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As Cigarette Taxes Go Up, Heavy Smoking Goes Down
November 30, 2012 — When cigarette taxes rise, hard-core smokers are more likely than lighter smokers to cut back, according to new ... > full story -
Old Habits Die Hard: Helping Cancer Patients Stop Smoking
November 26, 2012 — It's a sad but familiar scene near the grounds of many medical campuses: hospital-gowned patients, some toting rolling IV poles, huddled in clumps under bus shelters or warming areas, smoking ... > full story -
Just Ten Minutes in a Car With a Smoker Boosts Harmful Pollutants by Up to Thirty Percent
November 21, 2012 — Just ten minutes spent in the back seat of a car with a smoker in the front, boosts a child's daily exposure to harmful pollutants by up to 30 percent, reveals new ... > full story -
Adolescents With Low Status Among Peers Are More Likely to Become Adult Smokers
November 20, 2012 — A new study reveals that having low peer status in adolescence is a strong risk factor for regular and heavy smoking in ... > full story -
Smoking in Pregnancy Tied to Lower Reading Scores
November 19, 2012 — Researchers have found that children born to mothers who smoked more than one pack per day during pregnancy struggled on tests designed to measure how accurately a child reads aloud and comprehends ... > full story -
Can't Stop? Smoking Less Helps
November 19, 2012 — Researchers found that while quitters had the biggest improvements in mortality rates, even those who reduced their smoking were able to cut their mortality risk by 15 percent. These results show ... > full story -
Five Things Everyone Should Know About Lung Cancer
November 14, 2012 — More than an estimated 160,000 people in the United States will die from lung cancer this year, making it the country's leading cause of cancer death. According to the National Cancer Institute, it ... > full story -
Kicking the Habit: New Research Examines the Barriers to Quitting Smoking for Smokers With Asthma
November 14, 2012 — A new study examines how anxiety sensitivity can thwart the efforts of smokers with asthma to quit ... > full story -
Mobile Phone Services Help Smokers Quit
November 13, 2012 — Support for quitting smoking via text and video messages can help smokers kick the habit according to a new review. The authors of the review found that people were more likely to stay away from ... > full story -
A Smoker's License: Too Radical for Tobacco Control?
November 13, 2012 — In an innovative move to help reduce the damaging health effects of tobacco, the radical proposal of introducing a ''smoker's license'' is debated by two experts in this week's PLOS ... > full story
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