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Minority Teen Boys Smoke More When They Perceive Discrimination; Girls Do Not
January 19, 2010 — Researchers in Indiana report that minority teen boys smoke more when they perceived discrimination, girls reacted differently. There does not appear to be an association between perceived ... > full story -
Should Obese, Smoking and Alcohol Consuming Women Receive Assisted Reproduction Treatment?
January 19, 2010 — The European Society of Human Reproduction and Embryology (ESHRE) has published a position statement on the impact of the life style factors obesity, smoking and alcohol consumption on natural and ... > full story -
Childhood Harms Can Lead to Lung Cancer
January 18, 2010 — Adverse events in childhood have been linked to an increase in the likelihood of developing lung cancer in later life. Researchers describe how the link is partly explained by raised rates of ... > full story -
Why Do Poor People Smoke More?
January 15, 2010 — Social status is intimately linked with health-related risk factors. Scientists are determining to what extent smoking, physical inactivity, and obesity are associated with social ... > full story -
African-Americans Bear Disproportionate Burden of Smoking Costs in California, Study Finds
January 13, 2010 — African Americans comprise six percent of the California adult population, yet they account for over eight percent of the state's smoking-attributable health-care expenditures and 13 percent of ... > full story -
Nursing Students Twice as Likely to Smoke as the General Population, Italian Study Finds
January 13, 2010 — Urgent steps are needed to reduce the number of healthcare professionals who smoke. An Italian survey of 812 new nursing students found that more than half were current or former smokers. 44 percent ... > full story -
Green Tea Could Modify the Effect of Cigarette Smoking on Lung Cancer Risk
January 12, 2010 — Green tea can reduce the risk of lung cancer in smokers. Benefits were also seen in ... > full story -
Quitline Messages That Stress Benefits of Quitting May Improve Smoking Cessation
January 7, 2010 — Smokers who received gain-framed messaging from quitline specialists (i.e., stressing the benefits of quitting) had slightly better cessation outcomes than those who received standard-care messaging ... > full story -
Obesity Now Poses as Great a Threat to Quality of Life as Smoking
January 4, 2010 — As the US population becomes increasingly obese while smoking rates continue to decline, obesity has become an equal, if not greater, contributor to the burden of disease and shortening of healthy ... > full story -
Smoking Cessation May Actually Increase Risk of Developing Type 2 Diabetes
January 4, 2010 — Cigarette smoking is a well-known risk factor for type 2 diabetes, but new research suggests that quitting the habit may actually raise diabetes risk in the short ... > full story
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