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02/08/2010 04:00 AM
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More Smokers Than Non-Smokers Accept HPV Vaccination For Their Daughters Stop Smoking |
A parent's existing health habits or behaviors, like cigarette smoking, may influence the likelihood that they will have their daughters vaccinated against HPV...
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02/05/2010 06:00 AM
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Alabama Smoke Alarm Initiative Offers Free Smoke Alarms, Free Installation Stop Smoking |
Sweet Water Volunteer Fire Department, the Alabama Department of Public Health and the Sweet Water Ladies' Auxiliary are proud to conduct a program that will help protect lives and property in Marengo County. This program is called the Alabama Smoke Alarm Initiative. Volunteers canvass door to door to offer and install smoke alarms to residents who need them, all provided free of charge...
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02/04/2010 03:00 AM
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BLF Supports Today's Launch Of The New Tobacco Control Strategy, UK Stop Smoking |
The Department of Health unveiled a new Tobacco Control strategy today to halve the number of smokers from 21% to 10% of the population by 2020. Different measures are being considered including the removal of branding from packets and banning cigarette vending machines, as will happen in Scotland in 2011...
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02/04/2010 03:00 AM
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Lautenberg Applauds FDA's Decision To Keep Up Fight To Regulate Electronic Cigarettes Stop Smoking |
Senator Frank R. Lautenberg (D-NJ), a longtime Senate leader in the fight against the tobacco industry, applauded the Food and Drug Administration's decision to continue their efforts to regulate electronic cigarettes...
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02/03/2010 04:00 PM
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Smoking 'most Crucial Health Challenge Facing The NHS' Stop Smoking |
NHS Confederation chair Bryan Stoten has said that smoking is the most crucial health challenge facing the NHS in response to the government's new tobacco control strategy. He also called for a cross party concensus on smoking policy...
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02/03/2010 03:00 AM
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New TAU Study Proves Smoking Cessation Significantly Increases Cardiac Health Later In Life Stop Smoking |
Smoking affects your cardiac health both before and after a major event like a heart attack. But how much? And does cutting back instead of quitting have a positive effect as well? There are definitive answers in a new study from Tel Aviv University, the largest and most comprehensive of its kind...
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02/03/2010 02:00 AM
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Insufficient Counseling For Obesity And Smoking Due To Cost To Patients Stop Smoking |
Reducing obesity and smoking have become national priorities in the United States. Research has shown that intensive counseling can positively impact each problem. However, because such counseling is typically not covered by medical insurance, cost can be a barrier...
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02/02/2010 09:00 AM
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RCN Welcomes Plans To Reduce Smoking-related Deaths, UK Stop Smoking |
The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) welcomed the new Department of Health strategy to halve the number of smokers by 2020. Dr Peter Carter, Chief Executive & General Secretary of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) said: "The serious health consequences of tobacco are undisputed, and nurses will welcome moves to reduce the number of people who continue to smoke...
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02/02/2010 06:00 AM
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News From The Annals Of Internal Medicine, February 2, 2010 Stop Smoking |
1. Among Noninvasive Imaging Tests, CT More Accurate Than MRI for Ruling Out Coronary Artery Disease Coronary artery disease (CAD) is a major cause of death in the United States. Typically, CAD is diagnosed through conventional coronary angiography. However, this technique is invasive and potentially risky...
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02/02/2010 05:00 AM
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Hospital Stay Offers Chance To Help New Parents Quit Smoking Stop Smoking |
Parents are often motivated to quit smoking when they welcome a new baby into their family. Catching them while they're still in the hospital may be ideal, according to the study, "Using the Postpartum Hospital Stay to Address Mothers' and Fathers' Smoking: The NEWS Study," published in the March issue of Pediatrics (appearing online Feb. 1)...
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02/02/2010 04:00 AM
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Cigarette Smoking A Risk For Alzheimer's Disease According To Study Stop Smoking |
A UCSF analysis of published studies on the relationship between Alzheimer's disease and smoking indicates that smoking cigarettes is a significant risk factor for the disease...
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02/02/2010 03:00 AM
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Not Even A Puff: More Smokers Kick The Habit With Extended Nicotine Patch Therapy Stop Smoking |
New research from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine may help more smokers keep their New Year's resolution by helping them quit smoking...
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02/02/2010 02:00 AM
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New Strategy Paves The Way For A Smokefree Society, Say Doctors, UK Stop Smoking |
The BMA has praised the government on the work it has done so far on tobacco control and has welcomed the new strategy to tackle smoking addiction in England, launched yesterday (Monday 1 February 2010). BMA Head of Science and Ethics, Dr Vivienne Nathanson, said the strategy "will set the scene for a smokefree society, save lives and protect health"...
