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Half of world's children are passive smokers - damning disclosure from WHO

...ning disclosure that half the world's children are passive smoke. In a message on "No Tobacco Day 2001," World Health Organization chief Gro Harlem Brundtland said 700 million children were exposed to the health hazard because most governments still allowed smoking in public places. She added that scientists...

Passive smoking affects respiratory system

Scientists have produced strong evidence that passive smoking has a lasting impact on the respiratory sy... nicotine from tobacco. The researchers found that passive smoking had the strongest impact on the youngest children.It was linked to a permanently increased r...

Poor diet among smokers

...ively poor diet, which adds to the health risks of passive smoking. It has been estimated that second-hand sm... of lung cancer cases. Where people are exposed to passive smoking - usually because they live with a smoker or work in a smoky environment - a healthy diet mi...

Smokers children likely to develop caries

...ether someone is a smoker or is often subjected to passive smoking. The study found a relationship between exposure to passive smoking exposure and dental caries, with socioeconomic status also playing a role. In particular, yo...

Poor diet among smokers

...ively poor diet, which adds to the health risks of passive smoking. It has been estimated that second-hand sm...f lung cancer cases.// Where people are exposed to passive smoking - usually because they live with a smoker or work in a smoky environment - a healthy diet mi...

A smoke free place to be initiated

... residents. Environmental tobacco smoke// (ETS, or passive smoking)is linked to a wide range of adverse health effects - from exacerbation of asthma to eye irritation and even lung cancer. In California smoking is now banned in the workplace and in public places. Researchers at the University of California h...

Overcoming actively may help in breast cancer

...better immune function compared to those who use a passive coping strategy. The researchers suggest that helping women to adjust emotionally to their diagnosis could be very helpful in helping them deal with symptoms of the disease. It may even help them reduce the risk of recurrence and improve survival tim...

Passive smoking may be harmless

Researchers at UCLA suggests that passive smoking does not cause health problems for nonsmokers. Epidemiologists concluded that second hand smoking does not increase the risk for lung cancer and heart disease. An experiment was conducted on more than 35,000 California residents. Those who we...

Passive Smoking A Health Hazard Unnoticed

...re may be a greater risk posed to non-smokers from passive smoke or second-hand smoke in public than previous..., leading researchers to believe that the risks of passive smoking may have been underestimated. Thus researchers say their results show evidence, suggesting ...

Exposure to cigarette smoke when in the womb can lead to asthma

Children, who are exposed to passive smoking when in the womb of the mother, may have asthma at a later age.// Researchers of the study had conducted an 11-year observation of incidence of asthma and other respiratory diseases in Norway said that maternal smoking is significantly rela...

Exposure to tobacco smoke causes genetic damage in fetus

...xamined data from the earlier study and shows that passive - or secondary - exposure also causes just as much damage as active smoking, and it is the same kind of damage, according to science portal EurekAlert. Grant's study reports that both active maternal smoking and secondary maternal exposure result i...

Malignant Mesothelioma – A New Genetic Revelatio

...ls about the same number of Americans each year as passive smoking. About 2,500 people a year die from mesothelioma in the United States, according to National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health statistics. Mortality in Britain from Mesethelioma rose from 153 deaths in 1968 to 1,848 in 2001 and is...

Malignant Mesothelioma – A New Genetic Revelation

...ls about the same number of Americans each year as passive smoking. About 2,500 people a year die from mesothelioma in the United States, according to National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health statistics. Mortality in Britain from Mesethelioma rose from 153 deaths in 1968 to 1,848 in 2001 and is...

Being together matters, both in marriage and smoking

...uld be doing more harm to her than anybody through passive smoking. Time for change. Source :Indo-Asian News Service Medindia on smoking: Smoking is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Smoking still remains one of the leading cause of preventable death. Smoking has the dubious distincti...

DNA and clones

...entre of the cell nucleus, and a much more silent, passive compartment around the edges." The team's findings suggest that geneticists working on technologies such as cloning and gene therapy need to much more keenly target the genes at the core of the nucleus.Dolly the sheep may have been a success, but sh...

Some See A Hopeless End, While Others See An Endless Hope

...ease. After all, it isn’t fair for you to remain passive when you cancer cells are being so active Right?...

Childhood Asthma Can Be Kept Under Control By Cost-Effective Home Based Interventions

...uded dust mites, cockroaches, pet dander, rodents, passive smoking and mold. The environmental interventions were tailored to each child's sensitivity to the selected allergens and evidence of exposure to these asthma triggers. Participants received educational home visits that included specific measures f...

Passive Cigarette Smoking Increases Isoprostane Formation

During the recent past, the risk of passive smoking has been widely recognized. Passive smokin...in active cigarette smoking. However, the data for passive smoking are lacking. Recently, researchers from Austria and Greeec examined the isoprostane 8-epi-...

Heart Functions Being Redefined By Researchers

...inic. The diastole functions are comprised of both passive and active expansion phases, and contribute towards filling with blood, the pumping chamber. The latest discovery by the study reveals that the muscle layers on the pumping chamber’s outer surface make an additional contribution with regard to the ...

Smoking Ban Believed To Enjoy Widespread Public Acceptance In Scotland

... novel guidelines for effective protection against passive smoking. The imposition of the public ban on smoki...ould carry a fine of ￡50. Surprisingly, permitting passive smoking in prohibited places will carry a ￡200 fine. Helping someone else quit the smoking habit is ...

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