http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and the American Legacy Foundation have estimated that truth(R), the nations' largest youth smoking prevention campaign, saved $1.9 billion or more in health care costs associated with tobacco use. The results were published February 12 online by the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. http://www.physorg.com/news153669857.html Medicine & Health Thu, 12 Feb 2009 14:04:43 EST news153669857 The National Cancer Institute (NCI) released a report, co-edited by University of Minnesota professor Barbara Loken, that reaches the government's strongest conclusion to date that tobacco marketing and depictions of smoking in movies promote youth smoking. "There is now incontrovertible evidence that marketing of tobacco, and the depiction of smoking in the movies, promote youth smoking and can cause young people to begin smoking," said Loken, professor of marketing at the Carlson School of Management and one of the report's five scientific editors. http://www.physorg.com/news138535848.html Medicine & Health Thu, 21 Aug 2008 11:10:48 EST news138535848