Friday, August 30, 2013

Quittin Time: Tobacco News Round Up

Posted by ActionToQuit. Reposted at http://www.tobaccodeathray.blogspot.com,

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FDA Discusses Banning Online Sales of E-Cigarettes
August 30, 2013   The Food and Drug Administration has been in discussions with the e-cigarette industry about a possible online-sales ban of the product,  as it prepares a package of proposed regulations for the increasingly popular devices, people familiar with the matter said. Read more.

 
How Hospitals Can Help Patients Quit Smoking Before Surgery
August 30, 2013   As GW rolls out its smoke-free campus policy this fall, it follows suit of colleges nationwide that are mostly ignoring the question of how to enforce their smoking bans. Read more.

E-Cigarettes Contain Chemicals That Make Some ‘As Harmful As Normal Tobacco’
August 29, 2013   Electronic cigarettes contain carcinogenic chemicals that make some as harmful as normal tobacco, a new French study has claimed. Read more.

Nicotine Exposure Gives Baby Rats Addictive Personalities
August 29, 2013   Exposure to nicotine in the womb increases the production of brain cells that stimulate appetite, leading to overconsumption of nicotine,  alcohol and fatty foods in later life, according to a new study in rats. Read more.
 
Female Smokers at Higher Risk for Hemorrhagic Stroke
August 28, 2013   The advice that “smoking is bad for you” may be old news, but the American Heart Association has released a new study in their journal Stroke, which reveals women are more susceptible to certain stroke-related risks that result from smoking. Read more.

Doctors Support Raising the Smoking Age
August 28, 2013   Teenagers looking to buy cigarettes in New York may have to look elsewhere if a city council proposal is approved and signed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Read more.
 
Why Is Obama Caving on Tobacco?
August 27, 2013   Last year I endorsed President Obama for re-election largely because of his commitment to putting science and public health before politics. Read more.
 
Study Cites Progress in Curbing Tobacco Sales to Minors
August 27, 2013   Federal and state efforts to snuff out tobacco sales to minors are working despite a slight rise in those sales between 2011 and 2012, a new report says. Read more.
 
Doctors Asked to Counsel Teens About the Dangers of Smoking
August 26, 2013   Doctors already have a hefty checklist of topics to go over with their patients. Read more.

Smoking Rates Are on the Decline, but Not So Big Tobacco
August 26, 2013   For years now, the tobacco industry has battled a declining U.S. smoker base and a barrage of anti-smoking campaigns. Read more.
 

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