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[Belgium, Finland, France, Sweden, UK] Healthy Lifestyle May Offset Job Stress, Study Finds

Job stress increases the risk of heart disease, but living a healthy lifestyle can significantly reduce that risk, a new study says. Researchers examined data from more than 102,000 men and women, aged 17 to 70, in the United Kingdom, France, Belgium, Sw
HealthDay [HealthScout]
added May 14, 2013 13:08
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[Finland] Supplements do not offer protection to smokers

A follow up study shows that vitamin supplementation does not protect male smokers from heart attack and may even increase the risk. The Finnish alpha-tocopherol beta-carotene cancer prevention (ATBC) study has been looking into the effect of antioxidant
NewsFix (ca)
added May 13, 2013 14:23
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[Finland] Finnish trains go smokeless

Finland is the last Nordic country to ban smoking on the rails.
YLE24 (fi)
added May 3, 2013 23:28
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[Finland] Proximity to a tobacco store and smoking cessation: a cohort study

Conclusions Living within walking distance of a tobacco store reduced the likelihood of smoking cessation among men who were moderate/heavy smokers.
Tobacco Control
added Feb 23, 2013 11:32
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[Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden] Local Nordic tobacco interests collaborated with multinational companies to maintain a united front and undermine tobacco control policies -- Hiilamo and Glantz 22 (2): 154

Local tobacco companies worked with multinational companies to undermine tobacco control in distant and small Nordic markets because of concern that pioneering policies initiated in Nordic countries would spread to bigger market areas. Claims by the local
Tobacco Control
added Feb 16, 2013 13:07
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[Finland] Tobacco display ban ineffective

The ban on displaying tobacco products in shops has not reduced sales of these products, according to an Esmerk Finnish News story.
Tobacco Reporter
added Jan 15, 2013 15:24
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[Finland] Balcony smoking ignites controversy

Health authorities are again seeking to limit smoking on balconies in apartment blocks. 9:54
YLE24 (fi)
added Dec 18, 2012 15:06
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[Finland] New interactive resource ‘Tobacco Body’

A new project has been developed by the Cancer Society of Finland. Intended primarily for schools and teachers to use for health education, it is an interactive website that shows the impact of smoking on different parts of the body.
Tobacco Control Journal blogs
added Nov 14, 2012 06:43
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[Denmark, Finland, Greenland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden] Nordic Countries Aim to Ban Smoking

The Welfare Committee of the Nordic Council, chaired by Icelandic MP Siv Friðleifsdóttir, announced in Helsinki yesterday that they want the Nordic countries to be smoke free by 2040. The committee will also work towards a 10 percent reduction in alcohol
Iceland Review (is)
added Nov 2, 2012 13:46
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[Finland] One in five 16-year-olds smokes

Smoking has become less prevalent in Finland in recent years. Men of working age, in particular, have started lighting up less over the past decade. According to the THL, a third of Finnish men smoked in the 1980s, but now this is true for about 20 perce
YLE24 (fi)
added Oct 24, 2012 17:33
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