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NCI Cancer Bulletin Tobacco Archives

Articles from the NCI Cancer Bulletin highlighting tobacco control are listed in the tables below. Issues were searched for the following terms: smoking, tobacco, and cigarettes.


2008 2005
2007 2004
2006  

2008

Date Title
18-Nov-08 In Memoriam:  Dr. Ronald M. Davis
18-Nov-08 Number of Adult U.S. Smokers Drops, But So Do Quit Attempts
4-Nov-08 Guest Commentary by Dr. LaSalle D. Leffall, Jr.: A Shift in Strategy Needed to Win the Cancer Battle
21-Oct-08 Smoking in Middle Age Decreases Quality of Life in Old Age
7-Oct-08 Becoming a Model for Tackling the Cancer Burden
23-Sep-08 Director's Update: Understanding the Media’s Power to Influence Tobacco Use and Control
5-Aug-08 Billionaires Boost Global Fight Against Tobacco
22-Jul-08 Fewer American Exposed to Secondhand Smoke
24-Jun-08 Mortality Risks Highlight the Effect of Smoking
27-May-08 Potent Social Forces Influence Smoking Behavior
13-May-08 PHS Releases New Tobacco Cessation Guidelines
13-May-08 Long-term Smoking Cessation Cuts Cancer, Mortality Risk
1-Apr-08 National Smoking Cessation Campaign Launched
4-Mar-08 Smoking Threatens Pregnant Women in Developing Countries
5-Feb-08 Survey Highlights Threat of Global Tobacco-Related Mortality
22-Jan-08 Countering Tobacco Use Among Young Adults:  New Approaches Needed
8-Jan-08 National Quitline Celebrates One Million Calls

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2007

Date Title
4-Dec-07 FDA Approves Liver Cancer Drug; Cautions on Smoking Cessation Agent
4-Dec-07 Groups Issue Report on Diet, Weight, Exercise, and Cancer Risk
4-Dec-07 Intensive Quitline Counseling, Free NRT Help More Quit Smoking
6-Nov-07 Lung Cancer Awareness in November
23-Oct-07 Decline in Cancer Death Rate Accelerating
9-Oct-07 Legislative Update
9-Oct-07 A Conversation with Dr. Barbara Rimer and Dr. Robert Croyle
9-Oct-07 Director's Update: Advancing Cancer Control Science to Improve Public Health
21-Aug-07 A Conversation with...Dr. LaSalle D. Leffall, Jr.
24-Jul-07 Russian Federation Holds First Meeting on Tobacco Control
24-Jul-07 NCI 70th Anniversary: If Memory Serves...
12-Jun-07 NCI Releases New Tobacco Control Monograph
29-May-07 May 31 is World No Tobacco Day
29-May-07 IOM Offers "Blueprint" for Significantly Reducing Tobacco Use
15-May-07 HPV a Risk Factor for Oropharyngeal Cancer
15-May-07 OWH Updates Web Site
3-Apr-07 Rapamycin Prevents Tobacco-Induced Lung Cancer in Mice
27-Mar-07 NCI Cosponsors Conference in India
13-Mar-07 Tobacco and Cancer Prevention
6-Mar-07 Proposed Tobacco Legislation Underscores Need for Research
6-Mar-07 Measuring Biological Response to Curcumin
27-Feb-07 Male Tobacco Switchers Have Increased Mortality Rates
20-Feb-07 Lung Cancer Incidence Rates High Among Women Who Have Never Smoked
20-Feb-07 A New Tobacco Threat?
6-Feb-07 Brain Region Involved in Smoking Addiction Identified
6-Feb-07 NCI Cosponsors Global Health Training Program
6-Feb-07 President’s Cancer Panel Examines Tobacco
6-Feb-07 Cancer Control Opportunities in the Developing World
30-Jan-07 Community Update: Monograph Highlights New Malignancies Among Cancer Survivors
30-Jan-07 Study Confirms Cigarettes Packing More Nicotine Punch
23-Jan-07 Actual Cancer Deaths Decrease for Second Year Running

