May 20, 2012
SUNDAY, May 20 (HealthDay News) — Parents who smoke may put their children at greater risk for bladder irritation, according to a small new study.
Young children between the ages of 4 and 10 were at particular risk from exposure to secondhand smoke.
Bladder irritation involves the urge to urinate, urinating more frequently and incontinence. The study revealed that exposure to secondhand smoke is linked to more severe symptoms of bladder irritation: The more exposure the children had, the worse their symptoms became.
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May 17, 2012
THURSDAY, May 17 (HealthDay News) — Smoking rates among American teens and young adults fell between 2004 and 2010, but too many of them still light up, a new federal government report reveals.
The rate of current cigarette use among U.S. teens decreased from nearly 12 percent in 2004 to about 8 percent in 2010, and dropped from nearly 40 percent to about 34 percent among young adults, according to the analysis from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration’s National Survey on Drug Use and Health released Thursday.
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May 14, 2012
MONDAY, May 14 (HealthDay News) — For nonsmokers, exposure to low levels of secondhand smoke for just 30 minutes can cause significant damage to the lining of their blood vessels, the results of a new study indicate.
The findings could have major public health implications because this type of damage has been associated with atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries), which can lead to heart attack or stroke.
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May 10, 2012
THURSDAY, May 10 (HealthDay News) — Too many American women still smoke during their pregnancies, a new report finds, and rates of such smoking vary widely depending on race.
Researchers found that almost 22 percent of pregnant white women aged 15 to 44 smoked cigarettes within the previous 30 days, compared with just over 14 percent of pregnant black women and 6.5 percent of Hispanic women in the same age range.
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May 4, 2012
By Jenifer Goodwin
HealthDay Reporter
FRIDAY, May 4 (HealthDay News) — If a woman smokes during pregnancy, it may increase her child’s risk of high-functioning autism, a new study suggests.
But the raised risk was slight, experts said. And researchers found no association between maternal smoking and more severe forms of autism.
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May 3, 2012
THURSDAY, May 3 (HealthDay News) — Women smokers with certain gene variants are at increased risk for menopausal hot flashes compared to smokers without these genetic differences, a new study says.
An analysis of data from nearly 300 late reproductive-age women who were followed for 11 years showed that smokers with specific variations (single nucleotide polymorphisms) in genes that affect metabolism are more likely to have hot flashes than smokers without these gene variants.
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April 26, 2012
THURSDAY, April 26 (HealthDay News) — While anti-tobacco TV ads help reduce adult smoking, some ads work better than others, a new study says.
Researchers compared adults’ smoking behaviors and their exposure to anti-tobacco TV ads in the top 75 U.S. media markets from 1999 to 2007. The ads were sponsored by states, private foundations, drug companies that were marketing smoking-cessation products and the tobacco industry.
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April 18, 2012
WEDNESDAY, April 18 (HealthDay News) — More young cigarette smokers may also be lighting up joints than was previously thought, a new study finds.
In a survey of young adults aged 18 to 25, more than half said they also use marijuana. Researchers from the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), say that’s a big increase from the 35 percent of young adults that, in prior research, had admitted to using both marijuana and tobacco within the past month.
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March 30, 2012
By Carina Storrs
HealthDay Reporter
FRIDAY, March 30 (HealthDay News) — Dietary factors and cigarette smoking may alter the course of disease in patients with a milder form of multiple sclerosis, a new study finds.
Out of nearly 900 patients with what is called “relapsing onset” multiple sclerosis (MS), those who regularly consumed alcohol, caffeine and fish were less likely to progress to the point that they needed help walking, which is considered a milestone in the course of the disease. In contrast, cigarette smoking was associated with an increased risk of becoming disabled.
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March 30, 2012
By Denise Mann
HealthDay Reporter
FRIDAY, March 30 (HealthDay News) –The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Friday that it will require the tobacco industry to report on a range of toxic chemical ingredients, and to also back up any claims for “safer” tobacco products.
Both actions are preliminary at this point, and subject to a period of public comment.
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