An anti-tobacco group Tuesday urged the Election Commission to take notice of the central government move to cut down pictorial health warning area on all tobacco products, including cigarette packets. The Advocacy Forum for Tobacco Control (AFTC) alleged that to…
Daily Archives: May 6, 2009
Anti-tobacco lobby condemns
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The anti-tobacco lobby has condemned the fresh notification issued by the government of India on May 3 and has alleged that it is a devious decision and that politics appears to have partially shelved India’s ambitious plan to introduce pictorial…
Helping mothers give up the smokes
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Helping mothers give up the smokes GPs are in a strong position to influence the smoking behaviour of their patients. In the second of a three-part series on smoking cessation in primary care, medical advisor to the Quit Group Peter…
No smoking in Croatia
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Croatia is to enforce a smoking ban in most indoor public places from Wednesday. Anyone caught smoking in such locations after the ban goes into effect will face a maximum fine of 2100 euros. The ban has already been in…
Health bosses’ errors over quit smoking figures
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MISTAKES in recording of smoking figures meant health bosses spent seven months unaware that they were way behind Government targets. Many smokers who had quit were accidentally logged twice by primary care trust NHS East Lancashire between April and December…
Teen smokers may have tough time quitting
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High school students who smoke cigarettes and try to quit often fail, health officials warn. “Despite their relatively short smoking histories, many adolescents who smoke are nicotine dependent, and such dependence can lead to daily smoking,” investigators with the U.S.…
Canary Seek Non-smoking Lung Cancer Causes
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The National Cancer Institute and the Canary Foundation are partnering to fund a number of studies aimed at understanding the genetic causes of lung cancer in non-smokers and developing early-stage diagnostics. NCI’s Early Detection Research Network and the Canary Foundation…