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Driving sobriety tests likely to miss medical pot
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 30 12
A new, small study suggests medicinal marijuana may impair users’ driving skills - but might be missed by typical sobriety tests.
At doses used…
Solving the mystery of how cigarette smoking weakens bones
• Endocrinology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 26 12
Almost 20 years after scientists first identified cigarette smoking as a risk factor for osteoporosis and bone fractures, a new study is shedding light…
Smoking in movies may turn teens to cigarettes: study
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 10 12
Youth who watch a lot of movies with cigarette-smoking characters, no matter what the film’s rating is, are more likely to start smoking themselves,…
PG-13 Movies Tied to Kids’ Smoking
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 10 12
Smoking in movies rated PG-13 seems to have the biggest impact on teen and tween experimentation with tobacco, researchers found.
Kids 10 to 14…
Tobacco Use More Prevalent among African-American Adolescents Living in Public Housing Communities, MU Researcher Says
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 10 12
Today, nearly 4,000 adolescents in the United States will smoke their first cigarette, and about a fourth of those youth will become daily smokers,…
On-screen smoking may turn teens on to cigarettes
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 09 12
Youth who watch a lot of movies with cigarette-smoking characters - whether the films are rated R or PG-13 - are more likely to…
“Tailored” advice no extra help to smokers in study
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Jun 30 12
Tailoring online advice to a smoker’s particular patterns and beliefs about smoking was no more effective than standardized feedback in a new study comparing…
‘Smoking vaccine’ blocks nicotine in mice brains
• Brain • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jun 28 12
Smokers could one day be immunised against nicotine so they gain no pleasure from the habit, according to researchers in the US.
They have…
Statistics on smoking
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Jun 22 12
As Mark Twain famously said, “It’s easy to quit smoking. I’ve done it hundreds of times.” Generations of smokers trying to kick the habit…
Happy Father’s Day! Another reason why dads and hopeful dads should quit smoking now
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Jun 22 12
As you decide what to get dad for Father’s Day, you might want to consider what he gave you when you were conceived. If…
Vietnam law bans smoking in public
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jun 19 12
Vietnam has passed a law banning smoking in public places and all tobacco advertising, an official said Tuesday.
The law, passed by 440 out…
Eating fruits and vegetables may help smokers quit
• Dieting • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jun 08 12
Eating fruits and vegetables may help some people quit smoking, a new study suggests.
In the study, smokers who ate the most fruit and…
Smoking negatively affects response to anti-TNF treatment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jun 08 12
A new study presented today at EULAR 2012, the Annual Congress of the European League Against Rheumatism, reinforces current thinking that smoking negatively affects…
Second-Hand Smoke Affects Bladder Function in Children
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • • Urine Problems • Jun 08 12
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, parents are responsible for 90 percent of children’s exposure to environmental (second-hand) tobacco smoke. Children with mothers who…
Marijuana initiative could make or break Obama in Colorado
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Jun 03 12
Throughout his presidency, Barack Obama hasn’t exactly been a friend to marijuana users.
Sure, he has acknowledged smoking pot as a young man, but…
Online tool to quit smoking
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Jun 02 12
StopAdvisor is a new web-based smoking cessation program, which takes smokers from preparation for the target quit date to the quit date itself. It…
Genes predict if medication can help you quit smoking
• Tobacco & Marijuana • May 30 12
The same gene variations that make it difficult to stop smoking also increase the likelihood that heavy smokers will respond to nicotine-replacement therapy and…
Marijuana May Relieve Multiple Sclerosis Symptoms
• Neurology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • May 29 12
The advocates of proposition 19, the bill that tried to legalize cannabis in California, must be turning cartwheels at the news coming out of…
Cannabis fails to slow progress of multiple sclerosis in UK study
• Neurology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • May 29 12
Cannabis capsules failed to slow the progression of multiple sclerosis in a large British study, dealing a blow to hopes that the drug could…
French smokers unite against curbs
• Tobacco & Marijuana • May 27 12
French smokers have formed a lobby to “defend their rights” against what they perceive as unfair curbs imposed by the state, the group’s leaders…
Arizona may add more uses for medical marijuana
• Tobacco & Marijuana • May 25 12
Arizona is considering requests to expand its fledgling medical marijuana program to allow use of the drug for an array of conditions, including post-traumatic…
State tobacco prevention funding lacking
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • May 25 12
States have spent only about 3 percent of the billions they’ve received in tobacco taxes and legal settlements over the last decade to…
Child addicts at heart of Indonesia anti-smoking suit
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • May 23 12
Anti-tobacco advocates in Indonesia plan to file a class action lawsuit this month using cases of child addicts in the hope of forcing tougher…
Study says children exposed to tobacco smoke face long-term respiratory problems
• Children's Health • • Respiratory Problems • • Tobacco & Marijuana • May 20 12
For more than three decades, researchers have warned of the potential health risks associated with exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), especially among children…
New York judge with cancer makes case for marijuana
• Cancer • • Tobacco & Marijuana • May 17 12
A cancer-stricken judge in New York has become an unlikely voice in support of legalizing the use of medical marijuana with the admission that…