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People With Cancer in Family History Must Avoid Smokers
“If you have a family history of lung cancer, you probably should not even be around cigarette smokers,” says a researcher who showed the people with a particular gene can easily get lung cancer from very light smoking, and even from exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke. This research may provide strong legal remedies for [...]
Anti-tobacco advocates want to see people live
Time and time again I see stories in the media about those anti-tobacco advocates. Well it’s time to fess up. I’m one of them.
The anti-tobacco advocates include the American Cancer Society, American Heart Association, American Lung Association, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, Environmental Protection Agency, Faith United Against Tobacco, Montana Tobacco Use Prevention Program, My Last [...]
WHO: Smoking kills 5 million every year
LONDON — Tobacco use kills at least 5 million people every year, a figure that could rise if countries don’t take stronger measures to combat smoking, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.
In a new report on tobacco use and control, the U.N. agency said nearly 95 percent of the global population is unprotected by laws [...]
Cancer on the rise among youth
KOLKATA: Youngsters in Kolkata are paying a heavy price for failing to kick the butt and spit out the pan masala. Despite a more high-pitched anti-tobacco campaign, pictorial warnings on cigarette packets and restrictions on the sale of tobacco products around educational institutions, GenNext, it seems, can’t get rid of the cancer stick or the [...]
Tobacco-free policy begins this month for city employees
City employees accustomed to using tobacco on the job have less than two weeks left to enjoy their habit.
The Starkville Board of Aldermen in September adopted a tobacco-free workplace policy for employees, set to go into effect Nov. 15. Employees won’t be allowed to use any tobacco products, from cigarettes and cigars to snuff and [...]
Anti-tobacco role model
DeLeon “Deley” Dupree has firsthand knowledge about the destructive nature of cigarettes.
He said his grandmother smoked for about 25 years and then quit for about 20 years. About a year ago, she was diagnosed with lung cancer. She has taken treatments and appears to be stabilized, he said.
On Monday, the junior student-athlete at Jefferson High [...]
Real-life quit smoking ad launched
A “real-life” advertising campaign aimed at getting parents to quit smoking has been launched by the Department of Health.
The adverts feature real young children, whose parents smoke, issuing pleas to their mums and dads to give up the habit before it kills them.
Recent research has shown just how much of an important issue this is [...]
Tobacco-free campus: Health Department seeks MKU support
MADURAI: As part of the Health Department’s anti-smoking initiatives, the Madurai Kamaraj University has been approached to launch steps for keeping the varsity campus ‘tobacco-free’ and ask for the same in its affiliated colleges.
Director of Public Health and Preventive Medicine S. Elango on Sunday spoke to Vice-Chancellor R. Karpaga Kumaravel, seeking his support in taking [...]
Enforce a no smoking policy at campuses
GLOUCESTER TWP. Camden County College is beginning to enforce a no smoking policy at campuses here and in Cherry Hill Township and Camden.
As of July 1, all three campus locations were designated tobacco-free. This means that use of tobacco and tobacco-like products is not allowed either in or outside buildings or on the grounds [...]
Winneshiek County Tobacco-Free Coalition meets
The Winneshiek County Tobacco-Free Coalition will meet at T-Bocks Wednesday, Sept. 9, at noon.
“The Coalition is busy working to reduce secondhand smoke exposure, and building youth interest in tobacco related concerns. They are also promoting cessations opportunities for individuals who want to quit smoking, and increasing the number of people interested in making tobacco related [...]
Malawian Child Tobacco Farmers in Danger
Children who are forced to work on Malawian tobacco farms are suffering from severe nicotine-related health problems, according to children’s organisation Plan International.
An investigation has found that the child workers are being exposed to nicotine levels equivalent to smoking 50 cigarettes day, through skin absorption, causing serious health complications.
Some children reported symptoms of green tobacco [...]
Tobacco Free Policy At Lander Scheduled
When classes begin at Lander University in September, a new tobacco free policy will be in effect.
Tobacco use will be banned, making it the first state run institution to implement such a policy. Under the new policy, tobacco use will be prohibited on all university grounds, indoors and outdoors, and the sale and distribution of [...]
Smoke-free policy in effect
UB’s smoke-free policy is in effect as of Aug. 1, with smoking prohibited in buildings and on the grounds—including green spaces—on the university’s three campuses.
Until Aug. 1, 2010, smoking will be permitted in areas of parking lots that are more than 100 feet from buildings. After that date, smoking will not be permitted anywhere on [...]
Unique Challenges Related To Smoking
Smoking bans, while a necessary and positive trend for reducing exposure to secondhand smoke, have some unintended consequences–especially for women. The August 2009 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine includes a special supplement, Unintended Consequences of Tobacco Policies, a compilation of nine original, peer-reviewed articles focused on examining these unique challenges related to [...]
