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[France] Secondhand Smoke and Type 2 Diabetes, What's the Connection?

researchers from the National Institute of Public Health in Mexico City evaluated more than 37,000 French women who had never smoked and who did not have type 2 diabetes, cancer, or cardiovascular disease at the beginning of the study in 1992. The women w
eMaxHealth
added Jun 19, 2013 09:35
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[France] Childhood and Adult Secondhand Smoke and Type 2 Diabetes in Women

CONCLUSIONS This prospective analysis suggests that secondhand smoke exposure in childhood and adulthood are associated with a higher rate of type 2 diabetes. Received October 24, 2012. Accepted February 26, 2013. © 2013 by the American Diabetes Assoc
Diabetes Care
added Jun 19, 2013 09:34
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[France] French MPs' lunch with big tobacco causes a stir

After recent tax hikes on tobacco, and with a ban on e-cigarettes looming, eyebrows have been raised after it emerged that tobacco lobbyists recently wined and dined several French politicians in a lavish Paris luncheon.
The Local Europe (se)
added Jun 18, 2013 13:42
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France Losing The War Against Smoking

Despite these bans and public education on the risks of tobacco, more 14 million Frenchmen smoke in a country of some 66 million. Amandine Joué started smoking when she was 13. She said that the first time she lit a cigarette she just to wanted be like e
International Business Times
added Jun 16, 2013 12:04
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France set for sharp rise in price of cigarettes

The French government is reportedly planning a never-before-seen hike in cigarette prices, with a 40-cents increase by October. ... Tobacco companies were invited to France's finance ministry offices late on Wednesday night, according to French daily Le
The Local Europe (se)
added Jun 7, 2013 09:36
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Is France trying to ‘kill off’ the e-cigarette?

Experts suggest that Touraine acted with an excess of caution rather than face the possibility of health risks from e-cigarettes being discovered down the road. “The French minister was overly cautious, and her zeal is catastrophic,” judged Jean-François
France 24 (fr)
added Jun 2, 2013 11:19
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[France, Saudi Arabia] KURDI: Smoking without smoking

If the choice is between not smoking at all and smoking e-cigarettes, clearly it is better not to smoke at all. But if it is a choice between smoking tobacco and puffing nicotine-free e-cigarettes, the equation is not nearly so straightforward.
Saudi Gazette Online (sa)
added Jun 2, 2013 11:18
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France to ban electronic cigarettes in public amid health risk uncertainty

CBS
added Jun 1, 2013 12:55
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[France] Minister confirms plan to ban e-cigarettes in public

France's Health Minister Marisol Touraine told French media on Friday that she wants to crackdown on the smoking of e-cigarettes by banning them in public places and restricting their use to over 18s. The move could spell bad news for the growing industr
The Local Europe (se)
added May 31, 2013 13:29
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France to ban electronic cigarettes in public

France will ban electronic cigarette smoking in public places by imposing the same curbs enforced since 2007 to combat tobacco smoking, Health Minister Marisol Touraine said on Friday. Amid mounting global concern over the public health implications of s
Reuters
added May 31, 2013 10:16
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