Obesity epidemic not tied to drop in smoking rate

Reviver submitted, created time 1 year 6 months (www.reutershealth.com)

Decreasing rates of cigarette smoking are not the reason for rising rates of obesity in the US, a researcher from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, Hyattsville, Maryland, has concluded.

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Babies 'smoke' when parents do, study confirms

captainclaw submitted, created time 1 year 6 months (www.reutershealth.com)

Researchers' findings clearly show that by accumulating cotinine, babies become heavy passive smokers secondary to the active smoking of parents,On average, children with at least one smoking parent had 5.58 times as much cotinine in their urine as babies living in non-smoking homes.

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In silico screening of mutational effects on enzyme-proteic inhibitor affinity: a docking-based approach

crackpot submitted, created time 1 year 6 months (www.biomedcentral.com)

"Encouraging people to eliminate their homes of tobacco smoke and tobacco advertising bans can be effective measures in preventing the initiation of smoking among young people. Young female smoking initiation is of special concern in Ukraine, since they are more responsive to tobacco marketing and pro-smoking peer influence."

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Second-hand smoke a 'killer at large'

athena submitted, created time 1 year 7 months (www.chinadaily.com.cn)

As many as 540 million Chinese are exposed to second-hand smoke (SHS), of which 180 million are under the age of 15, says a national tobacco control report released yesterday.

Women and children are most vulnerable to SHS with the smoking rate among men reaching 57 percent. What's worse, a whopping 90 percent of the women are exposed to SHS at home.

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SURGEON GENERAL: NO SAFE LEVEL FOR SECONDHAND SMOKE

psychologist submitted, created time 1 year 9 months (caonline.amcancersoc.org)

Secondhand smoke is dangerous in any amount, and the only way to protect people from it is to eliminate indoor smoking, according to a recent report by former US Surgeon General Richard Carmona, MD, MHP, FACS, whose term of office expired July 29, 2006.

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