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Cardiologists Spell Out How Passive Smoking Damages The Heart And Join Youth To Counter The Threat
Some of the world’s leading cardiologists have urged peers at their biennial world congress to recognise the full extent of the dangers of tobacco, in relation to heart disease and stroke. They are allying themselves with youth to help combat tobacco use and other lifestyle factors that threaten global health.Original post by A Hearty Life
No commentsLink Between Ear Infections And Passive Smoking
A new report from Perth’s Telethon Institute for Child Health Research has found a strong link between childhood ear infections and exposure to tobacco smoke.The results are published in the latest edition of the Medical Journal of Australia.Original post by Diabetes Notes
No commentsPassive Smoking: 30 Minutes Is Enough To Cause Observable Changes In The Arteries
Those who are habitually exposed to passive smoke run a cardiovascular risk almost as high as those who smoke; people who do not smoke but inhale second hand smoke suffer a 30% increased risk of cardiovascular disease. But the most alarming factor is the speed with which passive smoking damages the cardiovascular apparatus.Original post by Diabetes Notes
No commentsCalifornia Bill Requiring Medicaid Coverage Of Smoking Cessation Aids Would Benefit Asian-American Community, Editorial Says
California lawmakers can help reduce smoking rates in the state, particularly among the Asian-American population, “by ensuring that Medi-Cal, the state’s health insurance program for the elderly, disabled and poor, covers the full range of smoking cessation services,” a Capitol Weekly editorial states. Medi-Cal is the state’s Medicaid program.Original post by Diabetes Mine
No commentsCombined Text And Photo Warnings On Tobacco Products To Be Introduced By Minister Following Consultation, Ireland
The Minister for Health and Children, Ms. Mary Harney T.D., is to introduce legislation to allow for the introduction of combined text and photo warnings on tobacco products. The European Commission indicated in the 2001 Directive on the Manufacture, Presentation and Sale of Tobacco Products that they would adopt rules for the use of colour photographs to depict the health consequences of smoking.Original post by Annetics
No commentsAsthmatic Girls And Children Exposed To Tobacco Smoke Benefit More From Montelukast (Singulair)
Girls and children exposed to tobacco smoke respond particularly well to montelukast (Singulair) according to researchers at National Jewish Medical and Research Center. Associate Professor of Pediatrics Nathan Rabinovitch, MD, and his colleagues also identified two biomarkers that may help physicians predict even more precisely which patients will benefit from montelukast.Original post by Annetics
No commentsSome Public Health Experts Concerned That Tobacco Regulation Bill Would Protect Types Of Cigarettes Mostly Smoked By Blacks
Legislation that would allow FDA to regulate flavored tobacco products would exempt regulation of menthol cigarettes, which are widely used among blacks, the New York Times reports.Original post by Diabetes Mine
No commentsSmoking Ban Deters Teens From Becoming Established Smokers
A study on teenagers in the US state of Massachusetts suggests that smoke-free restaurant laws designed to protect non-smokers have had an unexpected benefit: they may be stopping a significant number of teenagers becoming established smokers.Original post by World of Psychology
No commentsNew Guidelines For Treatment Of Tobacco Dependence Released
The U.S. Public Health Service released an updated version of the clinical guidelines for treating tobacco dependence. Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence: 2008 Update contains strategies and recommendations designed to guide doctors and other medical professionals to help smokers quit. The guidelines, updated for the first time since 2000, call attention to the need for clinicians to understand that there are multiple effective treatment options for tobacco dependence.Original post by World of Psychology
No commentsInfluential School Students Can Help Lower Peers’ Smoking Rates
Reduction of smoking rates among teenagers can be achieved by trainingmore influential students in secondary schools to promote anti-smokingmessages in everyday conversations with their friends and peers,according to an article released on May 9, 2008 in The Lancet.A young person’s smoking habits are strongly associated with thebehaviors their friends perform and usually, this is attributed to peerpressure.Original post by Six Until Me.
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