| Title | Intro | Date |
| The Nicotine Patch, Gum and Lozenge - Mounting Evidence of a Sham Upon Smokers |
According to all “real-world” quit smoking surveys, smokers quitting entirely on their own -- without any products, services or procedures -- are doing as well or better than those attempting to quit by relying upon expensive over-the-counter (OTC) ni |
04/04/05 |
| Why smokers struggle to give up |
Scientists have shed more light on why smokers find it so hard to give up. |
04/04/05 |
| New Massachusetts Study Adds to Evidence That Smoke-Free Laws Do Not Harm Business |
Statement of William V. Corr Executive Director, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids |
04/04/05 |
| LONG-TERM STUDY FINDS QUITTING SMOKING ADDS YEARS TO LIFE |
In a new study of 5,887 middle-aged smokers with mild lung disease, study participants who quit smoking had a 46% lower death rate. Those who were randomly assigned to a quit-smoking program had a lower death rate than those assigned to usual care, even t |
04/03/05 |
| Blame Lack Of 'Truth': Teen Smoking No Longer On The Decline |
Federal funding down for anti-smoking campaigns targeted toward youth. |
04/03/05 |
| Smoke is harmful to your pets, too |
Dear Karen: Two weeks ago, my husband and I went to look at exotic birds at an area farm where the birds are actually hatched. When we entered the small room with hatchlings, it was filled with smoke. The owner was smoking while feeding newborn chicks on |
04/03/05 |
| Smoking outside may be bad for your health |
AFTER a year of clean air in our workplaces, we could have reasonably expected the Office of Tobacco Control to report a fall-off in hospital admissions and huge drops in cancer and coronary heart failure rates. |
04/02/05 |
| Four in five smokers 'support ban' |
The vast majority of smokers believe the public smoking ban in Ireland was a good idea, a survey has found. |
03/28/05 |
| Half of late teens tried alcohol and smoking |
OVER half of pupils in high school aged between 15 and 17 have tried alcohol, while 47 per cent have tried smoking cigarettes at least once, according to an Education Ministry report. |
03/27/05 |
| German scientists demand a ban on tobacco additives |
The German Cancer Research Centre (Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum) last week demanded that certain additives used in tobacco products be banned because they increase the risk of cancer and tobacco addiction, particularly among children and young adults. |
03/26/05 |
| Smokers Don't Recognize Risks of Their Habit |
Many Underestimate Lung Cancer Risk, Believe Myths |
03/25/05 |
| In Vietnam, smoking, not avian flu, has become the biggest human killer |
SAN FRANCISCO -- While on assignment in Vietnam last Christmas, I turned into a smoker, at least temporarily. I resisted at first, but my new acquaintances thought I was standoffish. My interviews didn't work very well. So I gave in. |
03/24/05 |
