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Are the cigarette-loving Balkans lighting up less?

If the question was misunderstood by the waiter in a Bucharest restaurant, the irony wasn't lost on the customer who cringed after asking, "Do you have a smoke-free area?"

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 23, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Cigarettes will carry grisly new warning labels

(AP) -- Rotting teeth and gums. Diseased lungs. A sewn-up corpse of a smoker. Cigarette smoke coming out of the tracheotomy hole in a man's neck.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 21, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 15

Smoke-free air laws effective at protecting children from secondhand smoke

Researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) have found that children and adolescents living in non-smoking homes in counties with laws promoting smoke-free public places have significantly lower levels of a ...

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created Jun 07, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Stanford study finds secondhand smoke pervasive in California's Indian casinos (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Smoke levels at California Indian casinos can exceed health benchmark levels during peak attendance hours and many non-smoking areas offer incomplete protection, Stanford researchers say.

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created Feb 18, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Emphysema severity directly linked to coal dust exposure

Coal dust exposure is directly linked to severity of emphysema in smokers and nonsmokers alike, according to new research from the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Jul 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0