| Title |
Intro |
Date |
| Tobacco Companies Get Off Lightly In US Ruling |
Federal Judge, Glady's Kessler, has found Philip Morris, RJ Reynolds, Brown & Williamson, British American Tobacco and Lorillard Tobacco guilty of misleading the public about the harmful consequences of smoking to human health. Kessler said it was evide |
08/28/06 |
| All Tobacco Forms Are Harmful To Health |
Exposure to all kinds of tobacco, such as smoking it, chewing it and bubble pipes significantly raise a person's chances of having a heart attack, say researchers from McMaster University, Ontario, Canada. |
08/28/06 |
| Nurses Should Play Larger Role In Helping Smokers Quit |
Some good advice from nurses to patients who smoke significantly increases the likelihood of those smokers quitting, according to several articles in a special issue of the July-August 2006 Nursing Research journal. |
08/28/06 |
| Global Study Shows All Tobacco Bad For The Heart, McMaster University |
A major Canadian-led global study has found all forms of tobacco exposure, whether that be smoking, chewing or inhaling second hand smoke, increase the risk of heart attack.
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08/28/06 |
| All Tobacco Bad For The Heart Global Study Shows |
A major Canadian-led global study has found all forms of tobacco exposure, whether that be smoking, chewing or inhaling second hand smoke, increase the risk of heart attack.
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08/28/06 |
| Study Suggests Molecular Basis For Urge To Smoke |
When cigarette smokers first stop smoking the number of nicotine receptors in the brain is significantly higher when compared to non-smokers, which may explain why it is so tough to quit, according to a study by Yale School of Medicine researchers publ |
08/28/06 |
| Nicotine Withdrawal Begins Quickly Researchers Find |
Smokers who have tried to quit are well aware of the symptoms of nicotine withdrawal: cravings for cigarettes, mood disturbances, appetite increase and sleep problems. However, it had not previously been known when withdrawal symptoms first appear. Tho |
08/28/06 |
| Chinese Men Putting Wives At Risk Of Early Death By Smoking |
Chinese men are putting their wives at increased risk of long-term illness and early death by smoking, finds a study in this week's BMJ. |
08/28/06 |
| Cell Repair Mechanism Blocked By Cigarette Smoke, University Of Florida Study Shows |
Cigarette smoke can turn normal breast cells cancerous by blocking their ability to repair themselves, eventually triggering tumor development, University of Florida scientists report.
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08/28/06 |
| Researcher Maps Slippery Slope Of Teen Smoking |
McGill epidemiologist Jennifer O'Loughlin has added another chapter to her six-year study of more than 1,200 adolescent smokers in Montreal, with a new map of 12 addiction “milestones” that will give fresh ammunition to both health-care professionals an |
08/28/06 |
| Pfizer's CHANTIX(TM) (Varenicline) Now Available To Help Smokers Quit |
Pfizer Inc announced today
that CHANTIX(TM) (varenicline) is now available in U.S. pharmacies.
CHANTIX, the first new prescription aid to smoking cessation treatment
approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in nearly a decade, was
approved |
08/28/06 |
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