News tagged with regular 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 ...
Search results for regular smokers
Glider robot a sleek ocean explorer
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 27, 2009 |
4.6 / 5 (10) |
2
The sea was heaving, the skies gray. The captain of the research ship was worried about the weather. About 120 miles off the coast of Spain, three Rutgers University scientists had a narrow window of opportunity to find and ...
High-tech vehicles pose trouble for some mechanics
Dec 27, 2009 |
4.3 / 5 (4) |
5
(AP) -- A sign inside the Humming Motors auto repair shop says, "We do the worrying so you don't have to."
A novel gene found for childhood-onset asthma
Dec 23, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
Pediatric researchers have identified a novel gene involved in childhood asthma, in one of the largest gene studies to date of the common respiratory disease. Because the gene, called DENND1B, affects cells and signaling ...
Sun and moon trigger deep tremors on San Andreas Fault
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Dec 23, 2009 |
3.6 / 5 (5) |
1
The faint tug of the sun and moon on the San Andreas Fault stimulates tremors deep underground, suggesting that the rock 15 miles below is lubricated with highly pressurized water that allows the rock to slip with little ...
Scientists create world's first molecular transistor
Dec 23, 2009 |
4.7 / 5 (30) |
2
A group of scientists has succeeded in creating the first transistor made from a single molecule. The team, which includes researchers from Yale University and the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology ...
American scriptwriters increasingly incorporating Spanish in their dialogues
Dec 23, 2009 |
4 / 5 (1) |
0
Nieves Jiménez Carra, a researcher and lecturer at the Pablo de Olavide (UPO) University in Seville has studied how scripts swap from one language to another in American television series and cinema. One of her conclusions ...
Poor face greater health burden than smokers or the obese
Dec 22, 2009 |
5 / 5 (1) |
0
The average low-income person loses 8.2 years of perfect health, the average high school dropout loses 5.1 years, and the obese lose 4.2 years, according to researchers at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health. ...
Social networking changing the way we travel
Dec 22, 2009 |
not rated yet |
0
(AP) -- Isahrai Azaria is heading to Austin, Texas, in February, and thanks to Facebook, she already has 40 acquaintances, an invitation to go water tubing, and a line on the best vegetarian lunch place in ...
Digital Quantum Battery Could Boost Energy Density Tenfold
Dec 22, 2009 |
4.9 / 5 (39) |
16
(PhysOrg.com) -- Physicists theorize that quantum phenomena could provide a major boost to batteries, with the potential to increase energy density up to 10 times that of lithium ion batteries. According to ...
White House picks new cyber coordinator
Dec 22, 2009 |
4 / 5 (1) |
0
(AP) -- The White House has tapped a corporate cyber security expert and former Bush administration official to lead the effort to shore up the country's computer networks and better coordinate with companies that operate ...
List of search results for regular smokers
