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Central American fires impact US air quality and climate
Scientists using NASA satellites and computer models have shown that pollutants from Central American biomass burning can influence air quality and climate in the United States. view more (2006-10-11)
Smoke From Cigarettes, Cooking Oil, Wood, Shift Male Cardiovascular System Into Overdrive
Secondhand tobacco smoke and smoke from cooking oil and wood smoke affected cardiovascular function of men and women who were exposed to small doses of the smoke for as little as 10 minutes, according to a study from the University of Kentucky. view more (2009-04-17)
Tunnel fires could be fanned by ventilation
Fires in road or rail tunnels could increase in size dramatically as a result of current recommendations for ventilating tunnels to mitigate the effects of smoke, according to British research engineers. The researchers, funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council have used mathematical modelling and statistical techniques to... view more... (2000-10-17)
Pregnant women who smoke, urged to give up before 15-week 'deadline'
Women who stop smoking before week 15 of pregnancy cut their risk of spontaneous premature birth and having small babies to the same as non-smokers, according to research published on bmj.com today. view more (2009-03-27)
Newly-defined factors may prevent postpartum smoking relapse
Although many women quit smoking during pregnancy to protect their unborn children from the effects of cigarettes, half of them resume the habit within a few months of giving birth. view more (2008-08-28)
UGA study explains why anti-smoking ads backfire or succeed
Some anti-smoking ads are simply ineffective, while others actually make youth more likely to light up. Fortunately, some are successful, and a new University of Georgia study helps explain why. view more (2007-07-23)
Handsfree mobile phone is no safer in traffic
A VTI study performed in the driving simulator shows that using a mobile phone with a handsfree kit is no safer in traffic than using a hand-held mobile phone. view more (2004-09-13)
Surgery for hand amputees in Sierra Leone (p 1072)
A surgical technique first developed in World War 1 can help civilians who have suffered hand amputation in Sierra Leone, according to research published in this week's issue of THE LANCET. For the past 9 years, Sierra Leone has struggled with a cruel civil war in which the civilian population has been the principal target. The International... view more... (2000-09-20)
Long-term marijuana smoking leads to respiratory complaints
Long-term exposure to marijuana smoke is linked to many of the same health problems as tobacco smoke, such as increased respiratory symptoms like cough, phlegm and wheeze. view more (2007-02-13)
How children are affected by passive smoking
Children of smokers have nicotine in their bodies, even if their parents smoke outdoors with the door closed. This is revealed in a study included in a doctoral dissertation by registered nurse and public health researcher AnnaKarin Johansson at Linköping University. Going outdoors to smoke with the doors and windows closed is nevertheless... view more... (2004-02-09)
Does that cut really need stitches?
Treating simple lacerations of the hand conservatively instead of with sutures is faster, less painful, and produces similar cosmetic and functional outcomes, finds a study in this week’s BMJ. view more (2002-08-07)
Prenatal exposure to tobacco smoke raises blood pressure in infants
Infants whose mothers smoke during pregnancy have substantially higher blood pressures in their first months of life, Dutch researchers reported in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association. A study of 456 infants in The Netherlands showed that, by age 2 months, babies born to mothers who smoked had higher systolic blood pressures... view more... (2007-07-31)
Study strengthens link between tobacco smoke and behavioral problems in boys with asthma
Boys with asthma who are exposed to environmental tobacco smoke have higher degrees of hyperactivity, aggression, depression and other behavioral problems, according to researchers at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. view more (2008-12-05)
Potentially harmful chemicals found in forest fire smoke
Researchers have detected common plant toxins that affect human health and ecosystems in smoke from forest fires. The results from the new study also suggest that smoldering fires may produce more toxins than wildfires - a reason to keep human exposures to a minimum during controlled burns. view more (2009-04-30)
Cigarette use may explain asthma epidemic in children, says Mailman School of Public Health study
The rise in cigarette use by adults over the past century may explain the asthma epidemic in children according to a study by researchers at the Mailman School of Public Health. The study is published this month in Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, the scientific journal of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI). view more (2007-05-22)
Women smokers have higher risk of lung cancer than men smokers, though lower lung cancer death rate
Women who smoke appear to be more susceptible to lung cancer than men who smoke, though women smokers have a lower rate of lung cancer-related death. view more (2006-07-12)
Where there's wildfire smoke, there's toxicity
The health threat to city dwellers posed by Southern California wildfires like those of November 2008 may have been underestimated by officials. view more (2008-11-20)
Pregnancy and tobacco a 'smoking gun' for baby: Study
Monash University researchers have shown that babies born to a mother who smokes are more likely to be slower to wake or respond to stimulation - and this may explain their increased risk of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS). view more (2009-04-03)
Anti-smoking law helps waiters to quit smoking
Researchers from the Catalan Institute of Oncology have studied the impact of the law banning smoking in public places such as bars and restaurants on those working in these places. view more (2009-09-11)
Case links woman's death to environmental tobacco smoke, MSU prof says
A young asthmatic woman who collapsed and died shortly after arriving for her shift as a waitress at a bar may be the first reported death to be reported nationally from acute asthma associated with environmental tobacco smoke. view more (2008-02-11)
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