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[UK] The Good Life? After 500,000 ciggies I'm done for: Richard Briers reveals he's battling chronic lung disease - while his lifelong friend Prunella Scales has a shocking confession of her own
* Richard Briers' battling emphysema after smoking '500,000 cigarettes' * Prunella Scales reveals she has stopped smoking tobacco adding 'if someone gives me a joint I really have to work at it'
Feb 1, 2013
The Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday (uk)
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Feb 1, 2013 13:31
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A cross-sectional study of secondhand smoke exposure and respiratory symptoms in non-current smokers in the U.S. trucking industry: SHS exposure and respiratory symptoms
Conclusions: In this group of trucking industry workers, childhood and recent exposures to SHS were related to respiratory symptoms.
Feb 1, 2013
7thSpace Interactive (portal)
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Feb 1, 2013 11:47
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Smokers' Lungs May Be Safe for Transplant
* Lung transplantation from donors with a history of heavy smoking doesn't appear to hurt recipient outcomes over the mid-term. * Point out that the results support relaxing the organ donor criteria to alleviate the shortage of donor lungs, which could
Jan 29, 2013
MedPage Today
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Jan 30, 2013 13:52
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[UK] Liz Dawn Coronation Street's Vera Duckworth exclusive interview on her failing health / Coronation Street Liz Dawn: My only plan is to make sure I'm alive this time next year
But the reality is life has changed for the actress since she bowed out of playing the legendary Vera Duckworth in the ITV1 soap five years ago. She was forced to quit in 2008 after emphysema, brought on by a lifetime of smoking, made it impossible for
Jan 28, 2013
The Mirror (uk)
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Jan 30, 2013 13:43
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[Central America] Quitting smoking by age 40 erases most of the risk of an early death
Smokers who quit by around age 40 can stave off an early death, according to a landmark study that fills key gaps in knowledge of smoking-related health ills. While smokers who never stop lose about a decade of life expectancy, those who quit between ag
Jan 24, 2013
The Washington Post
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Jan 24, 2013 12:41
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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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[UK] Women smokers more likely to be killed by their habit TODAY than in the 1960s
* Women smokers today start their habit earlier and until recently smoked more cigarettes per day
Jan 24, 2013
The Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday (uk)
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Jan 24, 2013 02:19
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[Pakistan] Secondhand smoke ups asthma risk
Babies exposed to cigarette smoke are at increased risk for developing childhood respiratory diseases such as asthma, according to a new study.
Jan 20, 2013
The News (pk)
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Jan 20, 2013 10:11
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[Indonesia] The Union grants $4500 for tobacco control in Palembang
International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union) provides US$4,500 in grants for tobacco control to the Palembang administration. The grant will be delivered in two stages. “Palembang is the champion for tobacco control program. They
Jan 19, 2013
Jakarta Post (id)
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Jan 19, 2013 17:59
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U.S. Health in International Perspective: Shorter Lives, Poorer Health: Individual Behaviors
Figure 5-2 shows that the United States now has the lowest adult smoking rates of all peer countries but Sweden and one of the lowest among OECD countries. In many countries, the mass adoption of smoking occurred earlier among males than among 1 
Jan 10, 2013
National Academies Press
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Jan 10, 2013 08:47