News tagged with smoking rates
CDC predicts smoking bans in every state by 2020
(AP) -- By 2020, every state may have bans on smoking in restaurants, bars and the workplace, federal health officials predicted Thursday, based on the current pace of adopting anti-smoking laws.
Apr 21, 2011 |
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China limits smoking in films, TV shows
(AP) -- China is ordering makers of films and TV shows to limit the amount of smoking depicted on-screen, the latest effort to curb rampant tobacco use in the country with the largest number of smokers in the world.
Feb 15, 2011 |
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Past smoking rates shorten US lifespans: study
High smoking rates in the past, combined with widespread obesity, continue to chip away at US life expectancy compared to other wealthy nations, a study released Tuesday said.
Jan 25, 2011 |
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Smoking accounts for up to 60 percent of gender gap in deaths across Europe
Smoking accounts for up to 60% of the gender gap in death rates across Europe, and kills twice as many men as alcohol, reveals research published online in Tobacco Control.
Jan 17, 2011 |
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China anti-tobacco efforts failing, officials say
(AP) -- Efforts to curb tobacco use in the world's most populous nation have had no real impact and 301 million Chinese are still smoking, China's Center for Disease Control said in a report.
Aug 18, 2010 |
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Smoking cessation treatments work and are safe for people with severe mental illness
In a study published today in the journal Addiction, researchers have determined that treatment for smoking dependence is as effective among people with severe mental illnesses as it is for the general population. Impor ...
May 20, 2010 |
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Blood pressure control abnormal in newborns of smoking mothers
Newborns of women who smoked during pregnancy show signs of circulatory dysfunction in the first few weeks of life that get worse throughout the first year, Swedish researchers reported in Hypertension: Journal of the Am ...
Jan 25, 2010 |
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US adult smoking rate rises slightly
(AP) -- Cigarette smoking rose slightly for the first time in almost 15 years, dashing health officials' hopes that the U.S. smoking rate had moved permanently below 20 percent.
Nov 12, 2009 |
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Do women who smoke like men die like men?
Smoking still kills more men than women, because men started smoking substantial numbers of cigarettes long before women did.
Aug 31, 2009 |
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US cancer death rate drops again in 2006
(AP) -- The U.S. cancer death rate fell again in 2006, a new analysis shows, continuing a slow downward trend that experts attribute to declines in smoking, earlier detection and better treatment.
May 27, 2009 |
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Enforcing bans on cigarette sales to kids reduces youth smoking
A new study finds that enforcing federal and state laws against tobacco sales to minors dramatically decreases underage smoking rates. The results show that laws prohibiting sales of cigarettes to minors and stepped up enforcement ...
Apr 17, 2009 |
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Naltrexone can help heavy social drinkers quit smoking
Naltrexone, an opioid antagonist approved in 1994 by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for alcohol-dependence (AD) treatment, can reduce relapse rates among AD patients. Research on naltrexone's effectiveness on nicotine ...
Mar 19, 2009 |
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Smoking kills -- irrespective of social class and gender
A well-off professional who smokes has a much lower survival rate than a non-smoking low-paid worker of the same sex concludes new research published today on bmj.com.
Feb 17, 2009 |
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Study links smoking with most male cancer deaths
The association between tobacco smoke and cancer deaths — beyond lung cancer deaths — has been strengthened by a recent study from a UC Davis researcher, suggesting that increased tobacco control efforts could save more lives ...
Jan 21, 2009 |
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