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  <title><![CDATA[Combine Nicotine Patch, Lozenges to Quit Smoking, Researchers Say]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[A study comparing five pharmaceutical approaches to quitting smoking found that mixing nicotine patches and lozenges was the most effective, in part because it seemed to best duplicate the highs and lows of nicotine addiction faced by smokers.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Fri, 6 Nov 2009 08:16:00 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Smoking During Pregnancy May Predispose Kids to Behavioral Problems]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Women who smoked during pregnancy were more likely to report having children with behavioral problems, and researchers think the reason could be fetal brain damage.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Thu, 5 Nov 2009 15:21:47 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Company Designs Filter to Remove Some Cigarette Toxins]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[A Hong Kong biotech firm has designed a filter that removes some of the toxic chemicals from cigarette smoke but leaves the tobacco flavor intact.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Thu, 5 Nov 2009 14:48:19 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Address Drinking, Smoking to Raise Life Expectancy: WHO]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[About one in four premature deaths worldwide can be traced to five preventable health factors -- alcohol use, poor childhood nutrition, unsafe sex, bad sanitation and hygiene, and high blood pressure -- according to the World Health Organization (WHO).]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:16:34 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[U.K. Drug Czar Fired for Saying Illegal Drugs Less Harmful Than Alcohol, Cigarettes]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown has fired his drug czar after David Nutt said that LSD and ecstasy are less dangerous drugs than alcohol or tobacco.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:11:42 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Smoking May Hinder Arthritis Treatment ]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Several recent studies have found that smoking cigarettes may trigger rheumatoid arthritis (RA) or hinder the treatment of RA.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:01:23 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Researchers Probe Smokeless Tobacco's Relative Safety]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[The National Cancer Institute (NCI) and academic researchers are examining whether smokeless-tobacco products can potentially be viewed as a safer alternative to smoking.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Tue, 3 Nov 2009 21:58:59 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Light Smoking Impairs Arterial Health, Study Finds]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Young smokers suffer reduced cardiovascular function even if they smoke only a few cigarettes per day, according to research from Stella Daskalopoulou at the McGill University Health Center.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Mon, 2 Nov 2009 14:26:03 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Federal Government Pushes Development of Addiction Vaccines]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[The federal government wants to leverage interest and investment in vaccine development to get pharmaceutical companies to develop drugs that could "inoculate" people against addiction to cocaine, nicotine, and other substances.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Sun, 1 Nov 2009 19:35:52 EST</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Leading Health Reform Bill Allows Higher Premiums for Smokers, Not Other Drug Users]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Health insurers would be allowed to charge smokers higher rates under the Senate Finance Committee's healthcare reform bill, but no such provisions are in place for users of illicit drugs.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:23:23 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[New York May Try Collecting Cigarette Taxes from Native Americans]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[New York lawmakers are considering collecting unpaid taxes on cigarettes sold by Native American tribes to non-Indians as a way to help address the state’s budget deficit.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 16:51:00 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Utah Legislature Considers $2 Cigarette Tax]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[A Utah state Senator wants to raise the tobacco tax from 69.5 cents per pack to $2 per pack in order to help address a budget shortfall, and experts say a tax hike is likely to pass.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:30:00 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Canadian Governments Seek Huge Sums from Tobacco Industry]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Various liability claims by Canadian governments against tobacco companies could total nearly $200 billion.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Wed, 28 Oct 2009 16:18:00 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Judge to Rule on FDA Oversight of e-Cigarettes]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[A federal judge may soon decide whether the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has the authority to regulate electronic (e-) cigarettes as drug-delivery devices.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:12:40 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Mass. Court Clears Lawsuit Seeking Diagnostic Tests Paid by Tobacco Industry]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Tobacco companies can be sued by smokers seeking to compel the firms to pay for diagnostic screenings for possible lung cancer, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court has ruled.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 16:46:07 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Secondhand Smoke a Killer, Institute of Medicine Report Says]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[The report, requested by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), said there is no safe level of exposure to secondhand smoke, and that people with heart conditions could risk heart attacks with less than an hour's exposure to environmental tobacco smoke, which restricts blood vessels and increases clotting.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 17:26:17 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Encouraging Text Messages Help Smokers Quit]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Smokers who received daily text messages offering advice and encouragement as they attempted to quit smoking were twice as likely to succeed as others trying to quit, according to a new study conducted in New Zealand, Great Britain and Norway.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:15:44 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Cut Smoking to Prevent Stillbirths, Infant Deaths: Experts]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Poor women tend to have more stillborn babies and children who die in infancy, but a new study suggests that much of this apparent socioeconomic disparity could be addressed in part by getting low-income women to stop smoking during pregnancy.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 10:10:00 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Smoking Cessation Cuts Healthcare Costs, Study Says]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[The National Business Coalition on Health (NBCH) has cited smoking-prevention programs as one of the most cost-effective ways for employers to cut their healthcare costs.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:33:38 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[New Advice to Parents: Tell the Truth About Your Past Drug Use]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[The latest research from the Hazelden Foundation comes down firmly on the side of truthfulness when it comes to discussing drugs with kids. More than 90 percent of both parents and teens see parents as role models on drug-use issues, whether or not teens were aware of their parents past drug use. ]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 20:09:11 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[U.S. Does Poor Job Preventing Premature Deaths]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[The U.S. spends more per-capita on health care but lags behind most other industrialized nations when it comes to preventable deaths.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 21:00:00 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Flavored Cigarettes Banned North of Border, Too]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[The U.S. isn't the only North American country to ban fruit-flavored cigarettes: Canada also imposed a ban this week, and unlike the U.S. included small cigars on the prohibited list.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:42:17 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Clove Cigarettes: Dangerously Smooth]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[A chemical in cloves is responsible for numbing the throat and giving smokers the impression that these cigarettes are less harsh than others.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:43:05 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Study: More than 30 Million U.S. Workers Lighting Up]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[About 33.5 million full-time employees ages 18 to 64 reported smoking in the past month, with the highest rates of smoking found in the food-preparation and service-related industries, according to a new study.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 15:10:15 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Canadian Province Sues Tobacco Firms]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[The province of Ontario has filed a $50-billion lawsuit against a group of major tobacco companies, seeking to recoup the cost of treating tobacco-related illnesses among its residents.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:29:29 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Cigarette Companies Use Color to Convey 'Mild' Message]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[Federal law will soon bar cigarette companies from using terms like 'mild' and 'light' to describe their products, but marketers are using pastels and other soft color schemes on packaging to convey the same impression.]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Fri, 9 Oct 2009 08:54:30 EDT</pubDate> 
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  <title><![CDATA[Study: Secondhand Smoke May Cause Liver Disease]]></title> 
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  <description><![CDATA[A recent University of California at Riverside study found that secondhand smoke from tobacco can lead to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD), which can cause fat to accumulate in the liver of people even if they drink moderately or don’t drink alcohol at all. ]]></description> 

  <pubDate>Thu, 8 Oct 2009 20:34:07 EDT</pubDate> 
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