Eight million U.S. lives were saved by anti-smoking measures enacted since a pivotal surgeon general's report 50 years ago this month, researchers estimate. First author Theodore R. Holford, professor of biostatistics and member of Yale ...
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Efforts to limit tobacco use over the past 50 years have prevented 8 million premature deaths in the United States, giving those people an average of nearly 20 additional years of life, according to a new study. The 1964 U.S. Surgeon ...
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It's that time of the year. According to a study published in the Journal of Clinical Psychology, 120 million Americans will make New Year's resolutions, with health-related goals like quitting smoking topping the list. Unfortunately, most ...
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The Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, a coalition of public health organizations, has ranked New Jersey 51 in the nation, including Washington D.C., in protecting children from smoking and tobacco use. Experts at Robert Wood Johnson Medical ...
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Pictures of diseased lungs and other types of graphic warning labels on cigarette packs could cut the number of smokers in the United States by as much as 8.6 million people and save millions of lives, a new study suggests. Researchers ...
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Men who keep smoking after being diagnosed with cancer are more likely to die than those who quit smoking, a new study shows. The findings demonstrate that it's not too late to stop smoking after being diagnosed with cancer, researchers ...
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E-cigarette as relative effective way of quitting smoking has obtained follower. As a complicated quit-smoking product, ecigarette gains increasing research support. Western countries' Ministry of Public Health declared that current ...
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China's anti-smoking efforts in the past decade have failed to limit the explosive growth of the country's cigarette producers, according to a new report. Annual cigarette production in the world's most populous country has jumped 50 ...
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A cross party group of peers tabled amendments to the children and families bill that would have introduced plain packaging, although implementation will be subject to an evidence review. In July the government delayed plans to ban ...
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A research paper published in the scientific journal Tobacco Control shows that graphic warning labels on cigarette packs led to a decrease in smoking rates in Canada of between 12% and 20% from 2000 to 2009. The authors estimate that if ...
Quitting smoking is one of the most impactful things a person can do to improve health, lower the risk of disease and increase longevity, a U.S. official says. "Today, as we celebrate the Great American Smokeout, I encourage all smokers ...
Eight out of ten women in the UK agree that bright, colorful packaging tends to make products attractive to children aged under 18, according to new figures published by Cancer Research UK. The YouGov survey conducted for more than 2000 ...
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Scotland is planning on introducing plain packaging for tobacco products in efforts to meet an ambitious target to cut rates of smoking across the country The Scottish government said it wanted a tobacco-free Scotland by 2034. It wanted ...
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