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FDA to examine cigarette ingredients

Tuesday, June 8, 2010

Source: Health.com Author: Amanda Gardner MONDAY, JUNE 7 (Health.com) — If you want to know what’s in your TV dinner or Twinkies—a big if—all you need to do is look on the package. But if you smoke cigarettes and want to know what you’re inhaling, you’re out of luck. For years, tobacco companies have been lacing cigarettes with hundreds [...]

Mouth cancer patients ‘ignore’ symptoms

Monday, June 7, 2010

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Source: www.dentistry.co.uk Author: staff Many mouth cancer sufferers ignore the first symptoms of the disease and do not seek the advice of a healthcare professional during the early stages – the results of a new study have shown. The research, which interviewed relatively young mouth cancer patients in Scotland, found that most had heard of oral cancer [...]

ASCO: Second study links HPV to mouth cancer outcomes

Monday, June 7, 2010

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Source: www.medpagetoday.com/ Author: Michael Smith, North American Correspondent, MedPage Today Human papillomavirus (HPV) infection predicts a better chance of survival in patients with oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinoma, researchers said. In a retrospective analysis of a major radiation therapy trial, more than four-fifths of patients whose tumors were HPV-positive were alive three years after treatment, according to Maura [...]

Oral cancer doesn’t silence North Carolina man

Thursday, June 3, 2010

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Source: The Cherokee Scout Author: Lizz Harold Marble – Switching out one form of tobacco for another, Rick Miller, 44, learned how to quit smoking and dipping the hard way. Miller went to a doctor in March to see if an ulcer inside his mouth could be removed. He expected a round of antibiotics or oral surgery. He [...]

Big Tobacco Files Lawsuit Over Anti-Smoking Ads

Thursday, June 3, 2010

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Source: Gothamist Author: John Del Signore A Board of Health directive could soon require any retailers selling cigarettes to display graphic warning signs (like the sample here) about the dangers of smoking, plus information on where to seek help quitting. But that would violate their First Amendment rights by focring them to “undertake graphic advocacy on behalf of the [...]

Smoking women at greater risk

Monday, May 31, 2010

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Source: www.deccanherald.com Author: Poornima Nataraj Surrendering to temptation of having a puff of nicotine to release tension, not only gives momentary pleasure but inflicts a long lasting damage on your biological system. There has been no decrease in the number of deaths due to tobacco use, despite large-scale efforts to educate masses on the health hazards [...]

Tobacco consumption among youngsters a concern

Monday, May 31, 2010

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Source: timesofindia.indiatimes.com Author: Tausif Alam The rise of tobacco consumption among children and young adults between 10 to 17 years has become a major cause of concern in the city. In the wake of it, cases of oral cancer among children are also on rise, say experts. According to the data released by the World Health Organisation [...]

Garagiola, who quit, warns about chewing tobacco

Saturday, May 29, 2010

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Source: nytimes.com Author: George Vescey Joe Garagiola has been to too many funerals. Some of them were for friends who chewed tobacco, the way Garagiola used to do. Now Garagiola has been given the gift of time. He intends to use it to speak out against the habit of chewing tobacco. “I tell these guys, ‘You [...]

FDA tobacco regulator promises firm approach, open mind

Friday, May 28, 2010

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Source: The Wall St. Journal Author: David Kesmodel WILLIAMSBURG, Va.—The top tobacco regulator at the Food and Drug Administration signaled to industry executives Monday that he would take a firm approach to overseeing the industry, but pledged to keep an open mind about new products and ideas to reduce tobacco-related illnesses. Dr. Lawrence Deyton, director of the agency’s [...]

FDA tobacco chief says to industry: ‘Long way to go’

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

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Source: Associated Press Staff: Michael Felberbaum WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — The head of the government’s tobacco regulator says the Food and Drug Administration’s new power to regulate tobacco is a promising tool to reduce the toll of disease and death caused by tobacco use. “This is an opportunity for me to serve my country by preventing its men, women [...]

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