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The latest news on to help you kick the smoking habit and rid yourself of the smoking addiction!| Harsh school atmosphere may foster student smoking (Reuters) |
| Reuters - Students at high schools that value caring and inclusiveness are significantly less likely to be smokers than their peers at schools placing a heavier emphasis on academics, Scottish researchers report. |
| Smokeless Tobacco Products Do Raise Cancer Risk (HealthDay) |
| HealthDay - WEDNESDAY, July 2 (HealthDay News) -- Smokeless tobacco products(STPs), which include products such as snuff and chew tobacco, doincrease the user's risk of cancer -- just not as much as smokingdoes. |
| Caregivers often expose asthmatic kids to smoke (Reuters) |
| Reuters - Secondhand exposure to cigarette smoke is an asthma trigger in children and a new study shows that smoking by the primary caregiver and daycare provider are important sources of smoke exposure in children with asthma. |
| Health Tip: Stop Smoking, Save Your Bones (HealthDay) |
| HealthDay - (HealthDay News) -- Smoking can affect many parts of your body,even your bones and joints. |
| Smoke-Free Policies Prove Effective (HealthDay) |
| HealthDay - TUESDAY, July 1 (HealthDay News) -- Smoke-free policies are extremelyeffective at reducing smoking rates, exposure to secondhand smoke, andeven smoking-related heart disease, new research shows. |
| Smokeless tobacco linked to cancer risk, but safer than smoking (AFP) |
| AFP - Oral and nasal snuff and chewing tobacco increase the risk of certain types of cancer but are probably safer than smoking, according to a review published on Wednesday in the journal Lancet Oncology. |
| Smokeless tobacco ups oral cancer risk 80 percent: WHO (Reuters) |
| Reuters - Chewing tobacco and snuff are less dangerous than cigarettes but the smokeless products still raise the risk of oral cancer by 80 percent, the World Health Organisation's cancer agency said on Tuesday. |
| Swiss teens take less alcohol, tobacco, but more hard drugs: study (AFP) |
| AFP - Teenagers in Switzerland are drinking less alcohol and using less tobacco and cannabis than they did four years ago, but hard drugs are gaining ground, according to a study published on Tuesday. |
| Dutch smoking ban leaves toking option (AFP) |
| AFP - A tobacco smoking ban came into force Tuesday in cafes, bars and restaurants throughout the Netherlands, with a uniquely Dutch exemption for marijuana smokers. |
| Public smoking becomes illegal throughout Germany (AFP) |
| AFP - Lighting up in bars and restaurants become illegal across Germany's 16 states on Tuesday, spelling the end of the country's status as one of Europe's last smokers' havens. |
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