and teens with 44 percent indicating worries that the devices will encourage kids to use tobacco products according to a new poll from the University of Michigan.
but don't burn tobacco. E-cigarettes have replaceable cartridges of liquid containing nicotine which is inhaled as a vapor along with flavors like chocolate fruit candy or even tobacco.
This poll shows high levels of concern about e-cigarettes and the possibility that kids who try them could start smoking tobacco says Matthew M. Davis M d. M. A p. P. director of the C
. S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health. In the poll which was administered in November 2013 to 2124 adults age 18
Advocates of e-cigarettes say they are a healthier alternative to tobacco smoking and argue it may help smokers to quit.
and may encourage people and kids or teens to smoke tobacco. Currently e-cigarettes are regulated not by the U s. Food and Drug Administration.
Meanwhile 65%of adults think e-cigarettes should have health warnings like tobacco cigarettes and nicotine products.
Institute (RPCI) and published by the journal Nicotine and Tobacco Research. Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are designed consumer products to generate nicotine aerosol or vapor without the combustion of tobacco.
When an e-cigarette user takes a puff the nicotine solution is heated and the vapor is taken into the lungs.
and tobacco smoke generated by dual users. Results showed that e-cigarettes emitted significant amounts of nicotine
Additionally the emissions of nicotine from e-cigarettes were significantly lower than those of conventional tobacco cigarettes.
The U s. Surgeon general found that there is no safe level of secondhand tobacco smoke but has evaluated not health risk from secondhand exposure to e-cigarette vapors.
and volatile organic compounds and compare the emissions from electronic and conventional tobacco cigarettes said Dr. Goniewicz a researcher and Assistant professor of Oncology in RPCI's Department of Health Behavior.
Our data suggest that secondhand exposure to nicotine from e-cigarettes is on average 10 times less than from tobacco smoke.
thus circumventing tobacco-free laws said Andrew Hyland Phd Chair of the Department of health Behavior at RPCI.
when celebrities publicly discuss their struggles with cancer diagnoses the resulting media coverage prompts more smokers to search for information on quitting than events like New year's day or World No Tobacco Day.
when compared to traditional cessation awareness events such as New year's day or World No Tobacco Day. Benjamin Althouse the study's coauthor and Santa fe Institute epidemiologist added In practical terms we estimated there were about 1. 1 million more quit-smoking queries in Brazil the month after Lula's diagnosis than expected.
Following Lula's diagnosis Brazilian legislators passed a number of new laws strengthening anti-tobacco measures in the country making Brazil the largest smoke-free nation in the world said Joanna E
. Cohen another coauthor and director of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Global Tobacco Control. This study is the first to demonstrate that celebrity diagnoses can prompt the public to engage in behaviors that prevent cancer said Seth M. Noar coauthor and health communication professor at the University of North carolina at Chapel hill.
The study has a compelling lesson for tobacco control advocates concluded Ayers: These kinds of events act as teachable moments
When these events take place tobacco control and cancer prevention advocates should better leverage these opportunities to promote behaviors that will prevent all future cancers.
#Graphic warnings labels on cigarette packs could lead to 8. 6 million fewer smokers in USA research paper published in the scientific journal Tobacco Control Cigarette graphic warning
Global importance of graphic warningsarticle 11 of THE WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) requires Parties to the FCTC to implement large rotating health warnings.
since been inspired to use this powerful method of communicating the harms of cigarettes and other tobacco products.
and adopt plain and standardized tobacco packaging. Such a law would eliminate the branding on tobacco packaging
and standardize the size and shape which the tobacco industry has used effectively to promote their products especially to youth Evidence shows that plain packaging both reduces the appeal of tobacco products and increases the effectiveness of health warnings.
Dr. Judith Mackay Senior Advisor at the World Lung Foundation and a tobacco control leader in Asia
and throughout the world commented: These new research findings show clearly the value of graphic warnings for countries all over the world especially low-and middle-income countries where knowledge about the health harms and awareness of the addictiveness of cigarettes and other
tobacco products is lower than it is in high-income countries. It is even clearer
and very high impact policy for reducing tobacco use. Professor Fong co-author of the paper and the Principal investigator of the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project (the ITC Project)
which provided the data on cigarette prices for the study stated: This study adds to the strong and growing number of studies showing the powerful and positive impact of graphic warnings on reducing smoking rates.
and nonsmokers alike about the harms of tobacco is a sensible and proven method for increasing knowledge changing attitudes motivating smokers to quit and discouraging youth from initiating smoking.
study findsexposure to a single pro-smoking media message increases college-aged students'risk of using tobacco for seven days providing new clues about the influence of media on smoking according to a new RAND Corporation
Researchers say the findings have important implications for policies that limit tobacco advertising and other efforts aimed at curbing youth tobacco use.
