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[Canada] Cigarette labels may educate about bladder cancer

Graphic warning labels on packs of cigarettes may convince some people that smoking ups the risk of bladder cancer, says a new study from Canada. A survey of 291 people at doctors' offices in Toronto found less than half knew that smoking cigarettes is t
Reuters
added Apr 1, 2013 10:10
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[Asia, Pakistan] Anti-tobacco panel to contact election candidates

The 54-member Coalition for Tobacco Control-Pakistan (CTC-Pak) has decided to contact national and provincial assembly candidates during their election campaign for advocating ban on smokeless tobacco on the floor of the House after their election.
The News (pk)
added Apr 1, 2013 08:38
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Smoking upon awakening raises cancer risk: 14 easy ways to cure tobacco cravings

Steven Branstetter, assistant professor of biobehavioral health at Penn State where the study was conducted explains smoking upon awakening is associated with higher levels of a particular carcinogen known as NNAL that is a metabolite of the tobacco-spec
eMaxHealth
added Mar 30, 2013 19:02
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Early-morning Smokers At Increased Risk Of Lung And Oral Cancers - And Why?

Smoking immediately upon waking may increase the risk of lung and oral cancers, suggest Penn State researchers, Steven Branstetter and Joshua Muscat. The reason being, the level of NNAL - a metabolite of the tobacco-specific carcinogen NNK, is said to b
RTTNews.com
added Mar 30, 2013 18:34
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Special Report: Behind a cancer-treatment firm's rosy survival claims

What sets CTCA apart is that rejecting certain patients and, even more, culling some of its patients from its survival data lets the company tout in ads and post on its website patient outcomes that look dramatically better than they would if the company
Reuters
added Mar 29, 2013 14:51
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[Canada] Cigarette labels may educate about bladder cancer

Graphic warning labels on packs of cigarettes may convince some people that smoking ups the risk of bladder cancer, says a new study from Canada. A survey of 291 people at doctors' offices in Toronto found less than half knew that smoking cigarettes is t
Reuters
added Mar 29, 2013 14:48
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Smoking Has Gender-Specific Effect in Urothelial Carcinoma

For patients with upper tract urothelial carcinoma (UTUC) treated with radical nephroureterectomy (RNU), the impact of smoking is gender specific, with worse outcomes for females than for males, according to a study published online March 6 in BJU Interna
Monthly Prescribing Reference (MPR)
added Mar 29, 2013 10:54
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[Ireland] Smoking linked with cervical pre-cancer

Catherine Reilly spoke with TCD’s Dr Cara Martin about new joint research from teams at Trinity College Dublin and the Coombe, which has shown that women who smoke are at greater risk of HPV infection.
Irish Medical Times (ie)
added Mar 27, 2013 10:02
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Obamacare funds 'Tips from Former Smokers' and other public health campaigns

Perhaps one of the most unnerving campaigns, unnerving at least for smokers, is the national “Tips from Former Smokers” campaign launched by the CDC last year. The graphic series of advertisements features disabled and disfigured ex-smokers testifying to
Examiner.com (National)
added Mar 25, 2013 16:57
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The Conspiracy To End Cancer ($$)

's not just one disease; it's hundreds, potentially thousands. And not all cancers are caused by just one agent--a virus or bacterium that can be flushed and crushed. Cancer is an intricate and potentially...
TIME Magazine
added Mar 25, 2013 11:13
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