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08/29/2008 11:53 PM
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Mom's Smoking During Pregnancy Ups Preemie's SIDS Risk (HealthDay)
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HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Babies born prematurely to women
who smoked during their pregnancy may be at higher risk of sudden infant
death syndrome (SIDS) than premature infants born to nonsmoking moms, new
research suggests.
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08/26/2008 11:46 PM
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Tobacco Control Program Saved Billions in Health Costs (HealthDay)
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HealthDay - TUESDAY, Aug. 26 (HealthDay News) -- California's state tobacco program
resulted in a 50-to-1 return on investment over 15 years, say researchers
from the University of California, San Francisco.
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08/26/2008 01:14 PM
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Teens influenced by home smoking bans (Reuters)
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Reuters - Banning smoking in the home may
help adolescents develop antismoking attitudes and impede early
experimentation, but researchers report. Conversely having a
family member who smokes may be an even more important
determinant of adolescent smoking.
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08/26/2008 07:42 AM
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California stop-smoking campaign saved $86 billion: report (Reuters)
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Reuters - California's large-scale tobacco
control campaign has saved $86 billion in health care costs in
its first 15 years, U.S. researchers said on Monday.
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08/22/2008 11:46 PM
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Home Smoking Ban Keeps Teens From Lighting Up (HealthDay)
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HealthDay - FRIDAY, Aug. 22 (HealthDay News) -- A new study finds that
parents who enforce a no-smoking ban at home are less likely to have teens
who experiment with cigarettes.
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08/21/2008 11:47 PM
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Tobacco Marketing Promotes Youth Cigarette Use (HealthDay)
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HealthDay - THURSDAY, Aug. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Mass media has the power to
both encourage tobacco use, especially among young people, and to
discourage it, according to a landmark study released Thursday by the U.S.
National Cancer Institute.
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08/21/2008 03:26 PM
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Cigarettes in movies seen to cause teen smoking (Reuters)
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Reuters - Tobacco promotions and depictions of
smoking in movies cause teenagers to start smoking, according
to a sweeping report on tobacco in the media released on
Thursday.
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08/15/2008 01:43 PM
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Drug edges nicotine patch for smoking cessation (Reuters)
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Reuters - The anti-smoking drug Chantix
appears more effective than the nicotine patch in helping
people stop smoking, European and U.S. researchers report.
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08/14/2008 11:47 PM
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Stroke Risk in Women Smokers Goes Up by Each Cigarette (HealthDay)
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HealthDay - THURSDAY, Aug. 14 (HealthDay News) -- The risk of stroke for a
young woman smoker is directly related to the number of cigarettes she
smokes, a new study finds.
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08/14/2008 04:15 PM
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Smoking doubles stroke risk in younger women (Reuters)
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Reuters - Younger women who smoke have more
than double the risk of stroke compared to nonsmokers, with the
heaviest smokers among them having nine times the risk,
according to a U.S. study published on Thursday.
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