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COPD Deaths Highest in Rural, Poor Areas: CDC

Large urban areas had lowest mortality rate from the respiratory disorder
HealthDay [HealthScout]
added Nov 2, 2012 15:43
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[California] Contextual and community factors associated with youth access to cigarettes through commercial sources -- Lipperman-Kreda et al. -- Tobacco Control

Multilevel regression analyses indicated that buyer's actual age, a male clerk and asking young buyers about their age were related to successful cigarette purchases. Buyer's actual age and minimum age signs increased the likelihood that clerks will requ
Tobacco Control
added Oct 23, 2012 06:35
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[UK] GPs urged to act over patients' smokeless tobacco use

GPs should encourage people in South Asian communities to stop using smokeless tobacco and offer referral to cessation schemes, according to NICE.
GP Magazine (uk)
added Sep 26, 2012 13:18
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[Mexico, USA] Smoking trends among Mexicans, Mexican-Americans

Led by UC Davis researchers, the first-ever transnational study of Mexico-U.S. migration and smoking has found that U.S.-born Mexican Americans start smoking at an earlier age but are more likely to quit than their counterparts in Mexico. Just published
Medical Xpress (PhysOrg.com)
added Sep 21, 2012 17:06
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CDC Survey Shows Slow Declines in Youth Cigarette Smoking, but Troubling Increase in Cigar Smoking by African-American Teens

PR Newswire
added Aug 9, 2012 13:56
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[Missouri] Public housing factors in youths' tobacco use

Black youths who live in public housing communities are more likely to use tobacco than other black teens, a University of Missouri study has found.
Columbia (MO) Tribune
added Jul 14, 2012 14:23
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Heart Disease, Cancer Top Killers in U.S.

The two leading causes of death in the U.S. -- cancer and heart disease -- accounted for nearly half of all deaths in 2008, the latest year for which data are available, according to a CDC report.
MedPage Today
added Jun 9, 2012 12:20
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[China, Uae: Dubai] Chinese brand smokes Dubai rivals

The National Newspaper (ae)
added May 5, 2012 17:48
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[California] Report: Local Asian Immigrant Men Triple Average Smoking Rate - Cupertino, CA Patch

According to the Santa Clara County Public Health Department, "Asian male immigrants, in particular the Filipino and Cambodian populations, have three times the smoking rate compared to the county’s overall adult smoking rate." Cupertino has a 63 percent
Patch.org
added Jun 4, 2013 17:06
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Depressive Symptoms Among Heavy Cigarette Smokers: The Influence of Daily Rate, Gender, and Race

These findings improve our understanding of tobacco’s influence on depressive symptom expression among heavy smokers, with implications for tailoring evidence-based tobacco treatments.
Nicotine and Tobacco Research
added Apr 24, 2013 23:09
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