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Truck Drivers Are Among The Most Obese Groups of Workers
Jan 16, 2014Truck drivers, cleaning-service employees and mechanics are among the most obese groups of workers, new research contends. Not far behind are health-service workers and administrative and clerical personnel, the study out of Washington ...
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Individuals with Severe Mental Illness Are More Likely to Die Younger
Jan 3, 2014In the largest ever assessment of substance use among people with severe psychiatric illness, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis and the University of Southern California have found that rates of smoking, ...
Tags: psychiatric illness, psychotic disorders, rates of smoking
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Significant Health Disparities Exist in New Jersey
Dec 30, 2013The 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 ...
Tags: New Jersey, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, Tobacco Settlement
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Australia an Unnamed Official at The Department:Country's Move to Ban Branded Packaging
Apr 9, 2013The campaign, which is running in national newspapers and magazines, features a print-out of an email obtained by JTI in which an unnamed official at the Department of Health requests an impact assessment from an Australian counterpart of ...
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Scotland Is Planning on Introducing Plain Packaging for Tobacco Products
Mar 27, 2013Scotland 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 ...
Tags: Scotland, Tobacco Packaging, Plain Packs
