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Scientists Unravel How Smoking Causes Cancer

15 May 2008

Scientists have for the first time pinpointed a protein that explains how smoking can directly lead to genetic changes that cause cancer - research published in the British Journal of Cancer* reveals...
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Combined Text And Photo Warnings On Tobacco Products To Be Introduced By Minister Following Consultation, Ireland

15 May 2008

The Minister for Health and Children, Ms. Mary Harney T.D., is to introduce legislation to allow for the introduction of combined text and photo warnings on tobacco products. The European Commission indicated in the 2001...
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Asthmatic Girls And Children Exposed To Tobacco Smoke Benefit More From Montelukast (Singulair)

15 May 2008

Girls and children exposed to tobacco smoke respond particularly well to montelukast (Singulair) according to researchers at National Jewish Medical and Research Center. Associate Professor of Pediatrics Nathan Rabinovitch...
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Smoking / Quit Smoking News Articles Archive - Page 1

14 May 2008

Some Public Health Experts Concerned That Tobacco Regulation Bill Would Protect Types Of Cigarettes Mostly Smoked By Blacks

How Smoking Causes Cancer Pinpointed By OHSU Cancer Institute Researchers

Latent Tuberculosis Affected By Air Pollution, Smoking

Nurses Expose Big Tobacco, Oil, Predatory Lender And Insurance Attacks On Marty Block

AAPA Endorses 2008 Public Health Service Guidelines For Treating Tobacco Use And Dependence

13 May 2008

Quit Smoking Message Not Getting Air Time In Mental Health Care

12 May 2008

Smoking Ban Deters Teens From Becoming Established Smokers

New Guidelines For Treatment Of Tobacco Dependence Released

08 May 2008

Influential School Students Can Help Lower Peers' Smoking Rates

Sleeping Too Much Or Too Little Linked To Poor Health Habits, CDC Study

New Smoking Cessation Guideline Confirms That Now Is The Time To Quit Smoking

New Evidence Provides Clinicians With Better Tools To Help Smokers Quit

It's Not Easy To Butt Out

Brief Exposure To Second-Hand Smoke Bad For Health According To New Study

AAPA Endorses 2008 Public Health Service Guidelines For Treating Tobacco Use And Dependence

07 May 2008

Women Who Quit Smoking Quickly Reduce Heart Risk But Lungs Take Longer

Targacept Announces Designation Of Lead Compound In Smoking Cessation Program

No Affect On Employee Turnover Caused By Smoke-Free Laws

Waterpipe Smoking On College Campuses Could Lead To Public Health Problem

06 May 2008

News From The May Issue Of The Journal Chest

Cell Damage Can Be Caused In 30 Minutes By Secondhand Smoke Exposure

Lautenberg Applauds Closure Of Smoking Rooms In Senate Office Buildings

MIT Researchers Find Novel Way To Repair Airway Injuries - Technique Could Apply To Different Parts Of Human Body

Youths In Towns With Smoke-Free Restaurant Laws Appear Less Likely To Become Smokers

05 May 2008

Should Non-smoking Policy For Psychiatric In-patients Be More Lenient?

03 May 2008

Researchers Find Link Between Advertising And Increased Tobacco Use Among India's Youth

02 May 2008

Study Shows Perils Of Smoking And Pregnancy

NHS Anti-Smoking Adverts Might Be Controversial But Are Still Effective, Says Study

30 April 2008

Public Health Launches Program To Help Teens Quit Smoking

When Doctors Tell Patients To Quit Smoking, They Listen

29 April 2008

Lighting Up The Lungs To Help Diagnose Disease

ASH Protests At BAT's Footprint On Africa

Public Demand More Government Action To Curb Smoking, UK

African Americans Have 5 Times Higher Amputation Rate

More Than 40 Per Cent Of Smokers Tried To Quit In 2007, UK

VR Environments Therapeautic For Addicts

28 April 2008

Smokers Interested In Smoking Less Needed For Harm Reduction Study, University Of Pittsburgh School Of Medicine

Indigenous Polynesian Peoples Have Higher Cancer Mortality Rates

27 April 2008

Racial Disparities In Smoking Cessation Treatment Revealed By Study

25 April 2008

OFT Investigation Highlights Tobacco Industry Hypocrisy, UK

According To Research From The University Of Navarra, Smokers Have A 41% Higher Risk Of Suffering Depression

24 April 2008

New Peer Review Publications Support Nymox Saliva Smoking Test

German Survey Finds Every Fifth Adolescent Smokes

23 April 2008

Japan: Pfizer To Launch Champix(R) The First Prescription Oral Smoking Cessation Aid In The Country

Global Smoking Cessation Aids Market To Reach 2.6 Billion Dollars By 2010, According To A New Report By Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

What Are The Effects Of Population Level Tobacco Control Interventions On Social Inequalities In Smoking?

22 April 2008

Several States Consider Tobacco Tax Increases To Fund Health Care Programs, Address Budget Deficits

21 April 2008

600 Dollars Million Trust Fund Now Available For Smokers

Peterborough Health Unit Gets Funding To Help Residents Butt Out, Canada

18 April 2008

Champix May Have Led To TV Editors Suicide

17 April 2008

Half Of Europe's Workforce Remain Unprotected From Secondhand Smoke At Work

15 April 2008

Discovery May Help Explain Smoking-Pancreatic Cancer Link

Mouth Test Could Predict Lung Cancer

Study Of How Smoking Encourages Infection

Despite Positive Substance Use Trends, Tobacco And Alcohol Still Have High Costs To Society

14 April 2008

Radio Show 'BodyLove' Dramatizes Various Health Issues That Affect Blacks

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