Tobacco - hazards of use *

hazards of use * Cigarette smoking is the major cause of preventable deaths in the U.S. On the average, people who smoke die 5 to 8 years earlier than people who don't smoke.

Managing Your Health: Personal Health Guide Additional Information The second in our series of preventive heath guides to help you manage your health and put prevention into practice, presents important information on health guidance, including tobacco use, physical activity, nutrition, depression, safety, HIV and AIDS,

Canada proposes pictures of disease on cigarette packs Color pictures of blackened lungs, diseased hearts, lip cancers and other tobacco-related diseases may soon appear on cigarette packs sold in Canada, if a plan announced Wednesday goes through...

Tobacco marketing successfully reaches youngsters The fact that tobacco products can be disguised by adding flavors and presenting them in enticing packaging does nothing to reduce their capacity to cause serious disease, which could lead to disfigurement and even death...

US children at risk from pollution American children -- particularly ethnic minorities living in urban areas -- are increasingly at risk due to environmental hazards such as pollution and rodent allergens, experts said on Monday at a conference here...

Dying smoker awarded $20 million from tobacco firms A California jury on Monday ordered two major tobacco companies to pay $20 million to a dying woman who began smoking after health warnings first appeared on cigarette packets -- a fresh blow for an industry already reeling under legal attack...

Getting more health bang for the government buck Although most people think that car accidents are the leading cause of premature death in the US, smoking is actually the number one cause, followed by obesity and a sedentary lifestyle, according to a new report...

Study Links Strokes In Non-Smokers To Secondhand Smoke Highlighting the dangers of passive smoking, a new study suggested yesterday that breathing in other people`s cigarette smoke makes nonsmokers 82 percent more likely to suffer a stroke...

Cigars: Seeing through the Smoke Screen Cigar smoking dates back to Northern and Central American tribes more than a 1000 years ago. A long, thick bundle of twisted tobacco leaves...