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Source: tvnz.co.nz --- 21 days ago
Younger women who smoke have more than double and as much as nine times the risk of stroke compared to nonsmokers, according to a US study published on Thursday ... Source: www.medpagetoday.com --- 28 days ago
ATLANTA -- In the United States, just over 20% of women of child-bearing age are Smokers, but most of them said they have tried to quit, according to the CDC. ... Source: psychcentral.com --- 15 hours ago
A new study finds that adolescents who have tried cigarettes by seventh grade are much more likely to become regular Smokers and have behavior problems as teens. “We were struck by the degree to which early smoking appeared to indicate that kids were on the fast track toward a troubled adolescence,” said Phyllis [...] ... Source: www.bignewsnetwork.com --- 1 day ago
Washington, Sept 3 : Adolescents who have already tried cigarettes by seventh grade are at a greater risk of becoming regular Smokers and have behaviour problems as teens, suggests a new study. ... Source: www.getreading.co.uk --- 6 days ago
The number of children trying to quit smoking in Reading has more than doubled in the last year. ... Source: www.topix.com --- 19 days ago
Smoking more than doubles the risk of stroke in younger women compared to nonsmokers, according to a U.S. study published on Thursday. ... Source: www.fwicki.com --- 33 days ago
Quitting is on the minds of Young Smokers well before full-blown addiction sets in, according to a new study from Canada. ?Kids begin to think about quitting very soon after their first puffs,? said lead author Jennifer O?Loughlin, a researcher ... ... Source: www.thepatientreport.com --- 20 days ago
News Brief No one thinks of women 18-49 as being typical stroke patients. If they smoke, they may have strokes at far younger ages than non-Smokers. Smoking alone doubles the stroke risk for younger women. Smoking two packs a day takes the risk up to nine times that of non-Smokers. US News and World Report/Health Day News “The risk of [...] ... Source: tobacco.org --- 21 days ago
GRAPHIC photos on cigarette packets have become trading cards among Geelong's smoking youth as a new study trumpets the success of the shock tactics. The anti-smoking images, which include rotting teeth and lung cancer, have sparked Young Smokers to discuss quitting, according to the Cancer Council Victoria study. The 4000 students surveyed for the study had also adopted "a less positive image" of smoking since the introduction of the graphic warning labels in early 2006. ...
Source: quitsmoking.about.com --- 47 days ago
In a press release this week from the Harvard School of Public Health, researchers confirmed that tobacco companies have added the flavor of mint (menthol) to ease new Smokers into... ... Source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov --- 17 days ago
Related Articles Dose-Response Relationship Between Cigarette Smoking and Risk of Ischemic Stroke in Young Women. Stroke. 2008 Aug 14; Authors: Bhat VM, Cole JW, Sorkin JD, Wozniak MA, Malarcher AM, Giles WH, Stern BJ, Kittner SJ BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Although cigarette smoking is known to be a risk factor for ischemic stroke, there are few data on the dose-response relationship between smoking and stroke risk in a Young ethnically diverse population. METHODS: We used data from the Stroke Prevention in Young Women Study, a population-based case-control study of risk factors for ischemic stroke in women aged 15 to 49 years to examine the relationship between cigarette smoking and ischemic stroke. Historical data, including smoking history, was obtained through standardized interviews. Odds ratios (OR) were estimated using logistic regression. Cases (n=466) were women with stroke in the greater Baltimore-Washington area, and controls (n=604) were women free of a stroke history identified by random digit dialing. RESULTS: After multivariable adjustment, the OR comparing current Smokers to never Smokers was 2.6 (P<0.0001); no difference in stroke risk was observed between former Smokers and never Smokers. Adjusted OR increased with increasing number of cigarettes smoked per day (OR=2.2 for 1 to 10 cigs/d; 2.5 for 11 to 20 cigs/d; 4.3 for 21 to 39 cigs/d; 9.1 for 40 or more cigs/d). CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest a strong dose-respons ... Source: www.salon.com --- 20 days ago
