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[UK] Smoking Raises Risk of Lung Disease in RA
Risk factors for the development of interstitial lung disease among patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) included male sex, smoking, and seropositivity, a researcher reported here. In contrast to RA patients overall, where there is a large female pred
Apr 23, 2013
MedPage Today
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Apr 24, 2013 09:27
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Tech-Cigarette.com Discusses the Tobacco Smoking Catastrophe 2013
the University of California, San Francisco has compiled a data that states that in the coming forty years, over eighteen million more tuberculoses cases ... It is therefore very important that smokers adopt a more suitable smoking mechanism, which appar
Apr 15, 2013
SBWire
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Apr 16, 2013 03:54
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Alaska man with ruined lungs now face of CDC's anti-smoking effort
Michael Patterson, a formerly homeless person who started smoking at age 9, has stories of carved-away lungs, battles to breathe, and doctors who tell him he's a walking dead man living on borrowed time. He'll be taking those stories on the road to schoo
Apr 14, 2013
Alaska Dispatch
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Apr 15, 2013 08:24
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VIDEO: TEDx: Wanda de Kanter en Pauline Dekker: replacement smokers
Smoking is an addiction, not a free choice. The only free choice is at your first cigarette and is mostly lit at puberty in a phase where the brain is not dealing well with free choice. Dekker says to the person in the coffin, 'You will not die in vain. '
Apr 8, 2013
You Tube
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Apr 13, 2013 16:12
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It is better to be a fat ex-smoker than a thin smoker: findings from the 1997–2004 National Health Interview Survey−National Death Index linkage study
overall, mortality risk is smaller in overweight or obese ex-smokers than normal-weight smokers. Smoking cessation interventions can tailor messages that highlight the greater reduction in mortality associated with quitting, compared with potential weight
Apr 10, 2013
Tobacco Control
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Apr 11, 2013 14:20
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[India] ARCHIVE: Projected effects of tobacco smoking on worldwide tuberculosis control: mathematical modelling analysis [FREE FULL TEXT]
Tobacco smoking could substantially increase tuberculosis cases and deaths worldwide in coming years, undermining progress towards tuberculosis mortality targets. Aggressive tobacco control could avert millions of deaths from tuberculosis.
Oct 4, 2011
British Medical Journal
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Apr 11, 2013 13:14
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[Australia] Pot-Smokers Healthier Than Tobacco Smokers, Study Finds
A study published in the journal Addictive Behaviors this January finds that “using tobacco on its own [and/or] mixing it with cannabis may lead to worse physical health outcomes than using cannabis alone.”
Apr 8, 2013
San Francisco Chronicle blogs
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Apr 9, 2013 14:54
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[Asia] Don’t ignore smoker’s cough, UAE experts say
Dubai: Smokers who dismiss a slight but persistent cough, commonly referred to as smoker’s cough, should be cautioned about the indication of a serious respiratory syndrome, said experts on Sunday.
Apr 7, 2013
Gulf News (ae)
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Apr 8, 2013 11:16
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[India] 50 years ago: Research on evils of smoking
Smoking might lead to an increase in pressure in the blood vessels in the lungs, according to a study of the Vallabhbhai Patel Chest Institute. In a review of the progress of the Institute, which celebrated its tenth Foundation Day here yesterday, the d
Apr 8, 2013
Deccan Chronicle (in)
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Apr 8, 2013 08:26
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[California] Santa Monica Housing Discrimination Complaints Surge
Did Zelda’s request for a smoke-free apartment qualify as a reasonable accommodation to G & K’s wait-list rules? There are two basic legal requirements for a reasonable accommodation. First, the accommodation must be needed in response to the nature of
Apr 2, 2013
Santa Monica (CA) Mirror
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Apr 2, 2013 15:32