Sentences with phrase «tobacco cigarette reduces»

New research suggests that the single use of an electronic cigarette approximating the nicotine exposure of one tobacco cigarette reduces the sensitivity of the cough reflex.

Not exact matches

The Liberals are also spending $ 80.5 million over five years starting this year to reduce tobacco use, particularly in Indigenous communities, and raising taxes on cigarettes by $ 1 per carton.

We have also seen the invention of electronic cigarettes which have been introduced to help reduce smoking tobacco.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio threw his support behind a series of initiatives to cut tobacco use, including raising the minimum price of a pack of cigarettes to $ 13 and taking steps to eventually reduce the number of stores that can sell tobacco products.

Riccardo Polosa, professor of Medicine at Catania University, did a study for the Italian Non-Smoking Association which found that 55 % of the 40 committed smokers in his experiment had significantly reduced or eliminated their use of tobacco cigarettes by the electronic alternative.

The study, conducted in a one - of - a-kind laboratory replica of a convenience store, is the first to use a realistic setting to examine whether limiting displays of cigarettes and other tobacco products in retail outlets can reduce the intention of young people to begin smoking.

Keeping tobacco products out of view in convenience stores significantly reduces teenagers» susceptibility to future cigarette use compared to when tobacco advertising and products are visible, according to a new RAND Corporation study.

«These findings suggest limiting the visibility of tobacco displays in retail stores may reduce the number of young people who try cigarettes,» said William Shadel, associate director of RAND Population Health Program and senior behavioral scientist at RAND, a nonprofit research organization.

Researchers found hiding the tobacco power wall significantly reduced teenagers» susceptibility to future cigarette smoking compared to leaving the tobacco advertising visible.

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.

In addition, retailers showed an interest in reducing their reliance on tobacco sales — we know that they will benefit from consumers purchasing products other than cigarettes, which are deadly and addictive.

Comparisons like these led the researchers to the question: Do electronic cigarettes work against reducing tobacco smoking or offer the possibility of minimizing harm for those who just can not quit tobacco cigarettes?

The organizations» leadership thought other policies offered more promising ways to reduce smoking such as by raising cigarette taxes, imposing more severe restrictions on indoor smoking, and controlling tobacco marketing.

Goodwin advises that additional attention to cannabis use in tobacco control efforts and in clinical settings aimed at reducing cigarette smoking and smoking related negative consequences may be warranted.

«Our public health messages should accurately convey to cigarette smokers that switching completely to e-cigarettes would reduce their risks even if e-cigarettes are addictive and not risk - free,» said one of the study's authors, Dr. Michael Eriksen, dean of Georgia State's School of Public Health and a globally recognized expert in tobacco control.

«This study suggests that smokers who completely switch to e-cigarettes and stop smoking tobacco cigarettes may significantly reduce their exposure to many cancer - causing chemicals,» said lead author Maciej Goniewicz, an assistant professor of oncology at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in Buffalo, N.Y.

Philip Morris» iQOS device heats tobacco but stops short of burning it, an approach the company says reduces exposure to tar and other toxic byproducts of burning cigarettes.

It was gradually established that smoking prevalence could be reduced by raising the tax on cigarettes, and by banning tobacco advertising.

There is also expert consensus that if large numbers of existing smokers switch from conventional cigarettes to safer nicotine sources there are likely to be substantial health gains, which will serve to reduce the burden of tobacco - related illnesses on the NHS.

While the US has reduced youth cigarette smoking rates to record lows, efforts to reduce overall youth tobacco use have been undermined by the popularity of e-cigarettes and cigars, which are marketed in a wide array of sweet flavors that attract kids.

In its defence of two actions against Imperial Tobacco, one being litigation by British Columbia for health care costs incurred by BC to treat illnesses caused by tobacco usage, and the second being a claim by class members who bought «light» or «mild» cigarettes, Imperial Tobacco sought to add Canada as a third party, based on statements Canada made to tobacco companies and the public about the purportedly lesser risk of «light» reduced - tar cigarettes as compared with normal cigarettes.