Workplace smoking bans help smokers reduce intake, study finds
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TORONTO (CP) - Workplace smoking bans can help both non-smokers and smokers, a new study has found. Smokers whose workplaces are smoke-free consume on average five fewer cigarettes each day than those who
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Black Americans are less likely than whites to start smoking but they&#39;re also less likely to quit once they do start, says a study in the November issue of the American Journal of Public Health.
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Unions call on employers to ban smoking at work to help prevent up to 700 deaths a year from passive smoking.
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High levels of secondhand smoke on the job can double nonsmokers' risk of developing lung cancer, and those who inhale it at work long-term face a 50 percent higher risk, researchers said on Wednesday.
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Ban is lauded by health advocates, but critics see it as an attack on business owners, smokers.
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A ban on smoking in cafes and restaurants, and pubs that serve prepared food, is expected to head the list of policy initiatives in the Government&#39;s long awaited White Paper on Public Health.
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By Lyndsay Moss, PA Health Correspondent and Emily Pennink, PA. The Government will today announce a ban on smoking in all workplaces and anywhere serving food.
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Smoking is forbidden in nearly three out of four U.S. households, a dramatic increase from the 43 percent of homes that prohibited smoking a decade ago, the federal government reported Thursday.
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Smokers with coronary heart disease who suffer a heart attack or severe angina, rapidly benefit from kicking the smoking habit, German investigators report.
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Campaigners say a ban on smoking in public places could save more lives than new anti-cancer drugs.
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Italy's 2005 smoking ban has led to a sharp fall in heart attacks, researchers reported on Monday in a finding they said shows that such laws really do improve public health.
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NEW YORK  - Smokers with coronary heart  disease who suffer a heart attack or severe angina, rapidly  benefit from kicking the smoking habit, German investigators  report.
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The number of people admitted to hospital with heart attacks dropped 17 percent after smoking was banned in public places in Scotland in March 2006, authorities said Monday.
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NEW YORK  - Early signs of heart disease in young adult smokers may quickly dissipate soon after they kick the habit, a new study from Japan shows.
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A public smoking ban shows a significant impact on hospital admissions for heart attacks, research suggests.
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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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A movement to restrict smoking in apartments and condominiums is having some success.