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Wednesday, 31 December 2008 |
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Medical Research News How about the fact that even if you choose to smoke outside of your home or only smoke in your home when your children are not there - thinking that you're keeping them away from second-hand smoke - you're still exposing them to toxins? |
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Tuesday, 23 December 2008 |
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Miscellaneous News New smoking bans to be introduced in the state of Victoria, Australia will be a blow to many smokers as they mean it will be illegal to smoke in cars carrying children and on public school grounds. |
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Tuesday, 02 December 2008 |
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Pharmaceutical News Australian doctors have been warned about the the quit-smoking drug Champix, according to the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) care must be taken when prescribing Champix (varenicline), thanks to possible serious side-effects. |
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Monday, 24 November 2008 |
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Miscellaneous News New research at West Virginia University is examining whether a smokeless, spitless tobacco product aimed at young adults is catching on. |
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Wednesday, 12 November 2008 |
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Medical Research News The number of heart attack patients admitted to Michigan hospitals could be significantly decreased if a statewide public smoking ban were implemented, according to a Henry Ford Hospital study. |
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Thursday, 06 November 2008 |
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Women's Health News Society for Women's Health Research President and CEO Phyllis Greenberger, M.S.W., issued the following statement in response to the decision of Philip Morris USA to introduce pink "Purse Packs" for some Virginia Slims cigarette brands by early 2009. |
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Tuesday, 04 November 2008 |
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Medical Research News As Americans prepare for a day without cigarettes and tobacco products as part of the American Cancer Society Great American Smokeout (November 20), new research gives them more reasons to expand that break to a lifetime, according to the American Academy of... |
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Tuesday, 26 August 2008 |
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Medical Research News California's state tobacco control program saved $86 billion (in 2004 dollars) in personal healthcare costs in its first 15 years, according to a study by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco. |
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Tuesday, 15 July 2008 |
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Medical Studies/Trials Six treatments for smoking cessation perform better than placebos - including varenicline (Chantix), lately accepted for use in Canada - states a team of researchers from McGill University and the University of Montreal in an article published in Canadian Medical Association... |
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Friday, 11 July 2008 |
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Miscellaneous News A new report issued today by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) exemplifies the need for nonsmoking Americans to be better defended against exposure to secondhand smoke. |
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Monday, 07 July 2008 |
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Child Health News A new BMA report calls on the UK Governments to introduce a range of tough measures aimed at reducing young people's exposure to positive images of smoking. |
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Friday, 27 June 2008 |
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Medical Studies/Trials An article in this week's Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report released today by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) shows, alarmingly, that the decline in smoking rates among high school students seen from 1997 to 2003 continues to stagnate. |
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Tuesday, 24 June 2008 |
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MONDAY, June 23 The shocking revelation by her father that 24-year-old British singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse may have a mild form of emphysema leaves experts with more questions than answers. |
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Thursday, 19 June 2008 |
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Here are some of the newest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: Drug Linked to Suicide Being Tested on Veterans With PTSD Veterans groups and some members of Congress say they're outraged over revelations that Iraq and Afghanistan veterans with post-traumatic... |
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Wednesday, 11 June 2008 |
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Medical Studies/Trials One of the largest studies into the risk factors for age-related hearing loss has found that smoking and body mass index (BMI) are 2 of the main culprits whereas alcohol has a defendive effect, but high levels of work noise stay the largest risk. |
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Wednesday, 11 June 2008 |
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Medical Studies/Trials While trends in cigarette smoking and sales have declined in the U.S. for the past decade, sales of non-cigarette tobacco products have been on the rise. |
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Wednesday, 11 June 2008 |
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Medical Studies/Trials Smoking and body mass index (BMI) are risk factors in the development of age-related hearing loss, says one of the largest-ever studies into risk factors for hearing loss - but alcohol has a defendive effect. |
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Wednesday, 11 June 2008 |
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Medical Studies/Trials The newest research adds to the long list of reasons why smokers should quit and is specially bad news for middle-age smokers.Smoking cigarettes has now been found to increase memory loss in middle age. |
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Tuesday, 10 June 2008 |
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TUESDAY, June 10 Cigarette sales in the United States have declined in recent years, but sales of non-cigarette tobacco products have risen and offset the decline in cigarette sales by 30 percent, a Harvard School of Public Health study finds. |
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Tuesday, 10 June 2008 |
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MONDAY, June 9 Middle-aged smokers are more prone to memory problems than their non-smoking peers, a new French study suggests. While smoking is a recognized health hazard, there has been some debate on its effect on dementia, the study authors said. |
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Thursday, 05 June 2008 |
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THURSDAY, June 5 Teens with bipolar disorder are at greater risk of smoking and substance abuse, says a Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) study that supports preceding research. |
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Tuesday, 03 June 2008 |
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TUESDAY, June 3 Your capability to kick the smoking habit may have a lot to do with your genetic make-up, a new study finds. Researchers have found gene patterns that influence a smoker's response to particular smoking-cessation treatments. |
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Monday, 02 June 2008 |
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Medical Studies/Trials A study from the Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) supports preceding reports that adolescents with bipolar disorder are at increased risk for smoking and substance abuse. |
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Monday, 02 June 2008 |
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Miscellaneous News May 31st was ' World No Tobacco Day' and the World Health Organisation (WHO) has used that as an opportunity to call on all governments to ban tobacco advertising.The WHO says this will help discourage young people form starting to smoke. |
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Saturday, 31 May 2008 |
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Here are some of the newest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay: Baltimore Adopts First-Ever Limit on Single Cigar Sales Move over, cigarettes. Make room for limitations on cigar sales... at least in Baltimore. |
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Thursday, 22 May 2008 |
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Medical Studies/Trials The number of smokers who have quit over the last 3 decades has multiplied as a result of public-health campaigns, but now researchers in the U.S. say people quit smoking as groups and not as individuals. |
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Thursday, 22 May 2008 |
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Medical Studies/Trials Over the last 30 years, the number of smokers in the U.S. has steadily decreased-a tribute to the efforts of public-health workers everywhere. And while this fact is unarguable, less evident are the social and cultural forces that lead an individual to kick the habit. |
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Wednesday, 21 May 2008 |
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WEDNESDAY, May 21 When one person quits smoking, that health triumph doesn't happen in isolation, new research shows. Instead, it appears that one person quitting can cause a ripple effect, making others more likely to kick the habit. |
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Wednesday, 14 May 2008 |
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Weight gain doesn't have to be a side effect of quitting smoking if you follow a few easy methods to keep you both slim and healthful. |
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Tuesday, 13 May 2008 |
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TUESDAY, May 13 Smoking marijuana increases the body's production of a protein that raises levels of blood fats associated with heart attack and stroke, government researchers report. |
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