Sentences with phrase «health than cigarettes»

The manufacturer sought to replace the statement on snus packaging, «WARNING: This product is not a safe alternative to cigarettes,» with one reading, «WARNING: No tobacco product is safe, but this product presents substantially lower risks to health than cigarettes.»

Not exact matches

In fact, according to the researchers, the health risk of having few friends was similar to smoking 15 cigarettes a day, and more dangerous than being obese or not exercising in terms of decreasing your lifespan.

Evidence suggests that while e-cigarettes are not without health risks, they are likely to be far less harmful than conventional cigarettes, says a new congressionally mandated report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

The UK legislation also stated that health warnings must cover at least 65 % of the front and back of packs, brand names must be in a standardised typeface, and cigarette cartons can contain no fewer than 20 cigarettes.

A series of randomized control trials of a nurse home visitation program show a range of positive effects on maternal health, including decreases in prenatal cigarette smoking, fewer hypertensive disorders in pregnancy, and fewer closely spaced subsequent pregnancies., A randomized control study of another program that works with a particularly high - risk population found that participant mothers showed significantly lower depressive symptoms than those in the control group and were less likely to report feeling stressed a year after participation.

The risks associated with passive smoking have been less readily accepted than the health - risks of cigarettes and other tobacco products, but research shows ambient smoke still contains carcinogens and toxic components.

And it argues: «More than any other single thing, the cigarette has blighted the health and shortened the lives of people in Scotland for over a century.

Despite tobacco industry claims of heat - not - burn products being less harmful than regular cigarettes, the health effects of the devices are still unproven, according to researchers.

In July the FDA said it was «likely» that menthol cigarettes posed a greater health risk than normal cigarettes, because they encourage young people to take up smoking, make it more difficult to quit and increase addiction.

«Cigarette smokers are at far greater risk than the general public for developing lung cancer, and helping smokers quit should be our top cancer prevention priority in these people,» said Jian - Min Yuan, M.D., Ph.D., associate director of the UPCI's Division of Cancer Control and Population Science and an epidemiologist with Pitt's Graduate School of Public Health.

E-cigs contain far fewer cancer - causing and other toxic substances than cigarettes, however their long - term effects on health and nicotine dependence are unknown.

Gregory N. Connolly of the Harvard School of Public Health says FDA should focus on reducing tobacco use, rather than regulating the industry's efforts to develop «safer» cigarettes.

Discover magazine uses a 2006 neuroimaging study to argue that cigarette health warnings spark cravings in smokers, rather than scaring them away.

Young people across the United States who smoke electronic cigarettes are considerably more likely to start smoking traditional cigarettes within a year than their peers who do not smoke e-cigarettes, according to an analysis led by the University of Pittsburgh Center for Research on Media, Technology, and Health (CRMTH) and the Dartmouth - Hitchcock Norris Cotton Cancer Center.

Public Health England (PHE), a governmental body the equivalent of our Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), recently released an evidence review claiming that e-cigarettes are 95 percent less harmful to health than combustible cigarHealth England (PHE), a governmental body the equivalent of our Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), recently released an evidence review claiming that e-cigarettes are 95 percent less harmful to health than combustible cigarhealth than combustible cigarettes.

«Although the impact of long - term use of e-cigarettes on health is still unknown,» the study stated, «the available scientific evidence indicates that e-cigarettes are less harmful than combustible cigarettes, and that smokers switching to e-cigarettes could benefit from a decrease in health risks related to smoking combustible cigarettes.»

Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable illness and death in the United States, implicated in more than 500,000 deaths each year, according to public health officials.

To date, GWLs on cigarette packaging have been implemented in more than 65 countries, spurred by increasing evidence that the warnings help smokers consider the health risks and may even help them quit the habit.

But the study's lead author, Guodong Liu, assistant professor of public health sciences, said the findings indicated that e-cigarette users were relatively less dependent than cigarette users.

The opinions that physicians, public health experts, and tobacco executives have regarding menthol cigarettes seem to be stronger than the research supporting them.

Public Health England has found that e-cigarettes are around 95 % safer than smoking regular cigarettes, so if you make the switch to e-cigs as part of your attempts to quit altogether, you'll start reaping the health benefits from daHealth England has found that e-cigarettes are around 95 % safer than smoking regular cigarettes, so if you make the switch to e-cigs as part of your attempts to quit altogether, you'll start reaping the health benefits from dahealth benefits from day one.

Now you see the HUGE problem and why the health risks are comparable, if not worse, than cigarettes.

Did you know that sugar and products containing a high content of sugar are potentially more dangerous to your health than smoking cigarettes?

Easier said than done, but putting down the cigarette packet is imperative if you want to keep wrinkles at bay — and for your health in general for that matter.

Of course, in the real world everyone knows cigarette smoking is bad for your health — no less an authority than my father would tell you that as he chain - smoked himself to death.

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According to the FDA website, the new cigarette health warnings are the first change in cigarette warnings in more than 25 years, and will go into effect beginning September 2012.

This means that unless you are a cigarette smoker or have serious health issues, guaranteed universal life insurance is usually a lot less expensive than whole life insurance without a medical exam.

• Daily cigarette use • Cholesterol of 250 or less with or without medication • Blood pressure of 85/135 with or without medication • No serious health issues • No more than 30 - 40 pounds overweight

As a cigarette user, John's cost of insurance was very expensive and in fact, his policy would cost two to three times more than a non-smoker in comparable health.

• Daily cigarette use • Cholesterol of 300 or less with or without medication • Blood pressure of 140/90 with or without medication • Average health with age - related health issues • No more than 50 - 60 pounds overweight

• No cigarette use within 12 months • Cholesterol of 300 or less with or without medication • Blood pressure of 140/90 with or without medication • Some minor health issues • No more than 40 - 50 pounds overweight

• No cigarette use within 5 years • Cholesterol of 220 or less with or without medication • Blood pressure of 85/135 with or without medication • No serious health issues • No more than 25 - 30 pounds overweight

* This story was originally published in the second quarter issue of the Eagle Eye * * Names indicated were changed to protect students» anonymity Although teen cigarette use has seen more than a 15 percent decrease since 2000 according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the amount of teens who use e-cigarettes has skyrocketed.

I think the major takeaway is that although there's a lot we don't know, and although they have some health risks, [e-cigarettes] are clearly better than cigarettes....

A series of randomized control trials of a nurse home visitation program show a range of positive effects on maternal health, including decreases in prenatal cigarette smoking, fewer hypertensive disorders in pregnancy, and fewer closely spaced subsequent pregnancies., A randomized control study of another program that works with a particularly high - risk population found that participant mothers showed significantly lower depressive symptoms than those in the control group and were less likely to report feeling stressed a year after participation.

Those with persistent symptoms were more likely to have less than a high school education, be multiparous, and smoke cigarettes and were less likely to describe their child's health as excellent (Table 2).

If cigarettes are running you $ 3.75 per pack, you can save more than $ 1,300 per year if you drop that pack - a-day habit (not to mention the health benefits).