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2006

Date Title
12-Dec-06 Cancer Incidence and Mortality - Interpreting the Data
12-Dec-06 Realizing the Hope of Cancer Prevention
5-Dec-06 NCI Releases New Tobacco Control Monograph
5-Dec-06 Smoking Cessation Web Sites' Usage and Quality Studied
28-Nov-06 Director's Update: All Ireland-NCI Consortium Rolls On
14-Nov-06 Community Update: Innovative e-Health Products Enhance Communication
14-Nov-06 Great American Smokeout Promotes Smoking Cessation
14-Nov-06 President's Cancer Panel Examines Cancer Risk
7-Nov-06 Tobacco Use Decline Has Stalled, CDC Report Shows
31-Oct-06 A Conversation with Dr. Gary Kelloff
10-Oct-06 New Estimate: Smoking Reduction Central to Cancer Mortality Decline in Men
3-Oct-06 New Campaign Encourages Tobacco Users to "Be A Quitter"
8-Aug-06 Surgeon General's Term Ends
25-Jul-06 Smoking Blamed for Half of Difference in Death Rates
18-Jul-06 Worldwide, Products Other Than Cigarettes Are Children's First Step to Tobacco Use
11-Jul-06 Bridging the Gap: Turning What We Know About Cancer into What We Do About Cancer
5-Jul-06 Washington, D.C., Hosts Cancer, Tobacco Conferences
27-Jun-06 U.S. Surgeon General Releases Report on the Effects of Secondhand Smoke
20-Jun-06 NIH Conference on Tobacco Use Identifies Research Gaps (Featured Article)
30-May-06 World No Tobacco Day Observed
23-May-06 New Focus on Lung Cancer Research (Director's Update)
23-May-06 New Smoking Cessation Medication Approved (FDA Update)
23-May-06 Funding Opportunities: International Tobacco and Health Research and Capacity Building Program
16-May-06 The curious rise of esophogeal adenocarcinoma
9-May-06 Funding Opportunities: Testing Tobacco Products Promoted to Reduce Harm
11-Apr-06 Genes May Play Role in Lung Cancers of Never Smokers
11-Apr-06 Nicotine May Interfere with Lung Cancer Chemotherapy
11-Apr-06 Secondhand Smoke Linked to Decreased Lung Cancer Survival
4-Apr-06 Long-Term Smoking Cessation May Repair Lung Damage
28-Mar-06 Maps of CIS regional offices (special issue)
28-Mar-06 A Conversation with ... Mary Anne Bright (special issue)
28-Mar-06 NCI's CIS Celebrates 30 Years (Director's Update)
14-Mar-06 Young Adults and Flavored Cigarettes: A Bad Combination
14-Mar-06 NCI's Tobacco Control Research Yields Results (Director's Update)
14-Mar-06 Cigarette Sales See Record Drop
7-Mar-06 Re-COMMIT to Comprehensive Tobacco Control Policies and Programs, Study Suggests
28-Feb-06 Tobacco Use Among Young People Is Rising Worldwide
31-Jan-06 Striking Discrepancies Seen in Smoking-Related Lung Cancer Risk
24-Jan-06 ALA Issues Tobacco Control Report
3-Jan-06 State Tobacco Prevention Programs Inadequately Funded

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2005

Date Title
13-Dec-05 Diabetes and Pancreatic Cancer: Testing the Insulin Hypothesis
13-Dec-05 Breast Cancer Cluster Not Linked to Environment
29-Nov-05 Prevention Could Cut Worldwide Cancer Deaths by One-Third
15-Nov-05 New Smoking Cessation Agents Edge Toward Market
8-Nov-05 National Study Shows Relationship of Movies to Kids' Smoking
1-Nov-05 ABC News Features Lung Cancer and Smoking in November
25-Oct-05 ADHD Symptoms Linked to Likelihood of Smoking in Young Adults
25-Oct-05 Ireland's National Smoke-Free Law Proves Effective and Popular
18-Oct-05 SWOG to Study Lung Cancers Among Women and Nonsmokers
18-Oct-05 Symposium To Highlight Transdisciplinary Tobacco Research
18-Oct-05 NCI Funds New Initiative on Energetics and Cancer
27-Sep-05 Beta-Carotene Found to be Carcinogenic for Women Smokers but Protective for Nonsmokers
16-Aug-05 Nicotine Enzyme Structure Solved
16-Aug-05 Uniting NCI's Diverse Strengths to Target Lung Cancer
16-Aug-05 Depression, Fatigue Not Linked to Cancer
16-Aug-05 An Important Moment in the Battle Against Lung Cancer
9-Aug-05 Myeloid Leukemia Linked to Body Size
19-Jul-05 Youth Smoking Behaviors Reduced by State-Sponsored TV Ads
19-Jul-05 Cancer PSAs Air on Soap Opera
12-Jul-05 HINTS Web Site Provides Access to Health Information Trends
28-Jun-05 Familial Risk of Lung Cancer Greater in African Americans
14-Jun-05 ASSIST Monograph Available
7-Jun-05 Free NRT Program Helps New York City Smokers Quit
31-May-05 Now More Than Ever: Positive Health Strategies Make a Difference
10-May-05 NCI Program Will Spend $95 Million to Reduce Cancer in Minorities
10-May-05 Lung Cancer in Women - Could it be a Hormone Problem?
12-Apr-05 No Link Found Between Diet and Pancreatic Cancer
29-Mar-05 Medicare Adds Coverage of Smoking Cessation Services
22-Mar-05 Maternal Smoking's Effects Found in Amniotic Fluid
15-Feb-05 Smoking Cessation Program Improves Overall and Lung Cancer Survival
1-Feb-05 Large International Study Confirms Dangers of Secondhand Smoke
25-Jan-05 New Cancer Statistics Available

