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Teenage smoking behavior influenced by friends' and parents' smoking habits

The company you keep in junior high school may have more influence on your smoking behavior than your high school friends, according to newly published research from the University of Southern California (USC). The study, which appears in the April 12 is
EurekAlert
added Apr 12, 2013 13:41
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[Texas] UTHealth studies program to reduce secondhand smoke exposure for infants

A study to investigate whether a hospital-initiated behavioral therapy program conducted in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) can reduce secondhand smoke in homes with infants at risk for pulmonary problems has been launched by researchers at The Un
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth)
added Apr 11, 2013 14:52
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[Texas] Reducing infant exposure to smoke

A study to investigate whether a hospital-initiated behavioral therapy program conducted in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) can reduce secondhand smoke in homes with infants at risk for pulmonary problems has been launched by researchers at The U
ScienceDaily
added Apr 11, 2013 14:49
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[Canada] Editorial: Smoking linked to gene damage

There are profound moral as well as medical implications at stake here. Adults who smoke already know the risks they take with their own well-being. But now it appears they could be jeopardizing the health of any children they may have. ... But at a mi
Victoria (BC) Times Colonist (ca)
added Apr 11, 2013 13:34
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Can Secondhand Smoke Hurt Kids' Kidneys?

The study, led by Esther Garcia-Esquinas, MD, of the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at John Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, aimed to find out whether chronic kidney disease was a risk for children exposed to secondhand
DailyRx
added Apr 8, 2013 08:30
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[Canada] Editorial: Smoking linked to gene damage

now it appears they could be jeopardizing the health of any children they may have. Playing dice with your own life is one thing. Playing with the safety of an unborn generation is another matter entirely. ... Whether an outright ban is desirable, or ev
Victoria (BC) Times Colonist (ca)
added Apr 7, 2013 09:01
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[Greece] Cretan village stays way ahead of the recent nonsmoking trend

Skotino is an oddity in Greece, a country where a smoking ban for certain areas introduced a few years ago has been systematically flouted by individuals and businesses alike. Maybe, though, Skotino shows us that something is slowly changing in the Greek
Kathimerini (gr)
added Apr 19, 2013 13:49
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[Australia and Oceania, New Zealand] 'Sterilise Maori smokers' suggestion causes outrage

A suggestion by a Palmerston North city councillor that Maori women be sterilised to stop them smoking in front of their children has outraged councillors and Maori health advocates. Councillor Bruce Wilson was speaking at the community wellbeing commit
nzoom.com (TVNZ)
added Apr 5, 2013 14:42
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[UK] Anti-smoking drive targets families of inpatients

NHS staff should ask partners, relatives and carers of those due to receive hospital treatment not to smoke near their loved ones, including in their home or car, according to the recommendations drawn up by the National Institute for Health and Care Exc
The Guardian (uk)
added Apr 5, 2013 11:06
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Medical: Secondhand smoke remains unfiltered threat

Now, researchers at Dartmouth University report they've come up with a prototype sensor sensitive and compact enough to use just about anywhere.
Scripps Howard News Service
added Apr 3, 2013 19:06
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