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UGA study: bar smoking ban moves bad air outside
Athens :: Greece | 1 day ago
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Smoking bans have made the air healthier in bars and restaurants, but may have made the air just outside the establishments more hazardous, University of Georgia researchers have found. Nonsmoking diners and imbibers sitting in outdoor patios or sidewalk...
Tags: Luke Naeher, smoke ban, UGA, bar smoke, secondhand smoke, Greece, Athens, Environment, Smoking, Cotinine, Passive smoking, Nicotine, Tobacco, Smoking ban, Nicotinic agonists, Public health
Secondhand smoke worse for toddlers
Columbus :: OH :: USA | 3 days ago
Credibility Secondhand smoke causes greater blood vessel damage in toddlers than in teens, a U.S. researcher said. Senior author John Anthony Bauer of the Nationwide Children's Hospital & Research Institute at Ohio State University in Columbus said obese adolescents...
Tags: secondhand smoke, John Anthony Bauer, Columbus, Passive smoking, Body shape, Metabolic disorders, Obesity, Tobacco, Nutrition, Cigarettes, Health Medical Pharma, Social Issues
Great American Smokeout 2009 - What smoking is doing to your kids
Today is the Great American Smokeout 2009. If you smoke, today is a very good day to try putting down the cigarettes...but if you have children, it is even more important that you consider stopping. Don't think your smoking has anything to do with your...
Tags: Great American Smokeout 2009, smoking, secondhand smoke, children, health, Denver, Free, Cigarettes, Habits, Passive smoking, Sidestream smoke, Sudden infant death syndrome, Health Medical Pharma, Tobacco, Smoke, hand smoke
Secondhand smoke worst for toddlers, obese kids
Orlando :: FL :: USA | 9 days ago
Credibility Toddlers and obese children suffer far greater blood-vessel damage and other harm from secondhand smoke than other children, which could put them on the path to heart disease later in life, according to a new study. The study, presented at the American...
Tags: heart attack, secondhand smoke, Orlando, Tobacco, Cigarettes, Passive smoking, Health Medical Pharma, Lipoproteins, Rosuvastatin, Low-density lipoprotein, Cholesterol, Myocardial infarction, Statins, Cardiology, Cardiovascular diseases
For Some Smokers, Even Home’s Off Limits
New York City :: NY :: USA | 11 days ago
Credibility Companies will ban smoking at some of its downtown apartment buildings because of health concerns about secondhand smoke, according to company officials. Smokers who already live in any of these buildings will not be affected, according to Jeff Brodsky,...
Tags: New York City, ban smoke, public housing, apartments buildings, secondhand smoke, Passive smoking, Tobacco smoking, Cigarette, Cigar, Health effects of tobacco, Tobacco, Smoking, Smoking ban
Africa: Secondhand Smoke Remains a Challenge Despite Laws
Washington :: WA :: USA | 13 days ago
Credibility Secondhand Smoke Remains a Challenge Despite Laws Anso Thom 11 November 2009 While several African countries are making progress in implementing smokefree laws, nearly 90 percent of people on the continent remain without meaningful protection from secondhand...
Tags: smokefree laws, secondhand smoke, Washington, Passive smoking, Tobacco control, Tobacco, Cigarettes
Secondhand smoke's cost adds up for county
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility It was sponsored by Smoke Free Indy and Indiana Tobacco Prevention and Cessation. Nearly 100 adults, children and infants in Marion County died in 2008 from exposure to secondhand smoke, deaths that could have been prevented, the study's authors argue....
Tags: secondhand smoke, smoke cost
Smoking bans reduce heart attack risk
Baltimore :: MD :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility Smoking bans are effective and even relatively brief exposures to secondhand smoke may lead to a heart attack, U.S. researchers say. A report by a committee of the Institute of Medicine confirms there is sufficient evidence that breathing secondhand smoke...
Tags: smoke bans, heart attack, bans reduce, secondhand smoke, bans work
Anti-smoking laws reduce heart attacks, report finds
Washington :: DC :: USA | about 1 month ago
Credibility The report provides strong support for anti-smoking laws now in place in 21 states and the District of Columbia and is likely to bolster efforts to pass such laws elsewhere. "It's clear that smoking bans work," said Dr. Lynn R. Goldman of the Johns Hopkins...
Tags: smoke ban, hearts attack, secondhand smoke, hearts disease, U.S
Flu shuts down Duke summer program
Durham :: NC :: USA | 4 months ago
Credibility Duke University's Talent Identification Program canceled the second of its two summer sessions on Duke's East Campus on Wednesday after more than 25 of the 260 participating students tested positive for flu or reported flu symptoms over the previous two...
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