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 How to get kids to say no to smoking
Pop quiz for parents: When it comes to smoking, the opinions that count the most with your kids are those of: A.) His or her peers. B.) You, the parents.
The answer is B. If you tell them smoking i..
 Smoking in movies lures teens to use tobacco
Parents who monitor their child’s movie choices are usually thinking language, violence, and sex. But a survey of nearly 5,000 middle-school students in New Hampshire and Vermont suggests that parents..
 Bold new warnings make canadian smokers think twice
In-your-face reality checks now required on Canadian cigarette packs have gotten the attention of almost all of the country’s smokers. Many have been motivated to try to quit, according to a report on..
 Dry mouth drug may help prevent lung cancer in former smokers
A drug that is used in Canada and Europe to treat dry mouth may be an effective agent for preventing lung cancer in former smokers, according to a report given at the April 9 at the 93rd Annual Meetin..
 Investing in smoking prevention pays dividend to taxpayers
Educating youth about the dangers of tobacco makes sense from a public-health policy standpoint. But with states facing budget deficits, can they afford to devote to such programs some of the money th..
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You might take in fewer cancer-causing substances by smoking "light" or "low-tar" cigarettes — but only if you’re a cigarette-testing machine, not a human — says a new report from the National Cancer..
 Computer program helps evenhard smokers quit
A personalized stop-smoking program can increase smokers’ chances of quitting, even among those least likely to quit, according to a report in the Archives of Internal Medicine (Vol. 161, No. 21: 2596..
 Physicians need to stop patients’ smoking
Despite the fact that nearly one-fourth of Americans are smokers, about two-thirds of them say they’d really like to quit.The author of a New England Journal of Medicine article (Vol. 346, No.7: 506-5..
 Smoking costs us $157 billion each year
The consequence of smoking a pack of cigarettes is estimated to cost the nation $7.18 per pack in medical care and lost productivity, or about $157 billion and 440,000 premature deaths each year, acco..
 Large decline in teen smoking rates reported by cdc
A new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said teenage smoking rates have been declining since 1997.
These findings are from the Youth Risk Behavior Survey, part of CDC’s Y..
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