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Kids
May Mimic Parents' Smoking, Drinking - Study Finds Preschoolers
at Play Mimic Parents' Smoking, Drinking
. . .
Parental
smoking still a threat to kids' lungs - Children
whose mothers smoked during pregnancy were 31 percent to 40 percent
more likely to have poor lung function than children born to non-smokersr
. . .
Quit
smoking or lose your job
- Scotts Miracle-Gro has already banned smoking on the job. Next
October workers must stop altogether or find a new job . . .
WHO
stops hiring smokers
-
The
World Health Organization yesterday became the largest international
employer to stop hiring smokers in an effort to promote its campaign
against tobacco . . .
Fire-Safe
Cigarette Laws Expanding in U.S. - Cigarette-caused
fires are #1 cause of fire death, killing 700-900 annually . . .
Cigarettes:
Leading Cause of Fire Deaths -
Children
account for more than 35% of all fire and burn injuries and deaths
. . .
One
dead, 11 hurt as fire rages through Caribbean cruise ship -
The
cause of the fire had not been determined but crew members said
they believed cigarette smoking was a factor . . .
Smoking During Pregnancy May Affect Baby's Fingers And Toes
- A mother's
cigarette smoking increases the risk that her newborn may have extra,
webbed or missing fingers or toes . . .
Lung
cancer rare in nonsmokers - Genetic mutation, environment may
be factors in such cases. Although Dana Reeve said
that she had never smoked, most lung cancers are associated .
. .
Second-hand
smoke indoors causes respiratory illness in millions of children
annually - It
may
contribute to as many as 3,000 deaths from lung cancer and 62,000
deaths from heart disease . . .
Race May Be Factor In Lung Cancer - Greater
Risk Found For Blacks Who Smoke. Findings
from this study on smoking are the most convincing to date, the
researchers said . . .
When
it comes to smoking, some teens want to kick the habit as much as
adults do -- But
finding a program for them isn't easy. .
.
Woman's
Reproductive Health and The Damage From Smoking - Five
reproductive health risks associated with lighting up . . .
A
corporate giant's smoke screen - Philip
Morris, aka Altria is getting away with hiding its heinous business
behind altruism! In the press release, Altria's vice president of
contributions, said . . .
Disney Hotels Go Smoke-free - Beginning
March 1st, Disney's Disneyland Hotel and Paradise Hotel will become
smoke free . . .
Westin
Hotels Goes Smoke free - Upscale
chain brings clean air to all of its 77 properties
. . .
States
Seek to Limit 'Little Cigar' Marketing -
40 states
have asked the U.S. Treasury Department to bar tobacco companies
from marketing products identical to cigarettes as "little
cigars,". . .
Lung cancers are cancers that begin
in the lungs. Other types of cancers may spread to the lungs
from other organs. However, these are not lung cancers . . .
Can
Lung Cancer Be Cured? Did you know that lung cancer kills more
people in the U.S. than any other cancer? Lung cancer can be cured
if it is caught early . . .
Smoke
free 2005, 2006, and Beyond - As
2005 comes to an end, together,
we have made tremendous progress for clean indoor air
. . .
After
the Smoke Clears, a $1,000 Reward - Waitress
Goes Year Without Cigarettes. Every
Dec. 31 for the last decade, Bill Duggan has dangled $1,000 before
any smoker working at his . . .
Smoking-Prevention
Work Criticized in Most of U.S. - Federal government
is failing almost completely in reducing smoking, according to a
review by the American Lung Association . . .
Smoke
free Madison (WI) Sees Increase in Bar Licenses -
It's great to see business go up in smoke free jurisdictions . .
.
Kick
the habit -
It's never
easy - Get the support you need -
The problem with quitting a bad habit is that it's really hard.
It's even harder when that habit is an addiction. Quitting can lead
to . . .
Teen
Girls Using Pills, Smoking More Than Boys -
Government's Findings Counter Overall Decline.
Teenage
girls, having caught up to their male counterparts in illegal drug
use and . . .
Blacks'
Tobacco Risk Revisited - African
American youngsters who smoke may not catch the attention of stop-smoking
programs because the scales used to measure nicotine . . .
Employers
help employees kicking butts - Until recently many employers
were not wiling to help workers kick the smoking habit, even though
it costs Americans $76, billion in extra medical care . . .
Smoking
and inflammation
- "When you smoke a cigarette, over a thousand chemicals
enter your body, many of them irritants that get into the bloodstream,
triggering an inflammatory response . . .
Canadian
Waitress with Secondhand Lung Cancer Fights for Life - "I
want to be the last worker to die from secondhand smoke."--
Heather Crowe.In 1972, Heather Crowe came
to Ottawa . . .
Letter from
Casino Worker with Secondhand Lung Cancer
- Hello! My name is Vincent Rennich. I have been married
for 25 years and have two children . . .
Dana
Reeve, the widow of the actor Christopher Reeve, has died of
lung cancer at age 44, according to the Christopher Reeve Foundation
. . .
STROKE IDENTIFICATION - Sometimes
symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the
lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer
severe brain damage . . .
Blowing Smoke About Tobacco
- "Tobacco:
deadly in any form or disguise" is the slogan of the World
Health Organization's World No Tobacco Day tomorrow. The claim is
false . . .
Fighting
and Coping With Lung Disease - The odds are you have
never heard of COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder. It
is a disease in which the lung is damaged, making it hard . . .
Smokers are not being helped to
kick the habit - even though there are strategies that work,
such as mass media campaigns, counseling and nicotine replacement
therapy, a panel of experts . . .
Tobacco
Money, Going Up in Smoke! - None
of the settlement money has been spent on tobacco control to reduce
costs to the Medicaid program! At the same time, the District's
adult smoking . . .
Adult
Smokers: China, Selected European Countries, USA, India, 2002
- According to the most recent estimates by the World Health Organization,
China has one of the highest rates of smokers . . .
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