| Title | Intro | Date |
| Thousands back anti-smoking plea |
A 35,000 signature petition calling for an end to smoking at work has been presented to the health minister. |
03/24/05 |
| Restaurants doing well with smoking ban |
REGIONAL - Has the state smoking ban in restaurants, adopted last year, hurt business? |
03/22/05 |
| Doc Predicts Women More Likely Than Men to Face Lung Cancer |
Within the next decade or so, more women than men could face a lung cancer diagnosis, even though it's thought today that more men contract the disease, says a University of Michigan researcher. |
03/22/05 |
| Passive smoking in youth raises risk of heart attack
Passive smoking in youth raises risk of heart attack
Passive smoking in youth raises risk of heart attack
Passive smoking in youth raises risk of heart attack |
SAITAMA--A recent study has shown that children exposed to secondhand smoke at home have lower levels of beneficial cholesterol that protects against arterial sclerosis, and therefore, have a higher risk of experiencing a heart attack later in life. |
03/19/05 |
| NHS smoking drive 'insufficient' |
NHS services are insufficient on their own to discourage people from smoking, a study says. |
03/18/05 |
| Reason enough to quit |
THE best argument for Toledo's once-restrictive ban on smoking in public places is that it appears to have had a quantifiable, healthy effect on the region while it lasted. A survey of smokers in the area shows a significant number of them quit during the |
03/18/05 |
| Changing times: NASCAR team now sponsored by drug that helps smokers quit |
HAMPTON, Ga. (AP) - For more than three decades, NASCAR's top series was
sponsored by a cigarette company. |
03/18/05 |
| Yale doctor says lung cancer cannot be detected before symptoms appear |
Despite advances in surgery, chemotherapy and radiology, the best way to beat cancer is early detection, before the malignancy has had a chance to spread. |
03/13/05 |
| Boys lead girls to smoke and drink |
BOYS are a bad influence on girls when it comes to smoking and drinking, a new study has shown. Females attending mixed-sex schools were more likely to have tried cigarettes and alcohol than those going to girls-only institutions. |
03/13/05 |
| Report finds fewer N.D. youths smoke |
Of the millions North Dakota receives in tobacco settlement dollars, a mere wisp goes for prevention programs. |
03/12/05 |
| Passive smoking kills one worker each year |
SMOKERS kill a worker a year in Guernsey |
03/12/05 |
| 'Prove passive smoking is a killer' |
A smokers' lobby group has challenged England's chief medical officer to prove beyond doubt that passive smoking is responsible for thousands of deaths. |
03/10/05 |
