Pediatrics
FDA asks public to join battle against smoking by children
(HealthDay)—The U.S. Food and Drug Administration wants your help in keeping children away from tobacco.
May 14, 2014
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FDA proposes extending its oversight of tobacco
The federal government wants to extend its oversight of tobacco to include cigars, hookah, nicotine gels, pipe tobacco and dissolvable tobacco products.
Apr 24, 2014
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Health
Internet, social media expose youth to tobacco
(Medical Xpress)—Tobacco companies are barred by law from advertising their products to children, but researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have found that many teens and pre-teens are getting ...
Apr 1, 2014
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Addiction
New data shows spike in smokeless tobacco sales
The number of smokeless tobacco products sold in Massachusetts is soaring, as are the levels of nicotine packed into many of them, according to a new analysis from UMass Medical School and the Massachusetts Department of ...
Mar 20, 2014
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Much more must be done to lower smoking rates, experts say
(HealthDay)— State inaction and tobacco industry tactics are slowing tobacco control efforts in the United States, a new report from the American Lung Association finds.
Jan 22, 2014
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Teen smoking continues to decline in 2013
Smoking among teens in grades 8, 10 and 12 continued to decline in 2013—a positive trend since most smokers begin their habit in adolescence— according to the latest survey results from the nationwide Monitoring the Future ...
Dec 19, 2013
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Tobacco companies' interests in smokeless tobacco products in Europe are driven by profit not health
Transnational tobacco companies' investments in smokeless tobacco products, such as snus (a moist tobacco product that is placed under the upper lip), in Europe are not due to a concern for the health impacts of smoking but ...
Sep 10, 2013
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Addiction
No significant change seen in overall smokeless tobacco use among US youths
Tobacco use remains the leading preventable cause of death and disease in the United States. Declines in smoking among youths were observed from the late 1990s. "However, limited information exists on trends in smokeless ...
May 14, 2013
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Europe's tobacconists march against EU smoking crackdown
Thousands of tobacconists from across Europe marched on European Union headquarters on Tuesday to protest against a planned EU crackdown on smoking that includes grueseome health warnings placarded on packets.
Jan 22, 2013
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Health
EU crackdown on tobacco stops short of plain packets (Update)
With menthol cigarettes to be banned and cigarette packs sold with repulsive images of rotting lungs, the European Union released new anti-tobacco proposals Wednesday, the first in over a decade.
Dec 19, 2012
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