American Thoracic Society Journal news tips for July (second issue)
...ts were questioned about their respiratory health, cigarette smoking, physical activity, and medical history. Among 5,016 adult participants who reported the status of family smoking when they grew up, approximately 50 percent said that their mother smoked and about two-thirds noted that their father smoked. ...Smoke-free workplaces protect non-smokers and encourage smokers to quit
...ing smoking and reducing consumption reduces total cigarette consumption by 29%. To achieve similar results thr...%, say the authors. Such an increase would require cigarette taxes per pack to increase from $0.76 to $3.05 in the United States and from 3.44 to 6.59 in the Uni...Cigarette marketing can undermine good parenting
...likely to start smoking, they are not as swayed by cigarette advertising and promotions as are their peers rais...he tobacco industry. If true, it would appear that cigarette advertising and promotion strategies are designed to undermine recommended parenting practices," say...Infant mortality rate drops, children more likely to have working parent, be read to
... and social environment indicators show that daily cigarette smoking among 8th and 10th graders dropped significantly. In 2000, 7.4 percent of eighth graders smoked daily, as compared to 5.5 percent in 2001. The percentage of 10th graders who smoked dropped from 14 percent to 12 percent during that time peri...Understanding genetic cancer risk might not help smokers kick the habit
...nvironmental carcinogens, including those found in cigarette smoke. The researchers likened the enzyme to detergent: if a person lacks the gene, it is as if their body does not have the detergent it needs to clean itself of cancer-causing agents. "It's a fine line we are walking," McBride said. "If we tell som...Less smoke, longer life for Poles
...for improvement of health through reduced smoking, cigarette packs with the biggest health warnings in Europe, protection of smoke-free workplaces and since December 2001 a total ban on tobacco advertising. From the beginning of the 1980's until the turn of the century smoking among Polish men has decreased fr...Heart disease is a pediatric problem: New guidelines point to lifestyle 'training' in childhood
...ng cancer, according to the statement. Ironically, cigarette smoking also has a link to obesity. Some adolescent girls start smoking, thinking it will help them slim down, Williams explains. The guidelines suggest that anti-smoking messages should be age specific. Intervention for infants could include helpi...Passive smoking increases the risk of heart disease
...moking causes heart disease" are emblazoned across cigarette packaging across the world. The effects of second ...ifficult to measure the exposure of non-smokers to cigarette smoke. Researchers at the University of Athens in Greece have carried out an extensive survey of app...American Thoracic Society news tips for June (second issue)
...D is a slowly progressive airway disease caused by cigarette smoking that produces a major, non-reversible decline in lungfunction. In the 14-person placebo group of patients with advanced disease, there were a total of 10 exacerbations, compared with three among the 16 individuals in the treatment group. In...U.S. cancer mortality rates reflect changing socioeconomic patterns
...ends are consistent with socioeconomic patterns in cigarette smoking. "Given the latency period between the start of regular smoking and cancer death, we should expect socioeconomic disparities in male cancer mortality to continue to widen in the near future," the authors say. In an accompanying article, Sing...PET reveals early coronary damage in young smokers
...ening chemicals. It is widely known that chronic cigarette smoking alters coronary vascular endothelial response, but studies such as this indicate that damage begins much earlier in the smokers life than previously believed. The risk of death from coronary artery disease is up to six times higher in smokers...Cardiac differences in infants born to HIV-positive mothers may persist
...gh-risk behaviors such as use of illicit drugs and cigarette smoking while pregnant. "When they were born, the hearts of the babies who were not infected with HIV were similar to those who were infected. This suggests that HIV does not directly cause the cardiac abnormalities," said lead author Steven Lipshult...Substance abuse increases in New York City in aftermath of September 11th
...of the attacks.Participants were asked about their cigarette smoking, alcohol drinking, and marijuana use habit...rom depression. People who reported an increase in cigarette smoking or marijuana usewere also more likely to have both PTSD and depression, while those who repo...USC researchers suggest possible cause for kidney cancer
...sion, known risk factors for kidney cancer include cigarette smoking, diabetes, male gender and, among women, oophorectomy (undergoing removal of the ovaries) and parity (giving birth to numerous children). USC researchers analyzed more than two dozen studies, and found increased signs of lipid peroxidation i...Foods rich in folate may reduce risk of stroke
...vels of education, alcohol consumption and current cigarette smoking, dietary folate was significantly and inversely related to the risk of stroke and cardiovascular disease. From 1971 to 1992, participants had experienced 926 strokes and 3,758 cardiovascular events. The inverse relationship between dietary ...Antioxidant gene mutation gives free radicals free reign
... are made in the body, but they can also come from cigarette smoke, alcohol intake, particulate air pollution, UV-rays from sunlight and some medicines. Foods containing antioxidants, such as vitamin C and A, are thought to help fight heart disease and other chronic ailments, says Juul. Researchers dont know i...Calcification of breast blood vessels may predict stroke risk
...risk of stroke, was more common among older women, cigarette smokers and among those who used hormone replacement therapy after menopause. Researchers say calcification of breast blood vessels and milk ducts may occur by different processes. The breast blood vessels probably become calcified as part of the at...Health benefits of leanness blown away by cigarette smoke
...n. The numbers were even more dramatic for female cigarette smokers they had an 80 percent greater relative risk of dying from a heart attack compared to their nonsmoking peers. Female smokers also had a higher risk of dying from other causes. Female smokers tended to be both leaner than their cigarette-usi...More evidence of possible link between hearing loss and CVD
... cardiovascular disease, its risk factors (such as cigarette smoking) and age-related hearing loss, says lead author Peter Torre III, Ph.D., post-doctoral fellow, department of population health sciences, University of Wisconsin Medical School. As part of the Epidemiology of Hearing Loss Study (EHLS) in Beav...... CHD, hypertension, dyslipidemia or diabetes. But cigarette smoking was lower among the firstborns. The cumulative number of risk factors per patient was almost identical between the firstborns and their younger siblings.Because we found the same kinds of risk factors in both groups, we suspect primogenitur...