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2 hrs ago | USA Today

Fewer U.S. adults are smoking, government study shows

The smoking rate for adults in the USA dipped last year after a seven-year smoking stall, a new government reports says.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Biotech, Healthcare Industry, Lung Cancer

6 hrs ago | PhysOrg Weblog

Smoking and neurosurgical outcomes

The effects of long-term cigarette smoking on morbidity and mortality have long been known.

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Related Topix: Health, UC San Francisco, Yale University

10 hrs ago | Rehab Management

Medical Test Developed For Smokers May Hold Promise in SCI and MS

Researchers have reportedly developed a medical test, previously used to measure a toxin found in tobacco smokers, and adapted it to measure the same toxin exhibited in spinal cord injury patients and multiple sclerosis .

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Related Topix: Medicine

15 hrs ago | CBS Local

Number of Smokers in U.S. Declines

The nation's smoking rate generally has been falling for decades, but had seemed to stall at around 20 to 21 percent for about seven years.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Lung Cancer

Mon Jun 17, 2013

KOLO-TV Reno

Report: US Adult Smoking Rate Dips to 18 Percent

The results of the latest national health survey by the government finds the percentage of smokers in the United States has dropped to 18 percent in 2012.

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Related Topix: Medicine

KTOO-TV Juneau

Juneau smokers fight back on senior housing smoking ban

Mountain View Apartments for seniors and the disabled at 895 West 12th Street, Juneau., is one of several AHFC facilities to go totally smoke free in August.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Juneau, AK, Anchorage, AK

Northern Virginia Daily

Cigarette smoking in bed cited as cause of fatal fire

The Warren County Fire Marshal's Office has determined that a fire in which an elderly woman died early Thursday morning was caused by her smoking in bed.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

CBC News

Cancer society urges tougher anti-smoking laws

B.C. has the lowest smoking rate in the country, but the Canadian Cancer Society says the figure hasn't fallen in six years.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Lung Cancer, Canada

HON

Tobacco Laws for Minors May Cut Adult Smoking as Well

States with tighter restrictions on the sale of cigarettes to teens also had lower adult smoking rates, especially among women, researchers found.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

E! Online

Lindsay Lohan Surfaces Smoking During Rehab

Lindsay Lohan may be in the process of cleaning up her act, but apparently that doesn't include her cigarette obsession.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Nicotine, NicoDerm, Nicotine (generic)

MyFoxNY

Landlord bans smoking in all buildings

The new rule is meant to create healthier living conditions, company officials told the NY Times.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Harlem (New York, NY), New York, NY

Seeking Alpha

E-cigarettes Vs. Tobacco: Know Your Risks, Or Risk Your Future

The cigarette industry is in decline. Not because of a drop in sales or revenue, but because there exists a conundrum for cigarette producers - cigarettes or e-cigarettes? An e-cigarette is an electronic inhaler that vaporizes a liquid solution into an aerosol mist, simulating tobacco smoke.

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Related Topix: Nicotine, NicoDerm, Nicotine (generic), Medicine, Health

WCNC-TV Charlotte

Smoking on greenway frustrates many park goers

Folks who exercise on a county greenway say they're fed up with smokers. Smokers gather by the dozens on the Little Sugar Creek Greenway near Carolinas Medical Center.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Charlotte, NC, Mecklenburg County, NC

Journal

Benson intends to run against Walz in 2014

Rep. Mike Benson will announce today that he plans to challenge four-term Democrat Rep. Tim Walz for Minnesota's 1st Congressional District in 2014.

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Related Topix: Rochester, MN, US Politics, Mark Dayton, US News, US Senate, Democrat, Olmsted County, MN, Crossroads College, US Governors, Medicine, Health

Sun Jun 16, 2013

OregonLive.com

Smoking bill is unfair to retailers and a vulnerable group

The Oregon House narrowly approved a bill that would allow counties to tax tobacco products.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, John Kitzhaber, US Governors, Multnomah County, OR, Clackamas County, OR, Opinion

Benalla Ensign

Government smoking decision defended

Member for Rodney Paul Weller has defended his government's decision to refuse a Greens' bill to ban smoking in outdoor dining and drinking areas in Victorian parliament last week.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health

Examiner.com

Value of smoking ban decreases when people smoke outside the venue

There have been deepening concerns about the health hazards associated with smoking cigarettes and how difficult it is to kick the smoking habit.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Nicotine, NicoDerm, Nicotine (generic)

Boston.com

'Bling Ring' star Katie Chang chats the Blackhawks, Kardashians, and breaking into Elton John's house

We were pretty stoked when we heard Sofia Coppola was directing "The Bling Ring," a flick based on the series of Hollywood Hills burglaries in 2009 , when a group of excess-loving teenagers ravaged the homes and closets of Paris Hilton, Rachel Bilson, and Megan Fox.

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Related Topix: Family, Teenagers, The Hills, Reality TV, Entertainment, Television, Audrina Patridge, Medicine, Health

Newkerala.com

Restricting tobacco use among teens lowers adult smoking rates: Study

Washington, June 14 : States that want to reduce rates of adult smoking should implement stringent tobacco restrictions on teenagers, a new study has said.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health, Family, Teenagers

Sat Jun 15, 2013

Scotsman.com

Health warning on shisha smoking bars

YOUNG people in Scotland could be risking their lives by smoking shisha pipes in illegal bars due to the dangers posed by carbon monoxide poisoning, campaigners will warn this week.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Health