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War On Smoking Offers Some Lessons For Obesity Fight
May 5, 2012
Kaiser Health News
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May 8, 2012 15:42
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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
May 13, 2013
NewsFix (ca)
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May 13, 2013 14:23
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[California, New York] SAUNDERS: Smoke Gets in Your Rights
Bloomberg and Levine have chosen the easiest targets a politician can pick on -- fat people and smokers. Not that they would call them fat people and point with derision. No, they moan about the ill effects of obesity on health. Ditto smoking. These guys
Mar 17, 2013
Town Hall
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Mar 17, 2013 11:05
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EDITORIAL: Quitting smoking and gaining weight: the odd couple ($$)
We need observational data to settle this question
Jul 10, 2012
British Medical Journal
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Jul 11, 2012 16:04
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[New York] Mayor Mike Bloomberg, public health autocrat: A brief history
Over the course of a decade he has made New York City a laboratory to test policies that manipulate the healthiness of public environments
Jun 4, 2012
The Washington Post
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Jun 4, 2012 12:57
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Should Clinicians Encourage Smoking Cessation for Every Patient Who Smokes?
Mar 13, 2013
Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)
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Mar 13, 2013 11:47
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[Philippines] Processing plant seeks to wean Pinoy farmers off tobacco
Struggling tobacco farmers in the northern Philippines have been thrown a lifeline by the government, which will soon open a multi-million dollar food processing plant in Ilocos Sur, along with a trading centre in the province.
Jan 17, 2013
FoodProductionDaily.com
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Jan 17, 2013 15:12
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Secondhand smoke is linked to Type 2 diabetes and obesity
Adults who are exposed to secondhand smoke have higher rates of obesity and Type 2 diabetes than do nonsmokers without environmental exposure to tobacco smoke, a new study shows. T
Jun 24, 2012
EurekAlert
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Jun 25, 2012 15:04
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The Demand for Cigarettes as Derived from the Demand for Weight Control
We provide new evidence on the extent to which the demand for cigarettes is derived from the demand for weight control (i.e. weight loss or avoidance of weight gain). ... We find that, among teenagers who smoke frequently, 46% of girls and 30% of boys are
Feb 1, 2013
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER)
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Apr 15, 2013 08:27
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Hungry? In Convenience Stores: More Food, Fewer Cigarettes
Sandwiches are the new cigarettes, at least as far as 7-Eleven (3382) is concerned. Traditionally a reliable source of profit for convenience stores, cigarette sales are waning—and food, from fresh fruit to mini-meals, is rising to take its place.
Jan 17, 2013
Business Week/Bloomberg
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Jan 18, 2013 13:15