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From:Nursing Standard (Vol. 26, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedMPs have signed a parliamentary motion calling on the government to support a Diabetes UK campaign to ensure people with diabetes receive 15 vital health checks. The checks include getting blood pressure measured at...
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From:European Social PolicyPeer-ReviewedAs part of its ongoing battle against smoking in the EU, the European Commission adopted, on 30 June, a recommendation calling on all member states to enact legislation to protect their citizens from exposure to tobacco...
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From:Nursing Standard (Vol. 19, Issue 37) Peer-ReviewedThe Department of Health's scientific committee on tobacco and health concluded in 1998 that exposure to second-hand smoke causes lung cancer and heart disease in adult nonsmokers and a variety of conditions, including...
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From:Nursing Standard (Vol. 20, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedMentally ill people living in inpatient units should not be exempt from the ban on smoking in public places, MPs were told last week. Such an exemption would send a message that the physical health of people with mental...
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From:Nursing Standard (Vol. 20, Issue 46) Peer-ReviewedSmoking will be banned in short-stay psychiatric units under controversial government proposals described as an unworkable 'nightmare' by nurses. But care homes, hospices and long-stay psychiatric wards treating...
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From:Nursing Standard (Vol. 20, Issue 7) Peer-ReviewedHealth minister Shaun Woodward said it would apply from April 2007. 'Nurses in Northern Ireland are pleased that the minister has listened to the overwhelming majority of people here who expressed such decisive support...
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From:Southern Medical Journal (Vol. 97, Issue 7) Peer-ReviewedObjectives: Allen County, KY, is a rural county with a population of approximately 18,000. The county has a tobacco crop and is in a state in which tobacco interests are influential. The tobacco control program at the...
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From:Nursing Standard (Vol. 19, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedIt'll be the norm when I'm 64 Hey Jude--day trippers to the city of culture can now get a ticket to ride without breathing in other people's smoke. So for non-smokers it is getting better and it looks like it is...
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From:British Medical Journal (Vol. 327, Issue 7426) Peer-ReviewedThe leaders of 13 royal colleges of medicine wrote to the Times this week calling for a ban on smoking in public places, including restaurants, pubs, and all other workplaces....
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 9, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Carmen Jan 1, Marcos Lee 1, Reina Roa 2, Víctor Herrera 1, Michael Politis 1, Jorge Motta 1,* Introduction Smoking and secondhand smoke (SHS) have been identified as modifiable risk factors for acute...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 8, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): Constantine I. Vardavas 1,2,3,*, Israel Agaku 1, Evridiki Patelarou 2,3, Nektarios Anagnostopoulos 2, Chrysanthi Nakou 4, Vassiliki Dramba 5, Gianna Giourgouli 2, Paraskevi Argyropoulou 4, Antonis Antoniadis...
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From:Bulletin of the World Health Organization (Vol. 87, Issue 11) Peer-ReviewedTaxes on tobacco products generated income of around US$ 2.2 billion for the Brazilian government in 2008, but that doesn't mean the Brazilian government is going easy on the tobacco industry. For the past two...
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From:The American (Washington, DC) (Vol. 2, Issue 4)In recent years, state and local governments across America have passed I measures to outlaw smoking in bars. The public-health rationale is simple: to protect bar patrons and employees from exposure to secondhand...
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From:BioMed Research InternationalPeer-ReviewedA pseudo cohort study using national cross-sections (2001, 2004, 2007, and 2010) was conducted to examine differences in smoking prevalence under different smoking ban policies such as a complete workplace indoor...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 9, Issue 7) Peer-ReviewedBackground In 2008, the Portuguese smoke-free law came into effect including partial bans in the leisure-hospitality (LH) sector. The objective of the study is to assess the prevalence of smoking control policies...
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From:Annals of Thoracic Medicine (Vol. 5, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedByline: Mohamed. Al Moamary Tobacco consumption is an ongoing public and health problem worldwide. Tobacco is known to play a significant role in many diseases leading to either death or disability. This is not a...
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From:The Cato Journal (Vol. 26, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) believe that adequate funding of tobacco control programs by all 50 states would reduce the number of adults who smoke by promoting quitting, preventing young people...
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From:Tobacco Control (Vol. 12, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedObjective: Comprehensive tobacco control policies for US colleges and universities have been proposed by several groups in order to counter the rising use of tobacco by students enrolled in these institutions. Student...
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From:Journal of Property Management (Vol. 81, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedWHEN BEACON COMMUNITIES DECIDED TO CONVERT IT'S ENTIRE MANAGEMENT PORTFOLIO OF MORE THAN 70 PROPERTIES INTO SMOKE-FREE COMMUNITIES, THE GOAL WAS SIMILAR TO SETTING OUT TO CLIMB MOUNT EVEREST BUT BEACON WAS ABLE TO BREAK...
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From:British Medical Journal (Vol. 326, Issue 7393) Peer-ReviewedGeneral practitioners don't have all day to counsel well people about their lifestyles, organise screening tests, and discuss the latest research on vitamin supplements and drinking. But all day is exactly what they...