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(HealthDay)—Smoking bans in subsidized housing, including public housing and rental assistance programs, would save $521 million a year, according to new U.S. government research. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-housing-dollars.html Health Wed, 17 Apr 2013 06:20:02 EST news285394293 Making headway against a major public health threat, Dartmouth College researchers have invented the first ever secondhand tobacco smoke sensor that records data in real time, a new study in the journal Nicotine and Tobacco Research shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-real-secondhand-sensor.html Health Tue, 19 Mar 2013 13:24:32 EST news282918199 Nearly 29 million Americans who say they don't smoke in their apartments may still be exposed to secondhand smoke that wafts in from elsewhere in the building, federal researchers report Friday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-secondhand-affects-apartment-residents.html Health Mon, 17 Dec 2012 10:19:48 EST news274961983 (Medical Xpress)—Bans on smoking in bars and restaurants not only reduce tobacco-related illnesses but may also reduce alcohol abuse, a study by Yale School of Medicine researchers shows. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-bars-drinkers.html Health Wed, 26 Sep 2012 09:55:36 EST news267872129 (AP)—A Norwegian court has upheld a ban on the display of tobacco products in stores, handing a defeat Friday to the Philip Morris company. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-norway-court-tobacco.html Health Fri, 14 Sep 2012 11:26:05 EST news266840757 (Medical Xpress)—Teenagers and young adults are less likely to smoke when faced with restaurant smoking bans and minimum tobacco-purchase ages in Europe, according to new research by a Purdue University sociologist. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-youth-restaurant.html Addiction Thu, 13 Sep 2012 13:25:08 EST news266761501 It's estimated that almost 23% of women enter pregnancy as smokers and more than half continue to smoke during pregnancy, leading to excess healthcare costs at delivery and beyond. In one of the first studies to assess smoking bans and taxes on cigarettes, along with the level of tobacco control spending, researchers have found that state tobacco control policies can be effective in curbing smoking during pregnancy, and in preventing a return to smoking within four months on average, after delivery. The results were published online today in advance of the July issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-higher-taxes-smoke-free-policies-moms-to-be.html Health Tue, 05 Jun 2012 00:00:02 EST news258044893 European teens cut back on binge drinking and showed no increase in illegal drug use in recent years, while cigarettes remained as popular as in 2007, an EU agency said Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-05-binge-drug-europe.html Addiction Thu, 31 May 2012 11:40:01 EST news257681668 (AP) -- Tobacco companies will be required to report the levels of dangerous chemicals found in cigarettes, chew and other products under the latest rules designed to tighten regulation of the tobacco industry. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-fda-tobacco-companies-ingredients.html Health Fri, 30 Mar 2012 13:14:36 EST news252332066 (AP) -- Tobacco taxes and smoking bans haven't budged the U.S. smoking rate in years. Now the government is trying to shock smokers into quitting with a graphic nationwide advertising campaign. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-cdc-graphic-anti-smoking-ad-campaign.html Health Thu, 15 Mar 2012 05:04:11 EST news251006643 (AP) -- More work needs to be done to keep young Americans from using tobacco, including creating smoking bans and increasing taxes on tobacco products, the U.S. Surgeon General's office said in a report released Thursday. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-youth-tobacco.html Health Thu, 08 Mar 2012 04:30:04 EST news250402476 The introduction of national, comprehensive smoke-free legislation in Scotland is linked with significant falls in preterm delivery and small for dates (gestational age) infants according to a study led by Jill Pell from the University of Glasgow and published in this week's PLoS Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-scotland-linked-fall-preterm-deliveries.html Health Tue, 06 Mar 2012 17:00:07 EST news250274254 Exempting bars from a statewide smoking ban in Indiana would significantly reduce the health benefits of a smoke-free-air law. Including bars not only protects the health of employees, say Indiana University tobacco control experts, but would not negatively impact the hospitality industry financially. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-smoke-free-air-laws-bars.html Health Fri, 27 Jan 2012 08:42:35 EST news246876143 Many workplaces and households ban smoking and, for some women, the effects extend beyond their office building or family home. A new study finds that women smokers who live and work where bans are enforced, even those who did not make explicit plans to quit, are more likely to attempt quitting. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-reluctant-women.html Health Fri, 02 Sep 2011 09:00:01 EST news234170780