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Smoking: Did you know...

Carmona issued a comprehensive scientific report on June 26, 2006, which concludes that there is no risk-free level of exposure to second-hand smoke ...
The addictive effect of nicotine is the main reason why tobacco is widely used ...
Second-hand smoke contains more than 50 cancer-causing chemicals, and is itself a known human carcinogen ...
Tobacco smoke contains thousands of chemical agents, including over 60 substances that are known to cause cancer ...
TOBACCO use, particularly cigarette smoking , is the single most preventable cause of death in the world ...

Big tobacco feels the wrath of ‘duped’ smokers

Instead the jury looks at the averages — for example smoking causes 90% of lung cancer and 30% of heart disease — while reaching its conclusion ...
The transactional costs and the relatively small recovery for the difference in value between what an individual smoker paid for and what he received would result in damages measured in tens or hundreds of dollars ...
And then they came out with a product that they said is safer,” said Hausfeld ...

State Issue 5: Text of Proposed Law

A) Private residences, except during the hours of operation as a child care or adult care facility for compensation, during the hours of operation as a business by a person other than a person residing in ...
The director of health shall within six months of the effective date of this section ...
B) Promulgate rules in accordance with Chapter 119 of the Revised Code to prescribe a schedule of fines for violations of this chapter designed to foster compliance with the provisions of this chapter ...
E) Lack of intent to violate a provision of this chapter shall not be a defense to a violation ...
Any retail tobacco store that begins operation after the effective date of this section or any existing retail tobacco store that relocates to another location after the effective date of this section may only qualify for this exemption if located in a freestanding structure occupied solely by the business and smoke from the business does not migrate into an enclosed area where smoking is prohibited under the provisions of this chapter ...

New blood test may detect lung cancer early

While experts guessed that the blood test might still be at least five to 10 years away from being an everyday medical reality, they said that its hypothesis, of testing for cancer through blood tests, is promising ...
But if lung cancer is identified early enough, patients can be essentially cured ...
We are still in the very early stages of this test, but if it works, we will have another tool to screen for lung cancer," said Jacot ...

Contra Costa To Pass Public Smoking Ban

Supervisors also agreed to encourage all cities within Contra Costa County to adopt the ordinance ...
The ordinance will also prohibit smoking in any indoor workplace, including tobacco shops; outdoor dining areas; on public trails; in line at ATM machines or other public services areas; in common indoor and outdoor areas of multi-unit housing complexes; and on the grounds of the county hospital ...
The ordinance proposes that those costs can be reduced if fewer people are exposed to secondhand smoke ...

Tobacco Related Deaths In Tennessee Expected To Exceed 9,400 In 2006

Figures also show that Hamilton County and southeast Tennessee have one of the highest percentage rates, of tobacco ...
In addition, the ALA will be conducting an Asthma walk on November 18th to focus awareness on the seriousness of Asthma and other breathing disorders and to raise money to support these efforts locally ...
The fun walk will be hosted by Chattanooga State and will be a family event with Free Asthma testing and various other screenings, health booths, and clean air related information ...
The hope is that people will listen and be concerned about their health and the health ...
Surprisingly, many area citizens and employers in the region don’t seem to understand is that it is costing today up to 40% more to medically insure employees and citizens who smoke and use tobacco as it does a non- smoking work or home place ...

FDA OKs Drug for Head, Neck Cancer

The most frequent adverse events reported by patients treated with Taxotere in the study were decreases in white and red blood cells, loss ...
In a clinical trial involving 358 patients with previously untreated and inoperable head and neck cancer, those treated with Taxotere in combination with cisplatin and fluorouracil survived longer _ 18 ...
Federal health officials expanded their approval of a Sanofi-Aventis SA injectable drug Wednesday to include treatment of head and neck cancer ...
This disease represents about 3 percent of all new cancer cases in the United States, the FDA said ...
Sanofi-Aventis, based in France, is the world's third-largest pharmaceutical company ...

Bans on Industry Research Grants Are Bad for Science

Glantz and his allies claim that the Enstrom/Kabat study is flawed and tainted and has been used to help defeat smoking bans in some localities ...
The BMJ editor has stood by the paper despite attacks on it as an industry propaganda piece ...
To help in this process, TI support should be clearly identified in the "disclosure" and "conflict of interest" statements now appended to virtually every scientific journal article ...

The American Legacy Foundation® and Mayo Clinic Announce Collaboration to Reduce Smoking Rates

Mayo Clinic is proud to work with the American Legacy Foundation," said Dr ...
The two organizations have together created a quit manual and online resources that intentionally avoid anti- smoking overtones used in past campaigns and instead provide those who want to quit with resources to develop a comprehensive quit plan, including expert advice, pharmacotherapies (nicotine patch, lozenges or gum, or bupropion or varenicline), preparation and planning ...
Believing that collaboration leads to innovation, GSD&M partners with creative thinkers across a wide and diverse range of disciplines ...
Richard Hurt, director of Mayo Clinic's Nicotine Dependence Center ...
Additionally, this clinical partnership extends to the foundation's efforts in Hollywood, California ...

£1.3m a day goes up in smoke

Deprived areas have three times as many smokers as more affluent places ...
Richer smokers with money to burn buy fewer cigarettes and more of them appear to be giving up ...
Official figures obtained by the Sunday Mail reveal it is the poorest people who can least afford it who spend the most on tobacco ...