Latest Tobacco control Stories
MINNEAPOLIS, Nov. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- New research released in the November 2012 supplement to the American Journal of Preventive Medicine (AJPM) illustrates that the price of tobacco is the largest contributing factor to reducing smoking prevalence in Minnesota. Additional price increases and sustaining a strong system of other tobacco programs and policies could bring the smoking prevalence rate below 10 percent and save more than 55,000 lives in the next 30 years. (Photo:...
A decline in the incidence of myocardial infarction (MI, heart attack) in one Minnesota county appears to be associated with the implementation of smoke-free workplace laws, according to a report published Online First by Archives of Internal Medicine, a JAMA Network publication. Exposure to secondhand smoke (SHS) is associated with coronary heart disease (CHD) in nonsmokers, and research suggests that the cardiovascular effects of SHS are nearly as large as those with active smoking,...
Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Despite a rise in ER visits due to obesity, diabetes and other common health issues, the ban on smoking in restaurants and other public establishments have led to a sharp decline in hospitalizations for heart attacks, strokes and respiratory illnesses such as asthma and emphysema, according to new analysis of several studies. The analysis, published in the American Heart Association journal Circulation, covers 45 studies from more...
Veteran State Legislator leading fight to pass smoke-free law WASHINGTON, Oct. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Calling her a "fighter for children and families who is working to protect all Kentuckians from the dangers of secondhand smoke," the Tobacco-Free Kids Action Fund endorses Representative Susan Westrom for re-election. "Susan Westrom has worked tirelessly for 14 years to protect Kentucky's children and families and champion common-sense health policies. Her leadership...
LONDON, October 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Abrunhosa Calls on Government Leaders to Join Farmers and 'Step Back from the WHO Abyss' To mark the first-ever World Tobacco Growers' Day (#WTGD [http://www.twitter.com/tobaccogrowers ]) today, tobacco farmers across the globe are taking part in dozens of events to highlight the disastrous impact World Health Organisation proposals will have on their livelihoods if passed by parties...
Lee Rannals for redOrbit.com – Your Universe Online A study has found that smoking in cars pumps out harmful pollutants that exceed the World Health Organization's (WHO) indoor air quality standards. Authors, from the University of Aberdeen in Scotland, reported in the journal Tobacco Control that they found smoking in cars even with the windows open and the air conditioner switched on can affect the health of any child passengers. The researchers took measurements of seventeen...
Money is doled out to both sides of the aisle WASHINGTON, Oct. 16, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The tobacco industry has always been a major player in congressional campaigns, but a new online map [ash.org/map] shows just how pervasive tobacco money is in politics. The map, produced by Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), allows you to click on your home district and see how much money your Member of Congress and Senators have accepted. "Given the destruction that tobacco causes...
Cheryl G. Healton, DrPH, Departing for New York University WASHINGTON, Oct. 9, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Legacy Board of Directors has launched a national search for the organization's next president and CEO, board chairman and Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden said today. Cheryl G. Healton, DrPH, who has led the foundation throughout its first fourteen years, informed the board in June 2012, that she will be departing Legacy in January, 2014, to join the faculty at...
MINNEAPOLIS, Oct. 1, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Today marks the fifth anniversary of Minnesota's Freedom to Breathe Act, the law that made Minnesota's bars, restaurants and workplaces smoke-free. The landmark health legislation, which received strong bipartisan support, was enacted on October 1, 2007. Since that time, the law has been an overwhelming success, significantly decreasing secondhand smoke exposure for residents statewide. Minnesotans overwhelmingly support the law. A 2011...
Reversing 5 years' progress, G/PG/PG-13 smoking jumps by one-third. Disney, Universal, Warner Bros. add, despite pledges. WASHINGTON, Sept. 27, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Only months after the office of the U.S. Surgeon General warned that exposure to on-screen smoking causes young people to start smoking, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has spotlighted the U.S. movie industry's failure to protect young audiences. (Logo:...
