New Tobacco Research Finds Minnesota's Latino Population Smoking Significantly Less than General Population.
While Latina women's rate low, men and young adult rates high, requiring continued need for culturally appropriate approaches to tobacco cessation ST. PAUL, Minn., Dec. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Results from the first quantitative study measuring tobacco use in Minnesota's Latino communities were released today by Comunidades Latinas...

Preliminary examination of first year female university students: smoking practices and beliefs in a city with no-smoking legislation.
Young adults between the ages of 20 to 24 are reported to have the highest smoking rates of any other age group. A questionnaire was used to assess the smoking practices and beliefs of 323 female university students. All participants were first year students entering university in a city...

Tobacco regulation, mental health parity back on Congress' agenda.
Public health issues that have found themselves waiting in the wings in Congress in recent years--such as tobacco regulation, mental health parity and food safety regulation--are once again back in the spotlight. Legislators have taken up a flurry of bills aimed at improving the nation's health in...

Most Americans Consider Smoking Very Harmful; Majority blame smokers, rather than tobacco companies, for smokers' health problems.
Byline: Lymari Morales Synopsis: Most Americans would likely agree in principle with efforts by multibillionaires Bill Gates and Michael Bloomberg to reduce smoking worldwide, as 82% consider smoking very harmful. WASHINGTON, D.C. -- As multibillionaires Bill Gates and Michael Bloomberg team up to reduce smoking...

Training for western tobacco traders.
The Greater Western Area Health Service is urging the region's tobacco retailers to properly train staff who sell tobacco products. GWAHS population health area manager Dr Tony Brown said that with tobacco killing one in two smokers, tobacco trading carries a great deal of responsibility. Retailers and...

Nicotine's new appeal: mimicking the addictive compound's action in the brain could lead to new drugs for Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and schizophrenia.
First, let's clear the air: Nicotine invites addiction, and it employs a delivery device that's been killing people for centuries. But let's also be honest: Nicotine has some attractive qualities. Smokers use it to calm jitters or perk themselves up. It's a common (if ill-advised) tool for weight control....

University of Minnesota Study Discusses What Hurts Grades.
ENTERTAINMENT CLOSE-UP-22 October 2008-University of Minnesota Study Discusses What Hurts Grades(C)2008 - CloseUpMedia - newsdesk@closeupmedia.com Lack of sleep, excessive television/computer screen time, stress, gambling, alcohol and tobacco use and other health-related issues are taking a toll on college students' academic performance, according to a study released by...

Tobacco control policy analysis in China; economics and health.
9789812706072 Tobacco control policy analysis in China; economics and health. Ed. by Teh-Wei Hu. World Scientific 2008 328 pages $65.00 Hardcover Series on contemporary China; v.12 HV5770 Hu (U....

Are light and ultra-light cigarettes safer: perceptions of college students.
The reported study investigates college students' perceptions of light compared to regular and ultra-light compared to light cigarettes, and whether perceptions vary by smoking status (nonsmoker, former smoker, social smoker, or regular smoker) and gender. A survey of 172 college students found that all four smoking status groups perceived...

Guideline urges U.S. clinicians to use more anti-smoking tools.
An updated clinical practice guideline on treating tobacco use and prevention identifies new counseling and medication treatments that can effectively help people quit smoking. Released by the U.S. Public Health Service in May, the guideline was developed by a 24-member, private-sector panel of leading national tobacco experts...