Health
Researchers unveil first real-time secondhand smoke sensor
Dartmouth College researchers are going to market with the first-ever sensor that detects secondhand and thirdhand tobacco and marijuana smoke in real time.
Oct 27, 2014
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Smoke-free subsidized housing could save nearly $500 million
(HealthDay)—Making all government-subsidized housing in the United States smoke-free could save nearly half a billion dollars a year in health care and housing-related costs, a new study indicates.
Oct 2, 2014
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Health
More than 8 in 10 US homes forbid smoking
Health officials say smoking is banned in more than eight out of 10 U.S. homes—nearly twice what the numbers were two decades ago.
Sep 4, 2014
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Second-hand e-cigarette smoke compared to regular cigarette smoke
E-cigarettes are healthier for your neighbors than traditional cigarettes, but still release toxins into the air, according to a new study from USC.
Aug 28, 2014
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Pediatrics
For kids, risks of parental smoking persist long-term, study finds
(HealthDay)—Smoking while pregnant or around an infant has long been linked to development of asthma and allergies in young children. Now, researchers have found that the risk may persist into the teen years.
Aug 19, 2014
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Anxiety associated with ulcer risk
A new study in General Hospital Psychiatry finds evidence of a relationship between anxiety disorders and the prevalence and incidence of ulcer over a 10-year period in a sample of U.S. adults.
Aug 15, 2014
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Health
Study: Motivational interviewing helps reduce home secondhand smoke exposure
A Johns Hopkins-led research team has found that motivational interviewing, along with standard education and awareness programs, significantly reduced secondhand smoke exposure among children living in those households.
Jun 25, 2014
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Health
Know your risk for radon exposure
Kentucky has the "triple crown of lung cancer" - the country's highest rate of smoking and high rates of secondhand smoke exposure and radon exposure. Radon exposure is the second leading cause of lung cancer in the U.S. ...
May 27, 2014
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Addiction
Secondhand smoke exposure linked to adverse pregnancy outcomes
Secondhand smoking is linked with pregnancy loss, including miscarriage, stillbirth and tubal ectopic pregnancy, according to new research from scientists at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) and the University at Buffalo ...
Feb 26, 2014
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Third-hand smoke shown to cause health problems
Do not smoke and do not allow yourself to be exposed to smoke because second-hand smoke and third-hand smoke are just as deadly as first-hand smoke, says a scientist at the University of California, Riverside who, along with ...
Jan 30, 2014
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