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Quick Study: Smoking in Movies is On the Rise
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 28 12
Scenes of smoking in have been on a downward trajectory for five years, but no more: a study says there was an increase…
Moffitt Cancer Center researchers say smoking relapse prevention a healthy step for mothers, babies
• Pregnancy • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 26 12
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center, concerned that women who quit smoking during their pregnancies often resume smoking after they deliver their baby, tested self-help…
Lebanon smoking ban takes effect, sparking anger
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 25 12
A smoking ban in all closed public spaces, including coffee shops, restaurants and bars, went into force in Lebanon on Monday under new legislation…
Long-Term Study of Cigarette and Waterpipe Tobacco Smoking Shows Knowledge Gap in Perceived Health Risks
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 25 12
People who smoke both cigarettes and waterpipes - dual users - lack sufficient knowledge about the risks of tobacco smoking and are at considerable…
Pacific Islanders have high obesity, smoking rates
• Obesity • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 24 12
In the first study to detail the health of Pacific Islanders living in the United States, University of Michigan researchers have found alarmingly high…
Swiss reject full ban on smoking in public spaces
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 24 12
Voters in Switzerland have rejected a total ban on smoking in enclosed public places at a referendum.
Although Geneva voted slightly in favour, results…
Opponents of legalizing marijuana focus on risk to teens
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 23 12
Opponents of legalizing marijuana in three western states are targeting mothers in a fight over ballot measures that for the first time could make…
Poor smokers in NY spend quarter of income on cigarettes: study
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 20 12
Poor smokers in New York State spend about a quarter of their entire income on cigarettes, nearly twice as much as the national…
Added benefit of Cannabis sativa for spasticity due to multiple sclerosis is not proven
• Neurology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 17 12
An extract from the plant Cannabis sativa (trade name Sativex®) was approved in May 2011 for patients suffering from moderate to severe spastic paralysis…
Norway rules in favor of tobacco display ban
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 16 12
A Norwegian court has upheld a ban on displaying tobacco products in stores, in a closely-watched ruling as governments across the world look to…
Passive smoking also affects neurodevelopment in babies
• Brain • • Neurology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 16 12
A new study shows that newborns that have been exposed to nicotine from both active and passive smoking mothers show poor physiological, sensory, motor…
Smokers may have more sleep problems: study
• Tobacco & Marijuana • • Sleep Aid • Sep 14 12
Smokers may get fewer hours of sleep and have less restful slumber than non-smokers, according to a German study that looked at more than…
Smoking: Quitting is tough for teens, too
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 13 12
A new study finds that relatively early into tobacco addiction, teens experience many of the same negative psychological effects during abstinence as adults…
Cannabis smokers more likely to develop testicular cancer
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 10 12
Cannabis smokers ‘more likely to develop testicular cancer although risk can be reduced by using COCAINE’
Men who smoke cannabis are at greater risk…
India “gutka” chewing tobacco habit a tough nut to crack
• Psychiatry / Psychology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 06 12
Ten Indian states have banned a popular form of chewing tobacco in a major policy shift that may save millions of lives and…
Popular kids in US and Mexico more likely to smoke, USC studies show
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 05 12
Be warned, popularity may cause lung cancer, heart disease, and emphysema.
New research from the University of Southern California (USC) and University of Texas…
Trying to quit smoking? Patches, drugs help: study
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 05 12
Trying to stop smoking? Smokers have considerably more success when they use nicotine patches or prescription medications than when they try to go it…
Smoking and natural disasters: Christchurch residents increase tobacco consumption post-earthquake
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 04 12
Vienna, Austria: The prevalence of smoking in Christchurch, New Zealand, increased following the 2010 earthquake, according to a new study.
The results of the…
Rapid response in cases of smoke poisoning
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 04 12
The main cause of cyanide poisoning is smoke inhalation in closed spaces during fires. Cyanides, the salts of hydrocyanic acid, inhibit cellular respiration and…
Prenatal maternal smoking associated with increased risk of adolescent obesity
• Children's Health • • Obesity • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 03 12
Prenatal exposure to maternal cigarette smoking appears associated with an increased risk for adolescent obesity, and is possibly related to subtle structural variations in…
Plain packaging reduces the appeal of smoking
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 03 12
While Australia has recently passed legislation to ban logos from cigarette packages and to make plain packaging mandatory, other countries are still considering whether…
Tobacco smoke tied to flu complications in kids
• Children's Health • • Flu • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 03 12
Kids hospitalized with the flu are more likely to need intensive care and a longer stay if they’ve been exposed to second-hand smoke at…
Smoking After Stroke Triples Risk of Death Within Year: Study
• Tobacco & Marijuana • • Stroke • Sep 03 12
People who don’t kick their smoking habit after having a stroke have a threefold increased risk of death within a year, a new…
Cannabis, IQ and the law
• Brain • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Aug 29 12
Heavy marijuana use is associated with cognitive decline in about 5% of teens, according to a new study, which suggests that the heaviest users…
“Alarming” smoking habits found in poorer countries
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Aug 17 12
Two fifths of men in developing countries still smoke or use tobacco, and women are increasingly starting to smoke at younger ages, according to…