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Toxic air pollutants from smoking cannabis with a bong are 4 times worse than cigarettes, study finds
You've heard about the dangers of secondhand cigarette smoke, but what about secondhand bong smoke?
Mar 31, 2022
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Chemicals in pet feces may signal threats to human health
Dogs and cats may be exposed in their homes to a potentially toxic group of chemicals, with their discovery in the pets' stool being a sign of health issues for humans living with them, a new study shows.
Mar 31, 2022
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US adult smoking rate fell during first year of pandemic
The first year of the COVID-19 pandemic saw more Americans drinking heavily or using illicit drugs—but apparently not smoking.
Mar 17, 2022
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Higher cigarette taxes reduce child deaths—first global estimates
The first global analysis of its kind estimates that if every country's cigarette taxes had met the World Health Organization's recommendations, around 182,000 newborn deaths could have been averted in 2018.
Mar 16, 2022
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Medical research
Unraveling correlation of Cd induced metabolic toxicity and diabetes
Diabetes has become the leading metabolic disease threatening human health. Meanwhile, the association between exposure to harmful environmental factors and the occurrence of diabetes has always been a hot spot of public ...
Feb 21, 2022
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Passive smoking, synthetic bedding and gas heating in homes show the strongest links to asthma
One in every nine people in Australia has asthma. It is a health burden for many children, and expensive for families because of medication, hospital and out-of-hospital expenses.
Feb 18, 2022
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Childhood adversity is a 'cause of causes' of adult illnesses and mental health problems
Every day we are exposed to things like pollution and ultraviolet light which increase our risk of illness. Many people take on additional risks—due to tobacco smoke, fast food or alcohol, for example.
Feb 11, 2022
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Addiction
In helping smokers quit, combining treatments is key
Despite public health advances, tobacco use remains one of the most common, preventable and costly health problems in the United States and worldwide. In the U.S., more deaths—an estimated 480,000 each year—are attributable ...
Feb 8, 2022
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Almost all kids have tobacco on their hands, even in non-smoking homes
Young children touch everything—carpets, tabletops, toys, clothes, etc.—and then touch their mouths and faces. This makes them especially vulnerable to thirdhand smoke, the chemical residue from tobacco smoke left behind ...
Feb 7, 2022
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Children whose parents smoke have lower test scores and more behavioral issues than kids of non-smokers
Children whose parents smoke have lower academic test scores and more behavioral issues than children of non-smokers.
Jan 27, 2022
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