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Las mujeres y el tabaquismo
Centers for Disease Control — Este año el cáncer de pulmón se cobrará la vida de unas 68,000 mujeres estadounidenses. Entre mujeres, esto equivale a una de cada cuatro muertes por cáncer y cerca de 27,000 muertes más que las de cáncer del seno (41,000). En el año 1999 cerca ...More…
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Cigar Use among Young Adults Aged 18 to 25
More young adults used cigars in the past month in 2007 (11.8 percent) than in 2002 (11.0 percent), although the prevalence rate peaked in 2004 at 12.7 percent Overall trends in past month cigar use were primarily driven by trends among males, ...More…
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Smoking - American Diabetes Association
American Diabetes Association — Tobacco has many bad health effects, particularly for people with diabetes. No matter how long you've smoked, your health will improve when you quit. Tobacco has many bad health effects, particularly for people with diabetes. No matter how long ...More…
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State Tobacco Control Report 2008
Improve Your Grade Read/Share Stories Download Widgets Access Media Center Download Report Learn About the Association Contact Us Donate Take SOTC's Quiz on Facebook Become a Facebook Fan This report tracks progress on key tobacco control laws ...More…
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Smoking and Sleep (0:56)
Dr. Lawrence Epstein describes how nicotine in cigarettes can prevent or disrupt sleep.More…
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Nicotine & Tobacco Research
Institute of Mental Health — Numerous biological, psychological, and social factors are likely to play a role in the high rates of smoking in people with psychiatric disorders, according to the report of an expert panel convened by the National Institute of Mental Health. ...More…
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Targeted Populations
American Lung Association — * Smoking and Lung Disease In Minority Groups * African Americans and Tobacco Fact Sheet * American Indians/Native Alaskans and Tobacco Fact Sheet * Asian Americans/Pacific Islanders and Tobacco Fact Sheet * Hispanics and Tobacco Fact Sheet * ...More…
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Tobacco and Nicotine Research
National Institute of Drug Abuse — Research has shown that nicotine influences the same brain regions as other drugs of abuse, the so-called "reward system." Like cocaine, heroin, and marijuana, nicotine increases levels of the neurotransmitter dopamine in the reward system, ...More…
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What Makes Tobacco Addictive?
National Institute of Drug Abuse — Still, 8.7 percent of 8th graders, 14.5 percent of 10th graders, and 21.6 percent of 12th graders were current smokers in 2006- they had used cigarettes in the 30 days prior to being surveyed (MTF, 2006). While there has been a sustained decline ...More…
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Smoking Compromises Quality-of-Life in Old Age
American Cancer Society — University of Helsinki researchers followed a group of 1658 men for 26 years, and found that those who smoked 20 or more cigarettes a day (heavy smokers) had far more difficulty later in life than non-smokers, even if they quit smoking during the ...More…
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Cosmopolitan
American Lung Association — Deadly in Pink: Philip Morris' New Look for Virginia Slims Cigarettes WASHINGTON, DC (October 30, 2008) - Demonstrating again that it is not the changed, responsible company it claims to be, Philip Morris is launching an aggressive new campaign ...More…
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Slightly Lower Adult Smoking Rates
Centers for Disease Control — CDC Press release issued Thursday November 13, 2008, announcing that fewer U.S. adults smoke, but cigarette smoking continues to impose substantial health and financial costs on society. An estimated 19.8 percent of U.S. adults (43.4 million ...More…