State Health Department Ad Campaign Urges Doctors: 'Don't Be Silent About Smoking'
The New York State
Department of Health unveiled its "Don't Be Silent About Smoking" ad
campaign, urging health care providers to make quitting a priority for
their patients who smoke. The ...
read more ...02/04/08
New Campaign, Featuring Smokers' Personal Stories, Encourages Tobacco Users To "Be A Quitter" Smokers and
tobacco users trying to quit will soon have a potent ally - fellow smokers. On September 26, 2006, The National Cancer Institute (NCI) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), both agencies of the Department of Health and Hum
read more ...05/07/07
Prenatal Nicotine Exposure Can Lead To Cardiac Function Reprogramming In Adult Offspring
At least 11 percent of American women smoke during pregnancy. The negative effects of nicotine exposure to their fetuses and newborns are significant. A 2004 report by the Surgeon General, for example, found that women who smoked during pregnancy had ch
read more ...05/07/07
Study Confirms The Risk Of Exposure To Secondhand Tobacco Smoke At Sidewalk Cafes And Other Outboor Settings
Tens of thousands of Americans die each year from secondhand
tobacco smoke, according to a 2006 report by the U.S. Surgeon General. While the health risks associated with indoor secondhand smoke are well documented, little research has been done on expos
read more ...05/07/07
Mechanism Of Nicotine's Learning Effects Explored
While nicotine is highly addictive, researchers have also shown the drug to enhance learning and memory-a property that has launched efforts to develop nicotine-like drugs to treat cognitive deficits in Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases, schizophren
read more ...04/10/07
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