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Anti-drinking ads: Give it to 'em straight
Snarky commentary on government ad campaigns to discourage alcohol, drug and tobacco use. the government's anti-marijuana ads are ineffective and might be making certain teens more likely to use marijuana. A 2002 study, for instance,
Better hector that patient, doc, or else
6; Randy M Torrijos and Stanton A Glantz, "The US Public Health Service 'treating tobacco use and dependence clinical practice guidelines' as a legal standard of care", Tobacco Control (British Medical Journal), Dec. 2006)
Study: Early drinking, smoking lead to alcohol problems
Sylvia YN Young, MD, MPH, of the Naval Health Research Center, San Diego, lead author, wrote that "After early age at first alcohol use, the factor most strongly associated with risky drinking was tobacco use." The study is published in
Tobacco Control Research and Education Center Suggests Malpractice
The PHS Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence CPG forms a strong basis for a legal duty, whether it is used as a tool to support expert witness testimony in traditional litigation or as a judicially noticed presumptive standard of care
Study Finds Tobacco Marketing More Than Doubles Odds of Children
The new study also has implications for policies to reduce tobacco use around the world. It shows why it is so important that nations effectively implement the new international tobacco control treaty, the Framework Convention on
Televised movie trailers: undermining restrictions on advertising
OBJECTIVE: To determine the proportion of televised movie trailers that included images of tobacco use during 1 year and the extent of youth exposure to those trailers. DESIGN: Content analysis combined with Nielsen data measuring media
[Clinical science - Extended reports] Influence of tobacco use on
The unadjusted and adjusted (age and ) odds ratio (OR) for a positive history of tobacco use and cataract was 1.72 (95% confidence interval (CI) 1.51 to 1.96) and 1.39 (95% CI 1.15 to 1.68), respectively.
LLU trains tobacco control experts in Asia
Loma Linda public health experts are concerned about the global tobacco epidemic, and their sense of responsibility extends beyond United States borders. They have turned their attention toward Southeast Asia, where tobacco use is a
Tobacco Use Among Adults — United States, 2005
Tobacco Use Among Adults — United States, 2005 Source: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (CDC) “The findings in this report indicate that the prevalence of cigarette smoking among US adults did not change from 2004 to 2005.
Toll of Tabacco in Maryland
Male high school students who use smokeless or spit tobacco 4.4% (females use much The survey also found that 13.6 percent of high school males use spit tobacco. Other non-health costs from tobacco use include residential and
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