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Cigarette Smoke Remodels Airways in COPD

03 August 2011

Cigarette smoke can directly alter lung tissue in ways that lead to permanent airway remodeling in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, Australian researchers reported.

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Smoke Exposure Linked to Learning Disorders

13 July 2011

An increased risk of neurobehavioral disorders among children should be added to the list of the adverse effects of secondhand smoke, according to the results of a nationwide telephone survey.

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MedPage Today News: Smoking Tied to Worse Prostate Ca Survival

24 June 2011

Men who are smokers when they receive a prostate cancer diagnosis have significantly worse survival and a greater risk of biochemical recurrence than neversmokers or those who had quit, researchers found.

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Keeping Your Hospital Property Smoke-Free

03 June 2011

The Henry Ford Health System, in conjunction with the Joint Commission, has released a how-to manual for healthcare organizations looking to sustain and enforce their smoke-free hospital property policies.

The 28-page manual, “Keeping Your Hospital Property Smoke-Free,” is the result of a four-year research project funded by the Flight Attendant Medical Research Institute and Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. The manual is available on the Joint Commission’s website.

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New Posters Available

19 May 2011


A set of 6 posters that address mental health and tobacco use are now available from the University of Wisconsin, Center for Tobacco Research and Intervention.

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