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More Evidence That Smoking Raises Breast Cancer Risk
Cigarette smoking appears to increase the risk of breast cancer, especially when women start smoking early in life, new research indicates. For years, experts have questioned whether cigarette smoking is directly linked with breast cancer risk or whether
Feb 28, 2013
HealthDay [HealthScout]
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Feb 28, 2013 18:38
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380000 U.S. deaths yearly due to smoking
Death attributable to smoking is declining, with 200,000 such deaths anually for U.S. men, and 180,000 for women, researchers said.
Jun 12, 2012
UPI
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Jun 12, 2012 19:38
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50-Year Trends in Smoking-Related Mortality in the United States
The risk of death from cigarette smoking continues to increase among women and the increased risks are now nearly identical for men and women, as compared with persons who have never smoked. Among men, the risks associated with smoking have plateaued at t
Jan 24, 2013
New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM)
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Jan 24, 2013 11:48
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[UK] Lung cancer rates soaring for women after tobacco manufacturers target them by saying smoking helps you stay slim
Lung cancer rates have surged in women after tobacco manufacturers encouraged them to smoke to stay slim, experts warn. The number of cases is increasing far more quickly compared to men and is likely to overtake them within the next decade. Researcher
Nov 11, 2012
The Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday (uk)
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Nov 11, 2012 22:02
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BANGLADESH: Hazardous "bidi” cigarette factories
Even after working 12 hours a day six days a week in toxic factory conditions rolling cigarettes in Bangladesh - followed by more cigarette rolling work at home - Shahnaz Begum, a 30-year-old mother of two, still cannot afford to feed her family.
Sep 19, 2012
Integrated Regional Information Network (IRIN)
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Sep 19, 2012 16:45
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[Ireland] Tobacco firms 'targeting' women with elegant, feminine packaging
According to health promotion experts, tobacco companies are trying to reel in women by creating candy-coloured packaging, white packaging, ‘women-only’ brands, low-tar, and new, super-slim products. This need to sell cigarettes via their packaging is m
Jan 11, 2013
Irish Examiner (ie)
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Jan 11, 2013 09:35
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[UK] Why does lung cancer strike so many women who've never smoked? BBC star Robert Peston's wife was a victim at 51 - and the toll is rising
While the chance of non-smokers developing lung cancer is much lower than smokers, latest figures show that of the 41,500 new lung cancer cases each year in Britain, 14 per cent -- around 6,000 -- are unrelated to smoking. Sian Busby (left), the wife of
May 9, 2013
The Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday (uk)
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May 9, 2013 18:28
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Secondhand Smoke is More Damaging For Teen Girls Than Boys
Why would girls be especially at risk? The study wasn’t designed to determine what made passive smoke exposure more hazardous for girls over boys, but the researchers do not believe hormones made a difference, since the vast majority of the participants w
May 1, 2013
TIME Magazine
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May 1, 2013 10:55
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[UK, USA] ‘Light’ cigarettes blamed for huge rise in cancer risk
Women smokers are nearly ten times more likely to die of lung cancer now than they were in the 1960s, say researchers.
Jan 23, 2013
Metro Café (uk)
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Jan 30, 2013 12:28
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Quitting smoking prolongs life at any age
can add years of life even in one's 60s, new research in the New England Journal of Medicine shows. Younger smokers can gain a whole decade by quitting.
Jan 24, 2013
Los Angeles Times
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Jan 24, 2013 12:44