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• Campaign Encourages Smokers To "Talk With Your Doctor" For Help Quitting May 24, 2013
  Advice and help from doctors can more than double odds smoker will quit successfully Because a doctor's advice and assistance more than doubles the odds that a smoker will quit successfully, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is partnering with five national physician groups on the new "Talk With Your Doctor" campaign to encourage […]
• Tobacco Warning Images Proposed By The European Commission Should Be Reviewed As They Do Not Achieve The Desired Level Of Impact May 24, 2013
  The warning images Brussels proposes to include on tobacco packages in order to reduce consumption do not make the desired impact on smokers because they only find some of them really unpleasant. So, if the European Commission wants to improve the efficacy of its anti-smoking campaigns, it should produce a new set of images that make a stronger emotional imp […]
• Children Exposed To Secondhand Smoke Likely To Be More Aggressive May 23, 2013
  Children who are exposed to secondhand smoke in early childhood are more likely to grow up to physically aggressive and antisocial, regardless of whether they were exposed during pregnancy or their parents have a history of being antisocial, according to Linda Pagani and Caroline Fitzpatrick of the University of Montreal and its affiliated CHU Sainte-Justine […]
• The Interactive Effects On Neurocognition Of Alcohol Consumption, Smoking And Age May 21, 2013
  Treatment for alcohol use disorders works best if the patient actively understands and incorporates the interventions provided in the clinic. Multiple factors can influence both the type and degree of neurocognitive abnormalities found during early abstinence, including chronic cigarette smoking and increasing age... […]
• Smoking During Pregnancy Raises Daughter's Risk Of Gestational Diabetes And Obesity May 21, 2013
  Women who smoke while pregnant are at a higher risk of having daughters who become obese and/or develop gestational diabetes, according to a new study published in Diabetologia. The fact that smoking is harmful during pregnancy has long been known, however, studies that examined possible adverse effects that last until adulthood are scarce and outcomes have […]
• Spanish Smoking Relapse Prevention May 20, 2013
  Researchers from Moffitt Cancer Center and the University of South Florida have evaluated how Florida health care and social service agencies distribute "Libres para Siempre" ("Forever Free®"), a Spanish smoking relapse prevention booklet series... […]
• Most Americans Have Smoke-Free Rules For Home And Car May 18, 2013
  A national survey finds that a large majority of adults in the US voluntarily apply smoke-free rules in their homes or vehicles... […]
• No Significant Change Seen In Overall Smokeless Tobacco Use Among U.S. Youths May 14, 2013
  Tobacco use remains the leading preventable cause of death and disease in the United States. Declines in smoking among youths were observed from the late 1990s. "However, limited information exists on trends in smokeless tobacco use among U.S. youths," writes Israel T. Agaku, D.M.D., M.P.H., of the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, and colle […]
• Signs Of Tobacco Smoke Still Found In Non-Smoking Hotel Rooms May 14, 2013
  Non-smoking hotel rooms with a partial smoking ban do not fully protect guests from harmful exposure to third-hand smoke, according to new research. The study was conducted by experts from San Diego State University (SDSU) and was published in the journal Tobacco Control... […]
• Testing Carbon Monoxide In Pregnant Women Not Compulsory, UK Authorities Insist May 14, 2013
  Despite British media attempts to make it appear that all pregnant women will have to prove they do not smoke by taking a carbon monoxide test, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), which provides guidance to ensure quality and value for money in the National Health Service, UK, insists that the "NICE does not call for the test t […]