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Smokers treated for brain aneurysm with coils at higher risk of recurrence
• Neurology • • Stroke • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 20 08
Cigarette smokers who were treated for cerebral aneurysms with coil embolization (blocking of a blood vessel) are at greater risk of developing another aneurysm,…
Hometown Health Addresses Influenza, Smoking Cessation
• Flu • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 17 08
The Texas A&M Health Science Center is pleased to provide the latest installment of “Hometown Health” with the following tips:
College of Medicine Flu…
Nicotine poisoning common in tobacco workers
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 12 08
Nicotine poisoning is common among tobacco farm workers, but there may be simple ways to reduce the risk, a new study suggests.
Researchers found…
Curing addiction with cannabis medicines
• Tobacco & Marijuana • • Cocaine Addiction • Mar 08 08
Smokers trying to quit in the future could do it with the help of cannabis based medicines, according to research from The University of…
Telling Smokers Their Lung Age Improves Quit Rates
• Respiratory Problems • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 07 08
Telling smokers their lung age significantly improves the likelihood of them quitting, finds a study published on bmj.com today.
The concept of lung age…
Smoking doesn’t make you happy
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 06 08
If you are planning to ignore the messages of national No Smoking Day on 12th March by claiming that smoking is one of the…
Secondhand Smoke a Risk for Children Worldwide
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 05 08
Parents worldwide are doing little to protect their children from exposure to secondhand smoke, according to a study by researchers at the Johns Hopkins…
Hospitals still not smoke-free
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 05 08
Although smoke-free policies have been introduced at all NHS Hospital Trusts a study by researchers at The University of Nottingham has found that smoking…
Drug use trends affect risk of marijuana in deviance prone boys, but not girls
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 04 08
When national drug use trends among adolescents go up or down, the risk of marijuana use among deviance-prone male youth also goes up or…
Toxins in cigarette smoke prevent stem cells from becoming cartilage
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Mar 03 08
A toxic pollutant spread by oil spills, forest fires and car exhaust is also present in cigarette smoke, and may represent a second way…
Unrecognized Health Hazards of Smoking from a Hookah
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Feb 29 08
A new fad among college students and other young people—smoking from a hookah—is raising public health concerns. The centuries-old tradition of smoking from a…
Genetic Factors in Smoking Also Increase Risk of Chronic Bronchitis
• Genetics • • Respiratory Problems • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Feb 29 08
Smoking is a known risk factor for respiratory diseases like chronic bronchitis, but genes also play a significant role in its development, according to…
Secondhand Smoke Exposure: Worldwide Concern
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Feb 28 08
Although secondhand smoke has been linked to death and illness, a new study suggests that parents around the world do very little to protect…
Scientists discover how cigarette smoke causes cancer: Study points to new treatments, safer tobacco
• Cancer • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Feb 28 08
Everyone has known for decades that that smoking can kill, but until now no one really understood how cigarette smoke causes healthy lung cells…
What Is the Maximum Safe Dose of Opioids?
• Tobacco & Marijuana • • Cocaine Addiction • Feb 27 08
Charts and tables are readily available from multiple sources that attempt to correlate certain doses of oxycodone to other opioid narcotics. “Maximum safe dose”…
Tobacco Could Kill 1 Billion by 2100
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Feb 16 08
The World Health Organization warned in a new report Thursday that the ``tobacco epidemic’’ is growing and could claim 1 billion lives by the…
Smoking-related deaths to rise sharply in India
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Feb 14 08
Death attributed to tobacco smoking is likely to account for nearly one million deaths per year by 2010, with more than two thirds of…
Smoking Marijuana Impairs Cognitive Function in MS Patients
• Neurology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Feb 14 08
People with multiple sclerosis (MS) who smoke marijuana are more likely to have emotional and memory problems, according to research published February 13, 2008,…
New findings show additional similarity between opiate and nicotine addiction
• Tobacco & Marijuana • • Cocaine Addiction • Feb 13 08
“That was good!” “Do it again.”
This is what the brain says when people use tobacco, as well as ‘hard drugs’ such as heroin.…
Magazine Ads for Smokeless Tobacco Reach Many Adolescents
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Feb 05 08
Young people who read some of the most popular magazines on newsstands see a great deal of advertising from smokeless tobacco companies, according to…
Smoking Marijuana Associated With Increased Risk for Gum Disease
• Dental Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Feb 05 08
Regular use of marijuana (cannabis) in young adulthood is associated with periodontal (gum) disease, according to a study in the February 6 issue of…
Smokers at Greater Risk for Tuberculosis
• Tobacco & Marijuana • • Tuberculosis • Feb 04 08
Tobacco smoking was responsible for 100 million deaths in the 20th century, mostly in developed countries. At current rates, it is estimated that smoking…
Experts warn of cannabis cancer ‘epidemic’
• Tobacco & Marijuana • • Cocaine Addiction • Feb 04 08
Smoking a joint is equivalent to 20 cigarettes in terms of lung cancer risk, say researchers, warning of an “epidemic” of lung cancers linked…
Management of Cocaine Abuse and Dependence
• Tobacco & Marijuana • • Cocaine Addiction • Feb 04 08
During the 20th century, there have been recurrent episodes of cocaine abuse in the United States that have achieved epidemic proportions. Although the total…
Secondhand Smoke Exposure Worsens Cystic Fibrosis
• Respiratory Problems • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jan 30 08
Researchers at Johns Hopkins have discovered the first genetic evidence that secondhand smoke can worsen lung disease. The report in this week’s Journal of…