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4 hrs ago | KFVS12

Supporters for smoking ban in Cape encouraged after St. Louis County passes ban

Voters in St. Louis County recently passed a ban on smoking in most public places, and that has folks pushing for a similar ban in Cape Girardeau excited.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

8 hrs ago | KTNV

Step-by-step: managing COPD flare-ups

If you have a chronic lung disease like COPD, you most likely have to see your doctor more often.

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Related Topix: Copd, Medicine, Health, Influenza

Mon Nov 09, 2009

ABC7News

More than a dozen Web-based are selling banned flavored cigarettes to U.S. buyers.

The Food and Drug Administration said Friday that it has warned several companies to stop selling banned flavored cigarettes to U.S. consumers online.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Medicine, Health, Marketing

San Diego News Network

Report: Reynolds eyes company that helps smokers quit

Reynolds American Inc., maker of Camel cigarettes, is in talks to buy a Swedish company that helps people quit smoking, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Nicotine, NicoDerm, Nicotine (generic), Medication

WABC 7

Univ. Montana tobacco ban

The University of Montana is proposing a campus-wide ban on all forms of tobacco that would take effect in the fall of 2011.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Broward-Palm Beach - News

Scott Rothstein Speaks

One thing about Scott Rothstein is that people who know -- or knew -- him best will tell you that he lies as naturally as he breathes .

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

News.com.au

The Punch: Mobile phone addiction

Mobile phones are the new cigarettes. Not when it comes to cancer, of course. That's still unproven, according to mobile phone companies which have much deeper pockets than this humble scribe.

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Related Topix: Cell Phones, Cellphones, Electronics, Chris Noth, Medicine, Health

Sun Nov 08, 2009

Examiner.com

Based on the Breckenridge vote to legalize marijuana, an objective look at the health effects of pot

Over the past few years the debate over this common weed has grown more and more intense, and the fact is there are an incredible amount of myths and downright lies out there about marijuana, both supporting making it legal and opposed to it.

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Related Topix: Drugs, Breckenridge, CO, Medicine, Health, Lung Cancer

Waco Tribune-Herald

Waco City Council tightens smoking ordinance, removes alley trash bins

A sharply divided Waco City Council on Tuesday voted to tighten city smoking ordinances after hitting a 3-3 deadlock on a more comprehensive smoking ban.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Waco, TX, Waco Metro

Earth Times

22nd Century Corrects Misinformation in News Article

In an October 27, 2009 press release, 22nd Century summarized some clinical trial results of using very low nicotine cigarettes for smoking cessation, including one study led by Dr.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Medicine, Health, Nicotine, NicoDerm, Nicotine (generic), Medication

Decatur Daily

Smoking ban protects health of all residents:

To The Daily : Some members of the Decatur City Council still fail to understand the reason behind the smoking ban: Reducing second-hand smoke in public places allows the citizens of Decatur to live longer.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Decatur Metro, Decatur, AL, Huntsville Metro

WTKR-TV Norfolk

NC opens Web site to help restaurants, bars make transition to smoke-free under new law

North Carolina has launched a Web site to help the state's bars, restaurants and hotels to kick the smoking habit for good.

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Related Topix: North Carolina Government, North Carolina, Medicine, Health

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E Cigarettes May Be More Effective Than Swine Flu Vaccine

"Sprayed its air first with propylene glycol, then with influenza virus. All the mice lived.

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Related Topix: H1N1 Influenza / Swine Flu, Health, Medicine, Influenza, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Epidemic, Natural Disasters, Lung Cancer

Sat Nov 07, 2009

MediLexicon

Electronic Cigarette Association Urges Unbiased Evaluation Of...

Main Category: Smoking / Quit Smoking Also Included In: Medical Devices / Diagnostics Article Date: 06 Nov 2009 As the debate heats up concerning the use of electronic cigarettes, Electronic Cigarette Association President Matt Salmon today encouraged those involved in this discussion to carefully and honestly study how these devices work and ...

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Healthcare Law, Law, Food and Drug Administration

The Daily Commercial

November is Lung Cancer Awareness Month

Lung cancer is the largest single cause of cancer deaths in the United States. Smoking is still the single leading risk for lung cancer.

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Related Topix: Cancer, Health, Lung Cancer, Pancreatic Cancer

Medical News Today

Behavioral Problems In 3-Year-Old Boys And Girls Linked To Smoking During Pregnancy

Editor's Choice Main Category: Pregnancy / Obstetrics Also Included In: Smoking / Quit Smoking ; Pediatrics / Children's Health Article Date: 03 Nov 2009 - 0:00 PST Research published ahead of print in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health reports that smoking during pregnancy considerably increases the risk of having a child with ...

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Parenting, Family

Dose

Second-hand smoke linked to breast cancer: International study

A panel of international medical experts has found a link between exposure to second-hand smoke and breast cancer in pre-menopausal women.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Breast Cancer, North America, Canada, World News

HON

Health Highlights: Nov. 6, 2009

Here are some of the latest health and medical news developments, compiled by editors of HealthDay : Warning letters have been sent to companies using Web sites to sell illegal flavored cigarettes to U.S. consumers, the Food and Drug Administration said Friday.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Food and Drug Administration, Law, Immigration Reform, Medicine, Health, Marketing, AARP

Fri Nov 06, 2009

The Eden Daily News

RJR loses first round in court case

R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.'s bid to carve out a "free speech" marketing niche for innovative products received a setback yesterday.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Tobacco, RJ Reynolds Tobacco Holdings, Marketing, Medicine, Health, Food and Drug Administration

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

FDA attack on cigarettes

The Food and Drug Administration, a federal regulatory agency perpetually in search of new products to regulate and new jurisdiction to conquer, last June received the gift it had coveted for decades.A On June 22, 2009, President Barack Obama signed into law the "Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act," which gave the FDA legal power to ...

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Related Topix: Food and Drug Administration, Medicine, Health, Marketing

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