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KABAT: Do Smoking Bans Really Save Lives? If So, Whose?
There may be some effect of smoking bans, although the largest and most careful studies suggest that any effect is quite small. Furthermore, as a recent Institute of Medicine report makes clear, it will be difficult to gauge the magnitude of any effect a
Jun 12, 2012
Forbes
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Jun 13, 2012 10:52
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Do We Get Sick Like Rats? A New Philip Morris Prize Asks the Crowd
In partnership with computational biologists at IBM’s Watson Research Center, Philip Morris’s so-called sbv IMPROVER project creates open challenges to encourage scientists to augment traditional peer reviews of research data. On Monday, Philip Morris la
Apr 30, 2013
Techonomy
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May 2, 2013 06:51
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[Uae: Dubai] Anti-smoking campaign targets young users
Medical specialists highlighted the adverse effects of smoking on the skin, heart, gastrointestinal tract and bones during an anti-smoking campaign at the American College of Dubai.
Apr 21, 2013
Gulf News (ae)
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Apr 21, 2013 13:01
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[Germany] Electronic Cigarettes Have Slight Impact on Heart: Study
Appear to be far less toxic than tobacco cigarettes, researcher says
Aug 27, 2012
HealthDay [HealthScout]
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Aug 30, 2012 12:28
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SIEGEL: Meta-Analysis of Smoking Ban and Heart Attack Studies Seems to Have Cherry-Picked Its Data, Excluding the Second Largest Study Because It Failed to Find an Effect
the real reason for the exclusion of the Rodu study was that it showed negative results among a systematic sample of large populations. The study is fatal to the notion that smoking bans produce dramatic, immediate, and measurable reductions in heart att
Nov 2, 2012
The Rest of the Story-Tobacco Analasys and Commentary (Michael Siegel blog)
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Nov 14, 2012 07:05
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50-Year Trends in Smoking-Related Mortality in the United States
The risk of death from cigarette smoking continues to increase among women and the increased risks are now nearly identical for men and women, as compared with persons who have never smoked. Among men, the risks associated with smoking have plateaued at t
Jan 24, 2013
New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)
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Jan 24, 2013 11:48
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Secondhand Smoke is More Damaging For Teen Girls Than Boys
Why would girls be especially at risk? The study wasn’t designed to determine what made passive smoke exposure more hazardous for girls over boys, but the researchers do not believe hormones made a difference, since the vast majority of the participants w
May 1, 2013
TIME Magazine
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May 1, 2013 10:55
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Heart attacks linked to lack of exercise, smoking, more than stress
People who have highly demanding jobs . . . are 23-per-cent more likely to have a heart attack . . . . But lighting up a cigarette . . . is far more damaging for your heart health, researchers said.
Sep 15, 2012
Reuters
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Sep 16, 2012 12:57
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[Europe] First-hand smoke, second-hand smoke or electronic cigarettes
ESC Congress 2012 Press Conference
Aug 25, 2012
European Society of Cardiology
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Sep 2, 2012 14:12
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[Florida] Chemical Found in Cigarette Smoke Causes Heart Disease
A chemical found in cigarette smoke lowers "good" cholesterol, which in turn increases the risk of developing heart disease. University of Florida College of Medicine-Jacksonville researchers have found that benzo(a)pyrene (BaP), a toxic compound in cig
Sep 2, 2012
IBTimes (uk)
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Sep 2, 2012 12:48