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 Adolescents still confused about the risks of smoking
While 400,000 adults die of smoking-related illnesses every year, young people ignore the warnings and still continue to start smoking cigarettes. In fact, 90% of all adult smokers start before age 20..
 Tobacco companies still getting kids to smoke
Cigarette companies are still targeting kids as customers, in spite of a 1998 court-approved agreement they signed to stop the practice, say researchers publishing their findings in the August 16 issu..
 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..
 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..
 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,..
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 Nicotine supports angiogenesis and speeds tumor growth
July 26, 2001 (ACS NewsToday) - Stanford University researchers have published the first scientifically accepted evidence showing that nicotine may fuel two disease processes, cancer and coronary arte..
 Smoking linked to colorectal cancer
As many as 20% of all colorectal cancer cases may be related to tobacco use, and colorectal cancer should be added to the growing list of tobacco-associated malignancies, according to a study in Cance..
 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..
 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..
 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..
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