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 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..
 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..
 Children exposed to chemical in cigarettes
According to a study in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers and Prevention (Vol. 10, No. 11: 1109-1116), children in grade school are breathing high levels of cancer-causing chemicals in tobacco smoke. Th..
 Europeans focus on smoking and premature aging of skin
The latest European beauty treatment can help women have healthy, glowing skin and visibly reverse premature skin aging from some causes, say health experts in Europe.
It’s called quitting smoking...
 Cigarette use among teens inches downward
Fewer teens were smoking in 2000 than in 1999, continuing a downward movement in youth cigarette use since an all-time high in 1997, according to the latest National Household Survey on Drug Abuse, by..
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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..
 Well done meat and smoking make a deadly combo
A new study should make people rethink their choices of what to eat, how to cook it, and whether to smoke.
A study reported in the journal Carcinogenesis (Vol. 22, No. 10: 1681-1684) links well-don..
 Tobacco companies’ claims of a safer cigarette dismissed
Two tobacco companies are test-marketing cigarettes that they claim have fewer toxins than other brands.
"Calling these cigarettes ’less toxic’ than others doesn’t mean they’re less likely to give yo..
 Great american smokeout 25 years mark
Cigarettes have rarely delivered what they promised:
"Making smoking ’safe’ for smokers." (Bonded Tobacco Company)
Cigarettes are safe?
"For Digestion’s Sake - Smoke Camels." (Camel Cigarettes)
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 Tobacco settlement dollars could better support tobacco prevention programs
Most states have designated only a thin slice of tobacco settlement dollars — an average of 5% — for tobacco prevention efforts, according to a report released by the National Conference of State Legi..
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