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12/3/15 - Support grows to increase Mass. smoking age to 21

12/3/15 Support grows to increase Mass. smoking age to 21

Wicked Local

 

Senate President Stanley Rosenberg supports raising the legal age to purchase tobacco products from 18 to 21, a proposal already adopted by nearly 80 ...

12/2/15 - Higher cigarette taxes linked to lower infant mortality rate

12/2/15 Higher cigarette taxes linked to lower infant mortality rate

WLS-TV

 

When it costs more to smoke, fewer babies die, according to a new study that links ... with declines in smoking during pregnancy and with better newborn health.

11/17/15 - Smoking rates continue to decline among US adults

11/17/15 Smoking rates continue to decline among US adults

CNN

The new calculation is from the National Health Interview Survey, released ... For those who live, smoking-related illness costs an additional $300 billion dollars ...

10/30/15 - AAP releases multiple policies to protect youths from tobacco, nicotine

10/30/15 AAP releases multiple policies to protect youths from tobacco, nicotine

AAP News

The policies call for raising the minimum age to purchase tobacco to 21 years; urge pediatricians to screen patients for use of tobacco and nicotine delivery devices; and address tobacco dependence in parents as part of pediatric health care. The ...

10/19/15 - Smoking during Pregnancy Ups Risk of Heart Disease in Kids

10/19/15 Smoking during Pregnancy Ups Risk of Heart Disease in Kids

Lighthouse News Daily

Smoking during Pregnancy Ups Risk of Heart Disease in Kids According to a study led by researchers at the University of California smoking during pregnancy ups risk of heart disease in kids. Both unborn and born children exposed to second-hand smoke ...

10/14/15 - Smoking increases health care costs, hospitalizations for patients ...

10/14/15 Smoking increases health care costs, hospitalizations for patients ...

Healio

Tobacco use appeared associated with significantly increased health care costs, as well as the number of hospitalizations for patients with periphery artery ...

10/9/15 - FDA announces launch of new education campaign to prevent ...

10/9/15 FDA announces launch of new education campaign to prevent ...

News-Medical.net

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today announced the launch of a national public education campaign to prevent and reduce tobacco use among ...

9/30/15 - More Children, Teens Enticed to Smoke With Flavored Tobacco: CDC

9/30/15 More Children, Teens Enticed to Smoke With Flavored Tobacco: CDC

U.S. News & World Report

Bubblegum, cotton candy, chocolate: Just a few of the tempting flavors often added to ...

9/24/15 - Florida Teens' Taste for E-Cigarettes Now More than Double That of ...

9/24/15 Florida Teens' Taste for E-Cigarettes Now More than Double That of ...

FlaglerLive.com

But while smoking tobacco has dropped, the use of relatively new electronic cigarettes has grown quickly. Along with 15.8 percent of high-school students who ...

9/21/15 - Passive smoking could cause diabetes: Study

9/21/15 Passive smoking could cause diabetes: Study

Maine News Online

It has been found in a new study that passive smoking could cause diabetes. According to the study, it raises risk of getting type 2 diabetes by 22% and smoking ...

9/18/15 - Smoking Linked to Greater Risk for Type 2 Diabetes

9/18/15 Smoking Linked to Greater Risk for Type 2 Diabetes

WebMD

Smokers have a much greater risk for type 2 diabetes than those who never smoked, and the same is true for those ...

9/3/15 - Study: High school athletes use smokeless tobacco at a higher rate ...

9/3/15 Study: High school athletes use smokeless tobacco at a higher rate ...

News-Medical.net

High school athletes who play on sports teams smoke tobacco products at a lower rate than non-athletes, but use smokeless tobacco at a higher rate, according ...

8/18/15 - Study Finds Ninth-Graders Who Used E-Cigarettes More Likely to ...

8/18/15 Study Finds Ninth-Graders Who Used E-Cigarettes More Likely to ...

Wall Street Journal-4 hours ago

The research is some of the first to address fear among healthofficials that ... if required to cover multimillion-dollar costs of submitting products for FDA approval.

8/13/15 - Smoking And Obesity: Overweight Smokers Gain More Weight ...

8/13/15 Smoking And Obesity: Overweight Smokers Gain More Weight ...

Science World Report

New findings published in the International Journal of Obesity reveal that body mass index and the number of cigarettes smoked per day could potentially be ...

8/12/15 - State again diverting anti-smoking funds

8/12/15 State again diverting anti-smoking funds

West Hartford News

“Connecticut incurs $1.63 billion in annual health care costs and another $1 billion in lost productivity directly caused by tobacco use each year — and we are ...

6/30/15 - A step closer to widespread implementation of low-dose CT lung cancer screening

6/30/15 A step closer to widespread implementation of low-dose CT lung cancer screening

BusinessDay 

Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related death in the world. One of the many reasons for this is that only 25% of patients are diagnosed with early-stage disease that is potentially curable with surgery. Early detection is an important ...

6/26/15 - CDC: States should spend more on anti-tobacco efforts

6/26/15 CDC: States should spend more on anti-tobacco efforts

SunHerald.com

Even as cigarette smoking has declined, cigar and smokeless tobacco use has not changed, but use of new tobacco products, like e-cigarettes and hookah, ...

6/24/15 - Kids and Tobacco Use: Some Surprising Findings

6/24/15 Kids and Tobacco Use: Some Surprising Findings

FDA.gov

The number of kids smoking cigarettes is down—but the number using other tobacco products is way up. That's the word from the 2014 National Youth Tobacco ...

6/18/15 - Study: Cigarette Smoking Linked To Half Of Deaths From 12 ...

6/18/15 Study: Cigarette Smoking Linked To Half Of Deaths From 12 ...

CBS Local

Cigarette smoking causes at least 345,962 ... And e-cigarette use is now the most common form of tobacco use among U.S. high ...

6/9/15 - Legal age for e-cigarettes should be 21, American Medical ...

6/9/15 Legal age for e-cigarettes should be 21, American Medical ...

NOLA.com

"The AMA's newest policy expands on the AMA's longtime efforts to help keep all tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes, out of the hands of young ...