| Title | Intro | Date |
| Meal tax revenues increased after smoking ban went into effect |
BOSTON - Business has increased in Massachusetts restaurants since a statewide workplace smoking ban went into effect last July, according to a leading indicator. |
03/08/05 |
| Call for passive smoke harm proof |
A smokers' lobby group has called for proof that second-hand smoke causes ill health. |
03/08/05 |
| UCSF: Doctor Paid to Downplay Link Between Secondhand Smoke and SIDS |
Mar. 7 (BCN) - University of California, San Francisco researchers have released a report that shows a tobacco company had a paid consultant doctor his scientific article in order to downplay the links between secondhand smoke and sudden infant death synd |
03/07/05 |
| State's restaurants slowly becoming smoke-free |
Most Oklahoma restaurateurs agree that secondhand tobacco smoke is harmful and that health and cleanliness are among their top considerations in determining future smoking policies, according to a recent poll conducted by Oklahoma State University. |
03/07/05 |
| Lung Cancer 'Gender Gap' Closing |
MONDAY, March 7 (HealthDay News) -- The gender gap in lung cancer rates in the United States is narrowing as rates among men decline while rates among women remain steady, according to a study in the March issue of Chest. |
03/07/05 |
| Cigarettes hurt wealth, study finds |
Warning: Cigarette smoking may be hazardous to your wealth. |
02/13/05 |
| IN THE NEWS / One woman's crusade against passive smoking |
Shocking facts on the dangers of passive smoking have come to light as a result of Yuri Nakata's painstaking fieldwork. |
02/12/05 |
| Smoke quit does not cut toxins in Smokers: Study |
ISLAMABAD: Smokers who cut back the number of cigarettes they smoke may not be reducing the cancer-causing chemicals in their bodies as much as they had hoped, according to a study. |
02/12/05 |
| Even Short Smoking Breaks Might Lower Heart Risk
Even Short Smoking Breaks Might Lower Heart Risk |
ISLAMABAD: In chronic smokers who stop smoking, there is a rapid increase in the number of circulating cells that aid in the repair of the lining of blood vessels, researchers have found. |
02/12/05 |
| College Can Teach Students Not To Smoke |
JACKSONVILLE, FL -- A new study suggests college campuses can do more than teach class, they can teach people not to smoke. |
02/10/05 |
| Campus can be effective site for anti-smoking efforts |
College campuses provide a captive audience for cigarette-makers, but a new review of tobacco intervention studies suggests that universities are also effective sites for anti-smoking efforts. |
02/09/05 |
| NIH awards USC $8.7 million to study tobacco use in China |
Los Angeles, Calif., Feb. 8, 2005-The National Institutes of Health have awarded $8.7 million to the University of Southern California to study genetic and environmental factors that influence tobacco and alcohol use among adolescents in China and the Uni |
02/08/05 |