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Campus-wide smoking bans appear to help university students cut back on their nicotine habit, new research suggests.
The finding stems from a comparative analysis of smoking patterns on two campuses: one with a ban and one without.
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Almost 20 percent of American workers are smokers, particularly the least educated, poorest, youngest and uninsured, a new government report finds.
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Whether a U.S. adult smokes depends largely on what kind of work he or she does, with teachers smoking less than any other group, federal health officials said.
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Miners, construction workers and people in hotel and food service industry are most likely to smoke in the U.S., according to new research finding.
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The information released provides information on people reporting to smoking cessation services throughout Northern Ireland during the year 2010/11.

Key Findings in Northern Ireland during 2010/11:

- 34,386 people set a quit date through the smoking cessation services. This is an increase of 11,003 (47%) on the same period last year.
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Over 6,000 women aged over 18 years were surveyed on their smoking habits and symptoms of chronic pain by University of Kentucky researchers.
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To determine the tobacco industry's policy and action with respect to radioactive polonium 210 (210Po) in cigarette smoke and to assess the long-term risk of lung cancer caused by alpha particle deposits in the lungs of regular smokers.
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UCLA researchers who analyzed dozens of previously unexamined internal documents from the tobacco industry say tobacco companies developed "deep and intimate" knowledge about the cancer-causing potential of radioactive alpha particles in cigarette smoke but deliberately kept it from the public for more than four decades.
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Cytisine, a partial agonist that binds with high affinity to the α4β2 nicotinic acetylcholine receptor, is a low-cost treatment that may be effective in aiding smoking cessation. This study assessed the efficacy and safety of cytisine as compared with placebo.
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Almost 70 percent of high school students are not getting the recommended hours of sleep on school nights, according to a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published online by Preventive Medicine. Insufficient sleep is associated with a variety of health-risk behaviors, including physical inactivity, drinking alcohol, smoking cigarettes, fighting, and being sexually active.
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Minister van Volksgezondheid Edith Schippers verwacht niet dat het aantal rokers in Nederland weer zal stijgen, doordat volgend jaar stopmedicatie en nicotinevervangers weer uit het basispakket worden gehaald. Dat schrijft zij in antwoord op vragen van D66-Kamerlid Pia Dijkstra.
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Mike Johnston has no idea what he was thinking when he took up cigarettes at age 15
"I was definitely more impulsive back then than I am now," said Johnston, 39, of Oakville, as he puffed away on a downtown sidewalk during a work break. "I was young and had no responsibilities. Now I have a wife and two kids."
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Cigarettes are among the top 10 killers of humans and in Australia it accounts for 11% of all deaths annually. According to statistics of Australian Council on Smoking and Health, a staggering 5.3 million of the population are smokers and 18,000 people die prematurely due to tobacco related illnesses, no doubt that people who smoke need to quit this habit in order to regain their health and lives. The Australian government is all out with its effort to curb smoking, especially among the young adults and the adolescents. A shocking AUD$ 30 million is spent annually on cigarettes by college students alone in Australia.
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Women with breast cancer are continuing to put their health at risk by continuing to drink and smoke, researchers have found.
Both habits are known to increase the risk of developing various types of cancer.
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Weeks MO. International Journal of Nursing Practice 2011; 17: 534-538 Tobacco and media exposure in poor neighbourhoods: Implications for the incidence of smoking among community residents It is an accepted truth that tobacco, as well as second-hand smoke, causes lung and other cancers. This health policy fact sheet examines the need and implications for tobacco control legislation in the United States. Major stakeholders and special interest groups influence whether or not further tobacco control legislation can be passed and who it affects. This paper will review not only the ethical implications, such as the ethical theory, ethical principles and ethical rules of conduct that support tobacco control legislation, but also its legal and economic implications as well as media influences. This paper concludes with the authors' assessment that the United States is in fact in need of more tobacco control legislation.
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It is known that daily smoking is associated with the development of alcohol use disorders. However, non-daily smoking is prevalent in young adults and is associated with increased rates of problematic alcohol use in cross-sectional data. It is unknown whether non-daily smoking is predictive of hazardous drinking and alcohol use disorders using longitudinal data. The primary aim of the present investigation was to explore the temporal relationship between non-daily smoking and drinking in young adults, and secondarily, whether college status modified this relationship.
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De helft van de bevolking wil dat rokers een hogere premie betalen voor hun zorgverzekering. Wat een onzin, zegt Malou van Hintum.
Rokers, ze zijn de nieuwe paria's. De dikzakken vormen een goede tweede, en de drinkers huppelen er zo'n beetje achteraan. Allemaal mensen die 'uit eigen keuze' hun gezondheid naar de knoppen helpen. 'Motte wij daarvoor betaluh?' Ja. Daar betalen we met zijn allen voor, en wat mij betreft blijven we dat ook doen.
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Hoewel een meerderheid van de Nederlanders vindt dat rokers en mensen die veel alcohol nuttigen een hogere zorgpremie moeten betalen, maakt zo’n plan weinig kans. Minister Schippers van Volksgezondheid is niet ‘voor’, zo laat een woordvoerder weten.
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A new study shows that 145,000 deaths could be averted in the next 30 years in the Netherlands by implementing stronger tobacco control policies. This set of policies, as recommended by the MPOWER report of the World Health Organisation, consists of increasing tobacco taxes to 70% of the retail price, bans on smoking in workplaces and public places, a complete marketing ban, well-funded tobacco control campaigns, graphic health warnings, youth access laws, and comprehensive cessation treatment.
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De meerderheid van de Nederlanders vindt dat rokers en stevige drinkers een hogere premie voor de zorgverzekering moeten betalen. Dat blijkt uit onderzoek van het Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek (CBS).
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A new study has shown that nearly six in 10 or 57.5 per cent of smokers in Singapore are blind to the fact that smoking can cause blindness.

