News tagged with secondhand smoking
Bill Gates in China push against secondhand smoke
(AP) -- Microsoft founder and philanthropist Bill Gates was in China on Saturday to raise awareness of the dangers of secondhand smoke in the country with the world's largest smoking population.
Jun 11, 2011 |
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Study finds 'thirdhand smoke' poses danger to unborn babies' lungs
Stepping outside to smoke a cigarette may not be enough to protect the lungs and life of a pregnant woman's unborn child, according to a new study in the American Journal of Physiology.
Apr 19, 2011 |
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Smoke-free air law had no effect on off-track betting facility business activity
An Indiana University study found that a smoke-free air law implemented in an Indiana community did not hurt business at the off-track betting facility in that community. The findings, the researchers said, suggest there ...
Mar 22, 2011 |
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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.
Mar 09, 2011 |
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Honduras seeks to stop smoking -- even at home
(AP) -- Lighting up a cigarette at home could bring a visit from Honduran police if a family member or even a visitor complains about secondhand smoke.
Feb 22, 2011 |
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Secondhand smoke laws may reduce childhood ear infections
Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers and colleagues from Research Institute for a Tobacco Free Society have found that a reduction in secondhand smoking in American homes was associated with fewer cases of otitis ...
Jan 27, 2011 |
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Shock findings in Scotland's first smoking in cars study
(PhysOrg.com) -- Smoking in a car exposes a child passenger to dangerous levels of poisonous particles … and even opening a window doesn't protect them.
Jan 20, 2011 |
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Risks associated with secondhand smoke in cars carrying children
While the evidence is incomplete there is enough available to support legislation against letting people smoke in cars with children, states an article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal).
Jan 10, 2011 |
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Indoor air quality improved with state smoking ban, study finds
Air quality in Wisconsin restaurants and bars improved by more than 92 percent as a result of the Wisconsin Smoke-Free Act, according to a study released today by the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center (UWCCC).
Dec 15, 2010 |
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Apartment-dwelling children in nonsmoking units still exposed
Children living in apartments are exposed to secondhand smoke even when no one smokes inside their own unit. This study, released online today by the journal Pediatrics, strongly suggests that housing type contributes to chi ...
Dec 13, 2010 |
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Surgeon general: 1 cigarette is 1 too many
(AP) -- Think the occasional cigarette won't hurt? Even a bit of social smoking - or inhaling someone else's secondhand smoke - could be enough to block your arteries and trigger a heart attack, says the newest surgeon general's ...
Dec 09, 2010 |
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More ear infections in teens with smoker at home
Family members who smoke are more apt to feel it is OK to smoke indoors as their children get older. But in households with secondhand smoke, children between 12 and 17 are 1.67 times more prone to have recurrent ...
Dec 07, 2010 |
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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.
Nov 26, 2010 |
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Home exposure to tobacco carcinogens high in children of smokers
Ninety percent of children who lived in a house where an adult smoked had evidence of tobacco-related carcinogens in their urine, according to research presented at the Ninth AACR Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research Conference, ...
Nov 09, 2010 |
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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 ...
Oct 02, 2010 |
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