We were surprised how long the influence of pro-smoking messages lasted said Steven Martino a study co-author and a psychologist at RAND a nonprofit research organization.
and ability to refuse tobacco by answering a series of questions such as Do you think you will try a cigarette anytime soon?
Young adults ages 18 to 25 are the group that has the highest level of tobacco use reporting rates of smoking that are nearly 50 percent higher than either high school seniors or adults over age 26.
Previous studies have documented that about two-thirds of exposures to pro-smoking media messages occurs at places where tobacco is sold such as convenience stores gas stations or grocery stores.
and radio outlets such ads are still running at places where tobacco is sold in newspapers and magazines and on the Internet.
Pro-smoking media messages also occur through positive depictions of tobacco use in movies. Prior research has shown that greater exposure to pro-smoking media messages
or progressing toward regular tobacco use among young adults said Claude M. Setodji the lead author of the study and a senior statistician at RAND.
#Tobacco myths persist 50 years after US Surgeon general warned Americans of smoking dangerstobacco misconceptions prevail in the United states
issue by gaining insight on current tobacco issues including information that disproves the following myths.
Tobacco Myth#1: Almost no one smokes any more. Fact: About 43.8 million people still smoke.
and seemingly unlimited advertising dollars spent by tobacco companies. Tobacco Myth#2: e-Cigarettes cigars and hookahs are safe alternatives.
Fact: All tobacco products including e-cigarettes and hookahs have nicotine. And it's nicotine's highly addictive properties that make these products harmful.
In 2008 the five largest cigarette companies spent $9. 94 billion dollars on advertising and marketing products like e-cigarettes flavored cigars cigarillos and hookahs.
The tobacco industry comes up with these new products to recruit new younger smokers said Alexander Prokhorov M d. Ph d. director of the Tobacco Outreach Education Program at MD Anderson.
or she will try other tobacco products. While e-cigarettes may contain less harmful substances than combustible tobacco they're presently unregulated so quality control over the nicotine content and other components is left to the manufacturer said Paul Cinciripini Ph d. professor and deputy chair of behavioral
science and director of the Tobacco Treatment Program at MD Anderson. At this time it's far too early to tell
whether or not e-cigarettes can be used effectively as a smoking cessation device Cinciripini said.
Tobacco Myth#3: Infrequent social smoking is harmless. Fact: Any smoking even social smoking is dangerous.
Tobacco Myth#4: Smoking outside eliminates the dangers of secondhand smoke. Fact: There is no risk-free level of exposure to secondhand smoke.
and other experts have developed a comprehensive plan that addresses the burden of tobacco use in institutions communities states and nations.
The End Tobacco plan recommends more than 100 actions in the areas of policy education and community-based services that MD Anderson can lead to end tobacco at the institutional local regional state national and international levels Hawk said.
As a leader in the field of tobacco research it's vital we take a leadership role to confront the use of tobacco in any form.
More than 200000 people are diagnosed with lung cancer each year in the United states and about 150000 people die as a result of this disease.
and despite a decline in tobacco use during the past five decades there has been no change in the smoking rate for patients with poor mental health.
To combat reliance on tobacco in mental health populations experts agree that mental health services and government-sponsored tobacco control programs must work together to improve education and access to smoking cessation programs.
Historically mental health care has operated separately from general medical practices where collaborations exist to strongly encourage smoking cessation in typical patient populations said Jill M. Williams MD professor of psychiatry at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical school.
In a Viewpoint piece published Online First on October 30 in the Journal of the American Medical Association Psychiatry Williams said partnerships between mental health providers and state or county tobacco control programs benefit patients
and cancer that these smokers develop so it makes more sense to help them stop smoking explained Williams who recently became chair of New jersey Breathes a coalition working for a tobacco-free New jersey.
when New jersey had a Comprehensive Tobacco Control Program. New jersey eliminated its program in 2010 due to budget cuts leaving millions of smokers without options.
