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Graphic anti-smoking ads increase attempts to quit smoking

Graphic and/or emotional television anti-smoking ads get more smokers to try to quit than less intense ads, according to a new study in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.(1) This bolsters a study published by researchers
DentistryIQ (PennWell Dental Group)
added Oct 17, 2012 01:44
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[Wisconsin] UW tobacco researcher elected to prestigious medical group

A UW-Madison professor who founded one of the leading research centers on tobacco and its effect on health has been elected to the prestigious Institute of Medicine. Dr. Michael Fiore, professor of medicine at the UW School of Medicine and Public Health
(Madison, WI) Capital Times
added Oct 16, 2012 16:26
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[Russia] A look at some of the top smoking nations

Russia's smoking rates are among the world's highest, led by Kiribati where 57 percent of the adult population lights up. Here's a look at the ways some other top smoking nations are trying to bring down the number of smokers:
AP - Associated Press
added Oct 16, 2012 15:22
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UPDATE 1-Russia launches anti-smoking crackdown

Russia launched a crackdown on smoking on Tuesday with a bill to ban tobacco advertising and raise taxes on cigarettes to help tackle a public health crisis in the world's second largest tobacco market after China.
Reuters
added Oct 16, 2012 15:20
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[Australia] About us

OxyGen is the only Australian website dedicated to informing young people about tobacco and its use in Australia.
OxyGen (au)
added Oct 16, 2012 08:21
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[Australia] History of tobacco marketing

"In short, (the) defendants have marketed and sold their products with zeal, with deception, with a single minded focus on their financial success, and without regard for the human tragedy or social costs that success exacted." US District Judge Gladys K
OxyGen (au)
added Oct 16, 2012 08:20
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[Russia] Kremlin Cracks Down on Big Tobacco

Russia, the World's Second-Largest Cigarette Market After China, Plans 'Harsh' Anti-smoking Rules
The Wall Street Journal Interactive Edition
added Oct 16, 2012 02:06
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[Lebanon, Mid-east, Syria] Tobacco control in the Middle East : The Lancet Oncology ($$)

A visit from WHO in the winter of 2010 confirmed that the Syrian ban was indeed being implemented, but the events of the past 18 months or so make it unlikely that this is still the case. Neighbouring Lebanon is in a better position to ...
The Lancet (uk)
added Oct 14, 2012 16:16
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[Philippines] Why sin tax bill matters in meeting dev't goals

If the Philippines want to meet its Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) by 2015, then government must help reduce tobacco use. This was the position of the Commission on Human Rights (CHR) along with civic groups like HealthJustice and the Framework Conv
Rappler (ph)
added Oct 14, 2012 02:40
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Associations of cigarette smoking and polymorphisms in brain-derived neurotrophic factor and catechol-O-methyltransferase with neurocognition in alcohol dependent individuals during early abstinence

Overall, the findings lend support to the expanding clinical movement to make smoking cessation programs available to smokers at the inception of treatment for alcohol/substance use disorders.
Frontiers Journals (cz)
added Oct 12, 2012 16:04
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