disease from smoking

Cigarette Use Among U.S. High School Students

The national YRBS, a component of CDC's Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System, used independent three-stage cluster samples for the 1991-2003 surveys to obtain cross-sectional ...
Quadratic trends indicated significant but nonlinear trends in the data over time ...
Prevention efforts must be sustained to ensure this pattern continues and the 2010 objective is achieved ...
Data are presented only for non-Hispanic black, non-Hispanic white, and Hispanic students because the numbers of students from other racial/ethnic groups were too small for meaningful analysis ...

New Evidence re Smoking in Movies

When a significant quadratic trend accompanied a significant linear trend, the data demonstrated a nonlinear variation (e ...
leveling off or change in direction) in addition to an overall increase or decrease over time ...
This report summarizes the results of that analysis, which indicated that although (1) the prevalence of lifetime cigarette use was stable among high school students during the 1990s and (2) the prevalence ...
Temporal changes were analyzed by using logistic regression analyses that assessed linear and quadratic time effects simultaneously and controlled for sex, race/ethnicity, and grade ...

The War Over Cigar Labels Heats Up

Actors who puff on the cigars include Bruce Willis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Denzel Washington, and Whoopi Goldberg ...
1 One of the national health objectives for 2010 is to reduce the prevalence of current cigarette use among high school students to 16% (objective no ...
As more people light up, some US officials are saying cigars should abide by the same rules as cigarettes ...
Public-health groups are pointing to a sharp rise in teenage cigar smoking at the same time the industry has increased its advertising ...

Tobacco Documents Show Industry Intentionally Discounted Health Risks

Senator Hatch needs to be urged to subpoena the relevant documents from Minnesota and make them available to the public ...
A court-appointed special master is determining whether any of those documents can be made part of the public file ...
It's not clear where the cigar companies stand on federal legislation ...
Temporal changes were analyzed by using logistic regression analyses that assessed linear and quadratic time effects simultaneously and controlled for sex, race/ethnicity, and grade ...
In his May order, Fitzpatrick ruled that the government has made a successful preliminary showing that such documents were fraudulently protected under the attorney-client privilege ...

Learn Why This Session Could Be The Most Important

He proposed that US leaders familiar with the deal brief conference participants on its expected impact abroad, and permit representatives from other countries to express their views ...
The California warning label, by comparison, is almost inconspicuous ...
leveling off or change in direction) in addition to an overall increase or decrease over time ...
When a significant quadratic trend accompanied a significant linear trend, the data demonstrated a nonlinear variation (e ...

The "Bidi Buzz" Continues

The Marlboro Man and Joe Camel probably don't feel threatened, but an Indian cigarette that is wrapped in a leaf and sold in enough flavors ...
smoked cigarettes on 1 of the 30 days preceding the survey), and (3) current frequent cigarette use (i ...
When a significant quadratic trend accompanied a significant linear trend, the data demonstrated a nonlinear variation (e ...
Bidis are small, but federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials reported they release three to five times more tar and nicotine than regular cigarettes ...
Bidis are widely available in area tobacco stores, but a spot check failed to find them for sale at area convenience, grocery and other stores that sell tobacco products ...

Smoking, Even More Lethal for Women

If you want to avoid the risk of illness from cigarette smoking , in my opinion, you shouldn't use your energy in reducing tobacco consumption - rather, take the bull by the horns and quit altogether ...
Among women smokers, however, the risk of bloodclots was doubled among those studied who smoked just three to five cigarettes daily ...
In 1970, Helmut Wakeham, head of research and development of Philip Morris Cos ...

EDITORIAL: Help Keep Children Smoke-Free

Bidis are widely available in area tobacco stores, but a spot check failed to find them for sale at area convenience, grocery and other stores that sell tobacco products ...
Tobacco use causes cancer and emphysema, triggers asthma attacks, contributes to heart disease and endangers unborn babies ...
The judge cited several documents in the 12-page order, including ...
What has the cigar manufacturers upset is that the new Massachusetts law requires a conspicuous black-and-white health warning label on the top 25 percent of any package of cigars or in ads for them ...
Federal and state officials are taking aim at the rolled-up tobacco leaves, which recent research has found may have an even greater health risk than cigarettes ...

Smoking Among Kids Keeps Rising

And antitobacco congressmen have introduced legislation making cigars abide by the same labeling and advertising rules as cigarettes ...
leveling off or change in direction) in addition to an overall increase or decrease over time ...
Sussman thinks designers of smoking cessation programs should accommodate young smokers' lifestyles ...
CrossRef | ISI | MEDLINE Cigarette use is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States ...
We would hope that local stores card people before selling cigarettes and other tobacco products ...

ASH Quoted As 2 MI Companies Announce Non-Smoking Policies for Employees

Hatai Chitanondh, Thailand Health Promotion Institute, The National Health Foundation Stephen L ...
Pointing to rising health care costs, two Michigan employers this month announced policies that make non- smoking a job requirement ...
Elif Dagli, Department of Pediatric Pulmonology, Marmara University ...
And antitobacco congressmen have introduced legislation making cigars abide by the same labeling and advertising rules as cigarettes ...