
Smokers Who Also Have Drinking Problems Could Be Identified By Smoking Cessation 'Quitlines'
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Although numerous studies have shown a strong link between drinking and smoking behaviors, few telephone smoking-cessation "quitlines" routinely screen and counsel callers about their alcohol use...
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New Lung Cancer Screening Guidelines
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A lung screening and surveillance task force, established by the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) and led by medical professionals from Brigham and Women's Hospital (BWH), is strongly recommending new guidelines for lung cancer screening. The guidelines were published in the online edition of the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (JTCVS)...
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Potentially Violent Sleep Disorder Linked To Smoking, Pesticides And Head Injury
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REM behavior disorder, during which the sleeper does not have the typical lack of muscle tone during the REM (rapid eye movement) phase of sleep, and can act out dreams, sometimes violently, may be linked to smoking, head injuries or pesticides, researchers reported in the Journal Neurology...
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For Deadly Heart Disease, Prevention Is Better Than Cure
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European experts in cardiovascular medicine gathered at a two day symposium to address the national agenda on cardiovascular disease prevention, held at Imperial College London and sponsored by leading independent academic and professional publisher SAGE...
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Tobacco May Lower Immune System Response In Liver Transplant Recipients
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Transplant recipients who smoke or have smoked increase their risk of viral hepatitis reinfection following liver transplantation according to new research available in Liver Transplantation, a journal published by Wiley on behalf of American Association for the Study of Liver Diseases...
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First-Year College Women Increasingly Taking Up Hookah Smoking
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Nearly a quarter of college women try smoking tobacco with a hookah, or water pipe, for the first time during their freshman year, according to new research from The Miriam Hospital's Center for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine. The study, published online by Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, suggests a possible link to alcohol and marijuana use...
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How Cigarette Smoking Weakens Bones
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Almost 20 years after scientists first identified cigarette smoking as a risk factor for osteoporosis and bone fractures, a new study is shedding light on exactly how cigarette smoke weakens bones. The report, in ACS' Journal of Proteome Research, concludes that cigarette smoke makes people produce excessive amounts of two proteins that trigger a natural body process that breaks down bone...
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Uruguay's World-Leading Tobacco Control Strategy Proven To Be Effective
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The International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project (the ITC Project) has launched a new report on the effectiveness of tobacco control policies in Uruguay...
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