Low Taxes On Non-Cigarette Tobacco Products Keep Addiction 'Affordable'
While trends in cigarette smoking and sales have declined in the U.S. for the past decade, sales of non-cigarette tobacco products have been on the rise. Researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health, led by Professor Greg Connolly, director of the Tobacco Control Research Program at HSPH, and Hillel Alpert, research associate in the program, sought to compare trends in sales of all tobacco products in the U.
CT Lung Cancer Screening No Cure-All For Smokers
Screening for lung cancer with computed tomography (CT) may help reduce lung cancer deaths in current and former smokers, but it won't protect them from other causes of death associated with smoking, according to a new study published in the July issue of the journal Radiology.
Women, Smoking, And Heart Disease: Toenails Tell The Tale
In a first-of-its-kind study, research results show that toenail nicotine levels can help predict risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) in women. Researchers at University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine, in collaboration with colleagues from Harvard University, showed that the higher the level of nicotine in the toenails, the higher the risk of coronary heart disease, no matter the number of cigarettes smoked or level of exposure to second hand smoke.
Risk-Of-death Charts Updated By Researchers
Researchers have updated charts that show an American's risk of dying from a given cause over the next ten years, based on age, sex, and smoking status. The charts were be published online June 10 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute.Although health information and the risks of various behaviors or conditions are frequently discussed in the media, the public rarely have access to enough information to adequately gauge the risk.
Free Clear R Analysis Shows Workplace Smoking-Cessation Incentives Work
A healthcare premium differential is just one example of a workplace incentive employers are using to encourage healthy lifestyles and to get employees to quit smoking. Smoking cessation in the workplace is a hot topic in the media, but until now there hasn't been any proof that incentives to encourage people to quit smoking actually improve cessation rates.
Smoking Also Not Good For Memory
French researchers have identified a link between smoking and poormemories among middle-aged adults. The results of their study appear inthe June 9 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.S~A verine Sabia, M.Sc. (Institut National de la Sant~A et de laRecherche M~A dicale, Villejuif, France) and colleagues have built upon aprevious meta-analysis that has demonstrated smoking as a risk factorfor developing dementia.
Glyndebourne Breaks Illegal Tobacco Sponsorship Link, UK
The organisers of the Glyndebourne opera festival have been forced to distance themselves from British American Tobacco, sponsor of their production of Carmen and the world's second largest cigarette producer, after an investigation by local Trading Standards Officers branded aspects of the partnership illegal.
Opposition To Addition Of Flavors To Cigarettes - American Medical Association
The American Medical Association (AMA), the nation's largest physician organization, voted today at its Annual Meeting to adopt the following new public health policy.In recent years tobacco products have been developed in a variety of flavors including chocolate, vanilla, mint and fruit.
Fewer Heart Disease Deaths In Massachusetts As Smoking Declines
If more states introduce tobacco control programs for their residents who are regular smokers, the number of U.S. deaths due to coronary heart disease might drop, finds a new study that looks at an ongoing Massachusetts initiative.A connection exists between coronary heart disease and cigarette smoking, and the new study determines how a reduction in smoking affected the number of related deaths in Massachusetts between 1993 and 2003.
Employers And Addiction Experts Come Together At Commonwealth Club To Take Action To Reduce Smoking
A summit hosted by the Commonwealth Club of California brought together addiction experts, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control as well as leaders from business and state government to address the continuing epidemic of smoking addiction in California.