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Obama, citing his smoking woes, signs tobacco law
Jun 22, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Lamenting his first teenage cigarette, President Barack Obama ruefully admitted on Monday that he's spent his adult life fighting the habit. Then he signed the nation's toughest anti-smoking law, ...
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Imperfections aside, smoking regulation bill long overdue, tobacco control expert says
Jun 08, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- After nearly a decade of waiting, the U.S. Senate is expected Monday to pass a bill giving the Food and Drug Administration the authority to regulate tobacco, and despite controversies over the involvement ...
New FDA regulation of tobacco products has problems
Jul 28, 2009 |
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New US legislation granting the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) jurisdiction over tobacco products represents a serious compromise on the part of tobacco control advocates, argues a new essay in this week's open access ...
Smoking rates significantly higher among homosexual men, women
Jul 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Men and women who are gay or lesbian are more likely than their heterosexual counterparts to smoke, according to findings from a review study carried out by the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Domestic violence identified as stressor associated with smoking
Dec 19, 2007 |
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Using a large population survey in India, a new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers has found an association between domestic violence and adult smoking. The study appears in the December 11, 2007 ...
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 ...
Cambodian moms-to-be chew tobacco for nausea
Dec 03, 2009 |
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(AP) -- When pregnant Cambodian women suffer morning sickness, they often reach for an unlikely source of relief: a wad of chewing tobacco.
House approves FDA regulation of tobacco products
Apr 02, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The federal government would for the first time have regulatory powers over the tobacco industry under a bill the House approved Thursday after years of campaigning by anti-smoking forces.
Exposure to lead, tobacco smoke raises risk of ADHD
Nov 23, 2009 |
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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.
Is a society with smokers profitable?
Jul 16, 2009 |
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France's latest rise in the indirect taxation on tobacco and alcohol took place in June. The most popular brand of cigarettes went up in price from 3.10 euros to 3.30 euros per packet. Are these taxes a form ...
Study: Cigarettes contain more nicotine
Aug 30, 2006 |
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A U.S. study suggests the nicotine content of cigarettes has increased during recent years, making it tougher for smokers to quit.
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