Smoking ads 'do not always work'
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Anti-smoking ads can have the opposite effect of what is intended and encourage the habit, a study says.
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The UK Government is unlikely to introduce a total ban on public smoking as health secretary John Reid attempts to encourage a more voluntary based approach.
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People who find it difficult to clear nicotine from their body may be more vulnerable to getting hooked on smoking.
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Ministers have sat on the results for months amid fears it will fuel calls for a ban on smoking in public places, claim campaigners.
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The Government has introduced strict new limits on the advertising of cigarettes and tobacco products in shops, pubs and clubs today.
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A shot that robs smokers of the nicotine buzz from cigarettes showed promise in midstage testing and may someday offer a radically new way to kick a dangerous habit. In a study, more than twice as many people given five of the shots stopped smoking than those given fewer or phony shots Â about 15 percent versus 6 percent after one year.
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The owners of racetracks with video slot machines say smoking bans have not cut into their popularity or profitability.
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Smokers may be at greater risk of HIV infection compared with non-smokers, research suggests.
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Chinese cigarette packs will have skulls, blackened teeth or diseased lungs printed on them in the latest effort to tackle smoking, but one expert said the images may actually attract younger people to take up the habit.
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A drug that blocks a cellular pathway involved in cravings could help people quit smoking and lose weight. That&#39;s the promise of experts who announced the results of a trial at the European Society of Cardiology&#39;s
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BANGKOK, Thailand - Cigarette packs in Thailand may soon carry more than the usual health warnings, with an edict admonishing the public not to give Buddhist monks a smoke.
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Tobacco companies tried to cast doubt on the link between smoking and cancer by funding projects that challenged the findings of a landmark study, scientists said on Friday.
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Smoking-related heart attacks are not just the preserve of the older tobacco addict, according to new World Health Organisation research.
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New controls on tobacco advertising came  into effect in Britain on Tuesday, the latest step in a  government campaign against smoking.
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UK government yesterday launched a Â£6m campaign to encourage more people to quit smoking in 2005. A series of five advertisements showing parents and children struggling to come to terms with terminal cancer
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A campaign is warning people about the hidden health risks of the growing number of fake cigarettes sold in the UK.
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A new study suggests that screening smokers and former smokers for lung cancer with CT scans does not save lives or prevent the disease to advance, and may lead to unneeded and harmful treatment.