The findings, conducted by local doctors and researchers, covered 200 smokers aged between 14 and 83.
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- 11% of people are protected by comprehensive national smoke-free laws
- 19 countries require large and graphic pictures on tobacco packages
> 600 000people die each year from exposure to second-hand smoke
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Menthol cigarettes may cause people to smoke more and heighten addiction rates, a new study from Yale and the University of Connecticut shows.

The study, which was published online in the Journal of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, found that mice became desensitized to the experience of smoking with the addition of menthol additives, in addition to demonstrating higher propensities for addiction. The team’s findings contest recent research produced with the support of tobacco companies, which have long played down the effects of menthol in cigarettes, at a time when the Food and Drug Administration is considering imposing a ban of the additive.
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More than 100 primary schools in China are sponsored by tobacco companies in a move described by anti-smoking campaigners as hunting for the next generation of smokers.
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Smoking is a major cause of cancers in India, with more than 40 percent of cancers among them being caused by tobacco, reported The Times of India Friday.
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Secondhand tobacco smoke may be an important – and preventable – source of lead exposure in children, report researchers in a recent issue of the American Journal of Public Health. The researchers recommend that homes and other places where children spend a lot of time be smoke-free as a way to prevent children’s exposure to this neurotoxic element.
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Counseling alone doesn’t significantly affect quit rates among pregnant women, according to a meta-analysis of randomized, controlled clinical trials.
Researchers analyzed 8 clinical trials that examined abstinence from smoking for a total of 3,290 pregnant women at 6 months after counseling. Six-month abstinence rates varied from 4% to 24% among counseled women and from 2% to 21% among uncounseled controls. The absolute difference in abstinence between the intervention and control groups was 4% or less in all trials. Four of the 8 trials showed no difference in abstinence rates between women who did and didn’t receive counseling. The type of counseling didn’t affect efficacy.
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Tobacco use remains the single largest preventable cause of disease, disability, and death in the US. Some people who smoke every day are smoking fewer cigarettes; however, even occasional smoking causes harm.
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De landelijke gezondheidsdienst in Groot-Brittannië wil alle films waarin acteurs een sigaretje opsteken, verbieden voor kinderen.
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Giving up smoking isn't just good for your health, it's also good for your memory, according to research from Northumbria University.
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Youngsters who watch films showing actors smoking cigarettes are more likely to take up the habit themselves, according to parental advice from UK researchers.
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ohn Dalli, European Commissioner for Health today launched phase two of the European Commission’s anti-smoking campaign. He announced that over 500,000 Europeans to date have demonstrated their support for the campaign – “Ex-smokers are Unstoppable” – by accessing its social media pages.
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Quitting smoking is one of the healthiest things a person can do, but it's also among the hardest, especially for teenage smokers who battle not only addiction but also the social pressure to keep lighting up.
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This week the United Nations is convening a high-level meeting of member nations to discuss the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases. With 35 million deaths annually caused by these diseases – 28 million in low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) alone - a global public health crisis is looming that will put further stress on already vulnerable healthcare systems and economies.
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A new study in October issue of the American Journal of Public Health measures brand usage trends and the prevalence of cigar use among specific populations. The study, funded by Legacy, the nation's largest organization devoted to tobacco use prevention and cessation, is the first of its kind.
