News tagged with smokers
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Postmenopausal women who smoked are more likely to lose teeth due to periodontal disease
Postmenopausal women who have smoked are at much higher risk of losing their teeth than women who never smoked, according to a new study published and featured on the cover of the Journal of the American Dental Association by res ...
Dentistry
Mar 01, 2013 |
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Cutting smoking saves more in health bills than lost tax, EU says
The cost and health benefits of getting people not to smoke and better still, not to start, more than outweigh the taxes the tobacco industry pays to governments, the European Commission said Monday.
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Feb 25, 2013 |
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Screening could avert 12,000 lung cancer deaths each year in the US
Screening for lung cancer with low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) in all screening-eligible current and former smokers has the potential to avert approximately 12,000 lung cancer deaths each year in the United States. That ...
Cancer
Feb 25, 2013 |
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Drug, alcohol abuse more likely among high school dropouts
(HealthDay News) —The link between poor academic performance and substance abuse just got stronger, with a new U.S. government report showing ties between the two.
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Feb 20, 2013 |
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N. Zealand to introduce plain packets for tobacco
New Zealand announced plans Tuesday to force tobacco companies to sell cigarettes in plain packaging, becoming only the second country in the world after Australia to introduce the measure.
Addiction
Feb 19, 2013 |
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Electronic nicotine delivery systems could help reduce smoking
Electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS), or e-cigarettes, debuted in China in 2003 and have since become available globally, particularly through the Internet. While they resemble traditional tobacco cigarettes, they ...
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Feb 05, 2013 |
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Czech parliament green-lights medical marijuana
Czech lawmakers on Wednesday green-lighted marijuana as a legal medicine for use by patients suffering from serious illnesses.
Medications
Jan 30, 2013 |
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Study finds lungs from heavy smokers OK for transplant
(HealthDay)—Lungs of heavy smokers can be donated safely for use in adult double-lung transplants, a new study contends.
Surgery
Jan 29, 2013 |
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Early menopause may occur in women with BRCA gene, study finds
Women with harmful mutations in the BRCA gene, which put them at higher risk of developing breast and ovarian cancer, tend to undergo menopause significantly sooner than other women, allowing them an even ...
Cancer
Jan 29, 2013 |
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Lead levels down in U.S. kids, but asthma cases rising
(HealthDay)—Lead levels in young children in the United States have declined dramatically in recent decades, according to government figures released Friday. But the new report on the environment and children's ...
Health
Jan 25, 2013 |
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Penalty could keep smokers out of health overhaul
(AP)—Here's a possible new cost for people with the cigarette habit.
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Jan 24, 2013 |
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Longtime smokers lose a decade of life
(HealthDay)—Adding to the arsenal of evidence that smoking is bad for you, a large new study indicates that lifetime smokers cut 10 years off their life expectancy—a decade they can gain back if they ...
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Jan 24, 2013 |
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Smokers who quit before age 40 have lifespan almost as long as people who never smoked
(Medical Xpress)—Smokers who quit when they are young adults can live almost as long as people who never smoked, groundbreaking new research has found.
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Jan 24, 2013 |
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Implementation of smoke-free legislation reduces the number of acute myocardial infarctions by 11 percent
Researchers participating in the REGICOR Study (Girona Heart Registry), with the participation of IMIM (Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute) from Barcelona, the Josep Trueta Hospital, the Blanes Hospital and IDIAP ...
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Jan 23, 2013 |
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Risk of lung cancer death has risen dramatically among women smokers in recent decades
Female smokers have a much greater risk of death from lung cancer and chronic obstructive lung disease (COLD) in recent years than did female smokers 20 or 40 years ago, reflecting changes in smoking behavior according to ...
Cancer
Jan 23, 2013 |
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