Williams cites comprehensive state-run tobacco programs in California and Massachusetts which have resulted in savings in health care in less than five years.
Whereas the treatment for tobacco dependence has typically been delivered in primary care settings linking mental health facilities with state and county tobacco control programs allows smoking cessation education to be incorporated into counseling
and encourages mental health providers to promote tobacco quit programs during face-to-face interactions with patients.
Likewise tobacco control programs already leaders in advocacy can emphasize the need for smoking cessation programs
For healthcare providers integrated programs could provide strategies for improving Medicaid reimbursement of tobacco treatment services.
and mental health providers can utilize their experience with Medicaid to expand tobacco treatment through partnerships with tobacco control programs.
but gaps remainnew policy changes have led to decreased exposure to environmental tobacco smoke at work yet workers in some occupations still experience a high prevalence of secondhand smoke according to new research released today at the American Public health Association's 141st
According to the study overall the prevalence of exposure to environmental tobacco smoke at work decreased from 8 percent in 2003 to 5. 4 percent in 2010.
Workers in installation repair and maintenance had the highest prevalence in exposure to environmental tobacco smoke with 37.4 percent.
Additionally exposure to environmental tobacco smoke at work was more prevalent among male non-white and younger workers.
Findings like these that combine information about occupation and environmental tobacco smoke provide helpful information for evaluatingcomprehensive statewide smoke-free workplace laws
#New statistic model forecasts effect of tobacco consumption on childhood asthmaa scientific study recently published on International Journal of Statistics in Medical Research states that tobacco consumption must be decreased by 15%in Spain particularly at home
On January 1 2006 a law that set anti-tobacco regulations in Spain came into force.
In 2011 more restrictive anti-tobacco regulations began to be applied. According to the research in 2001 tobacco consumption was 35.2
%and in 2007 it dropped to 23.7 %but this reduction did not produce any remarkable effect on asthma incidence among children.
Tobacco consumption in adults is stable too; 22-23%of them are smokers. If this percentage does not decrease significantly particularly the number of fathers
and tobacco triggers asthmatic crisis in children. In other words--highlights the researcher--the relationship between tobacco
and asthma is not a cause-effect one but tobacco even environmental smoke or the one that remains on clothes favours asthma episodes in children.
Data proves that the incidence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and asthma in adults has been reduced in the last years due to smoke-free policy.
In the case of children maternal smoking and environmental tobacco smoke are some of the main risk factors for inducing new cases of asthma.
alert that nowadays there are not enough measures to avoid children's exposure to tobacco. Many children continue to be exposed to tobacco at home.
It is necessary to improve health policies and raise society's awareness; efforts on the fight against tobacco particularly at home must be stronger concludes Monleã n Getino.
Story Source: The above story is provided based on materials by Universidad de Barcelona. Note: Materials may be edited for content and length.
#Genetically modified tobacco plants are viable for producing biofuelsin her Phd thesis Ruth Sanz-Barrio an agricultural engineer of the NUP/UPNA-Public University of Navarre
and researcher at the Institute of Biotechnology (mixed centre of the CSIC-Spanish National Research Council Public University of Navarre and the Government of Navarre) has demonstrated for the first time the viability of using specific tobacco proteins (known as
Specifically she has managed to increase the amount of starch produced in the tobacco leaves by 700%and fermentable sugars by 500%.
and could provide an outlet for the tobacco-producing areas in our country that see their future in jeopardy owing to the discontinuing of European grants for this crop.
and m in tobacco as biotechnological tools not only to increase the starch content in the plant
We have come up with an easier cheaper procedure for producing it in the tobacco plant
Tobacco for producing bioethanolas the research progressed thioredoxin f was shown for the first time in vivo to be more efficient than Trx m in regulating the metabolism of carbohydrates as it causes a significant increase in the amount of starch in the leaves which can reach 700%with respect to the amount obtained from non
We saw that the leaves of the genetically modified tobacco plants were releasing 500%more fermentable sugars.
--which would mean an almost tenfold increase in bioethanol yield with respect to the control tobacco plant that had not been modified.
Genetically enhanced tobacco could be an alternative source of biomass in areas like Extremadura and Andalusia the traditional tobacco producers.
or wheat As cereals are currently being used as the raw material to produce bioethanol genetically enhanced tobacco could be an alternative source of biomass
#City of Providence is taking on big tobacco #and winningthe city of Providence R i. is taking the fight against Big Tobacco to a new level with innovative tobacco control policies.
