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 Fda tobacco oversight unites society, farmers
The American Cancer Society (ACS) yesterday endorsed the final report of a Presidential Commission tasked with developing recommendations on how to address economic changes in tobacco-growing communit..
 Doctors fail to help pregnant smokers kick the habit
At least 90% of surveyed obstetrician-gynecologists in Alabama follow the first two steps in the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) guidelines for treating pregnant women: asking if they smoke, and, if..
 Peer influence on teen smoking rooted in cultural background
When white adolescents have friends who smoke, they are more likely to smoke than adolescents from other ethnic minorities, according to a study of young California teenagers published in the May issu..
 Smoking increases risk of precancerous changes in the cervix
Nearly all cases of cervical cancer are associated with human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, scientists say, with the virus sometimes contributing to abnormal cell growth on the cervix’s surface. Now..
 Nicotine can speed tumor growth
Stanford University researchers have published the first scientifically accepted evidence showing that nicotine may fuel two disease processes, cancer and coronary artery disease, in the current issue..
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 Pot smoking is not best choice to treat chemo side-effects
The recent US Supreme Court decision that the prohibition against marijuana has no exemption for medical use is only one of several important reasons why smoking marijuana to lessen side effects from..
 New avenue opens for ill and highly addicted smokers
Bupropion, an antidepressant that can help the general population of smokers quit tobacco, also boosts smoking-cessation rates in smokers with mild to moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (C..
 World health organisation calls for worldwide ban on public smoking
The World Health Organization (WHO) calls for a total ban on smoking in all public places around the world, to help avoid the dangers of second-hand smoke. WHO director-general Gro Harlem Brundtland,..
 Smoking ups cervical precancer risk in hpv-infected women
Nearly all cases of cervical cancer are associated with human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, scientists say, with the virus sometimes contributing to abnormal cell growth on the cervix’s surface. Now..
 Philip morris touts dying smokers as savings benefit
A firestorm of controversy is erupting over an accounting report commissioned by Philip Morris suggesting premature deaths from smoking may be a "positive" thing, because — at least in the Czech Repub..
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