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Poor Kids Exposed to More Secondhand Smoke

Wealthier households are less apt to include adult smokers, study finds,,,, FRIDAY, April 3 (HealthDay News) -- Poor children are exposed to more secondhand smoke than their wealthier counterparts, a new study has found. A big reason for this is that "poor kids are far more likely t...

Genes May Boost Harm to Kids From Secondhand Smoke

Certain variants weaken lungs' defenses against free radicals, researchers say THURSDAY, March 26 (HealthDay News) -- Variations in several genes can influence children's lung growth and function, as well as how vulnerable they are to secondhand smoke, say University of Southern Califo...

South Dakota Becomes 24th State to Meet American Lung Association Smokefree Air Challenge by Passing Legislation Protecting All Workers from Secondhand Smoke

CHICAGO, March 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, South Dakota residents have reason to celebrate. South Dakota is now officially the 24th state in the nation, and the first in 2009 to pass a comprehensive smokefree workplace law protecting virtually everyone from secondhand smoke, in bo...

Avoiding secondhand smoke during pregnancy

San Diego, January 27, 2009 Environmental Tobacco Smoke (ETS) commonly called secondhand smoke, can harm a developing fetus and may account for complications during pregnancy and birth. It is now known that non-whites experience more adverse pregnancy effects than do whites from smoking and ETS e...

Almost Half of Kids Still Exposed to Secondhand Smoke

Survey says that despite progress, more is needed to clean up air in homes, cars FRIDAY, Dec. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Despite progress in establishing clean indoor air policies, 42 percent of U.S. children are still exposed to secondhand smoke each week, according to a new survey. ...

Exposure to secondhand smoke reduced

San Diego, December 2, 2008 As the connection between second-hand smoke and coronary heart disease (CHD) became clearer and legislation was passed to reduce such passive smoking, exposures have been reduced. In an article published in the January 2009 issue of the American Journal of Preventive ...

Ft. Lauderdale Jury Awards Couple over $3 Million in Secondhand Asbestos Exposure Case

FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla., Nov. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- After six hours of deliberation, a Broward County Jury awarded a 57 year old woman and her husband $3,606,000.00 in a secondhand exposure case. Lynda and Michael Daly claimed that Mrs. Daly's mesothelioma was a result of her secondhand exposure to a...

Women's Peripheral Artery Disease Tied to Secondhand Smoke

They face 69% increased risk for heart disease, 56% risk of ischemic stroke, study finds MONDAY, Sept. 22 (HealthDay News) -- Women exposed to secondhand smoke at home or in the workplace had a 67 percent increased risk of peripheral artery disease (PAD) compared to women who weren't e...

American Lung Association Vows to Protect All Iowans from Secondhand Smoke

DES MOINES, Iowa, April 9, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American Lung Association of Iowa is excited by the passage of the Iowa Smoke-free Air Act, but vows to keep working until all Iowa workers are protected from secondhand smoke. Though not perfect, the Iowa Smoke-free Air Act w...

Toddlers Affected Most by Secondhand Smoke Exposure at Home

American Heart Association meeting report COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., March 14 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Secondhand smoke in the home appears to induce markers for heart disease as early as the toddler years, researchers reported at the American Heart Association's 48th Annual Conference on ...

World Cancer Campaign Builds Momentum Globally with International Initiative to Protect Children From Secondhand Smoke

The Lance Armstrong Foundation joins first global effort focusing on dangers of parental smoking in homes and cars AUSTIN, Texas, Feb. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- In the first global initiative of its kind, the Lance Armstrong Foundation (LAF) and the International Union Against Cancer (UI...

Global Initiative To Protect Children From Secondhand Smoke

Effort Focuses on Dangers of Parental Smoking in Homes and Cars GENEVA, Jan. 29 /PRNewswire/ -- It's a staggering statistic: 700 million children - almost half of the world's youth - breathe air polluted by tobacco smoke. People who smoke in confined spaces like the home or the car subject...

Novel MRI Technique Shows Secondhand Smoke Damages Lungs

CHICAGO, Nov. 26 /PRNewswire/ -- For the first time, researchers have identified structural damage to the lungs caused by secondhand cigarette smoke. The results of the study, conducted by researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine in Charlottesville and The Children's Hosp...

