Most people know that smoking causes cancer, heart disease, and other major health problems. But women who smoke during pregnancy put themselves and their unborn babies at risk for other health problems. The dangers of smoking during pregnancy include premature birth, certain birth defects, and infant death. Even being around cigarette smoke puts a woman and her baby at risk for problems.Women who...
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Self-reported smoking during pregnancy underestimates the true number of pregnant smokers in Scotland by 17%, and results in a failure to detect 2400 pregnant smokers each year, finds new research published onThis results in thousands of smokers not being identified or offered smoking cessation services, say the authors.It is well known that self reported smoking during pregnancy is an inaccurate way...
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Smokers beware! Ticket examiners and Railway Protection Force (RPF) assistant sub-inspectors have been authorised to take action against those found smoking in trains and on railway platforms.As per the Prohibition of Smoking in Public Places Rules 2008, the law imposes strict ban on smoking in public places. Those found smoking in public places can be charged up to Rs.200.The smoking ban in public...
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Smokers beware! Ticket examiners and Railway Protection Force (RPF) assistant sub-inspectors have been authorised to take action against those found smoking in trains and on railway platforms.As per the Prohibition of Smoking in Public Places Rules 2008, the law imposes strict ban on smoking in public places. Those found smoking in public places can be charged up to Rs.200.The smoking ban in public...
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Cigarette smoking rose slightly for the first time in almost 15 years, dashing health officials' hopes that the U.S. smoking rate had moved permanently below 20 percent.Cigarette smoking rose slightly for the first time in almost 15 years, dashing health officials' hopes that the U.S. smoking rate had moved permanently below 20 percent.A little under 21 percent of Americans were current cigarette smokers,...
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While bans on indoor smoking have forced smokers at bars and restaurants onto outdoor patios, researchers have now raised concerns over the increasing exposure to second-hand airborne smoke.They assessed the levels of a nicotine by-product known as cotinine in nonsmokers exposed to second-hand smoke outdoors and found levels up to 162 percent greater than in the control group."Indoor smoking bans have...
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Researchers have raised concerns over the increasing exposure to second-hand airborne smoke even as bans on indoor smoking have forced smokers at bars and restaurants onto outdoor patios.They assessed the levels of a nicotine by-product known as cotinine in nonsmokers exposed to second-hand smoke outdoors and found levels up to 162 percent greater than in the control group."Indoor smoking bans have...
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Anti-smoking guru Dr G Saade says patients with smoking-related diseases getting youngerLebanese unlikely to give up the weed easily as they associate smoking with freedomIn restaurants and cafes, on the streets, in the airport and even in elevators, Lebanese delight in lighting up. The World Health Organization (WHO) says Lebanon has one of the highest smoking rates in the world."We are a tobacco-friendly...
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Smokers face a five times higher risk of developing bladder cancer compared to non-smokers, according to a new study.Researchers found that among individuals who smoked the same total number of cigarettes over their lifetime, smoking fewer cigarettes per day for more years may be more harmful than smoking more cigarettes per day for fewer years.It is well known that cigarette smoking causes bladder...
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While bans on indoor smoking have forced smokers at bars and restaurants onto outdoor patios, researchers have now raised concerns over the increasing exposure to second-hand airborne smoke.They assessed the levels of a nicotine by-product known as cotinine in nonsmokers exposed to second-hand smoke outdoors and found levels up to 162 percent greater than in the control group."Indoor smoking bans have...
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