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Smokeless tobacco safer than smoking
Smokeless tobacco products, as used in Europe and North America, do not appear to increase cancer risk.    view more (2009-07-29)

New study expands the list of hazardous chemicals in smokeless tobacco
Attention all smokeless tobacco users! It's time to banish the comforting notion that snuff and chewing tobacco are safe because they don't burn and produce inhalable smoke like cigarettes.   view more (2009-08-17)

Smokeless tobacco more effective than cigarettes for delivering dangerous carcinogens into the body
It may not be inhaled into the lungs, but smokeless tobacco exposes users to some of the same potent carcinogens as cigarettes.   view more (2007-08-10)

UGA study: Youth exposed to smokeless tobacco ads despite settlement
A 1998 settlement designed to limit the marketing of smokeless tobacco to youth hasn't been effective, according to a new University of Georgia study published in the early online edition of the American Journal of Public Health.   view more (2007-10-05)

Early-onset depressive disorders predict the use of addictive substances in adolescence
In a prospective study of over 1800 interviewed young Finnish twins, early-onset depressive disorders at age 14 significantly predicted daily smoking, smokeless tobacco use, frequent illicit drug use, frequent alcohol use and recurrent intoxication three years later, even among those adolescents who were not users at baseline.   view more (2008-10-22)

Alternative tobacco products: A better, safer option for smokers?
According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly one-fourth of Americans are smokers.   view more (2005-11-02)

Companies flout law on tobacco in tooth care products
Up to 68% of adolescents in India use dental products containing tobacco, despite a law barring manufacturers from using tobacco as an ingredient in any toothpaste or toothpowder, reveals a study in this week's BMJ.   view more (2004-02-05)

Rate of teen binge drinking cut more than 1/3 by prevention system
Rates of binge drinking were 37 percent lower among eighth-grade students in communities in seven states that used a prevention system designed to reduce drug use and delinquent behavior compared to teenagers in communities that did not use the system.   view more (2009-09-08)

Parents are the main source of tobacco for underage smokers
Parents and other older relatives are the primary sources of tobacco for underage smokers living in communities with strong enforcement of tobacco sales laws, finds a study in Tobacco Control. These results suggest that many current laws are too weak to reduce the availability of tobacco to minors effectively.   view more (2001-12-07)

UK government should act now to regulate tobacco
Cigarettes are the deadliest form of nicotine delivery available on the market, yet are the least regulated. An editorial in this week's BMJ argues that the British government should act now to level the regulatory playing field for tobacco and nicotine. It is no coincidence that cigarettes have so far managed to escape regulation, writes... view more... (2003-01-16)

Smokers see decline in ability to smell, rise in laryngitis, and upper airway issues
As Americans prepare for a day without cigarettes and tobacco products as part of the American Cancer Society Great American Smokeout (R) (November 20), new research gives them more reasons to extend that break to a lifetime.   view more (2008-11-04)

Growing evidence of marijuana smoke's potential dangers
In a finding that challenges the increasingly popular belief that smoking marijuana is less harmful to health than smoking tobacco, researchers in Canada are reporting that smoking marijuana, like smoking tobacco, has toxic effects on cells.   view more (2009-08-06)

Telephone 'quitlines' may help dental patients stop smoking
Dentists may be able to help their patients stop smoking by referring them to tobacco-use telephone "quitlines," according to a pilot study published in the May issue of The Journal of the American Dental Association (JADA).   view more (2007-05-29)

Tobacco should be excluded from free trade agreement
Tobacco should be excluded from free trade agreements to protect health, argue researchers in this week's BMJ. Their call comes in the week that the European Union and the South American trading bloc Mercosur will continue negotiations towards a free trade agreement. Every day, doctors see the deadly effects of tobacco, write the authors. While... view more... (2004-03-03)

Study supports link between passive exposure to cigarette smoke and risk of heart disease
Non-smokers who are exposed to environmental tobacco smoke for at least 30 minutes a day are at far greater risk of developing acute coronary syndromes compared with people who are not exposed, finds a study in Tobacco Control. These findings support the role of environmental tobacco smoke in the development of adverse cardiac events. A total of... view more... (2002-08-27)

Explosion in corporate tobacco sponsorship
Corporate sponsorship by tobacco companies in the USA has rocketed, shows research in Tobacco Control. Between 1995 and 1999, tobacco company sponsorship amounted to a minimum estimated $365 million, with motor sports taking the lion's share. But tobacco dollars also funded many small, community based projects, many of them part of the public... view more... (2001-09-04)

Tobacco industry hires experts to undermine Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
The tobacco industry has employed PR experts to gather inside information in a bid to weaken anti-tobacco campaigns, policy, and legislation, finds research in Tobacco Control, due to be published in June.   view more (2002-03-14)

Tobacco smuggling is killing more people than illegal drugs
Tobacco smuggling causes around 4,000 premature deaths a year-four times the number of deaths caused by the use of all smuggled illegal drugs put together-but the UK government is not doing enough to tackle the problem.   view more (2008-10-10)

Tobacco promotions have increased dramatically, especially in areas where strict tobacco control programmes exist
Tobacco companies are employing heavy spending on slotting fees (that is, payments to obtain space to display products) and promotions to encourage retailers to create more tobacco friendly environments. Furthermore, these promotions are more pervasive in states with comprehensive tobacco control programmes, conclude two studies in Tobacco Control.   view more (2001-12-07)

European nations urged to ratify international treaty on tobacco control
European oncologists and cancer organizations should urge their governments to ratify an international treaty on tobacco control, the World Health Organization and the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) said on Monday, 1 November 2004.   view more (2004-11-01)
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