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Life Grows Shorter for America's Poor 

Smoking, obesity blamed for spread
of 'death gap'

Apr 22, 08 10:40 AM CDT
(Newser) - Life is getting shorter for many of America's poorest people, USA Today reports. Life expectancy has risen in most of the nation since 1960 but in some areas—including the Deep South and Appalachia—life expectancy has dropped significantly, according to a study published in The Public Library of Science.... More »

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obesity • health • smoking • life expectancy • poverty • inequality

In Video, Teens Force Toddler
to Smoke Pot

Two Ohioans charged after camcorder ends up in a pawnshop

Apr 16, 08 12:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Two Ohio teens have been arrested after police acquired a video in which they forced a toddler to smoke pot, NBC reports. The video, in which the smoking babysitters pass the pipe to the 18-month-old, was recovered after it was left inside a camcorder sold to a pawnshop. The teens... More »

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drugs • smoking • Ohio • marijuana • toddler • recreational drugs

Predicting Cancer Is All in Your Head

Test on smokers' mouths shows link to disease in lungs

Apr 14, 08 1:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - A simple test on cells from the mouth could help doctors predict which smokers will develop lung cancer, Reuters reports. In a test group, 95% of subjects with the genetic damage associated with cancer in their lungs had the same damage in their mouths. More »

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cancer • medical breakthrough • lung cancer • smoking • University of Texas • lung biopsy

New York City Woman Sued for Smoking—at Home

Neighbors allege health risk from smoke that seeped into hallway

Apr 6, 08 9:47 AM CDT
(Newser) - Forget bans in bars and restaurants—Galila Huff’s neighbors want to stop her from smoking in her own apartment. The New York restaurateur smokes up to two packs a day, and lawyers who live 50 feet down the hall say the smoke seeps into their 10x100-foot common hallway. They... More »

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health • smoking • lawsuit • smoking ban • frivolous lawsuits • neighbors • cigarette • home

Genetics May Play Role
in Smokers' Cancer Risk

Those who inherit variation from both parents are at greater danger

Apr 2, 08 8:50 PM CDT
(Newser) - Three new studies have found a genetic variation that may increase smokers' chances of getting lung cancer. A smoker who inherits the variations from both parents has a 70% to 80% greater risk of developing the cancer. The findings could shed light on why some  smokers get cancer and some... More »

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genetics • lung cancer • smoking • cigarettes • cancer research • genetic mutation • human genome

Upbeat Cancer Research Funded by Big Tobacco

Cigarette bucks paid for controversial lung cancer study

Mar 26, 08 3:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - Tobacco money paid for research that said CT scans could prevent 80% of lung cancer deaths, the New York Times reports. The news has shocked cancer researchers, who are generally loathe to have anything to do with cigarette companies. “If you’re using blood money, you need to tell... More »

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lung cancer • CT scans • smoking • cigarettes • cancer research • tobacco companies • cancer screening • conflict of interest

 Smoking May Be
 Harmful to Your Wii 

Nintendo cleans lenses damaged by cigarettes

Mar 13, 08 12:41 PM CDT
(Newser) - Here's another reason to stop smoking: It damages your Wii. Some cigarette-wielding users in Japan last month noticed that the much anticipated "Super Smash Brothers Brawl" wasn't working properly, prompting Nintendo to provide free shipping and cleanup of tar-covered disc readers, the Boston Herald reports. Nintendo says the issue... More »

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smoking • cigarettes • Nintendo • Nintendo Wii • video game console • Super Smash Brothers Brawl • smoke • video games

'Actors' Beat Smoking Ban
in Minn. Bars

Owners exploit
loophole that lets thespians light up

Mar 6, 08 8:21 PM CST
(Newser) - Stage performers are the only exception to the new smoking ban in Minnesota bars, so patrons are turning temporarily thespian and lighting up. The only props required at some of the 30 bars working the loophole are cigarettes and ashtrays—though some get more creative. "They're playing themselves before... More »

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theater • smoking • cigarettes • Minnesota • smoking ban • bars • actor

German Soldiers Too Fat: Study

'Compared to the British, we're viewed as pathetic,' soldier complains

Mar 6, 08 12:19 PM CST
(Newser) - The German army is fat. It’s also unfit, smokes too much, and eats badly, according to a recent parliamentary update, the Guardian reports. About 40% of German soldiers are overweight—8.5% seriously so—and 70% smoke. “This has much to do with poor equipment and lack of... More »

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obesity • health • Germany • smoking • draft • soldier • German army

Hotel Pays Staff to Sniff Out Smoking Guests

Chicago's Swissotel turns its housekeepers into detectives

Feb 25, 08 7:20 PM CST
(Newser) - That chocolate on your pillow may be a bit of a Judas kiss: Chicago's Swissotel isn't the first hotel to fine sneaky smokers who break its puff-free policy, but it is the nation's first to pay staff to sniff out offending guests, reports the Chicago Tribune. Spraying air freshener... More »

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Chicago • smoking • cigarettes • Marriott • smoking ban • hotel • Swissotel • fines • housekeeper

