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Health, life insurers hold billions in tobacco stocks

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 03, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 1

More than a decade after Harvard researchers first revealed that life and health insurance companies were major investors in tobacco stocks - prompting calls upon them to divest - the insurance industry has yet to kick the ...





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Rodent smoke screen

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Dec 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Rats passively exposed to tobacco smoke become dependent on nicotine, according to a new study by Dr. Adrie Bruijnzeel and colleagues from the University of Florida in the US. Their findings of how rats' brains respond to ...


WHO: Smoking kills 5 million every year

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created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 28

(AP) -- Tobacco use kills at least 5 million people every year, a figure that could rise if countries don't take stronger measures to combat smoking, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.


Smokeless tobacco called 'moist snuff' is contaminated with harmful substances

Smokeless tobacco called 'moist snuff' is contaminated with harmful substances

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 1.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A new study on the smokeless tobacco product called moist snuff — placed between lip and gum — has led scientists in Minnesota to urge the tobacco industry to change manufacturing practices to reduce snuff's ...


Study shows attitudes toward tobacco industry linked to smoking behavior

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created May 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study by UCSF researchers concludes that media campaigns that portray the tobacco industry in a negative light and that appeal to young adults may be a powerful intervention to decrease young adult smoking.


Cambodian moms-to-be chew tobacco for nausea (AP)

Cambodian moms-to-be chew tobacco for nausea

Medicine & Health / Health

created Dec 03, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 1

(AP) -- When pregnant Cambodian women suffer morning sickness, they often reach for an unlikely source of relief: a wad of chewing tobacco.


Waterpipe tobacco smokers inhale same toxicants as cigarette smokers

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created Dec 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Smoking tobacco through a waterpipe exposes the user to the same toxicants - carbon monoxide and nicotine - as puffing on a cigarette, which could lead to nicotine addiction and heart disease, according to a study led by ...


Study confirms association between tobacco smoke and behavioral problems in children

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created Dec 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

The scientists observed that the impact of tobacco smoke was especially detrimental during gestation. The results of the study have been published in the current online issue of the renowned journal Environmental Health Pe ...


FDA: Electronic cigarettes contain toxic chemicals

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created Jul 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Federal health officials said Wednesday they have found cancer-causing ingredients in electronic cigarettes, despite manufacturers' claims the products are safer than tobacco cigarettes.


Exposure to lead, tobacco smoke raises risk of ADHD

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created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Children exposed prenatally to tobacco smoke and during childhood to lead face a particularly high risk for ADHD, according to research done at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.


Smoke-Free Policies Very Effective in Reducing Heart Disease

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created Jun 30, 2008 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 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 ...



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