Articles on Smoking

"Last year cigarettes killed 274,000 men. 
Now cigarette makers say they help lonely old widows."
Newsweek July 23, 2001 page 44B

• Smoking and Kids

• Women and Smoking

• Nicotine Therapy Benefits "hyped"

• Surgeon General Warns of Secondhand Smoke

• Is It Easier to Give Up Sex Than Cigarettes??

• Can Smoking Ruin Your Sex Life?

• The Oregon Statewide Tobacco Cessation Project

• Group Health Cooperative of Puget Sound Seattle, WA

• Cigarette Ingredients

• Smoking & Cancer Mortality Table

• Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence
• Side Effects of Other Stop Smoking Products

• Five Common Myths About Quitting Smoking

• You Can Quit Smoking

• Frequently Asked Questions about Quitting Smoking

• Smokers at Risk for Rheumatoid Arthritis
• Research: Smoking Affects Back Pain, Bone Health

• Health & Smoking

• New Public Health Service Guideline calls on Health Professionals to make treating Tobacco Depending a Top Priority

• Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence A Public Health Service Clinical Practice Guideline

• Smoking Costs Military Over $130 Million a Year
• Expanding Access to Smoking Cessation Programs
• Your Risk of Dying
• Statement by the President
• Tobacco Use in the United States
• Canadian Doctor Tells Smokers-Butt Out or Get Out
• Low Tobacco Prices Hurting Poor
• Chronology Significant Developments Related to Smoking and Health 1964-1996
• Achievements in Tobacco Cessation Case Studies
• Up In Smoke: The Truth About Tar and Nicotine Ratings
• Treating Tobacco Use and Dependence—A Systems Approach:  A Guide for Health Care Administrators, Insurers, Managed Care Organizations, and Purchasers
• Sizable Chunk of Smokers Have Mental Illness

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Smoking and Kids

Tobacco is Whacko!!! Don't You Think?

• Secondhand Smoke Lowers Vitamin C Levels in Children
• More Wash. Teens Smoking, Despite Warnings
• Tobacco Use Among Middle and High School Students
• Officials: Herbal Cigarette Makers Target Kids
• 6 Facts about Kids and Smoking
• Weight-Wary Girls Prone to Smoking
• Physical Facts about Teens Who Smoke
• Research: Tobacco Policies Affect Teen Smoking Rates
• Smoking, Dieting Linked among Teen Girls
• Study Says Tobacco Marketing Affects Kids
• Teen Smoking Could Be Factor in Cardiac Deaths
• Secondhand Smoke and Children
• Higher Incidence of Anxiety Found Among Teen Smokers New study sees link between habit, mental problems

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  Women and Smoking

• Breast Milk and Smoke
• Pregnant Smokers Increase Child's Risk of Infection
• Second-Hand Smoke Risky for Pre-Menopausal Women
• Health Consequence of Tobacco Use Among Women
• Women & Smoking 2001 Tobacco Use and Reproductive Outcomes
• Pattern of Tobacco Use Among Women and Girls
• Women Who Live with Smokers at Risk for Lung Cancer
• Women More Vulnerable to Smoking Risks
• Young Female Smokers More Likely to Try to Quit