 Link Discovered Between Estrogen And Tobacco Smoke
 05.04.2012 9:00  16224149 views  0 comments
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 The hormone estrogen may help promote lung cancer - including compounding the effects of tobacco smoke on the disease - pointing towards potential new therapies that target the hormone metabolism, according to new research presented at the AACR Annual Meeting 2012 by scientists at Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia... Read more »
| Identification Of Strong Oral Carcinogen In Smokeless Tobacco
04.04.2012 9:00 17174336 views 0 comments
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 The chemical (S)-N'-nitrosonornicotine, or (S)-NNN, which is present in smokeless tobacco products, is a strong oral carcinogen, according to results presented at the AACR Annual Meeting 2012, being held March 31 - April 4... Read more »
| Tell People What Is In Your Cigarettes, Tobacco Makers Told
02.04.2012 18:00 17550147 views 0 comments
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 Tobacco companies will have to inform purchasers about all the harmful substances they place in their products, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has ruled. They will also have to back up any "reduced harm" claims with compelling proof, the Agency added... Read more »
| Public Health Researchers Outline Obstacles Standing In The Way Of Cancer Prevention
30.03.2012 8:00 18509218 views 0 comments
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 More than half of all cancer is preventable, and society has the knowledge to act on this information today, according to Washington University public health researchers at the Siteman Cancer Center in St. Louis... Read more »
| What Are The Leading Causes Of Cancer Deaths In India?
29.03.2012 18:00 19675114 views 0 comments
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 According to a study published Online First by The Lancet, breast, cervical and stomach cancers are responsible for the majority of cancer deaths among women in India, while lung, oral and stomach cancers are the leading causes of cancer death in Indian men. The study was conducted by Professor Prabhat Jha, Center for Global Health Research, St... Read more »
| Secondhand Smoke Exposure Affects Girls More Than Boys
28.03.2012 9:00 26361637 views 0 comments
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 The negative health effects of early-life exposure to secondhand smoke appear to impact girls more than boys - particularly those with early-life allergic sensitization, according to new research from the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Medicine... Read more »
| Future Risk For Asthma In Women May Be Predicted By Low Serum Adiponectin Levels
28.03.2012 8:00 26238125 views 0 comments
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 Low serum adiponectin levels predict an increased future risk for developing asthma in middle-aged women, particularly among smokers, according to a new study. "Adiposity is known to be related to asthma... Read more »
| Smoking Increases Risk Of Schizophrenia
27.03.2012 12:00 26486777 views 0 comments
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 Schizophrenia has long been known to be hereditary. However, as a melting pot of disorders with different genetic causes is concealed behind manifestations of schizophrenia, research has still not been able to identify the main gene responsible to this day... Read more »
| Extra Help For Smokers Trying To Quit
26.03.2012 9:00 25805948 views 0 comments
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 A major research trial to test the effectiveness of extra support for smokers calling an NHS quitline - on top of what is already offered by the service - has found the additional help does not improve success rates for quitting the habit. The pilot scheme offered smokers additional help in the form of free nicotine patches and extra telephone counselling from the English National Quitline... Read more »
| Improved Understanding Of COPD
23.03.2012 8:00 26213821 views 0 comments
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 The third most deadly disease in the U.S., chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), appears to be partly driven by the action of immune cells circulating in the blood entering into the tissues of the lungs. UC Davis scientists have discovered that this key process begins in the blood vessels around the large airways in the center of the lung... Read more »
| New Evidence Of Cancer-Causing Agent Present In Gaseous Phase Of Cigarette Smoke
23.03.2012 7:00 26201501 views 0 comments
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 A team of researchers led by A. K. Rajasekaran, PhD, Director of the Nemours Center for Childhood Cancer Research, has shown that a key protein involved in cell function and regulation is stopped by a substance present in cigarette smoke. Their work is published online in the American Journal of Physiology - Lung Cell and Molecular Physiology... Read more »
| Second Hand Smoke Exposure Affects Majority Of Fourth Graders
23.03.2012 7:00 26095935 views 0 comments
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 More than 75 percent of fourth-graders in urban and rural settings have measurable levels of a nicotine breakdown product in their saliva that documents their second-hand smoke exposure, researchers report. A study of 428 fourth graders and 453 parents in seven rural and seven urban Georgia schools also showed that the urban children were more likely to be smokers - 14.9 percent versus 6... Read more »
| Smoking Might Restore Self-Control
22.03.2012 17:00 26310551 views 0 comments
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 A study in the Journal of Abnormal Psychology (Vol. 121, No.1) reveals that researchers at the Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Florida, have discovered that smoking a cigarette may restore self-control after it has been depleted. The researchers recruited a total of 132 nicotine dependent smokers, who were split into two groups, a test group and a control group... Read more »
| Smoking May Restore Tapped-Out Self-Control Resources
21.03.2012 7:00 25976045 views 0 comments
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 Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., have found that when they deplete a smoker's self control, smoking a cigarette may restore self-control. The study, published in a recent issue of the Journal of Abnormal Psychology (Vol. 121, No.1), exposed a test group and a control group - totaling 132 nicotine dependent smokers - to an emotional video depicting environmental damage... Read more »
| Steady Drop In Smoking And Lung Cancer Deaths, USA, 1975-2000
19.03.2012 17:00 25849834 views 0 comments
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 According to a study published March 14 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, even though there has been a significant decline in smoking and lung cancer mortality in the United States, more deaths could have been prevented had all smoking ceased following the 1964 Surgeon General's Report. Since the mid 1950's, the number of smokers in the U.S... Read more »
| Passive Smoking In Childhood Increases Risk Of COPD In Adulthood
19.03.2012 8:00 24851975 views 0 comments
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 A new study published in the journal Respirology reveals that children who are exposed to passive smoke have almost double the risk of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) in adulthood compared with non-exposed children... Read more »
| Study Looks At Discrimination's Impact On Smoking
16.03.2012 8:00 25170549 views 0 comments
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 Smoking, the leading preventable cause of mortality in the United States, continues to disproportionately impact lower income members of racial and ethnic minority groups. In a new study published in the American Journal of Public Health, Jason Q. Purnell, PhD, assistant professor at the Brown School at Washington University in St... Read more »
| Declines In Smoking And Lung Cancer Mortality In The US: 1975-2000
16.03.2012 7:00 24483334 views 0 comments
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 Although changing smoking behaviors have had a major impact on lung cancer mortality in the U.S., the numbers of lung cancer deaths averted are only a small fraction of deaths that could have been avoided had all smoking ceased following the 1964 Surgeon General's Report... Read more »
| CDC To Start Hard Hitting Anti Smoking Ads
15.03.2012 21:00 24325948 views 0 comments
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 From Monday 19th March, a national advertising campaign against tobacco smoke is set to launch. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will run the ads for some 12 weeks or more, covering radio, TV, billboards, theaters and online venues... Read more »
| Smoking In Movies Impacts On Young Adults And Teens
14.03.2012 23:00 23943714 views 0 comments
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 A study in the March 14 issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, shows that young adults watching movies in which people smoke have a greater risk of smoking than their older peers... Read more »
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