Supreme Court Denies Tobacco Industry Appeal

Justices won't intervene in W. Va. case involving hundreds of lawsuits

Feb 25, 08 12:30 PM CST
(Newser) - The Supreme Court today handed the tobacco industry a setback, rejecting without comment an appeal contending that West Virginia’s two-tiered system of consolidating cases is unconstitutional. In their appeal, industry lawyers called the process “deeply and fundamentally flawed,” the Wall Street Journal reports, but the plaintiffs' lawyers... More »

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smoking • lawsuit • asbestos • class action • tobacco companies • US Supreme Court • product liability

Your Boyfriend Does Mind
If You Smoke

German man turns
fire extinguisher on girlfriend, cigarette

Feb 19, 08 12:09 PM CST
(Newser) - A German man was so sick of his girlfriend's smoking that he turned a fire extinguisher on her, Der Spiegel reports. The 42-year-old gave a few warning shouts before spraying the apartment the two share, and he hadn't stopped yelling by the time police arrived to escort him to the... More »

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Germany • smoking • smoking cessation • cigarette • fire extinguisher

'Toxic Sperm' Linked to
Child Ills

Gene material in sperm may be hurt by heavy drinking, smoking: study

Feb 19, 08 2:50 AM CST
(Newser) - Men who smoke or drink heavily may transmit genetic abnormalities through their damaged sperm, leading to child health complications, miscarriages or stillbirth, researchers have found. The effects of environmental toxins on paternal health—long held to be far less important than that of mothers—may play a crucial role in... More »

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fatherhood • health • alcohol • sperm • smoking • conception • childbirth • toxin • genetic abnormalities

Smoking Deaths Rocket in India

Study predicts 1 million will die annually from tobacco-related illnesses

Feb 14, 08 11:05 AM CST
(Newser) - Tobacco use is the smoking gun in 900,000 deaths annually in India, and the numbers are on the rise as the nation grapples with its epidemic-scale cigarette addiction, reports the BBC. At least 1 million Indians will die annually from smoking-related illnesses in the next decade unless the nation... More »

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India • smoking • cigarettes • tobacco • public health • smoking cessation

WHO Pushes Governments to Battle Smoking

Developing countries most at risk, can least afford measures

Feb 7, 08 4:40 PM CST
(Newser) - Aiming to slash the 5.4 million tobacco-related deaths worldwide per year, the World Health Organization today called on governments everywhere to discourage smoking, the Wall Street Journal reports. As it stands, only 5% of countries have programs working to curb the habit, such as advertising bans and warning labels.... More »

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smoking • cigarettes • tobacco • public health • nicotine • smoking ban • World Health Organization • international governments

Smoking Pot Rots Your Teeth

On the plus side, you'll feel pretty mellow about it

Feb 6, 08 8:04 AM CST
(Newser) - Smoking pot might give you the munchies—and then take away the pearly whites you need to satisfy them, a new study finds. New Zealand researchers have found that regularly smoking marijuana causes increasingly severe gum disease, with one in four heavy smokers with chronic periodontal disease by the age... More »

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drugs • smoking • tobacco • marijuana • cannabis • teeth • gum disease • periodontal disease

Germans to Ex-Chancellor: Yes, We Mind

Schmidt, 89, defies
new smoking ban,
lights up in public

Jan 25, 08 3:30 PM CST
(Newser) - German anti-smoking groups are fuming over photos of ex-chancellor Helmut Schmidt lighting up in a Hamburg theater in defiance of a ban on smoking in public places. Schmidt and his wife—"aged a lung-cancer-defying 89 and 88, respectively," Der Spiegel reports— face an investigation after an anti-smoking group... More »

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Germany • smoking • tobacco • smoking ban • Helmut Schmidt • Loki Schmidt

Anti-Smoking Poster Boy Still Lights Up

'I'm afraid to quit' despite amputation, heart attacks, stroke

Jan 12, 08 7:26 PM CST
(Newser) - New Yorkers have grown to know Skip Legault's face well from anti-smoking ads in the subway and on TV over the past few weeks. A smoker since he was eight, Legault has lost a leg to blood clots, suffered two heart attacks in his twenties, and had a debilitating stroke.... More »

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health • heart disease • smoking • cigarettes • tobacco • smoking cessation • amputation

Smoking Linked to Suicidal Thoughts

Do troubled people smoke, or does it
work in reverse?

Jan 9, 08 9:56 PM CST
(Newser) - Young smokers think about suicide at higher rates than non-smokers, researchers have discovered. Nearly 15% of non-smokers reported suicidal thoughts, compared with 20% of casual smokers and 30% of addicted smokers, according to the study in the Journal of Affective Disorders. Researchers could not determine whether smoking was a cause... More »

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suicide • depression • antidepressant • smoking • addiction • teen health • teenager

Movie Smoking Sways Kids to Light Up

Hollywood influence starts 'earlier than previously thought'

Jan 9, 08 8:28 PM CST
(Newser) - Movies sway kids to smoke at a much younger age than previously thought, a new study finds. Dartmouth Medical School tracked 2,200 kids aged 9-12 who went to a range of G, PG, and PG-13 films, and found that those who saw more on-screen smoking were more likely to... More »

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smoking • cigarettes • children • movies

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