School, Church Activities May Help Curb Youth Smoking
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WEDNESDAY, Aug. 29 (HealthDay News) -- School and church social activities may help reduce smoking among disadvantaged children, a new study reports.
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TUESDAY, Jan. 8 (HealthDay News) -- Young people who start smoking may be influenced to do so by movies they saw in early childhood, new research suggests.
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Fewer teenagers are smoking cigarettes or using illegal drugs, but a survey released Tuesday shows a troubling increase in the use of inhalants by younger adolescents.
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PARIS -- About a dozen history and political science students huddled against the blustery cold outside the main entrance to the Sorbonne university, the bastion of Left Bank intellectualism. The topic, as they puffed away: France's new law banning smoking in public places such as schools and...
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Preliminary findings suggest that outdoor secondhand smoke could constitute a health risk.
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Reversing the rapid rise in obesity among American children and youth will require a multipronged approach by schools, families, communities, industry, and government that would be as comprehensive and ambitious as national anti-smoking efforts, according
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A visit to church may be good for the soul but not so good for the lungs, a new study shows. Scientists from Maastricht University in The Netherlands found that burning candles and incense in church can release
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American Cancer Society - Medicare will soon begin paying for counseling to help people quit smoking, the US Department of Health and Human Services announced.
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NEW YORK  - First graders who misbehave in  school may be more likely to be regular smokers as young  adults, according to new study findings.
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By Kevin Graman, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash.  Feb. 6--Sarah Bradburn admits she's not that Internet savvy. Still, she thought it strange when she couldn't find information about teenage smoking on the computer at her public library in Republic, Wash.
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NEW YORK  - Counseling and self-help programs can help people with heart disease quit smoking, according to a review of published studies.
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NEW YORK  - Getting teenagers more active   in school life may lower the odds that they will smoke, drink,   use drugs or have sex, a new study suggests.
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About one-third of attention deficit cases among U.S. children may be linked with tobacco smoke before birth or to lead exposure afterward, according to provocative new research.
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Teenagers can get hooked on one cigarette, a doctor warns.
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consisting of a hospital and medical office building - will attempt to set an example for healthful living by barring smoking in the area, officials said.
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Rockford, Illinois- A local fraternity is pitching in to try to get people to stop smoking. Members of Phi Theta Kappa were offering free lollipops in exchange for a cigarette on Thursday as part of the Great American Smokeout.
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A church service may be good for the soul, but is it damaging your lungs? A Dutch study has found that burning candles and incense inside a poorly ventilated church can produce high levels of fine airborne particles (PM10s).