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Tobacco use continues to be the leading global cause of preventable death. It kills nearly 6 million people and causes hundreds of billions of dollars of economic damage worldwide each year. Most of these deaths occur in low- and middle-income
countries, and this disparity is expected to widen further over the next several
decades. If current trends continue, by 2030 tobacco will kill more than 8 million people worldwide each year, with 80% of these premature deaths among people living in low- and middle-income countries. Over the course of the 21st century, tobacco use could kill a billion people or more unless urgent action is taken.
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There is growing awareness and concern about the large and escalating burden of chronic, non-communicable diseases (NCDs) not just from the public health perspective but also from the economic one. The social burdens associated with the four diseases that are the focus of the UN High-Level Meeting on NCDs – cardiovascular disease, diabetes, cancer and chronic respiratory diseases – include prolonged disability, diminished resources within families and reduced productivity, in addition to tremendous demands on health systems.
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Het Elde-college in Schijndel en Sint-Michielsgestel is de eerste middelbare school in deze regio met een rookverbod in en rondom de school. Hoe is bij de scholen in Den Bosch en omgeving en de Bommelerwaard gesteld met het rookverbod? Binnen én buiten verboden?
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De campagne ‘Ex-smokers are unstoppable’ kan rekenen op steun van vijfhonderdduizend Europeanen. En binnen drie maanden telt het gratis online hulpprogramma iCoach al twintigduizend actieve gebruikers.
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A new study from the University of Missouri shows that young adults who kick butts have a better attitude.
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Roken verslechtert de seksuele prestaties van mannen. Dat concluderen wetenschappers uit Boston die onderzoek verrichtten naar de seksuele gezondheid van mannen die succesvol waren gestopt met roken, en mannen die hun oude gewoonte weer hadden opgepakt na het volgen van een stoppen-met-rokenprogramma.
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Het NCRV reportageprogramma ‘Altijd Wat’ besteedt vandaag aandacht aan het kabinetsbesluit om stoppen-met-rokenvergoeding uit de zorgverzekering te halen. Na een persbericht van het ministerie van VWS en uitspraken van onder meer de VVD over de pakketbezuinigingen in juni dit jaar, werd breed verondersteld dat de vergoeding voor stoppen met roken per 2012 volledig wordt stopgezet. Het NCRV-programma constateert dat een deel van de begeleiding volgend jaar nog wel verzekerde zorg is.
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Dutch smokers have the lowest awareness that cigarette smoke is dangerous to non-smokers compared to smokers in 11 other ITC countries.
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A leading expert from Barts Hospital commented that the increase in bad habits, such as smoking and drinking is responsible for the dramatic rise in women developing kidney stones.
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University of Missouri researchers have found evidence that shows those who quit smoking show improvements in their overall personality.
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TOBACCO displays in shops are too attractive and memorable and are likely to encourage youngsters to take up smoking in future, researchers have warned.
A study funded by Cancer Research UK, questioned 950 non-smokers aged 11 to 16 about their attitudes towards tobacco displays and their ability to recall them.

It claimed 27 per cent of the 950 questioned are susceptible to taking up smoking in the future because they failed to express a definite desire never to smoke.
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Smoking prevalence and smoking-attributable deaths in the Netherlands can be substantially reduced through tax increases, smoke-free legislation, high intensity media campaigns, stronger advertising bans and health warnings, comprehensive cessation treatment, and youth access laws. The implementation of these FCTC/MPOWER recommended policies could be expected to show similar or even larger relative reductions in smoking prevalence in other countries which currently have weak policies.
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Removing branding and wrapping cigarettes in plain packaging helps remove the appeal of smoking according to new a Cancer Research UK-funded study published in Tobacco Control.

