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Study: Smoking may worsen malnutrition in developing nations
Aug 24, 2009 |
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A new study finds that smokers in rural Indonesia finance their habit by dipping into the family food budget—which ultimately results in poorer nutrition for their children. The findings suggest that the costs of smoking ...
Smokers have more options than ever in the fight to kick the habit
Aug 23, 2009 |
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Nina Ball regularly walks by a row of smokers outside the charter school in North Philadelphia where she helps youths find jobs and get into college. A year ago, she might have bummed a cigarette there.
Smokers' tongues fail taste test
Aug 19, 2009 |
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Smokers have fewer and flatter taste buds. A study of the tongues of 62 Greek soldiers, published in the open access journal BMC Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders, has demonstrated how cigarettes deaden the ability to taste. ...
Smoking linked to increased brain lesions and brain shrinkage in MS
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 17, 2009 |
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People who smoke and have multiple sclerosis (MS) may be at increased risk of brain shrinkage and increased brain lesions related to the disease, according to a study published in the August 18, 2009, print issue of Neurology, the me ...
Smokeless tobacco safer than smoking
Jul 28, 2009 |
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Smokeless tobacco products, as used in Europe and North America, do not appear to increase cancer risk. A large meta-analysis, published in the open access journal BMC Medicine, has shown that snuff as used in Scandinavia has no ...
Study: Cigarette packaging still misleading consumers over health hazards
Jul 28, 2009 |
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New research suggests that current regulations have failed to remove misleading information from cigarette packaging, revealing that a substantial majority of consumers believe cigarettes are less hazardous when the packs ...
Emphysema severity directly linked to coal dust exposure
Jul 24, 2009 |
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Coal dust exposure is directly linked to severity of emphysema in smokers and nonsmokers alike, according to new research from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).
Hospital workers smoking -- only the most addicted flout the rules
Jul 15, 2009 |
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A survey of staff at Addenbrooke's hospital has shown that those who break the smoke-free policy are generally more addicted than those who respect it. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Public Health also i ...
Smoking associated with more rapid progression of multiple sclerosis
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jul 13, 2009 |
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Patients with multiple sclerosis who smoke appear to experience a more rapid progression of their disease, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of Neurology.
Study examines movie smoking exposure and team sport participation in youth established smoking
Jul 07, 2009 |
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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 ...
Possible benefit from online genetic testing for lung cancer
Jun 30, 2009 |
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As scientists continue to decode the human genome and the information becomes publicly available, private companies that offer online genetic testing are multiplying. Scientists at the National Institutes of Health were concerned ...
Disease prevention often costs more than it saves
Jun 24, 2009 |
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(AP) -- When it comes to health care spending, an ounce of prevention is seldom worth a pound of cure. Take Mrs. Jones, a hypothetical 55-year-old obese woman at risk for diabetes. It costs $900 a year to ...
Nicotine dependence remains prevalent despite recent declines in cigarette use
Jun 24, 2009 |
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Despite recent declines in cigarette use in the U.S., nicotine dependence has remained steady among adults and has actually increased among some groups. The finding by researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of ...
Smoking more than 5 cigarettes a day provokes migraine attacks
Jun 24, 2009 |
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Tobacco acts as a precipitating factor for headaches, specifically migraines. This is indicated in a study which shows that smokers have more migraine attacks and that smoking more than five cigarettes a day ...
Social Smokers: Turning the Tables on Big Tobacco
Jun 16, 2009 |
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The tobacco industry knows exactly what makes social smokers tick. Now, researchers want to use that once-secret information to help them quit.
