Smokers, here’s a gift you can give your loved ones for Christmas: Quit smoking, and protect children and the rest of your family from dangerous tobacco smoke pollution (TSP). Clean indoor air can be a challenge to maintain during winter months. In frigid temperatures, fresh air barely enters our homes when doors are hastily opened and shut. And in winter, we spend more than 90 percent of our time indoors. Tobacco smoke pollution occurs ma ... Jump to full article >>

Attorneys for Wynn Las Vegas are seeking dismissal of a lawsuit claiming its casino workers are exposed to dangerous second-hand tobacco smoke. In court papers filed Friday, Wynn’s attorneys argued: The suit appears to be part of a union campaign involving Wynn casino dealers. Wynn is in compliance with the Nevada Clean Indoor Air Act, which specifically allows smoking in casinos. The lawsuit was filed Oct. 20 in federal court in Las Veg ... Jump to full article >>

Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) at work, mainly in the 1970s and 1980s, was associated with a 40% increased risk of developing asthma in young adults, according to new research presented today at The British Thoracic Society Annual Winter Meeting (Friday 4th December). The major study, conducted at Imperial College, London in collaboration with other universities and occupational experts used information on the job history of over ... Jump to full article >>

THERE must be something in the acronym ETS that makes leading climate change sceptic Nick Minchin see red. In the mid 1990s, the letters ETS stood for environmental tobacco smoke or passive smoking, as evidence around the world increasingly linked side-stream smoke to lung cancers in non-smokers and respiratory illnesses in children. Medical scientists and health professionals lobbied for tougher anti-smoking laws. They came to Canberra armed w ... Jump to full article >>

Children exposed prenatally to tobacco smoke and during childhood to lead face a particularly high risk for ADHD, according to research done at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. The study estimates that up to 35 percent of ADHD cases in children between the ages of 8 and 15 could be reduced by eliminating both of these environmental exposures. This could translate into up to 800,000 children “Tobacco and lead exposure ea ... Jump to full article >>

In Pennsylvania, it’s been more than a year since a smoking ban took effect in most businesses and public places and the law’s supporters welcome evidence that it will result in better health conditions. A major report, released by the Institute of Medicine last month, confirmed what health officials long have believed: Bans on smoking in restaurants, bars and other gathering spots reduce the risk of heart attacks among nonsmokers. & ... Jump to full article >>

Almost half of Victoria’s cigarette smokers still light up around children, despite an increase over the last decade in the number of homes that enforce a no-smoking policy. New research released today by the Cancer Council Victoria found significant improvement in the efforts of parents to keep tobacco smoke away from their kids. In 1998 just over half of surveyed households had home smoking bans, but in the latest survey just under three ... Jump to full article >>

A City-County Council committee tonight recommended 4-2 a proposal to ban smoking in almost all Marion County workplaces. The ordinance, which was introduced to the council earlier this month and has gotten support from leaders of the city’s hospitals, would strengthen an existing law prohibiting smoking in most restaurants and public spaces such as hotel lobbies. It would add to the prohibition currently exempted places such as bars, bowl ... Jump to full article >>

The onset of slavery in America can be directly linked to the beginning of tobacco production in this country. Though many factors contributed to slavery in the New World, tobacco was the main reason that slavery first flourished as an industry. By the mid-1600s the slave trade flourished with established routes connecting North America, Africa and the West Indies. Manufactured goods were traded for African Natives; the African Natives were tak ... Jump to full article >>

MedWire News: Maternal smoking during pregnancy is associated with poorer lung function among offspring in early adulthood, results of an Australian study show. Lead researcher M Hayatbakhsh (University of Queensland, Herston) and team explain that there is strong evidence to suggest that in utero exposure to maternal smoking results in childhood lung function deficits. However, they add: “There is uncertainty about whether this effect persist ... Jump to full article >>