Secret documents reveal how tobacco industry targeted gay men
...s found that, ultimately, the boycott inspired the tobacco company to use philanthropy to gain the gay commun...t lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community tobacco control initiatives are essential. "The gay community's particular vulnerabilities to the tobacco in...9/11 boosted trust in government, temporary distress, research shows
...lescents away from unhealthy acts such as drug and tobacco use and early sexual activity. A UNC report published in 2000 showed that pledges some adolescents take to delay sexual activity until marriage -- sometimes called "virginity pledges" -- tend to work when groups making the pledge are not too large an...UCLA report shows disparities in children's health
.... Prop. 10 generates approximately $600 million in tobacco taxes annually. Eighty percent of this funding is distributed among the state's 58 County Commissions and 20 percent is allocated to the State Commission....Tackling major risk factors simultaneously key to improving global health
...including malnutrition, poor water and sanitation, tobacco and alcohol use, and elevated blood cholesterol) were assessed in 14 regions of the world divided into three categories: high mortality developing regions; lower mortality developing regions; and economically developed regions. Around half (47%) of...Good news on cancer for most EU countries but tobacco still a big problem
...ut for ill in the case of women, and the part that tobacco contributed towards the Europe Against Cancer prog...perience large declines in lung cancer. Successful tobacco control activities have made a major contribution to the declines in cancer death rates in men and t...American Academy of Ophthalmology announces new award, its highest honor
...king research in the areas of cellular metabolism, tobacco amblyopia, retinal detachment, pathology and surgery of the vitreous, scleral buckling, and photocoagulation for treatment of retinal diseases. His research also has aided in the development of the modern ophthalmoscope. Academy President Michael R. ...New research reveals banning smoking at home protects infants
...eaningful fall in infant exposure to environmental tobacco smoke, whereas less strict measures have no effect...ir knowledge and use of harm reduction strategies, tobacco consumption, and details of the home environment. A sample of the infant's urine was taken to measur...Banning smoking at home protects infants
...eaningful fall in infant exposure to environmental tobacco smoke, whereas less strict measures have no effect...ir knowledge and use of harm reduction strategies, tobacco consumption, and details of the home environment. A sample of the infant's urine was taken to measur...Green teas cancer-fighting allure becomes more potent
... green tea shut down one of the key molecules that tobacco relies upon to cause cancer. It's a find that coul...s harmful. Gasiewicz has previously shown how both tobacco smoke and dioxin manipulate the molecule a favorite target of toxic substances to cause havoc with...Smoking causes half the tuberculosis deaths in Indian men
...y Research Centre and her colleagues compared the tobacco smoking of 43,000 men (from both urban and rural areas) who had died of various diseases in the late 1990s with that of 35,000 living men (the control group). In the urban study area, the death rates from medical causes of ever smokers were double t...Severe childhood ADHD may predict alcohol, substance use problems in teen years
...y of getting drunk, and heavier and earlier use of tobacco and other drugs. The findings indicate that childh...ders may predispose children to drug, alcohol, and tobacco use earlier than children without ADHD, this study explores more closely specific aspects of that as...Yale expert warns children may lead shorter lives than their parents because of obesity
...of taking steps like requiring seat belts, keeping tobacco companies from our children, and more." Among his recommendations are to prohibit food advertising aimed at children or at least mandate equal time for the promotion of healthy eating and activity; rid schools of soft drinks, snack foods and fast fo...Progress shown in death rates from four leading cancers decline in overall mortality has slowed
...e has slowed among women, reflecting reductions in tobacco smoking. "The steep decline in lung cancer rates ... strategies that we know are effective in reducing tobacco use." Death rates from breast cancer continue to fall despite a gradual, long-term increase in the r...Smoking linked to osteoporosis in women
...dy. The study suggests continuing high exposure to tobacco in older smokers and greater sensitivity to smokin...ations for the more pronounced negative effects of tobacco on bone loss in postmenopausal women. But Professor Wark says that much remains to be learnt about h...Early nicotine use may lead to lasting addiction, study finds
... and the National Institute of Mental Health. Most tobacco use begins during adolescence, Levin pointed out. ... neuron development occurs. "The great majority of tobacco addiction begins during adolescence, yet little is known about differential effects of nicotine in a...PET scans show cigarette smoke affects peripheral organs
...es the whole body to the thousands of compounds in tobacco smoke." Dr. Joanna Fowler, together with Dr. Volkow and others at Brookhaven National Laboratory and the State University of New York at Stony Brook, conducted the study, which will be published online during the week of September 8 on the Proceedin...Imaging study reveals effect of smoking on peripheral organs
...ven National Laboratory on the systemic effects of tobacco smoking are the result of years of investment by t...o nicotine, but rather, to some other component of tobacco smoke. "Since smoking exposes the entire body to the tobacco compounds that inhibit MAO B, we believ...UNC study shows Internet offers youths easy way to buy cigarettes
...th Carolina at Chapel Hill study concludes. Retail tobacco sales to minors are against the law in all 50 stat...n Islands. Only one package was clearly labeled as tobacco products, only one was marked "Adult signature required for delivery" and only seven showed a return...Nearly 5 million deaths worldwide caused by smoking
...en the scientific evidence for national and global tobacco control efforts, a consistent method is needed to estimate the health effects of smoking across different populations and different points in time. Majid Ezzati from Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, USA, and Alan Lopez from the University of ......care, lung cancer, sepsis, mechanical ventilation, tobacco cessation, COPD, sleep medicine, pediatric pulmonology, disaster response, women's health, and thoracic surgery. Thousands of physicians and medical professionals will be on hand to choose from over 175 general scientific sessions, 10 honor lecture...