Search results for peer smokers:
Perceived access to cigarettes predicts youth smoking
Jul 14, 2008 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
Kids who see cigarettes as easily accessible are more likely to end up as regular smokers, particularly if they have friends who smoke, according to a new report published in the current issue of Annals of Family Medicine. The st ...
Smoking linked to sleep disturbances
Feb 04, 2008 |
4.5 / 5 (2) |
0
New research shows that cigarette smokers are four times as likely as nonsmokers to report feeling unrested after a night’s sleep. The study, appearing in the February issue of CHEST, the peer-reviewed journal of the American ...
Study examines movie smoking exposure and team sport participation in youth established smoking
Jul 07, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Participating in team sports is associated with a reduced likelihood of youths becoming established smokers, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, one of the JAMA/Archives journa ...
Lung cancer death rates among never smokers higher in men than women
Sep 09, 2008 |
3.8 / 5 (5) |
0
A new American Cancer Society study sheds light on the ten to fifteen percent of lung cancers that are caused by factors other than tobacco smoking. The study analyzed data on lung cancer occurrence among lifelong nonsmokers ...
Children whose mothers smoked during pregnancy, early childhood more likely to smoke as adults
May 19, 2009 |
not rated yet |
1
Children of mothers who smoked during pregnancy and their early childhood years may be predisposed to take up smoking as teens and young adults, compounding the physical damage they sustained from the smoke exposure.
Do smokers cost society money?
Apr 08, 2009 |
4.6 / 5 (14) |
13
(AP) -- Smoking takes years off your life and adds dollars to the cost of health care. Yet nonsmokers cost society money, too - by living longer.
Researchers study how children view and treat their peers with undesirable characteristics
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jul 30, 2009 |
4 / 5 (2) |
0
A study by Kansas State University researchers is looking at how children perceive and interact with peers who have various undesirable characteristics, such as being overweight or aggressive.
Studies of 20,000 smokers show quit rates double with counseling and free nicotine patches
Nov 29, 2007 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
Increasing the level of Quitline smoking cessation services and offering free nicotine patches are a successful and cost-effective way to reduce smoking rates, according to two new studies in the December issue of Tobacco ...
Peer Review Survey 2009: Preliminary findings
Sep 08, 2009 |
5 / 5 (2) |
0
Should peer review detect fraud and misconduct? What does it do for science and what does the scientific community want it to do? Will it illuminate good ideas or shut them down? Should reviewers remain anonymous?
Smoke-Free Policies Very Effective in Reducing Heart Disease
Jun 30, 2008 |
4.8 / 5 (4) |
1
Research reviewed by an international team of experts called together by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) concluded that smoke-free policies are “extremely effective” in reducing the health hazards ...
E-cigarette sparks attention as FDA crackdown looms
Mar 20, 2009 |
4.8 / 5 (4) |
1
The young man in the tall swivel chair at the mall seems lost in nicotine nirvana as he takes a deep drag on a cigarette and blows smoke rings to the surprise of passing shoppers.
Parental guidelilnes, consequences may be why fewer black teens smoke than whites
May 14, 2009 |
not rated yet |
1
It's a curious paradox. Black adults are more likely to smoke than white adults and most smokers start as teenagers. But statistics show that fewer black youths than whites begin smoking as adolescents.
Mind over muscle: Positive body image more effective than exercise in helping lose weight, quit smoking
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 24, 2009 |
not rated yet |
2
One in five women between the ages of 18 and 24 are smokers, and most say they keep lighting up for fear of gaining weight. But researchers at Temple University have found that when it comes to quitting, a little bit of ...
Technology improves treatment options for drug users
Jan 21, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Australia's leading scientific journal in the substance use area, the Drug and Alcohol Review - published by Wiley-Blackwell, has released a special issue on the use of new technologies in the treatment of drug problems. The is ...
A Cell's Private Life: Researchers Peer Inside a Hidden Protein
Aug 30, 2009 |
4.3 / 5 (3) |
2
(PhysOrg.com) -- To understand the molecular machinery of the human body, scientists have to be able to observe the structure of cellular proteins. This has been particularly challenging for those proteins ...
