Indoor smoking bans have forced smokers at bars and restaurants onto outdoor patios, but a new study suggests that these outdoor smoking areas might be creating a new health hazard. The study, thought to be the first to assess levels…
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Exposure To Passive Smoking Linked To Increased Adult Asthma
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Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) at work, mainly in the 1970s and 1980s, was associated with a 40% increased risk of developing asthma in young adults, according to new research presented today at The British Thoracic Society Annual Winter…
Nicotine levels higher in children exposed to secondhand smoke in the home
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PHILADELPHIA – New research published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, supports the World Health Initiative’s efforts for a home smoking ban, according to researchers at Johns Hopkins University. Specifically, hair…
Reynolds American to Buy Smoking-Cessation Firm
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Tobacco giant Reynolds American Inc. agreed to buy Sweden’s Niconovum AB for about $44 million, gaining a foothold in the market for smoking-cessation products. The deal marks the latest move by Reynolds to diversify as the volume of cigarettes sold…
Exposure to secondhand smoke increases risk for Type 2 diabetes
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Chronic secondhand smoke exposure significantly increases the risk for Type 2 diabetes, show results from a study of Greek and Cypriot elderly men and women. “While active smoking is strongly related to the development of diabetes mellitus, the role of…
Secondhand Smoke Exposure Worse for Toddlers, Obese Children
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“Secondhand smoke in children is not just bad for respiratory issues, as has been previously described by other researchers,” said John Anthony Bauer, Ph.D., the study’s senior co-author and principal investigator at Nationwide Children’s Hospital & Research Institute at Ohio…
American Lung Association Urges Full Coverage of Clinically Proven Smoking Cessation Treatments
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WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — As the debate over health care reform dominates the media and political arena, a new American Lung Association report finds that states aren’t doing enough to help smokers quit – and policymakers must fix this…
Second-hand smoke testimony banned from fight
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PIERRE – The state judge in charge of deciding whether South Dakota’s new smoking ban can be referred to a statewide vote ordered Monday that the American Cancer Society can’t call witnesses to testify on the effects of second-hand tobacco…
OSDH Issues Warning on Exposure to Secondhand Tobacco Smoke
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Based on a major new report issued by the Institute of Medicine that concludes avoiding exposure to tobacco smoke reduces heart attack deaths, the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) is warning Oklahomans with heart disease or with elevated risk…
The truth about second-hand smoking
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Thanks to some unusual candour on the part of the anti-tobacco brigade in New York City, we now have official confirmation that banning smoking in public has absolutely nothing to do with protecting the health of non-smokers from second-hand smoke,…
A CDC second-hand smokescreen
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Six years ago, when I asked an epidemiologist about a report that a smoking ban in Helena, Mont., had cut heart attacks by 40 percent within six months, he thought the idea was so ridiculous that no one would take…
Secondhand smoke: – it could be a matter of life or death
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Choosing to smoke in public isn’t just a personal choice anymore. A recent study further highlighted the impact of secondhand smoke on others — particularly those with heart disease. By adopting and adhering to smoke-free policies, the risk of heart…
Secondhand smoke cost adds up for county
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Secondhand smoking costs Marion County $47.5 million or about $54 per person annually in medical expenses, a study released Wednesday by Indiana University researchers finds. The report, which comes a week before the City-County Council will vote on a stricter…
Smoking Cessation Drug Not Linked To An Increased Risk Of Self Harm Or Depression
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There is no strong evidence that the popular smoking cessation drug varenicline increases the risk of self harm or depression compared to other cessation products, according to new research published on http://www.bmj.com today. Varenicline is a recently introduced smoking cessation…