Many parents fail to set rules to limit children's exposure to tobacco smoke, according to new study
...dentify from a list of possible rules which family smoking restrictions were in place within their family. Th...dults can smoke, but not around children," and "No smoking is allowed in my home." The researchers also inquired about tobacco exposure rules outside the home,...Consumers not getting accurate information about smokeless tobacco
...on of the risks of smokeless tobacco and cigarette smoking may have important negative health implications. "...lude the authors. The harmful effects of cigarette smoking have been well researched and documented. Different tobacco products are associated with different ...Exposed: Tobacco companies efforts to influence industry privatisation
...ng people in cities. In doing so it predicted that smoking uptake would increase, especially among women, belying the tobacco industry claim that advertising only encourages brand switching. The documents also suggest that BAT planned to cull the cigarette-processing workforce in Moldova but present 'sanitis...Case finds dental patients agreeable to tobacco interventions
... or their student dentist's help in breaking their smoking or chewing habits. The information also provided an opportunity for Victoroff to incorporate the findings in the dental classes she teaches and to strengthen the need for dentists to overcome any hesitations they have about introducing tobacco cessa...New recommendation encourages more activist approach to lung cancer screening
... cancer risk to be substantially reduced following smoking cessation," says lead author Gary Strauss, MD, MPH, an oncologist and epidemiologist at Rhode Island Hospital and Brown Medical School. "For this reason, lung cancer is increasing in frequency among former cigarette smokers. Current and former smoker...Abnormal lung cancer screening results may help smokers quit
...reasingly likely to quit and remain abstinent from smoking over three years. Because up to 70 percent of sm..., annual CT lung cancer screening did not increase smoking cessation rates. Therefore, perhaps, multiple abnormal findings may provide a psychological push for...Grandmothers' smoking linked to grandchildren's asthma decades later
...eck School of Medicine. "The findings suggest that smoking could have a longer-lasting impact on families' he... to tobacco products and demonstrate how important smoking cessation is for both the person smoking and their family members," said Paul A. Kvale, M.D., presid...Smoking doubles risk of degenerative eye condition
...s of detailed eye tests and were asked about their smoking habits, and if they had given up, how long ago. Af... macular degeneration, the authors calculated that smoking was likely to have caused up to 30,000 cases. "An increased risk of [age related macular degeneratio...Adolescent health ill-catered for in the NHS
...Rates of obesity, sexually transmitted infections, smoking and teenage pregnancies among adolescents have also increased or shown no improvement over the last twenty years. "Adolescence is a critical period for engaging the population in health" says Dr Viner, as behaviour and attitudes towards health are ma...Ibuprofen may lower risk of Parkinson's disease
... need more research," said Chen. Age, gender, and smoking status known risk factors for Parkinson's disease could not explain the results. No significant associations were found between the use of aspirin, other NSAIDs, or acetaminophen and the risk of Parkinson's disease....Alcohol magnifies the rewarding effects of smoking, even for light smokers
...s show that alcohol has a dose-dependent effect on smoking urge even among light smokers. Smoking urges were ...tudies have shown an association between cigarette smoking and alcohol drinking. Although cigarette craving is thought to be a factor involved in alcohol/sm...Obesity adds risk of cardiovascular disease in siblings in families with a history of heart problems
...s age, gender, cholesterol levels, blood pressure, smoking and diabetes. In the Hopkins study, researchers monitored risk factors, both traditional and BMI, for nine years in 827 siblings under age 60 from families in the Baltimore region. Study participants were generally healthy at the beginning of the st...Being obese, underweight, associated with increased risk of death
...ence of high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and smoking are now 21, 18, and 12 percentage points lower, re...roups may be narrowing, and for blood pressure and smoking improvements have been similar across BMI groups. Thus, obese and overweight persons may be at lower...Study links cigarette smoking with progression of multiple sclerosis
...c Health (HSPH) recently discovered that cigarette smoking may contribute to the progression of multiple sclerosis (MS), suggesting that quitting smoking could limit or delay central nervous system deterioration. This is the first time that a modifiable...Study shows antibiotic treatment does not reduce risk of secondary cardiac events
...n for all participants, regardless of age, gender, smoking status, or presence of C. pneumoniae antibody. The antibiotic treatment also had no effect on total mortality or on incidence of stroke. Men and women were included in the study if they had stable coronary artery disease following a previous cardiac ...New study shows antibiotic treatment does not reduce risk of secondary cardiac events
...wn for all participants regardless of age, gender, smoking status, or presence of C. pneumoniae antibody. The antibiotic treatment also had no affect on total mortality or on incidence of stroke. Men and women were included in the study if they had stable coronary artery disease following a previous cardiac...Environmental factors, particularly air pollution, increases risk of myocardial infarction
...cted that corroborate previous claims that passive smoking increases the risk of MI. The results suggest that combined exposure at home and at work and the aggregate exposure during adulthood contribute significantly to the risk of MI....Perceived discrimination linked to coronary artery calcification
...es based on high blood pressure, high cholesterol, smoking and age. After further adjustment for body mass index (BMI) there still was a nearly 2.5 times higher risk for each unit increase up the four-point scale. "These findings suggest that chronic exposure to discrimination may be an important risk facto...Male combat veterans rank high in heart disease risk
...rvings of beer, wine or hard liquor a week. Heavy smoking was determined by calculating the subjects' pack-years smoked (the number of years smoking multiplied by the number of packs smoked per day) and dividing the results into quartiles. The rese......l isolation may influence health behaviors such as smoking and physical activity, which in turn affect IL-6 levels. Second, socially isolated people are often depressed and under more stress than their more outgoing counterparts (studies show that even acute stress can increase levels of IL-6)....