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It’s Never Too Late to Quit Smoking and Save Your Vision, Finds Study of AMD in Elderly Women
• Eye / Vision Problems • • Gender: Female • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 31 09
Need a little extra incentive to kick the habit?
Just in time for New Year’s resolutions, a UCLA study finds that even after…
Exposure to tobacco smoke in childhood home associated with early emphysema in adulthood
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 28 09
Children regularly exposed to tobacco smoke at home were more likely to develop early emphysema in adulthood. This finding by researchers at Columbia University’s…
Smoking ups men’s rheumatoid arthritis risk most
• Arthritis • • Rheumatic Diseases • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 24 09
Smoking is a risk factor for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a new analysis of 16 studies confirms.
The effect is especially strong in men and…
Cannabis and adolescence
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 17 09
Canadian teenagers are among the largest consumers of cannabis worldwide. The damaging effects of this illicit drug on young brains are worse than originally…
Combo drug therapies best for helping smokers quit
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 16 09
Nearly one in five smokers offered help in kicking the habit while visiting their doctor’s office for a check-up will make a serious attempt…
Most of world exposed to deadly tobacco smoke - WHO
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 10 09
More than 94 percent of the world’s people are not protected by laws against smoking, leaving them exposed to the biggest cause of preventable…
Cigarettes kill, but don’t tell smokers - study
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 10 09
Cigarette pack warnings that remind smokers of the fatal consequences of their habit may actually make them smoke more as a way to cope…
Study Confirms Association between Tobacco Smoke and Behavioral Problems in Children
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 10 09
Children who are exposed to tobacco smoke during their early development can develop abnormal behavioral symptoms by the age of ten years. This association…
Waterpipes no safer than cigarettes: study
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 08 09
If you thought that smoking tobacco through a waterpipe was safer than cigarettes, think again: Compared to cigarette smoking, a waterpipe - also…
Quitting Smoking Can Reverse Asthma-Inducing Changes in Lungs
• Asthma • • Respiratory Problems • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 07 09
Asthmatic smokers may be able to reverse some of the damage to their lungs that exacerbates asthmatic symptoms just by putting down their cigarettes,…
Chinese smoking deaths seen doubling in 10 years
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 06 09
Smoking deaths in China, home to the world’s largest smoking population, will double to two million a year by 2020 if the country…
WHO launches campaign to halt smoking in Africa
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 04 09
The World Health Organisation launched a campaign on Friday to try to stop what could become a health catastrophe caused by rapidly rising…
Susceptibility predicts smoking risk among Mexican-American youth
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 03 09
Whether non-smoking Mexican-American adolescents go on to experiment with smoking depends largely on their initial attitude toward the habit, researchers at M. D. Anderson…
Movies promote smoking among Mexican-American adolescents
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 03 09
The more movie scenes of smoking they watch, the more likely Mexican-American youths are to experiment with smoking, researchers at The University of Texas…
Head and neck cancer survivors who use alcohol and cigarettes have increased death risk
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 03 09
Cigarette smoking and alcohol consumption before head and neck cancer diagnosis strongly predicts the patient’s future risk of death, according to published studies. Now,…
Mexican-American youths’ risk of experimenting with cigarettes depends on susceptibility
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 03 09
Mexican-American teens who were considered more susceptible to smoking were 2.6 times more likely to experiment with cigarettes than their peers who expressed commitment…
Nicotine levels higher in children exposed to secondhand smoke in the home
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Dec 03 09
New research published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, supports the World Health Initiative’s efforts…
Drop in smoking cuts cancer deaths in Europe
• Cancer • • Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Nov 30 09
A decline in smoking in Europe and better screening mean fewer people are dying of cancer, but lung cancer deaths in women are…
Women who smoke risk having seizures: study
• Epilepsy • • Gender: Female • • Neurology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Nov 27 09
Women who smoke may have a higher risk of developing seizures than non-smokers do, a new study suggests.
Researchers found that among more than…
Moms-to-be smoke less after workplace smoking ban
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Nov 25 09
Ireland’s implementation of a workplace smoking ban in 2004 appears tied to a decline in maternal smoking rates as well as lower risk…
Exposure to smoke, lead ups risk of ADHD
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Nov 24 09
If you need another reason to stop smoking while pregnant, or to rid your home of lead, a new study suggests that children whose…
Current cigarette smokers at increased risk of seizures
• Neurology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Nov 19 09
A recent study determined there is a significant risk of seizure for individuals who currently smoke cigarettes. Boston-based researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital…
Secondhand smoke exposure worse for toddlers, obese children
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Nov 19 09
Toddlers and obese children suffer more than other youth when exposed to secondhand smoke, according to research presented at the American Heart Association’s Scientific…
Smoking May Now be Considered an Established Risk Factor for ALS
• Neurology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Nov 17 09
While previous studies have indicated a “probable” connection between smoking and ALS, a new study published in the Nov. 17, 2009 issue of Neurology®,…
No-callback hotlines don’t help smokers quit
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Nov 15 09
Phone counseling to help smokers kick the habit won’t do much if it doesn’t include callbacks or other follow-up strategies, new research shows.
While…