News tagged with passive smoke

More than 600,000 people killed by 2nd-hand smoke

(AP) -- Secondhand smoke kills more than 600,000 people worldwide every year, according to a new study.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 26, 2010 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (11) | comments 12

Link found between passive smoking and poorer mental health

Second hand smoke exposure is associated with psychological distress and risk of future psychiatric illness, according to new UCL research that suggests the harmful affects of passive smoking go beyond physical health.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jun 07, 2010 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (7) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Babies who sleep with smoker parents exhibit high nicotine levels

"Third-hand smoke" stuck to skin or clothing is responsible for the high nicotine levels seen in babies who share a bedroom with their smoker parents. This is the conclusion of a study carried out in Catalonia, ...

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created Mar 29, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Passive smoking increases risk to unborn babies, study says

Pregnant non-smokers who breathe in the second-hand smoke of other people are at an increased risk of delivering stillborn babies or babies with defects, a study led by researchers at The University of Nottingham has found.

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created Mar 09, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Smoking increases risk of breast cancer in postmenopausal women

Postmenopausal women who smoke or used to smoke have up to a 16% higher risk of developing breast cancer compared to women who have never smoked, finds research published in the British Medical Journal today.

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created Mar 01, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Smoking may be associated with increased risk of breast cancer: study

Smoking before menopause, especially prior to giving birth, may be associated with a modest increase in the risk of developing breast cancer, according to a report in the January 24 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.

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created Jan 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Passive smokers at increased risk of hearing loss

Non-smokers who regularly breathe in others' tobacco smoke are at increased risk of some degree of hearing loss, reveals research published online in Tobacco Control.

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created Nov 16, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Breast cancer linked to environmental smoke exposure among Mexican women

Mexican women who do not smoke but are exposed to smoking, known as environmental smoke exposure, are at three times higher risk for breast cancer than non-smoking women not exposed to passive smoking, according to findings ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Oct 02, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Obesity and passive smoking reduce oxygen supply to unborn baby

Babies born to mothers with obesity and exposed to passive smoking are more likely to have health problems than others. This conclusion is based on evidence of elevated levels of nucleated red blood cells in the umbilical ...

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created Mar 16, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Japan's tobacco habit runs into court challenge

(AP) -- One plaintiff is a cancer patient. Another is represented by his widow. The third, has emphysema and rolls into the courtroom on a wheelchair with tubes trailing out of his nose. The three Japanese ...

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created Aug 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Active smoking and second-hand smoke linked to breast cancer

There is now enough scientific evidence to link both active smoking and second-hand smoke to breast cancer, according to an international panel convened by the Ontario Tobacco Research Unit, an affiliate of the Dalla Lana ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Passive smoking in our homes and cars remains major hazard to the health of our children

(PhysOrg.com) -- Parents need to be better informed about the risks to their children of passive smoking according to a report from the Royal College of Physicians and backed by the UK Centre for Tobacco Control ...

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created Mar 24, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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