The researchers found that more women than men smoked less and found smoking less enjoyable when using the plain packs.
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Researchers at the Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health have found that children in the Unites States exposed to secondhand tobacco smoke show an increase in blood lead levels. This is an additional hazard of tobacco smoke, which is already acknowledged widely as a major source of indoor air pollution. Exposure to secondhand smoke is responsible for several health problems in children including lower respiratory tract infections and reduced lung growth.
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Eén op de tien vrouwen blijft roken tijdens de zwangerschap. Twaalf procent van hen rookt meer dan tien sigaretten per dag. Dat blijkt uit onderzoek van de NPCF en Stichting Kind en Ziekenhuis, uitgevoerd door Market Response. Circa 1300 zwangeren en moeders hebben deelgenomen aan een online enquête. "Het opvallend hoge aantal rokende vrouwen verbaast ons", reageert NPCF-directeur Wilna Wind. "Kennen deze vrouwen de risico's van roken niet of lukt het deze vrouwen niet om te stoppen of te minderen met roken? Of schiet de begeleiding te kort?
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De belangrijkste conclusies uit het rapport van KWF t.a.v. longkanker:
- Het aantal vrouwen met longkanker zal toenemen tot 8.500 in 2020.
- Op termijn zal het aantal vrouwen met longkanker het aantal mannelijke patiënten overtreffen.
- Het risico van longkanker neemt voor mannen af en voor vrouwen aanzienlijk toe
- Het aantal vrouwelijke sterfgevallen als gevolg van longkanker neemt aanzienlijk toe tot 2020.
- Als er niet meer gerookt zou worden, zou over enkele decennia de kankerincidentie dalen met minstens 30%
- Zeker 30.000 van de huidige 90.000 tumoren per jaar waren te vermijden geweest wanneer niet zou zijn gerookt.
- 87% van de longkankergevallen wordt veroorzaakt door roken.

Lees het volledige rapport van KWF: Kanker in Nederland tot 2020

Kinderen die opgroeien tussen rokers zijn vaker ziek. Ze missen meer schooldagen dan kinderen die in een rookvrij huishouden wonen.
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Met de overstap van de basisschool naar het voortgezet onderwijs, neemt het gebruik van verslavende middelen sterk toe.

Op de basisschool drinkt 5% regelmatig, rookt 1% regelmatig en komt blowen nog nauwelijks voor. In de onderbouw (klas 1 t/m 3) drinkt 27% al regelmatig alcohol, steekt 10% regelmatig een sigaret op en blowt 3%. Op hun vijftiende gebruikt respectievelijk 60% van de kinderen regelmatig alcohol, rookt 31% en blowt 10%.
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Kinderen die opgroeien in een huishouden waarin gerookt wordt, lopen meer risico op middenoorziekten dan kinderen in een rookvrije omgeving. Dit staat in een systematische review en meta-analyse van Laura Jones e.a. in Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine.
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The tobacco industry is covertly using third-party companies to lobby against smoking restrictions and to gain access to health documents held by public organisations.
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A study by the University of Liverpool has found that a decrease in smoking rapidly reduces mortality rates in individuals and entire populations within six months.
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Het Kwaliteitsregister Stoppen met Roken is een register waarin zorgverleners (professionals) die bekwaam zijn in het geven van stoppen-met-rokenbegeleiding zich kunnen registreren. Het kwaliteitsregister maakt inzichtelijk welke aanbieders bewezen effectieve stoppen-met-rokenprogramma's aanbieden en waarborgt de kwaliteit daarvan. De gehanteerde norm in het kwaliteitsregister is gebaseerd op de Zorgmodule Stoppen met Roken waarin de norm voor goede zorg bij stoppen met roken (tabaksverslaving) is beschreven. Het Partnership Stop met Roken beheert het Kwaliteitsregister Stoppen met Roken.
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The harmful effects of tobacco smoke on atherosclerosis, one of the driving forces of cardiovascular disease, are greater in women than in men. This result emerges from the large European epidemiological study,funded by EU.
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