Articles and Press Releases
NIH Record story "Taking Our
Own Best Advice Policy Envisions a Tobacco-Free
NIH": (http://nihrecord.od.nih.gov/newsletters/2005/12_02_2005/story02.htm)
NIH Record story "Consumer Misperceptions
About Tobacco Still Abound, Says Cummings" (http://nihrecord.od.nih.gov/newsletters/2005/12_16_2005/story02.htm)
CDC's Benefits of a Smoke-free Workplace,
included in Making Your Workplace Smokefree:
A Decision Maker's Guide: (http://www.cdc.gov/tobacco/secondhand_smoke/00_pdfs/chap2.pdf)
Restrictions on Smoking in the Workplace,
included in NCI Monograph 12: Population Based
Smoking Cessation (http://dccps.nci.nih.gov/tcrb/monographs/12/Chapter_3.pdf)
Audio Reports
Genes
Linked to Tobacco Addiction — 12/15/2006
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Results of a unique genetic study bring scientists
one step closer to understanding why some casual
smokers become addicted to nicotine.
A
Few "Harmless Puffs" Can Lead
One Towards Nicotine Addiction — 08/25/2006
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You might think just a few puffs of a cigarette
would be harmless. But according to a new imaging
study supported by the National Institute on
Drug Abuse, those so-called "harmless" puffs
can get you started on the road towards being
hooked.
Study
Shows Childen of Smoking Mothers Exhibit
Early Behavior Problems — 07/28/2006
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The findings from a study indicate that children
whose mothers smoked during pregnancy begin
to show a pattern of behavior problems as early
as 18-24 months of age.
State
of the Science Conference Discusses Tobacco
Use, Cessation Treatments — 06/16/2006
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The National Institutes of Health held a State
of the Science Conference to discuss tobacco
use prevention and treatments.
Increasing
Evidence Points to Link Between Youth Smoking,
Smoking in Movies — 11/10/2005
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A study funded by the National Cancer Institute
and conducted by researchers from Dartmouth
Medical School looked at kids aged 10 through
14 and found they had a higher risk of trying
tobacco as their exposure to movie smoking
increased.
Childhood
Exposure to Second-Hand Smoke Has Long-Lasting
Effects — 09/04/2005
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A study finds that early-life exposure to second-hand
smoke can produce life-long respiratory problems.
Published by researchers at the National Institute
of Environmental Health Sciences, it's the
largest study, to date, on the effects of childhood
exposure to environmental tobacco smoke on
respiratory disease later in life.
NCI
Announces Integrated Plan to Fight Lung
Cancer — 08/21/2005
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With the goal of reducing suffering and death
due to cancer by 2015, the National Cancer
Institute has unveiled an integrated plan aimed
at fighting lung cancer.
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