Tag: tobacco
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Graphic warning labels help smokers remember tobacco health risks, study finds
Study participants looked at these two images whileresearchers assessed how effectively they were viewed.Graphic by Penn Medicine. Graphic warning labels on cigarette packages can help smokers remember the message and...
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Tobacco virus may be used to combat Parkinson’s disease
A tobacco crop affected by drought. Courier-Journal photo by David R. Lutman. University of Louisville researchers say a virus that attacks tobacco plants may be used to develop a vaccine for...
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Lessons in battling obesity can be learned from the anti-tobacco movement, but there are big differences
To make real headway in battling the obesity epidemic, lessons can be learned from the war on smoking — though the two public-health issues have certain unique challenges. Judith Graham,...
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4 of 5 Kentuckians think child obesity is a problem, and more than half favor a statewide smoking ban, poll finds
More than four out of five Kentuckians think too many children are overweight, and more than half want a statewide smoking ban. These are two of key findings of the...
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Floyd County woman is Kentucky’s smoke-free advocate of year
For her work spreading the word about second-hand smoke and founding the coalition that ultimately helped Prestonsburg pass a smoke-free ordinance in 2009, Floyd County’s Jean V. Rosenberg was named...
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Mayor will propose smoking ban in Hopkinsville, largest Kentucky city without one
The largest Kentucky city that has not banned smoking in public places may change that. Hopkinsville Mayor Dan Kemp’s proposal “fundamentally resembles Lexington’s ban,” reports Nick Tabor for the Kentucky...
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Obesity adds more health-care costs than smoking, study finds
Obesity costs the health care system more than smoking does, a new study has found. The annual health costs for someone who is obese average $1,850 more than for a...
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Number of teens and young adults who smoke, use smokeless tobacco is on the rise
A “shocking” number of American teenagers smoke cigarettes and/or use smokeless tobacco, the first U.S. surgeon general’s report on youth tobacco since 1994 has found. (Photo by Karen Bleier, AFP/Getty Images)...
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Replacing cigarettes with smokeless tobacco reduces disease risk, says U of L prof who’s received tobacco-industry funding
Smokers can greatly reduce their risk of disease if they replace their cigarettes with spit-free smokeless tobacco or electronic cigarettes, University of Louisville professor Brad Rodu, right, said in a...
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Judge continues to block graphic images on cigarette packs
Getting graphic labels on cigarette packages continues to be an uphill battle for the Obama administration, as a skeptical judge sided with cigarette makers who say “they can’t be forced...