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| Sharp Intake Of Breath As 99% Of Smokers Respect The Ban, UK |
After just three months of smokefree public places in England, research published by ASH (Action on Smoking & Health), Asthma UK and the British Thoracic Society shows 97% of smokers are respecting the ban fully or quitting smoking completely, leaving th |
09/29/07 |
| China: Study Of Smoking Habits |
One of the prominent features of China's growing economy are the millions of smokers. They make up of a quarter of the world's smokers and consume one-third of the world's cigarettes, registering a growth rate of more than 10%. |
09/29/07 |
| Dentists To Help People Quit Smoking, UK |
Smokers could soon be persuaded to give up by their dentists under new health plans for Bolton. |
09/29/07 |
| No Fines Issued In Staffordshire Over The Smoking Ban, UK |
No fines have been handed out across Staffordshire or Cheshire in the first two months of the smoking ban. Council officers have been out to ensure business premises, pubs and clubs are adhering to the legislation but say they have not encountered any si |
09/29/07 |
| Indiana Health Care Subsidy Program For Low-Income Residents Approved By Federal Government |
The federal government approved an Indiana state-subsidized program that will allow health insurance to be extended to about 130,000 uninsured state residents, the AP/Indianapolis Star reports. The program will be partially funded by an increase in th |
09/29/07 |
| Smoking, Low Levels Of Education And Glucose Tolerance Increase Risk Of Rheumatoid Arthritis |
New data presented at EULAR 2007, the Annual European Congress of Rheumatology in Barcelona, Spain, sheds light on the role of environmental and genetic risk factors in the development of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Two new studies by a team in Sweden hav |
06/21/07 |
| Children Of Smokers Have More Than Five Times Higher Levels Of A Nicotine Toxin |
Children who have at least one parent who smokes have 5.5 times higher levels of cotinine, a byproduct of nicotine, in their urine, according to a University of Leicester led study published online ahead of print in Archives of Disease in Childhood. |
06/21/07 |
| Children Of Smokers Have Five Times Higher Levels Of A Nicotine Toxin |
Children who have at least one parent who smokes have 5.5 times higher levels of cotinine, a byproduct of nicotine, in their urine, according to a study published online ahead of print in Archives of Disease in Childhood. |
06/21/07 |
| Exposure To Smokers In Movies Increases Likelihood Of Smoking In The Future, New Study Shows |
A new study appearing in the July issue of Psychological Science, a journal of the Association for Psychological Science, reports that watching an actor smoke on the big screen may make smokers more likely to continue smoking in the future, and make nons |
06/21/07 |
| MPAA Gives Lip Service To Rating Movies With Smoking |
"The Motion Picture Association of America's (MPAA) decision to 'consider smoking as a factor' when rating movies does nothing to ensure that children and teens are not exposed to and influenced by on-screen smoking. By failing to implement a mandatory R |
06/21/07 |
| Counter Advertising At The Cinema Reduces Appeal Of Smoking Only To Non-smokers |
Screening an anti-smoking advertisement before movies which glamorise smoking reduces the appeal of smoking images in movies only to young non-smokers, according to a study in the June issue of Tobacco Control. |
06/21/07 |
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