Special MRI Shows Secondhand Smoke Damages Lungs

Researchers say their study is the first to prove a connection,, MONDAY, Nov. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Using a special type of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), U.S. researchers have identified structural damage to the lungs caused by secondhand smoke. This is the first study to produce evidenc...

Novel MRI technique shows secondhand smoke damages lungs

CHICAGO For the first time, researchers have identified structural damage to the lungs caused by secondhand cigarette smoke. The results of the study, conducted by researchers at the University of Virginia School of Medicine in Charlottesville and The Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia in Pen...

Indiana Legislature Should Protect All Workers from Secondhand Smoke

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement of William V. Corr, executive director, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: The Indiana Health Finance Commission has taken an important step forward by recommending that the Legislature take effective action to address ...

Acting Surgeon General Announces National Initiatives to Protect Children by Reducing Exposure to Secondhand Smoke

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following was released today by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: WHO: Kenneth Moritsugu, M.D. M.P.H., Acting U.S Surgeon General Jay E. Berkelhamer, M.D., F.A.A.P., President, American Acade...

Risk of Dementia Increased With Secondhand Smoke

Exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke increases the risk of developing dementia, according to research . For the study, researchers evaluated 3,602 people age 65 and older in the Cardiovascular Health Study. Of those, 985 people had no cardiovascular disease, no dementia, and were never smok...

World No Tobacco Day Focuses on Secondhand Smoke

As the global public health community observes World No Tobacco Day, the American Legacy Foundation again calls attention to the health epidemic that tobacco causes for our nation. Two important new studies released last week call attention to ways the nation can address the deadly toll of tobacco...

Risk of Dementia Increased With Secondhand Smoke

Exposure to secondhand tobacco smoke increases the risk of developing dementia, according to research//. For the study, researchers evaluated 3,602 people age 65 and older in the Cardiovascular Health Study. Of those, 985 people had no cardiovascular disease, no dementia, and were never smoke...

Study Finds Link Between Secondhand Smoke and TB Infection in Children

There could be a link between secondhand smoke and an increased risk of Mycobacterium tuberculosis //infection in children living in the same home as someone with TB, according to a study published in the April issue of Pediatrics. The finding could be a "cause of great concern considering ...

New York’s Secondhand Smoke Exposure Continues to Declin

New York’s Clean Indoor Air Act, celebrating its third anniversary, has reduced secondhand smoke exposure without financially straining bars and restaurants, //according to a study conducted by RTI International. According to the report funded by the New York State Department of Health’s Tobac...

The Harmful Effects Of Secondhand Smoke

Exposing children to secondhand tobacco smoke could eventually lead to lung cancer or chronic obstructive pulmonary disease // later in life say researchers based on findings of a recent study. In a recent study done about 123,000 people who had either never smoked themselves or had quit smoking...

New Analysis: Women of Low Socio-Economic Status Face Unique Challenges Related to Smoking, Smoking Ban Policies

...essary and positive trend for reducing exposure to secondhand smoke, have some unintended consequences--especial...homes in order to avoid exposing their children to secondhand smoke. The reports go on to find that many women o...low SES female bartenders being obliged to breathe secondhand smoke in order to work," said supplement editor Ro...

RESPONSE to the FDA and Public Health Experts Findings on Electronic Cigarettes

...sed manufacturer of the alternative smoking device, SmokeStik. SmokeStik effectively replicates the smoking experience while eliminating carcinogens, secondhand smoke, odor and litter. SmokeStik poses no health risks, thereby contributing to the reduction of the leading cause of preventable death in America -...

Is a society with smokers profitable?

...ts from the public sector or to the harm caused by secondhand tobacco". The advantages of raising taxes ...nappropriateness of regarding the costs imposed by secondhand tobacco affecting the rest of the family as privat...n to the problem of the externalities arising from secondhand tobacco". According to Lpez, "both taxes and ...

Smoking May Trigger Brain Damage

...sue of the Journal of Neurochemistry . Since NNK is present in all tobacco products, it can also enter the body by chewing, the researchers noted. secondhand smoke also contains high levels of NNK and can have a harmful effect on the brain, they said. More information The U.S. Centers for Disease Co...

State Tobacco Control a Mixed Bag

...than they did in 1970, at 49 percent, the authors noted. On the bright side, state programs have shown progress in reducing smoking and exposure to secondhand smoke from the early 1990s to 2007. The number of smokers has dropped, from 24.5 percent to 18.5 percent. The percentage of people living in a h...