A new study led in part by Washington University in St louis'Center for Public health Systems science (CPHSS) details Providence's efforts and provides a road map for other municipalities to follow.
Tobacco companies spend an overwhelming majority of their annual marketing budget at the point of sale an area that has not been regulated said Douglas A. Luke Phd professor at the Brown School director of the center
and price discounts--used by tobacco companies to lure kids. The ordinances survived two challenges in court most recently by the 1st U s. Circuit court of appeals on Sept. 30 that affirmed a December 2012 ruling from a U s. district court.
and lead author of the case study. Our hope is that this provides them with a step-by-step practical road map that they can use to replicate Providence's success. This is a city that has taken on Big Tobacco
Price discounts are the largest single category of advertising and promotional expenditures for both cigarette and smokeless tobacco manufacturers.
Regulating the retail environment is an emerging area in tobacco control Sorg said. Many states have had success in implementing smoke-free policies
and in raising tobacco taxes but the tobacco industry is spending more and more at the point of sale.
As tobacco control professionals we really need to look at the retailer setting and figure out ways to address it.
The study also is part of the National Cancer Institute's State and Community Tobacco Control Research Initiative.
childrens immune systemsthe Leipzig Helmholtz Center for Environmental Research has gained new insights on the influence of tobacco smoke in utero.
and their children how exposure to tobacco smoke affects the development of human immune system on molecular level.
As part of the long-term study LINA environmental immunologists from Leipzig have been focussing on tobacco smoke as an environmental stressor.
The main objective for Dr Gunda Herberth was to reveal the influence of tobacco smoke on the development of children's immune systems--at molecular level.
and urine samples of the pregnant women were tested to substantiate the effect from exposure to tobacco smoke
and cord blood it could be shown that a high exposure to inhaled volatile organic compounds (VOCS) associated with tobacco smoke coincides with high values for mir-223.
Finally it could be shown that low regulatory T-cell numbers in umbilical cord blood was an indication that children exposed to tobacco smoke were more likely to develop an allergy before the age of three compared to those children with normal values for mir-223 and Treg cells.
The study published in the journal Pediatrics examined the reach of tobacco and cigarette marketing among some of the world's most vulnerable populations sampling five and six year-old children from Brazil China India Nigeria Pakistan and Russia.
It should be of great concern that the majority of very young children in our study were familiar with at least one cigarette brand Even in households without smokers children could identify tobacco logos.
The United states created stronger regulations for tobacco advertising in the 1990s after similar research found that six year olds were as familiar with Camel tobacco's Joe Camel mascot as with the Disney Channel's Mickey mouse.
Regulations created by the World health organization to restrict tobacco advertising exist outside of the United states but beyond our country's borders these regulations may not be as effective Borzekowski explains referring to THE WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
Multinational tobacco companies appear to have moved their promotional efforts from high-income industrialized countries to low-and middle-income countries where there are often weak tobacco control policies and poor enforcement.
While smoking is stabilizing or decreasing in wealthy countries people in low and middle-income countries are taking up the habit at alarming rates.
With five and six year-old children aware of domestic and international tobacco brands there is a need to enforce stronger regulations in countries where tobacco companies have increased efforts to attract new users.
This is concerning when the products--such as tobacco--should not be used by children. Borzekowski and colleagues suggest changes including requiring larger graphic warning labels on cigarette packages.
Additionally they urge changes to limit children's exposure to the point of sale of tobacco products including establishing minimum distances between these retailers
This study reiterates that more needs to be done to reduce the ability of tobacco companies to market their products to children said co-author Dr. Joanna Cohen director of the Johns Hopkins Institute for Global Tobacco Control.
and enforce bans on tobacco advertising promotion and sponsorship including putting large picture warnings on the front and back of cigarette packs.
