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New study shows smoking increases risk of psoriasis
• Tobacco & Marijuana • • Skin Care • Oct 29 07
Another disease can be added to the list of smoking-related disorders - psoriasis. Researchers have found that smoking increases the risk of developing psoriasis,…
New research about smoking/addiction
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Oct 25 07
WHAT KIDS KNOW ABOUT TOBACCO
(Tuesday, October 23, 3:30 PM EST)
A new study surveys how much young children know about the ill…
Pain-Reducing Effects of Cannabis Depend on Dose
• Pain • • Surgery • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Oct 24 07
Although smoking “moderate” doses of cannabis helps reduce pain in healthy research volunteers, pain is actually increased at high doses.
The November issue of…
Hypnosis for smoking cessation sees strong results
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Oct 22 07
Hospitalized patients who smoke may be more likely to quit smoking through the use of hypnotherapy than patients using other smoking cessation methods. A…
Age affects motivation for quitting smoking
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Oct 22 07
A new study shows that obstacles to smoking cessation and motives for quitting smoking vary with age. The study presented at CHEST 2007, the…
Teens who exercise smoke less, wheeze less
• Children's Health • • Asthma • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Oct 11 07
New research suggests that teenagers who exercise are less likely to develop symptoms of asthma - a finding that appears to be largely explained…
Smoking Has No Effect on Progression of Multiple Sclerosis
• Neurology • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Oct 09 07
Contrary to an earlier report, smoking appears to have no effect on the progression of multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a study published in…
Youth exposed to smokeless tobacco ads despite settlement
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Oct 04 07
A 1998 settlement designed to limit the marketing of smokeless tobacco to youth hasn’t been effective, according to a new University of Georgia study…
Initial reaction to nicotine can dictate addiction
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Oct 01 07
Following up on studies that have indicated the speed with which adolescents can get hooked on cigarettes, researchers at the University of Massachusetts Medical…
Secondhand smoke increases teen test failure
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 20 07
Teens exposed to secondhand smoke at home are at increased risk of test failure in school, suggests a new study in the Journal of…
Genetic variation affects smoking cessation treatment
• Genetics • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 20 07
Mark Twain boasted that it was easy to quit smoking because he did it every day. We now may have the beginnings of understanding…
Nicotine May Accelerate Atherosclerosis, May Be as Dangerous as Tar
• Heart • • Tobacco & Marijuana • • Stroke • Sep 12 07
It’s well known that smoking cigarettes increases risk for a host of serious health problems from cancer to heart disease. Now a new study…
Adolescent Girls on Diets More Apt to Become Smokers
• Dieting • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Aug 31 07
Teenage girls who are dieting are almost twice as likely to start smoking regularly as girls who are not dieting, according to a new…
Mothers’ smoking linked to kids’ marijuana use
• Children's Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Aug 31 07
Children with mothers who smoke cigarettes are more likely to be regular marijuana users by early adulthood, a new study suggests.
Part of the…
Social, Church Activities May Protect Against Adolescent Smoking
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Aug 30 07
Preventing youth smoking could take a village or a neighborhood. Church and school activities may help reduce smoking among youth in disadvantaged areas, according…
Chewing Tobacco: An Underestimated Danger
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Aug 13 07
In the U.S. this year more than 55,000 Americans will develop cancer of the head and neck (most of which is preventable) and nearly…
Alcohol, Tobacco and Genetics
• Genetics • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Aug 10 07
Alcohol and smoking can be harmful, if not deadly. While the desire for these substances can be due to environmental cues, genomic factors also…
What Is Teddy Smoking?
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Aug 09 07
Last week the Senate began hearings on a bipartisan bill to give the Food and Drug Administration regulatory control over cigarettes and other tobacco…
Smokeless Tobacco More Effective than Cigarettes for Delivering Dangerous Carcinogens into the Body
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Aug 09 07
It may not be inhaled into the lungs, but smokeless tobacco exposes users to some of the same potent carcinogens as cigarettes. In the…
High Prevalence of Smoking Among Physicians in China
• Public Health • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Aug 08 07
New UCLA/China Center for Disease Control Research Finds High Prevalence of Smoking Among Physicians in China
Study prompts China CDC to initiate antismoking campaign…
New Mechanism Links Smoking to Lung Damage
• Respiratory Problems • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Aug 08 07
In the August 7, 2007, issue of PLoS One, researchers show how a poorly understood and previously unsuspected mechanism may be the key to…
Study Shows Cigarette Additives Could Be Making It
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Aug 01 07
A new UCLA study shows that at least 100 of the 599 documented cigarette additives have “pharmacological” actions, many of which enhance or maintain…
Impact on Lungs of One Cannabis Joint Equal to Up to Five Cigarettes
• Respiratory Problems • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 31 07
A single cannabis joint has the same effect on the lungs as smoking up to five cigarettes in one go, indicates research published ahead…
Prenatal exposure to tobacco smoke raises blood pressure in infants
• Children's Health • • Pregnancy • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 30 07
Infants whose mothers smoke during pregnancy have substantially higher blood pressures in their first months of life, Dutch researchers reported in Hypertension: Journal of…
Malt Liquor Linked to Marijuana Use Among Young Adults
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 26 07
Drinking malt liquor - the cheap, high-alcohol beverage often marketed to teens - may put young adults at increased risk for alcohol problems and…