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Pollution, everyday allergens, may be sources of laryngitis
Everyday exposure to environmental tobacco smoke, allergens, and air pollution may be the root of chronic cases of laryngitis, says new research presented at the 2008 American Academy of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) Annual Meeting & OTO EXPO in Chicago, IL.   view more (2008-09-22)

Hollywood guilty of colluding with tobacco industry
Hollywood has been colluding with the tobacco industry for years, and continues to do so, despite a voluntary agreement to curb indirect tobacco advertising in films. Product placement of cigarettes and cigars is back to levels it was before the agreement was introduced in 1990, the evidence shows.   view more (2002-03-07)

New mediator of smoking recruits
Current research suggests that smoking increases the production of osteopontin in the lungs, which contributes to the development of smoking-related lung disease.   view more (2009-04-24)

Parental warning: second-hand smoke may trigger nicotine dependence symptoms in kids
Parents who smoke cigarettes around their kids in cars and homes beware -- second-hand smoke may trigger symptoms of nicotine dependence in children.   view more (2008-09-30)

Teen smokers struggle to kick the habit; most want to quit and can't
Most teenagers who smoke cigarettes make repeated attempts to quit but most are unsuccessful, according to new research from the Université de Montréal and funded by the Canadian Cancer Society.   view more (2008-07-17)

Full-term, low-birth-weight babies at significantly greater risk for early respiratory symptoms
Through age 5, children born at full term with low birth weight show significantly greater risk for developing respiratory symptoms, including wheezing, coughing and pulmonary infections, according to a large longitudinal study on birth weight and development.   view more (2007-05-15)

Blood tests reveal tobacco smoke residues in non-smoking New Yorkers
More than half of non-smoking New Yorkers have elevated levels of cotinine in their blood - meaning that they were recently exposed to toxic second-hand smoke in concentrations high enough to leave residues in the body.   view more (2009-04-09)

Smoking out the mediators of airway damage caused by pollutants
New insight into how pollution and cigarette smoke damage airways has been provided by Pierangelo Geppetti and colleagues, at the University of Florence, Italy, who studied the effects of such chemicals on guinea pig airways.   view more (2008-06-23)

ESC heartened by UK tobacco ad ban
Today's ruling of the Tobacco Advertising and Promotion Act in the UK is deemed by the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) as crucial step in the right direction towards the total abolition of tobacco advertising across Europe. Professor John Martin, ESC Board member and Professor of Cardiology at University College London, UK, describes the move... view more... (2003-02-14)

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)

Link between cannabis and death still not established
Although the use of cannabis is not harmless, its link with death is still not established, argues a senior researcher in this week’s BMJ.   view more (2003-09-17)

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)

Reanalysis of cigarettes confirms tobacco companies increased addictive nicotine 11 percent
A reanalysis of nicotine yield from major brand name cigarettes sold in Massachusetts from 1997 to 2005 has confirmed that manufacturers have steadily increased the levels of this agent in cigarettes.   view more (2007-01-18)

Faulty DNA repair could be a risk factor for lung cancer in nonsmokers
People who have never smoked but whose cells cannot efficiently repair environmental insults to DNA are at higher risk of developing lung cancer than those with effective genomic repair capability.   view more (2008-06-26)

Secondhand smoke increases teen test failure
Teens exposed to secondhand smoke at home are at increased risk of test failure in school, suggests a new study in the Journal of Adolescent Health.   view more (2007-09-20)

Tobacco Smoke and Alcohol Harm Liver Worse as Combo
Exposure to second-hand smoke and alcohol significantly raises the risk of liver disease, according to researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB).   view more (2009-02-04)

Curcumin may inhibit nicotine-induced activation of head and neck cancers
Curcumin, the compound that gives curry powder its yellow/orange color, may inhibit the adverse effects of nicotine in patients with head and neck cancer who continue to smoke.   view more (2009-10-05)

Nicotine addiction slashed in test of new cigarette smoking strategy
Scientists are reporting the first successful strategy to reduce smokers' nicotine dependence while allowing them to continue smoking. The study provides strong support for proposals now being considered in Congress to authorize FDA regulation of cigarette smoking, according to the research team.   view more (2007-11-14)

Avoiding secondhand smoke during pregnancy
Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) commonly called secondhand smoke, can harm a developing fetus and may account for complications during pregnancy and birth.   view more (2009-01-28)
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