American Lung Association calls on governors and legislatures to stand up for public health
...iation looked at laws on smoking in the workplace, cigarette taxes, youth access to tobacco and funding of smok...funding comprehensive prevention programs, raising cigarette taxes, providing smokefree air and preventing the sale of cigarettes to children can dramatically re...Air pollution increases risk of death from heart disease more than respiratory disease
...M2.5, which is also the size range of particles in cigarette smoke. Over the 16-year period, 22.5 percent of ..., Pope said. "There is no question that active cigarette smoking is a much, much larger risk factor than air pollution," said Pope, an expert in the economic...Anemia increases risk of hospitalization and death in older adults
...s that might affect the results, such as age, sex, cigarette smoking, and blood pressure, and again found that anemia itself is highly associated with risk. The researchers also found that participants with borderline anemia were at increased risk. "A higher hemoglobin level was significantly associated with a...Moderate alcohol use may be associated with brain shrinkage
...nks per week). Data on income, physical activity, cigarette smoking, cholesterol, hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, and stroke were also recorded. In general, they found that as the level of alcohol intake increased, so did ventricular and sulcal size. "There is no brain tissue in the ventricular an...Female smokers are twice as likely as male smokers to develop lung cancer
...n and women age 40 and older, with some history of cigarette smoking, to determine which risk indicators age, gender, number of years smoking when combined with the size and texture of lung nodules found on CT scans impacted the probability of developing lung cancer. The research was part of the Early Lung C...American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for December 2003 (first issue)
...lacebo-controlled study to demonstrate that active cigarette smoking is associated with resistance to short-ter...nic asthma patients. They pointed out that active cigarette smoking is common in adult patients with asthma, with over 20 percent being current smokers. They n...Study suggests US stop smoking effort paying off
... changes in adult smoking prevalence, per capita cigarette consumption, and tobacco control policies between ...ote that ASSIST states also had lower per capita cigarette consumption that non-ASSIST states, although the difference was not statistically significant. State...Studies describe heart disease following smallpox vaccination
...ol, diabetes, a family history of heart disease or cigarette smoking -- should not be vaccinated." John Murphy, M.D., a cardiologist at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., studied 18 cases of myocarditis or pericarditis among 230,000 military personnel. "That's an incidence of about one case per 12,700 vaccin...Survey on total cardiovascular risk shows significant gap between patient education and action
...heart disease, is the leading cause of death among cigarette smokers; echoing at least one scientific study that cancer remains the nation's number one health fear. In addition, only half of adults and half (53%) of all women are aware that one in ten women aged 45-64 have some form of heart disease. Also, o...More risk factors for heart disease increase Medicare cost
...creened for high blood pressure, high cholesterol, cigarette smoking, abnormal electrocardiograms and a history of diabetes or previous heart attack. "There were large variations in costs among individuals, but there was a significant relationship between more risk factors and higher costs to treat cardiovasc...Scientists map maturation of the human brain
... these adolescents are more vulnerable to becoming cigarette smokers is the relief nicotine provides in controlling their ADHD symptoms." The findings raise other questions such as whether drugs that act at nicotinic acetycholine receptors could be used as treatments for ADHD, whether the effects we found are...Duke leaders propose overhaul of health care and the practice of medicine
...chronic diseases such as diabetes, hypertension or cigarette smoking is now under way at Duke....NYC firefighters and EMS workers go tobacco-free
...proximately 1,500 of 11,000 FDNY firefighters were cigarette smokers, with 29 percent having increased their habit since 9/11 and 23 percent having re-started cigarette smoking after 9/11. After one year of rolling classes, 214 of the FDNY cigarette smokers enrolled i...Lung cancer screening motivates smokers to quit
...cancer screening could be the impetus to help some cigarette smokers quit, according to a Mayo Clinic study to be published in the Dec. 1, 2003, issue of the journal Cancer. One year after undergoing lung cancer screening, 14 percent of smokers in the study had stopped smoking. "That quit rate is double what ...Smoking increases risk of multiple sclerosis
... the role of these mechanisms and of components of cigarette smoke, such as nicotine, in the development of MS needs to be explored further....Repeated alcohol detoxifications can impair cognitive function
...tiple withdrawals and higher levels of nicotine or cigarette smoking," said Malcolm, "which I think is a fascinating phenomenon and needs to be followed up on." Duka said her findings have implications not only for individuals who have experienced multiple withdrawals from alcohol, but also the clinician who t...Novelty-seeking teens more receptive to tobacco advertising, new study shows
...whether adolescents could name an often-advertised cigarette brand, had a favorite tobacco advertisement, and if they possessed or were willing to use a tobacco industry promotional item. Novelty-seeking was measured by the adolescents' responses to questions regarding impulsive and sensation-seeking behavior...Actonel helped preserve bone quality at five years, new data show
...ily history of fracture, low bone mineral density, cigarette use, and race. Studies show that among postmenopausal women with osteoporosis who experience a spinal fracture, one out of five will suffer their next spinal fracture within just one year, potentially leading to a fracture cascade. Fractures can pr...Link between cannabis and death still not established
...s generally much lower in cannabis than in tobacco cigarette smokers, even taking into account the larger exposure per puff. Existing studies do not support a link between the use of cannabis and heart disease, the leading cause of death in many Western countries, he adds. Furthermore, cannabis does not contai...UNC study shows Internet offers youths easy way to buy cigarettes
...n buy cigarettes easily through the Internet since cigarette venders have weak or nonexistent age verification ...irst scientific investigation to document Internet cigarette sales to minors, researchers say. Reported in the Sept. 10 issue of the Journal of the American Medi...