The golden age of female Web sites : The staggering figures in a recent New York Times piece on Web sites for women prove these sites aren't a trend; they're an industry. Sites targeting women grew 35 percent since last year -- a higher rate than every other category except politics. Men's sites are not seeing the same success. AOL's Asylum, a leading online men's site, saw 3.3 million unique visitors in June, while AOL's Living channel for women had 16.1 million. Got breast milk? : The dropout rate for breast-feeding mothers is higher than you may think. According to a recent study at Brigham Young University, three out of four mothers breast-feed their newborns, but only 36 percent of babies are breast-fed through six months, because most of their mothers quit. Mothers with higher levels of education and income, Hispanic women and women born in other countries are among the groups found most likely to breast-feed. Mothers returning to work, Smokers and low-income women participating in the subsidized Women, Infants and Children program are among the groups likely to stop breast-feeding sooner. "WTF" of the hour : The tween bikini wax trend may be as old as Miley Cyrus' career , but here's something we didn't see coming : Preteen bikini waxing helps save money for college! According to Wanda's European Skin Care Center's Web site, "Virgin hair can be waxed so successfully that growth can be permanently stopped in just 2 to 6 sessions ... Source: www.freep.com --- 34 days ago
The U.S. House voted Wednesday to give the FDA power to regulate tobacco. All but two of Michigan representatives, Republicans Thad McCotter of Livonia and Tim Walberg of Tipton voted yes. Both of the state's senators are among co-sponsors of similar legislation in that chamber. U.S. Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama are also in favor. This is not a done deal, though. The Bush Administration opposes it, and tobacco state senators are blocking consideration unless they can extract something else, such as expanded offshore oil drilling. With this authority, the FDA could do just about everything but ban tobacco products, including the imposition of severe restrictions on advertising and marketing, and requirements on labeling, including the prominent display of ingredients. Those things probably aren't going to inspire any Smokers to quit but the idea is to stop any more Young people from starting. ... Source: v.mercola.com --- 47 days ago
Tobacco companies manipulate menthol levels in cigarettes to appeal to newer, younger Smokers, as part of a deliberate strategy to get younger people hooked. Menthol can make cigarettes more palatable to a novice smoker. Internal tobacco-industry documents which show that companies researched how menthol levels could affect sales among different demographic groups. Cigarettes with milder menthol levels appeal to younger Smokers. The deliberate manipulation of menthol levels was accompanied by more focused advertising of mentholated cigarettes. A bill pending in Congress would give the U.S. FDA power to regulate menthol and other additives in cigarettes. ...
Source: www.dnaindia.com --- 47 days ago
Tobacco companies manipulate the amount of menthol in cigarettes to make those first few puffs more palatable to Young Smokers. ... Source: clipmarks.com --- 10 days ago
clipped by: mugofcoffee clipper's remarks: Study Says Tobacco Marketing Promotes Youth Smoking... Clip Source: www.medindia.com Lifestyle News Subscribe Posted online: Sunday, August 24, 2008 at 12:56:58 PM A new study says that tobacco marketing and depictions of smoking in movies promote youth smoking. The report released by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) revealed that smoking prevention campaigns sponsored by the tobacco industry are generally ineffective and may even increase youth smoking. "There is now incontrovertible evidence that marketing of tobacco, and the depiction of smoking in the movies, promote youth smoking and can cause Young people to begin smoking," said University of Minnesota professor Barbara Loken and one of the report's five scientific editors. The report concluded tobacco advertising targets psychological needs of adolescents, such as popularity and peer acceptance. Advertising creates the perception that smoking satisfies these needs. Moreover, brief exposure to tobacco advertising influences adolescents' perceptions about smoking, Smokers, and adolescents' intentions to smoke. ... Source: durham.mync.com --- 27 days ago
