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[India] Vapour Vexation / A new study shows that passive smoking affects children's health
A new study published in BioMed Central’s open access journal BMC Public Health shows that second hand smoke and foetal exposure due to smoking while pregnant, significantly increases the risk of invasive meningococcal disease.
Jan 9, 2013
Indian Express
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Jan 9, 2013 11:56
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A Prospective Study of Cigarette Smoking and the Risk of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Women
Objectives: Long-term data on the influence of cigarette smoking, especially cessation, on the risk of Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) are limited. . . . Conclusions: Current smoking is associated with an increased risk of CD, but not UC
Jan 7, 2013
Medical Tribune
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Jan 7, 2013 14:15
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[Illinois] HPV replaces tobacco as cause of growing number of oral cancers
Changing sexual practices and reductions in smoking rates have led to a growing number of oral cancers in nonsmokers and men. HPV -- the source of almost all cervical cancers in women -- has replaced tobacco as the No. 1 cause of cancers of the mouth, ba
Jan 6, 2013
(IL) State Journal-Register
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Jan 6, 2013 14:12
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Mortality Attributable to Smoking Among HIV-1–Infected Individuals: A Nationwide, Population-Based Cohort Study
HIV-infected smokers lose more life-years to smoking than to HIV. The excess mortality of smokers is tripled and the population-attributable risk of death associated with smoking is doubled among HIV patients compared to the background population.
Dec 18, 2012
Clinical Infectious Diseases
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Jan 4, 2013 09:51
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[Denmark] Mortality: H.I.V.-Positive Smokers Lose More Years to Tobacco Than to the Virus, a Study Says
H.I.V. patients who obtain good treatment but who smoke lose more years of life to tobacco than to the virus, a new Danish study has found. . . . A 35-year-old H.I.V. patient who did not smoke was likely to live to age 78, while one who smoked was lik
Jan 1, 2013
New York Times
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Jan 1, 2013 11:38
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A Link Between Smoking and Bacteria
Secondhand smoke increases meningococcal disease risk in children
Dec 28, 2012
DailyRx
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Dec 28, 2012 04:39
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Smoking Deadlier For HIV Patients Than Virus Itself: Study
Nonsmokers getting good care had life expectancy of 78, compared with 63 for smokers
Dec 19, 2012
HealthDay [HealthScout]
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Dec 20, 2012 06:21
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How Tobacco Can Be Deadlier Than The HIV Virus
Dec 19, 2012
Think Progress (blog)
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Dec 20, 2012 01:54
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[Denmark] Smoking More Lethal than HIV
* Smokers with HIV had substantially higher rates of all-cause and non-AIDS mortality than HIV-positive non-smokers, with more than 60% of deaths among HIV patients associated with smoking. * Note that HIV-infected smokers lost more life-years to smokin
Dec 19, 2012
MedPage Today
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Dec 19, 2012 06:11
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Smoking doubled risk for intestinal stricture recurrence in patients with Crohn's disease
Smokers with Crohn's disease who underwent endoscopic dilation to treat intestinal stricture were twice as likely as nonsmokers to require new intervention in a recent study.
Dec 18, 2012
Healio.com
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Dec 19, 2012 03:35