CLAYTON — St. Louis County has received a $7.6 million federal grant to fight smoking and now has to figure out how to spend it. The county was the only entity in Missouri to get one of the 44 grants…
Monthly Archives: March 2010
A Total Smoking Ban is Necessary
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Doctors have forewarned that anything else than a total prohibition on smoking especially in public places is inadmissible if the country wish to fight the bad effects of cigarettes smoke. A lot of young people are being cured for smoking-related…
FDA reviewing whether to ban menthol cigarettes
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Federal officials began grappling Tuesday with one of the thorniest issues surrounding the regulation of tobacco: whether to ban menthol, the most popular cigarette flavoring, which is smoked by millions of Americans every day. The issue carries great importance for…
Eating Junk Food Develops Addiction Similar to Smoking
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Tobacco use is the greatest preventable cause of death and medical disability in the United States. Tobacco kills and contributes significantly to the development of killers like heart disease and cancer. Yet its deadly impact is preventable. When people stop…
FDA Regulations Restrict Tobacco Sales, Marketing to Kids
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The FDA has issued broad new regulations restricting the sale and marketing of tobacco products to children and adolescents. Horizontal cigarette pack with underage warning HHS secretary Kathleen Sebelius said during a March 18 news conference that the rules —…
Cherokee Nation to promote healthy eating, tobacco cessation efforts
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TAHLEQUAH — As part of its ongoing community campaign to combat obesity, smoking and other preventable health risks, Cherokee Nation announced in a media release it is developing additional strategies to promote healthy eating, physical activity and increase tobacco cessation…
Scientists look to tobacco as a potential biofuel
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Some researchers say an age-old cash crop long the focus of public health debate could be used to help solve America’s energy crisis, by genetically modifying the tobacco leaf for use as a biofuel. The golden leaf is the latest…
Smokers die, BAT thrives
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JOHANNESBURG – Every cigarette packet these days carries a dire health warning – but British American Tobacco (JSE:BTI) CEO Paul Adams has no doubts about the health of his company. In the annual report on one of the JSE’s biggest…
Smoking lowers your IQ
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Smoking has long been known to damage lungs and cause heart disease. But it could also lower your IQ, research has found. Young people who smoke regularly are likely to have markedly lower intelligence levels than those who do not…
Free help quitting
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Reading Hospital’s Tobacco-Free Wellness Center offers free smoking cessation classes taught by trained addiction specialists. The state-funded program also provides free nicotine replacement products like the patch and nicotine gum. The next eight-week “Breathe Easy: How to Quit Class,” begins…
Could Hong Kong teach China to quit smoking?
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Nearly one in three smokers worldwide lights up in China, where cigarettes – commonly given as gifts – are so tightly woven into the culture, some believe it’s an impossible habit to kick. But a new report suggests the keys…
What Effect Does Smoking Cessation Have on Diabetes Risk?
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Using data from the ARIC (Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities) Study, researchers investigated the relationship between smoking and diabetes risk and in particular whether smoking cessation affects diabetes incidence. The prospective cohort ARIC Study is designed to assess atherosclerosis in adults…
Cigarettes can send sex life up in smoke
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Scenes of a hero tossing a cigarette in the air, before lighting it by rubbing a matchstick against the villain’s head are common place. This Bollywood fantasy catches the fancy of millions and if you are among them think twice.…
Call to ban smoking in cars
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The dangers of exposing children to cigarette smoke were widely reported today. Many newspapers have focussed on a call for smoking to be banned in all vehicles, parks and play areas, as an extension of the current smoking ban. The…