Video: truth(R) Asks: 'Do You Have What it Takes?'

...s and their joint entities, knew about the negative health consequences of smoking, the addictiveness and manipulation of nicotine, the harmfulness of secondhand smoke and the concept of smoker compensation, which makes light cigarettes no less harmful than regular cigarettes and possibly more." Do You ...

LCA Hails US Court of Appeals Decision to Affirm Lower Court Ruling Tobacco Companies Guilty of Massive Fraud and Deception

...ly representing that "light" and "low-tar" cigarettes present fewer health risks, falsely denying that they marketed to kids, and falsely denying that secondhand smoke causes diseases. The tobacco companies now face further marketing restrictions, cannot use the deceptive words "light" and "low tar" and w...

U.S. Court of Appeals Affirms 2006 Lower Court Ruling That Tobacco Companies Committed Fraud for Five Decades and Lied About the Dangers of Smoking

...ly representing that "light" and "low-tar" cigarettes present fewer health risks, falsely denying that they marketed to kids, and falsely denying that secondhand smoke causes disease. The Court of Appeals also upheld Judge Kessler's original finding that there was a substantial likelihood of future violati...

Statement by American Legacy Foundation(R): Findings of Decades of Massive Fraud by Tobacco Industry Upheld in U.S. Court of Appeals

...smoking, the addictiveness and manipulation of nicotine, the harmfulness of secondhand smoke, and the concept of smoker compensation, which makes light cigarettes...fective programs to keep teens from starting to smoke, limit the effects of secondhand smoke and provide critical tools to help tobacco-addicted adults quit. ...

ClearWay Minnesota(SM) Board Approves Four Regional Grants

...ealthier communities and continued protection from secondhand smoke." Four regional grants totaling $580,00...ducate the public about the dangers of smoking and secondhand smoke, promote QUITPLAN(R) Services and advance policies that reduce tobacco use and exposure to secondhand smoke. In addition, the ClearWay Minnesota Bo...

Study: Smoking bans do not cause job losses in bars and restaurants

...l employees are protected from exposure to environmental tobacco smoke." According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, exposure to secondhand smoke increases nonsmokers' risks of developing lung cancer, heart disease, respiratory conditions and other diseases. North Carolina and Wisconsin...

Approval of Wisconsin Smoke-Free Legislation Is Historic Win for Health

... and the public from the serious health hazards of secondhand smoke. The Wisconsin legislation adds to the ...dom and Uruguay. The need for protection from secondhand smoke in all workplaces and public places has neve...een clearer. In issuing a groundbreaking report on secondhand smoke in June 2006, U.S. Surgeon General Richard C...

Proposed E-Cigarette Ban Pushed in the Name of America's Health Actually a Backdoor Boost to Pharmaceutical Companies

...ize a water-based solution that gives the user the sensation of smoking while emitting only a light water vapor. This eliminates the public concern of secondhand smoke as well as cutting out all the carcinogens associated with tobacco and the chemicals used in tobacco cigarette production. Senator Lautenbe...

North Carolina Legislature Takes Historic Stand for Smoke-Free Air

... recognize the devastating toll of tobacco use and secondhand smoke and take decisive action to protect public ...and the public from the serious health hazards of secondhand smoke. No one should have to put their health at ...om and Uruguay. The need for protection from secondhand smoke in all workplaces and public places has neve...

No Safe Bets for Casino Workers: NIOSH Study Shows Casino Workers Face Toxic Conditions

...s Vegas casinos are exposed to dangerous levels of secondhand smoke at work. NIOSH recommends making casinos 100...aluation (HHE) request asking NIOSH to investigate secondhand tobacco smoke in their workplaces. NIOSH responded...nos on the Las Vegas strip. Researchers found secondhand smoke components in the air including nicotine, 4-...

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Honors Kyle Picha of Prairie du Chien, WI As Youth Advocate of the Year

...anging public attitudes and public policies on tobacco, the Campaign strives to prevent kids from smoking, help smokers quit and protect everyone from secondhand smoke. ...

Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Honors Emily Kile, Greenfield, IN, as National Youth Advocate of the Year

...anging public attitudes and public policies on tobacco, the Campaign strives to prevent kids from smoking, help smokers quit and protect everyone from secondhand smoke. ...