U.S. falls short in anti-tobacco efforts: report
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The U.S. Congress and President George W. Bush have stymied efforts to tighten regulation of tobacco and discourage smoking and states have not spent nearly enough to battle cigarettes, the American Lung Association said on Thursday.
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Lessons on drugs have not worked and more must be done about smoking and alcohol, advisers say.
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Philip Morris, one of the world's leading tobacco manufacturers, was involved in research into the health effects of smoking 30 years ago but did not reveal data on the dangers of passive smoking, scientists said on Thursday.
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Only three states &#151; Maine, Delaware and Mississippi &#151; are spending money on anti-smoking efforts at the minimum levels recommended by federal health officials, a coalition of public health groups said Thursday.
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A government report highlights shortcomings in the Securities and Exchange Commissionâs efforts to battle insider trading and market manipulation.
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The great majority of smokers think they are well informed about the health risks of their habit, but many of them are wrong, a new U.S. survey suggests.
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NEW YORK  - The tobacco industry for many  years claimed that it was unaware of biological evidence that  smoking is harmful to health, but that was untrue according to  a medical journal report.
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The U.S. government's effort to cut the adult smoking rate to 12 percent or less by 2010 will fail unless most states increase funding for anti-tobacco programs, federal health officials said on Wednesday.
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NEW YORK  - Younger smokers trying to quit are less likely than older smokers to use effective strategies like patches or medication to help them kick the habit, a new study shows.
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The Food and Drug Administration should regulate tobacco and develop a plan to reduce nicotine levels in cigarettes, a new Institute of Medicine report urged Thursday.
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Federal health researchers on Wednesday  called on more U.S. airports to enforce smoking bans and said  the policy was being undermined by allowing smoking in  restaurants and bars.
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The United States is making progress toward the goal of reducing cigarette smoking and cleaning up indoor air, according to two reports published Wednesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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California health maintenance organizations continue to show improvements in quality but fall short in areas such as vaccinating adults with flu shots and persuading smokers to kick their cigarette habit.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is not prepared to take on tobacco regulation, although a Senate committee is pushing to give the agency that power, former commissioner Dr. Mark McClellan said on Tuesday.
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Lessons on drugs have not worked and more must be done about smoking and alcohol,  advisers say.
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The level of nicotine that smokers typically consume per cigarette has risen about 10 percent in the past six years, making it harder to quit and easier to get hooked, according to a new report released Tuesday by the Massachusetts Department of Health.
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Tobacco companies are spending more than ever to market cigarettes, but sales still are falling, according to a study released Friday.