Posts tagged smoking
Tobacco Firms Bypass Marketing Restrictions With Clever Web Campaigns
Aug 27th
Jonathan Fildes
BBC News
August 26, 2010
The tobacco industry may be using websites such as YouTube to get around a ban on advertising cigarettes, a study says.
Is Smoking in the Car Child Abuse?
Aug 19th
BBC News
August 19, 2010
Parents who smoke in cars in front of small children are “committing a form of child abuse”, a leading GP has said. More >
Tobacco Giant Uses Child Labor for Cigarette Production
Jul 19th
Shaun Walker
TheIndependent
July 19, 2010
Tobacco giant Philip Morris has been forced to admit that child workers as young as 10 have been subjected to long hours working on tobacco farms with which it has contracts in the Central Asian state of Kazakhstan. More >
B Vitamins Cut Risk Of Lung Cancer By 50 Percent
Jun 17th
BBC News
June 17, 2010
People with plenty of a B-vitamin in their blood appear to be at a reduced risk of lung cancer, even if they smoke, a European study suggests. High levels of Vitamin B6 and the amino acid methionine cut the risk by half, a study of 400,000 people suggested.
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Study: MS Chance Increased by Smoking
Apr 14th
JoAnne Allen
Reuters
April 14, 2010
Smoking may increase the risk of multiple sclerosis in people who have other risk factors for the neurological disorder, researchers said on Wednesday. More >
Research Finds That Smokers Have Lower IQs
Apr 5th
Nick Collins
Telegraph.co.uk
April 5, 2010
A cigarette dangling lazily from the mouth was once the telltale sign of an intellectual, but new evidence suggests it may have signalled quite the opposite.
Arteries Improve After Smokers Quit, Study Finds
Mar 16th
Marilyn Marchione
AP Medical Writer
March 16, 2010
Quitting smoking can turn back time. A year after kicking the habit, smokers’ arteries showed signs of reversing a problem that can set the stage for heart disease, according to the first big study to test this. The improvement came even though smokers gained an average of 9 pounds after they quit, researchers found. Their levels of so-called good cholesterol improved, too.
Secondhand Smoke Damages Arteries
Mar 8th
Reuters
March 8, 2010
Children as young as 13 who have evidence of secondhand smoke in their blood also have visibly thicker arteries, Finnish researchers reported on Tuesday. Their study suggests that the damage caused by secondhand tobacco smoke starts in childhood and causes measurable damage by the teen years.
