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Oral Cancer Foundation donates screening devices to West Virginia Free Clinics

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Source: www.prnewswire.com Author: press release In 2009 the Oral Cancer Foundation initiated a program of donating VELscope® Oral Cancer Screening Systems to free clinics. The most recent recipients of this program are two West Virginia clinics: WV Health Right in Charleston, and the Susan Dew Hoff Memorial Clinic in West Milford. “Our intent is to identify free [...]

Worldwide study shows MI risk increases with all forms of tobacco use

Thursday, August 20, 2009

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Source: HeartWire Author: Steve Stiles London, UK - Tobacco use significantly ups the risk of nonfatal MI independently of its varied methods around the world and whether exposure is direct or through second-hand smoke, according to INTERHEART, a large, broadly international case-control study [1]. The findings sharpen and add a global perspective to the massive epidemiologic evidence implicating [...]

Snuff and chewing tobacco linked to increased risk of fatal MI or stroke

Wednesday, August 19, 2009

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Source: WebMD Author: Marlene Busko Lyon, France – Smokeless tobacco—such as snuff and chewing tobacco—is not harmless when it comes to heart health, according to a new meta-analysis [1]. A review of 11 studies from Sweden and the US, almost entirely in men, showed that smokeless-tobacco users had an increased risk of death from MI or stroke. The [...]

Oral Cancer Survivor To Expose Dangers Of Chew Tobacco

Monday, June 8, 2009

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Source: Middlesex-London Health Unit Author: Staff For Gruen Von Behrens, an encounter with chewing tobacco on a camping trip nearly two decades ago led to an addiction that not only changed his life, but the lives of hundreds of thousands of teens across North America who have heard his story. Today, the 31 year-old from Illinois tours the [...]

Chewing tobacco use surges among boys

Tuesday, May 19, 2009

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Source: Msnbc.msn.com Author: Staff WASHINGTON – Use of snuff and chewing tobacco by U.S. adolescent boys, particularly in rural areas, has surged this decade, a federal agency said in a report on Thursday that raised concern among tobacco control advocates. The use of such smokeless tobacco products increases the risk of oral cancer as well as heart disease [...]

Smoke signals

Tuesday, March 17, 2009

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Source: waldo.villagesoup.com Author: Dr. Jonathan M. Goss, DDS Dr. Jonathan M. Goss and the Staff of Camden Hills Dental Care would like to provide you with the following information from the Academy of General Dentistry for the education and care of your oral health. Smoke Signals Using tobacco can harm your mouth, including your teeth and gums, in [...]

Students hear ‘wake-up call’ about tobacco

Tuesday, February 17, 2009

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Source: Star-Tribune Writer: ALLISON RUPP Gruen Von Behrens’ story brought some middle-schoolers to tears. If it didn’t bring tears, it at least had them asking questions and thinking about the negative effects of tobacco. During the question and answer part of Von Behrens’ presentation, one girl’s voice trembled as she asked, “How long does it take someone to die from tobacco?” Von [...]

Tobacco use in baseball on the decline

Wednesday, July 30, 2008

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Source: Major League Baseball (mlb.com) Author: Mychael Urban Users remain, but rules, more awareness have made impact Baseball has taken a variety of steps to cleanse itself of the stain — literal, cultural and medical — of tobacco use, and there’s plenty of empirical evidence showing that usage, while far from completely eradicated, has decreased over the past [...]

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