potential To Nicotine |
According to a study by researchers at National Development and Research Institutes, Inc. (NDRI) users of blunts (tobacco cigar shells filled with marijuana) do not understand or experience marijuana dependence in terms of conventional clinical criteria. |
10/02/06 |
| Smoking Might Increase Risk Of Contracting HIV, Study Says |
Smoking might increase the risk of contracting HIV, according to a study published in the Aug. 21 online edition of the journal Sexually Transmitted Infections, the New York Times reports (Nagourney, New York Times, 9/26). Andrew Furber, a public healt |
10/02/06 |
| Study Suggests Menthol Cigarette Smokers May Have More Difficulty Quitting Smoking |
Menthol and non-menthol cigarettes appear to be equally harmful to the arteries and to lung function, but smokers of menthols may be less likely to attempt or succeed at quitting, according to a report in the September 25 issue of Archives of Internal Me |
10/02/06 |
| Menthol Cigarettes More Addictive Than Regular Ones |
If you regularly smoke menthol cigarettes you may well find it harder to give up smoking than if are a regular non-menthol smoker, say researchers from the University of California, San Francisco, USA. Menthol cigarette advertising is targeted at African |
09/27/06 |
| Class Action Suit Against Tobacco Firms |
A class action suit status was granted against the tobacco industry today by U.S. District Judge Jack Weinstein, Brooklyn, USA. Experts say that the bill for the tobacco companies could hit as high as 0 billion. Tobacco companies are being sued becau |
09/26/06 |
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