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2004

Date Title
14-Dec-04 Report Shows States Again Fail to Adequately Fund Tobacco Prevention
14-Dec-04 A Year to Remember
30-Nov-04 Smokeless Tobacco Causes Oral and Pancreatic Cancer; Nitrosamines Classified as Human Carcinogens
23-Nov-04 Achieving Success and Addressing Challenges in Tobacco Control
16-Nov-04 Teaching the Media About Cancer
16-Nov-04 National Network Will Help More Smokers Quit
9-Nov-04 IARC Monograph on Risks of Tobacco Smoke
9-Nov-04 Addressing the Global Challenge of Cancer
26-Oct-04 Height May Be Another Risk Factor for Prostate Cancer
19-Oct-04 Report Shows Exercise is Key for Cancer Survivors
19-Oct-04 NCI Director to Address Asian Americans
12-Oct-04 Arylamines and Bladder Cancer Risk in Nonsmokers
12-Oct-04 Adapting the Translational and Clinical Infrastructure to Meet Tomorrow's Challenges
5-Oct-04 Transdisciplinary Tobacco Use Research Centers Awarded New Funding
21-Sep-04 EGFR Mutations Occur Frequently in Never-Smokers Diagnosed with Lung Cancer
3-Aug-04 Working Group Maps the Way to Healthier Women Worldwide
3-Aug-04 Randomized Control Trials in Lung Cancer Screening
3-Aug-04 The 40-Year Battle Against Tobacco: Building Knowledge, Identifying Gaps
27-Jul-04 Tobacco Products Excise Taxes
27-Jul-04 Potential Familial Lung Cancer Gene Location Discovered
20-Jul-04 Smoking Affects Genes in Bronchial Cells
6-Jul-04 Report to the Nation: Proof of Progress
29-Jun-04 Smoking Cessation Can Add 10 Years to Life Expectancy
29-Jun-04 Church-Based Cancer Prevention Program Reaches Out to Community
29-Jun-04 Teen Smoking Reaches Record Low, CDC Reports
22-Jun-04 Second Cancers Research Highlights Risks, Opportunities
1-Jun-04 Similar Risk of Lung Cancer Among Male and Female Smokers
1-Jun-04 An Executive Commitment to Reducing the Cancer Burden
25-May-04 United States Signs Tobacco Control Treaty
18-May-04 Smoking Rates Drop in New York City
4-May-04 Putting Science into Practice
4-May-04 The Health Care Provider's Role in Helping Smokers Quit
27-Apr-04 Halting of Antitobacco Campaign Increases Youth Smoking Susceptibility
20-Apr-04 Trends Indicate Lung Cancer Disparities Between Women and Men
2-Mar-04 Scientists Focus on Tobacco Products
10-Feb-04 Helping Every Smoker Who Would Like to Quit
3-Feb-04 Menthol Cigarettes Research Conference Summary Available
3-Feb-04 Studies Find Potential Biomarkers for Ovarian, Head and Neck Cancers
20-Jan-04 Smoking Reduction Fails to Proportionally Decrease Carcinogen Exposure
13-Jan-04 Journal Highlights 40th Anniversary of Surgeon General's Report
6-Jan-04 States with Laws Related to Smoking in Restaurants

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Last Updated: December 8, 2008

 

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