During the months of June and July, Alcohol Law Enforcement agents cited 37 store clerks in four Triangle-area counties for selling tobacco products to a minor. Ten ALE agents checked 206 retail establishments in the counties of Durham, Orange, Person, and Wake. As part of the state's Tobacco Education and Compliance Check Program, ALE agents every month randomly check stores that sell cigarettes and other tobacco products to make sure the clerks are asking for identification and refusing sales to anyone under the age of 18. "Since starting these checks five years ago, we have seen the number of underage tobacco sales drop significantly," said ALE Director William Chandler. "We will continue to conduct unannounced compliance checks at retail sales outlets to ensure Young people cannot purchase cigarettes or any other tobacco product." The N.C. Health and Wellness Trust Fund pays for the tobacco check program to prevent Young people from smoking. In North Carolina, surveys show that ninety percent of adult Smokers began using cigarettes before age 18. In addition to health issues, experts say the use of tobacco products often leads to other drugs and increases the likelihood of a Young person's activity with theft or other criminal activities. "It's easy for a store clerk to identify an underage person," said Chandler. "A red border around the driver's license means the person is under the age of 18. If you see red, the tobacco sal ... Find more results for Young Smokers on RSSMicro.com |
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E Canada Now Stroke Risk in Women Smokers Goes Up by Each Cigarette U.S. News & World Report - 15 hours ago By Ed Edelson THURSDAY, Aug. 14 (HealthDay News) -- The risk of stroke for a Young woman smoker is directly related to the number of cigarettes she smokes, a new study finds. Belly Fat Linked to Stroke Risk WebMD Smoking doubles stroke risk in younger women Reuters E Canada Now - AHN - The Money Times - Chicago Tribune all 47 news articles ...
Designer, photographer, musician ... Dan Donovan writes: I was at the 2008 punk festival Rebellion , held at The Winter Gardens, Blackpool. The venue had provided a smoking area down the alley that runs next to the venue for the herded Smokers to enjoy a beer and a fag hand in hand. A cage fronted the area so that no one could drift onto the street with their alcohol. The most pertinent moment for me was when the queue had formed inside the bar as the punters restlessly had to wait for the smoking area to clear before they were allowed in, or should I say allowed out. The designated area must have held up to 300 people and got pretty cosy at times. It’s clear to me that this so called ‘Smoke Free England’ isn’t and however much effort the government makes to curb our freedom and lead us to believe Smokers are a thing of the past that they are fooling themselves. As to be expected there were moments of drama inside. A Young shaven haired girl lit up on one of the dance floors. After being pursued by four or five security men she managed to slip away. The song being played on the jukebox was ‘Should I Stay or Should I Go’ by The Clash, a fitting song and the iconic smoker, Joe Strummer (Clash front man) would have smiled had he been there. I smiled for him. Dan's band King Kool is playing the Peterborough Beer Festival on Saturday August 23. Details HERE . ...
The study did not look into the behavior of Young White females. Black girls who smoke pot are far more likely to take sexual risks and to contract sexually transmitted diseases than non-weed-Smokers, according to a new study that examines the behavior of Young African-American females. Girls who took marijuana had significantly higher rates of STDs than non-marijuana users (32 percent compared to 23 percent), Emory University researchers found after studying marijuana use and self-reported sexual behavior of 439 sexually active African-American females between the ages of 15 and 21. Marijuana users also had more sex partners, riskier sex partners, including a partner just released from jail, and more recent episodes of engaging in vaginal sex, compared to those who did not use marijuana, the study found. “While adolescent African-American females remain a high-risk group for STDs, little research has examined their marijuana use, sexual behaviors and incidence of STD infection,” said study co-author Ralph DiClemente, professor of public health at Emory’s Rollins School of Public Health. “Although no differences in condom use were identified between marijuana users and non-users, results suggest that marijuana users are engaging in sexual acts with riskier partners and under riskier circumstances, and had higher rates of STDs,” DiClemente said. DiClemente and his team did not compare the behavior of Black girls’ using marijuana ag ...