WEDNESDAY, Feb. 18 (HealthDay News) — New tobacco company marketing campaigns that target women and girls are the most aggressive in more than a decade, a new report concludes.
That marketing needs to be curbed by giving the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authority over tobacco products, according to the report, released Wednesday by a coalition of major U.S. public health organizations.
Campaigns launched in recent years by the nation’s two Read the rest of this entry »

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Dec 18, 2008
EFFORTS to combat smoking in Hawaii have been directed at creating smoke-free zones, raising tobacco taxes and keeping cigarettes away from children, but the U.S. Supreme Court has opened another avenue. By a 5-4 vote, the high court ruled this week that smoking addicts may sue tobacco companies for violating state consumer protection laws.
The ruling in a case brought by three Maine smokers departed from Read the rest of this entry »

Declining incidence and death rates for some of the nation’s most common cancers mean physicians can take a deep breath, pat themselves on the back and keep up the good work.
It looks like increasing screening rates and encouraging patients to toss out the cigarettes are effective strategies, but more patients should be following through on both, according to the “Annual Report to the Nation on the Status of Cancer, 1975-2005.”
The report, Read the rest of this entry »

In 2006, Alaska desperately needed cash to complete a museum featuring a mummified bison and other natural wonders of the frozen north. So the state dipped into its share of the landmark 1998 tobacco settlement.
The billions that began flowing from cigarette makers to the states a decade ago also helped outfit the Niagara County, N.Y., golf course with new carts and sprinklers. And the money has gone toward college scholarships in Michigan, tax Read the rest of this entry »

MONTPELIER – Vermont ranks seventh in the country for funding programs aimed at reducing cigarette smoking, but it is still spending millions of dollars less each year than the recommended federal level, according to a new study.
The state plans to spend $6.1 million this year in tobacco prevention efforts, according to a report released last week by a coalition of health organizations, but that number falls short of the $10.4 million recommended Read the rest of this entry »

Thursday, November 20, 2008
Memorial Medical Center has become a smoke and tobacco-free campus. The medical center chose to implement the new policy on the day of the Great American Smokeout, today.
The new policy means tobacco products cannot be used anywhere in the buildings and grounds of the campus, including private vehicles. The MMC campus is bordered by Ludington Avenue on the south and Lawndale Street on the north. The tobacco and smoke-free Read the rest of this entry »

The Anne Arundel County Department of Health’s Learn to Live program offers free copies of its newsletter,
, for child care providers and parents. The newsletter includes tips for physical activities and ideas for healthy snacks. The newsletter lists community health resources and features an insert that may be copied and distributed.
Learn to Live publications for parents and child care providers can be ordered from the Learn to Live Line, 410-222-7979, Read the rest of this entry »

DENVER – The Colorado Department of Health Care Policy and Financing announced that four health-care organizations serving Larimer and Weld counties have been awarded more than $2.7 million in funds from a 2004 increase in the state’s tax on tobacco sales.
Those receiving awards were Sunrise Community Health Center in Greeley, $1.74 million; Salud Family Health Centers in Longmont, Frederick and other Northern Colorado locations, $610,548; North Read the rest of this entry »

(NaturalNews) Scientific research is sometimes tedious, often exciting and, in some cases, not exactly ethical. A case in point: prominent psychiatrist and strong proponent of anti-depressants, Charles B. Nemeroff, M.D., was recently discovered to have accepted $800,000 from drug giant GlaxoSmithKline, a fact he failed to disclose. Emory University learned of this violation of basic research ethics and took away Nemeroff’s prestigious department chairmanship Read the rest of this entry »

Posted on: Tuesday, 7 October 2008, 09:00 CDT
Objectives. We examined pregnant women’s use of cigarettes and other tobacco products and the exposure of pregnant women and their young children to secondhand smoke (SHS) in 9 nations in Latin America, Asia, and Africa. Methods. Face-to-face surveys were administered to 7961 pregnant women (more than 700 per site) between October 2004 and September 2005.
Results. At all Latin American sites, pregnant Read the rest of this entry »