In addition to examining a child's familiarity with tobacco logos the study also looked at the child's intentions to smoke and his or her level of media exposure.
which mitigates the oxidative stress caused by alcohol tobacco and obesity. As such these population groups in particular could benefit from the positive effects of fruit
#Tobacco companies interests in smokeless tobacco products in Europe are driven by profit not healthtransnational tobacco companies'investments in smokeless tobacco products such as snus (a moist tobacco product
and Anna Gilmore from the University of Bath UK and the UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies published this week in PLOS Medicine.
of transnational tobacco companies. The analysis reveals tobacco companies'efforts to enter the EU market
and influence national and EU public health policy. The researchers also compare the industry's privately documented interests (observed via internal documents
and explore the implications for EU tobacco control policy. Although the analysis was limited by the extent of the documents available to the researchers the authors say t here is clear evidence that British american tobacco's early interest in introducing smokeless tobacco in Europe was based on the potential for creating an alternative form of tobacco
use in light of declining cigarette sales and social restrictions on smoking with young people a key target.
Instead the findings suggest that the transnational tobacco companies'interest in reduced-risk products lies in maintaining the status quo in favour of cigarettes for
and recently nicotine transnational tobacco companies have eliminated competition between cigarettes and lower-risk products thus helping maintain the current market balance in favour of (highly profitable) cigarettes
while ensuring transnational tobacco companies'long-term future should cigarette sales decline further and profit margins be eroded.
what has been termed the first new tobacco trend of the 21st century. In a study that they said provides no support for the popular notion that hookahs are safer than cigarettes they reported that hookah tobacco
and smoke contain lower levels of four toxic metals than cigarette tobacco and smoke. It was part of the 246th National Meeting & Exposition of the American Chemical Society (ACS.
Any form of smoking is dangerous and our studies on toxic metals in hookah smoke are taking the first steps toward the necessary animal
He explained that water pipes use specially prepared tobacco sometimes called shisha--a moist gooey concoction that may include molasses honey
and found little difference before and after thus the tobacco is the likely source of the metals they said.
and their leading cause of death is chronic illness mostly tobacco-related. Prochaska said it has long been thought that
and offers evidence that it may have helped their mental health recovery said Prochaska who focuses on developing interventions to treat tobacco dependence in people with mental illness or addictive disorders.
Michael Fiore MD MPH director of the University of Wisconsin Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention and a leader in national policy for tobacco treatment who was involved not in the study said the paper provides powerful evidence
that evidence-based tobacco dependence treatments can substantially increase quit rates among psychiatric inpatients. We know that psychiatric patients smoke at very high rates
Since 1993 tobacco use in U s. hospitals has been banned with the exception of inpatient psychiatry units
which she documents the long history of tobacco in psychiatry sharing excerpts from a 1951 psychotherapy handbook that encourages practitioners to smoke during treatment sessions.
Tobacco use has been thought to help calm patients and enable them to focus in therapy she said.
because the tobacco smoke is reducing the sedating side effects of their psychiatric medications she said.
To test the effects of treating tobacco use among hospitalized psychiatric patients the researchers initiated an intervention among 224 patients at the Langley Porter Psychiatric Institute a smoke-free locked mental hospital for acute care at UCSF.
I think some of the therapeutic contact that addressed participants'tobacco dependence and supported them with this major health goal may have generalized to them feeling better about their mental health condition she said.
If we wonder in our field why our patients smoke at such high rates we have to start by looking at how we've addressed tobacco.
#Smoking cessation experts weigh in on e-cigaretteswith the third and largest of the U s. tobacco companies planning an e-cigarette product launch this fall this next frontier for Big Tobacco provides renewed presence
Absent of tobacco e-cigarettes have been promoted as a possible aid in getting people to stop smoking
However MD Anderson cancer prevention experts Paul Cinciripini Ph d. director of the Tobacco Treatment Program and Alexander Prokhorov M d. Ph d. head of the Tobacco Outreach Education
and if looked at as a harmless alternative to cigarettes could potentially lead to a new generation of smokers more likely to become tobacco dependent.
#¢Switching from tobacco to e-cigarettes could help smokers avoid approximately 6000 chemicals some of which are human carcinogens.
Unbiased studies free from the ethical and legal challenges of'Big Tobacco'-sponsored trials are needed.#¢
E-cigarettes are a novel way to introduce tobacco smoking to young people and their potential'gateway'role should be a concern for parents
Once a young person gets acquainted with nicotine it's more likely that they'll try other tobacco products.
E-cigarettes are a promising growth area for the tobacco companies allowing them to diversify their addictive and lethal products with a so-called safe cigarette says Prokhorov.
and Tobacco Free Teens a smartphone app--both are new approaches to keeping young people free from the grips of nicotine addiction.
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