Nicotine Up Sharply In Many Cigarettes
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The amount of nicotine in most cigarettes rose an average of almost 10 percent from 1998 to 2004, with brands most popular with young people and minorities registering the biggest increases and highest nicotine content, according to a new study.
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Hong Kong smokers have been lighting up 12 million more cigarettes a month since the city imposed a public-smoking ban a year ago, a newspaper said on Wednesday.
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Several hot drugs are generating smoking returns.
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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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Nabi Biopharmaceuticals  on Tuesday said its NicVAX nicotine vaccine showed promising results in helping smokers quit smoking in a small clinical trial, sending its shares up 23 percent in premarket activity.
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NEW YORK  - Babies with at least one parent who smokes have five times as much cotinine, a nicotine byproduct, in their urine than infants whose parents are non-smokers, UK researchers report.
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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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A single molecule may be partly to blame for nicotine's addictive allure, a finding that researchers say could lead to potential therapies to help millions of smokers quit.
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A SCOTTISH scientist has discovered high levels of carcinogenic heavy metals in counterfeit cigarettes widely available throughout the UK.
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Philip Morris USA has raised prices on certain cigarette brands by 10 cents per pack, effectively matching an increase last month on its top brands such as Marlboro, tobacco industry analysts said.
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â¢ Health educators say it is a common myth that snuff is safer than cigarettes. (NLI/Chris Soltesz). ANDERSON, Ind. (NLI) - The Great American Smokeout on Thursday is encouraging tobacco users everywhere
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PEOPLE under 40 are five times more likely to have a heart attack if they smoke, according to a study published today. The reportâs authors said the findings, based on figures compiled on behalf of the World
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Researchers say mothers who smoke during or after pregnancy increase their babiesâ risk of developing colic. The new studies show nicotine may increase blood levels of a protein that affects digestion -- resulting
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BOSTON -- The level of nicotine found in U.S. cigarettes 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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Research published in the international medical journal Addiction showed that moderate exercise reduced the intensity of smokers' nicotine withdrawal symptoms
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Smokers in their 30s are five times more likely to have a heart attack than non-smokers, a study has found. Finnish researchers analysing a World Health Organisation study of non-fatal heart
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The cigarette and food producer raised its quarterly dividend by 6 cents to 86 cents a share, less than some analysts had expected.