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02/01/2010 06:00 AM
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NICE Citizens Council Report On Harm Reduction In Smoking Published, UK Stop Smoking |
The Citizens Council of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), which provides public input into the Institute's work, has published a report on its meeting to discuss smoking and harm reduction...
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02/01/2010 06:00 AM
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Slowing Of Downward Trend In Smoking Shows Need For Strong Comprehensive Tobacco Strategy Stop Smoking |
The latest annual lifestyle survey has found that the overall smoking rate among adults in 2008 remained at 21%, the same rate as in 2007. However, there was a small increase in smoking among people in routine and manual groups, which is a particular concern as this will further widen health inequalities...
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02/01/2010 02:00 AM
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Single Payer Bill Passes Calif. Senate; Other States Consider Smaller Health Care Changes Stop Smoking |
California's state Senate Thursday voted for a bill creating a single-payer health system Thursday. The Associated Press: "The California Senate approved creating a government-run health care system for the nation's most populous state on Thursday, ignoring a veto threat from Gov...
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01/29/2010 05:00 AM
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Smokers At Risk From Their Own 'Second-Hand' Smoke Stop Smoking |
It is well known that smokers damage their health by directly inhaling cigarette smoke. Now, research published in BioMed Central's open access journal Environmental Health has shown that they are at additional risk from breathing environmental tobacco smoke, contrary to the prevailing assumption that such risks would be negligible in comparison to those incurred by actually smoking...
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01/26/2010 05:00 AM
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Blood Pressure Control Abnormal In Newborns Of Smoking Mothers Stop Smoking |
Newborns of women who smoked during pregnancy show signs of circulatory dysfunction in the first few weeks of life that get worse throughout the first year, Swedish researchers reported in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association...
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01/25/2010 04:00 AM
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21 Challenges For 21st Century Outlined By Global Tobacco Report Stop Smoking |
A new American Cancer Society report outlines 21 challenges and needs for global tobacco control, covering the wide range of issues to be addressed and expertise needed to reduce the rising tide of tobacco use worldwide, particularly in the low- and middle-income nations that are the target of the multinational tobacco industry...
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01/25/2010 03:00 AM
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More Than $2 Million In NIH Grants To Barrow Researchers For Nicotine Studies Stop Smoking |
Four scientists at Barrow Neurological Institute at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center have been awarded more than $2.2 million from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to research the effects of nicotine and develop new tobacco-related drug therapies. The grants will fund three separate research projects at the Phoenix-based institute in the next several years. Ronald J...
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01/25/2010 03:00 AM
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Quitting Smoking Doubles Chance Of Survival For Lung Cancer Patients Stop Smoking |
A study published on bmj.com today reports that people diagnosed with early stage lung cancer can double their chances of survival over five years if they stop smoking compared with those who continue to smoke. This is the first evaluation of several studies that assess the effects of continued smoking after diagnosis of lung cancer...
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01/22/2010 04:00 AM
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Study Examines Smoking Practices And Attitudes Among Anesthesiologists In China, The Country With The Highest Population Of Smokers Stop Smoking |
The statistics are frightening: one-third of the world's smokers (300 million) live in China, and chronic diseases caused by smoking are a growing burden to public health there. Current projections estimate that the number of tobacco-related deaths in China will increase to 2 million annually by 2025...
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01/22/2010 03:00 AM
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Government Of Canada Announces Project That Engages Youth In Tobacco Control Initiatives Stop Smoking |
Mike Wallace, Member of Parliament for Burlington, today announced on behalf of the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, just over $230,000 dollars in funding to the Student's Commission of Canada to develop initiatives that will engage youth in tobacco use reduction...
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01/21/2010 06:00 AM
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Government Of Canada Announces Project That Will Help Pregnant Women Quit Smoking Stop Smoking |
Nina Grewal, Member of Parliament for Fleetwood - Port Kells, today announced on behalf of the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, just over $245,000 in funding to the British Columbia Centre of Excellence for Women's Health for a project that will help encourage tobacco cessation among pregnant women...
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01/21/2010 04:00 AM
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Government Of Canada Announces Project That Will Increase Action Across Canada On Tobacco Use Reduction Stop Smoking |
Joy Smith, Member of Parliament for Kildonan-St. Paul, on behalf of the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, today announced just over $630,000 in funding to the Canadian Public Health Association for a project that will help increase engagement of public health practitioners across Canada in tobacco use reduction initiatives...
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