That initial case settled with no compensation to class members, but provided $ 300 million to create a foundation that would sponsor scientific
research on cigarette smoking.
Not exact matches
The first large and comprehensive review of all the published
research on e-cigs added some additional weight to that conclusion, finding «substantial evidence» that young people who vape are more likely to smoke conventional
cigarettes than those who don't.
Cigarette manufacturers have taken these actions, even though they have known for years, based
on their own secret
research, that their products eventually injure or kill consumers when used exactly as intended.
Previous
research has tied smoking
cigarettes during pregnancy to behavior problems among children later
on, but those studies couldn't rule out the influence of other factors, such as genetics or parenting techniques, researchers said.
Thirdhand smoke refers to residual contamination from tobacco smoke after the
cigarette has been extinguished206; there is no
research to date
on the significance of thirdhand smoke with regards to SIDS risk.
The majority of the literature has been
researched from the perspective of public health, focusing
on the mortality or morbidity brought about by smoking
cigarettes.
«Early evidence
on the potential value of e-cigarettes for cessation or reduction of
cigarette smoking has been mixed,» said lead author Brian A. Primack, M.D., Ph.D., director of Pitt's Center for
Research on Media, Technology and Health, and dean of Pitt's Honors College.
While
research abounds
on the negative health effects of traditional tobacco
cigarettes, the researchers called for further toxicology
research on the effects of popular alternative tobacco products, particularly considering the constant evolution of existing products and the emergence of new products.
He points out that the most current and substantial
research on the use of vaping shows that use of e-
cigarettes can effectively help smokers give up
cigarettes.
From previous
research, scientists know that carcinogens like
cigarette smoke leave genetic fingerprints
on a person's genome, in the form of characteristic alterations in the letters that make up DNA — sometimes thought of as «spelling mistakes.»
The FDA has funded
research examining the impact of lower nicotine
cigarettes on smoking behavior and also toxin exposure.
In 2009, the International Agency for
Research on Cancer responded to the research by classifying tanning beds as a Group 1 carcinogen, placing it in the same category as cancer - causing agents such as cigarette smoke, X-rays and a
Research on Cancer responded to the
research by classifying tanning beds as a Group 1 carcinogen, placing it in the same category as cancer - causing agents such as cigarette smoke, X-rays and a
research by classifying tanning beds as a Group 1 carcinogen, placing it in the same category as cancer - causing agents such as
cigarette smoke, X-rays and asbestos.
«More
research is needed in Canada
on additional contributing risk factors as well as longitudinal data to evaluate the complex relationship between e-
cigarette use and tobacco
cigarette use in adolescence.»
How the brain responds to nicotine depends
on a smoker's belief about the nicotine content in a
cigarette, according to new
research from the Center for BrainHealth at The University of Texas at Dallas.
Then
on Sunday, editors at China's foremost science Web site and blog, ScienceNet.cn, began collecting signatures from readers opposed to
cigarette research's consideration for a science award.
USC researchers focused
on how these bots promoted the notion that using electronic
cigarettes helps people stop smoking, a conclusion not definitively supported by
research.
«Recent
research suggests that some of them could move
on to regular
cigarette smoking, so it is critical that we intervene with evidence - based efforts to prevent youth from using these products.»
According to the
research team, the air cleaning equipment based
on the newly - developed catalyst can purify over 80 % of the
cigarette smoke within 30 minutes and 100 % of it within 1 hour in a 30 square meter smoking room, where 10 people are simultaneously smoking
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.
The poster used was drawn from among nine that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had intended to put
on cigarette packages and was the one had been rated as the most effective image by adolescents in previous
research.
The lead researcher Dr. Jurng mentioned that «this
research holds a significance since the new air cleaning equipment based
on a simple catalyst successfully processes and removes gaseous materials in
cigarette smoke, which are not easily removed with the existing air cleaning technologies.
This
research supports another study reported by Medical News Today earlier this year, which found a combination of health warning graphics and text
on cigarette packets increased knowledge about the dangers of smoking among young adults, compared with text - only warnings.
«What we found in this study reinforces findings from previous
research where scientists have asked participants to report how they think and feel in response to graphic warnings
on cigarettes,» says Mays.
Conquest, our report
on the Maryland
Cigarette Restitution Fund (CRF), features the most current topics
on our CRF - related
research and community outreach.
Early
research has also cast doubt
on the safety of some of the chemicals used inE -
cigarettes when inhaled into the lungs.
TUESDAY, Sept. 29, 2015 (HealthDay News)-- Some people are more likely than others to get hooked quickly
on cigarettes, new
research suggests.
Some people are more likely than others to get hooked quickly
on cigarettes, new
research suggests.
But amid the gloomy news that 30 percent of all cancer deaths in this country can be linked to smoking, the Surgeon General reported one «encouraging trend»: An annual survey conducted by the Institute for Social
Research at the University of Michigan for the National Institute
on Drug Abuse has found that the number of high - school seniors with a daily
cigarette habit has dropped from 29 percent...
But two bills now before Congress, S 1929 and HR 5653, both of which would stiffen requirements for warning labels
on cigarette packs and strengthen educational and
research programs
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Intrigued by Mana Contemporary's former life as a
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It took three months for
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on cigarette packaging.
I am not an advocate of e-
cigarettes nor did I understand much about them prior to doing some
research for this post, but my understanding of some of the logic behind this intended ban
on e-
cigarettes in public places is that they promote the use of real
cigarettes........
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research points out that elevated diabetes risk is related to the extra pounds people typically put
on after renouncing
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Researched on trichomes in the tobacco leaf used for flavor enhancement in
cigarettes.
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