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| Our Kids Deserve It: Lung Association Launches National Push For Smoke-free Cars, Canada |
The Lung Association launched "Stop Smoking in Cars! Our Kids Deserve It!" - a nationwide campaign designed to help Canadians push their provincial governments to tackle the issue of smoking in cars... |
01/25/08 |
| Wales: Discarded Cigarette Caused House Fire |
Fires caused by a discarded cigarette threatened the lives of an elderly women over the weekend. A woman fell asleep at her home in Cysgodfa and the cigarette set her chair ablaze on Saturday evening. |
01/25/08 |
| Nurses' Advice Boosts Smokers' Chances Of Quitting |
Despite countless public service ads, educational programs and the scary warnings on cigarette packs, roughly one in every five American adults still smokes. However, a new systematic review finds t... |
01/25/08 |
| Chantix Label Updated To Warn Of Suicide Risk |
Pfizer, who make the smoking cessation drug Chantix (varenicline), have updated the drug's labelling in the United States to reflect the fact patients
may experience "serious neuropsychiatric symptoms", including suicidal behaviour.
Ch |
01/25/08 |
| Aim Is To Ensure Canadians "Butt Out" When Driving In Cars With Kids |
On Wednesday, January 23, The Lung Association will launch a campaign to help Canadians push their provincial governments to tackle the issue of smoking in cars when children are present. The Association wants provincial governments to ensure people "bu |
01/25/08 |
| Beyond The Abstract - Maternal Smoking During Pregnancy Specifically Reduces Human Fetal Desert Hedgehog Gene Expression During Testis Development |
UroToday.com - In this article, published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, Fowler and colleagues report that continued cigarette smoking by women with normally progressing pr... |
01/25/08 |
| Tobacco Industry's Aim For Protection From Light Cigarettes Lawsuits |
In what could turn out to be a shield from massive lawsuits over the marketing techniques used for 'light' cigarettes, the US Supreme Court has accepted to hear arguments from cigarette maker Altria Philip Morris, USA. |
01/25/08 |
| Russia Edges Closer To Ratifying FCTC |
New legislation to adopt a ban on tobacco advertising, if approved, would allow Russia to ratify the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC). The FCTC calls all signatories to undertake a comprehensive ban on all tob |
01/25/08 |
| Canada Ready For Smoking Curbs In Cars, Cancer Group Says |
According to the Canadian Cancer Society there is widespread support for laws which would ban smoking in cars carrying young people. |
01/25/08 |
| How Smoking May Damage Your Eyesight |
If you are a smoker not only is your risk of developing age-related macular degeneration (AMD) greater, but also the risk of existing AMD progressing faster is also higher if you smoke. This is according to an article published in Archives of Ophthalmol |
01/25/08 |
| New Book By University Of Calgary Professor Tackles Nicotine Addiction Through Hypnotism |
In his fifth and new self-published book Breathe, Freedom: Kicking the Crap Out of Cigarettes, Dr. Kevin Alderson, a clinical hypnotist and associate professor in applied psychology at the U of C, uses hypnotic suggestions and offers a host of other me |
01/25/08 |
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