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		<title>Non-Smoking Hotel Rooms Aren&#8217;t a Guarantee of a Smoke-Free Stay</title>
		<link>http://healthland.time.com/2013/05/15/non-smoking-hotel-rooms-still-exposes-occupants-to-smoke/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 11:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandra Sifferlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just because you choose the non-smoking hotel room doesn&#8217;t mean you&#8217;re completely protecting yourself from exposure. A new study published in the journal, Tobacco Control, found hotels that only maintain a partial smoking ban still expose their occupants to cigarette smoke, and that compared to hotels with full smoking bans, nicotine levels on hotel room surfaces are two times higher. The researchers studied the air quality and nicotine residue on the surfaces of smoking and non-smoking rooms in 30 hotels with partial smoking bans and 10 hotels with total smoking bans in California. They also took urine and finger swipe samples from non-smoking participants who spent the night in the hotels to assess their  exposure to nicotine. (MORE: Secondhand Smoke is More Damaging For Teen Girls Than Boys) Not surprisingly, levels of nicotine in the air were much higher in smoking than in non-smoking rooms, but levels in non-smoking rooms in hotels with partial bans were still 40% higher than in hotels with complete bans. The non-smokers who stayed in hotels with partial bans also had higher levels of nicotine and tobacco byproducts such as cotinine in their urine and finger residue samples. Rooms that previously housed smokers retained a legacy of nicotine and other potential cancer-causing compounds, known as third hand exposure, that were up to 35 times higher than levels found in hotels that enforced a complete ban on smoking. The researchers suggest that non-smokers choose hotels that have full smoking bans, in order to truly reduce their exposure. As USA Today reports, the Americans for Nonsmokers&#8217; Rights Foundation says that many large hotel chains like Marriott, Westin and Comfort Inn, are becoming smoke-free, and by law, hotels must be smoke-free in four states and 71 cities and counties in the U.S.. (MORE: The Major Toll of Secondhand Smoke) Second hand smoke can pose serious risks to health, according to recent studies. Non-smokers who are exposed to cigarette smoke at work or at home can increase their heart disease risk by 25-30%. And data from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) linked secondhand smoke<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=healthland.time.com&#038;blog=8684427&#038;post=86596&#038;subd=timewellness&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Secondhand Smoke is More Damaging For Teen Girls Than Boys</title>
		<link>http://healthland.time.com/2013/05/01/secondhand-smoke-is-more-damaging-for-teen-girls-than-boys/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 09:45:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandra Sifferlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even non-smokers can experience health hazards from cigarette smoke, and the latest study suggests the dangers may depend on your gender. About 46,000 non-smokers in the U.S. die from heart disease and 3,400 are claimed by lung cancer each year, according to the American Cancer Society. The most likely culprit? Second hand smoke, which studies have linked to increased risk of dementia, high blood pressure, and genetic changes. Now, scientists  report in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology &#38; Metabolism (JCEM) that teen girls may be particularly vulnerable to the effects of such passive exposure. The researchers from the University of Western Australia studied a cohort of 1,057 teens born between 1989 and 1992, and collected information on smoking in the children&#8217;s homes from the time their mothers were pregnant to the time the kids were 17. The researchers also collected blood samples to measure the teens&#8217; cholesterol levels at the end of the trial. Over the study period, 48% of the children were exposed to secondhand smoke in their home. (MORE: The Major Toll of Secondhand Smoke) When the scientists compared these cholesterol readings to the adolescents&#8217; smoking exposure, they discovered that teenage girls who grew up in homes where smoking was present were more likely to have lower levels of good HDL cholesterol, which helps to protect against heart disease by clearing cholesterol from the blood. &#8220;Assuming causality in these relationships, there are strong public health implications concerning the need to avoid children, particularly girls, being exposed to passive smoking in the household,&#8221; the authors write. (MORE: Largest-Ever Survey on Global Tobacco Use Issues Dire Warnings) Why would girls be especially at risk? The study wasn&#8217;t designed to determine what made passive smoke exposure more hazardous for girls over boys, but the researchers do not believe hormones made a difference, since the vast majority of the participants were past puberty. Cigarette smoke may pose particular problems for women&#8217;s hearts, however, since previous research showed that smoking leads to a 25% higher risk of heart disease risk among women compared to men. The findings are enough<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=healthland.time.com&#038;blog=8684427&#038;post=85853&#038;subd=timewellness&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Vitamin E May Boost Return to Healthy Hearts in Former Smokers</title>
		<link>http://healthland.time.com/2013/04/25/how-vitamin-e-may-spur-better-heart-health-in-smokers-who-quit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:08:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandra Sifferlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Smoking can harm the heart, and while quitting is the most powerful way to avoid heart disease, taking vitamin E after putting out the cigarettes may speed the process along. Studies show that it can take a decade or more after smokers stop lighting up for their hearts to resemble those of non smokers. That&#8217;s how long it takes for some of the damage due to inflammation to subside, and to return blood vessels back to their elastic, flexible selves so they&#8217;re no longer contributing to an increased risk of heart problems. So in an effort to find ways to accelerate the process, researchers from Ohio State University focused on vitamin E, since it works as an antioxidant to combat damage &#8212; to tissues like blood vessels &#8212; caused by free radicals. &#8220;Vitamin E is regarded as a very effective antioxidant that protects against damage to fats in the body. Smokers are well-known to have oxidation of those fats in the body and based on prior studies, vitamin E has been touted as a nutrient that can help mitigate that damage,&#8221; says Richard Bruno, an associate professor of human nutrition at Ohio State University and senior author of the study. Bruno and his colleagues recruited 30 smokers in their 20s who smoked at least a pack a day of cigarettes for a year. All the smokers quit for one week, and 16 of the participants received 500 mg a day of a vitamin E supplement called gamma tocopherol. At the start and at the end of the study, the researchers measured the participants&#8217; blood for signs of inflammation. They also measured the participants&#8217; vascular function &#8212; the blood vessels&#8217; ability to dilate &#8212; by taking ultrasound images of an upper arm artery before and after circulation was temporarily stopped. (MORE: Walking Cure: Strolls Can Help Teen Smokers to Quit) Vitamin E comes in eight naturally-occurring forms, but the investigators chose to measure gamma tocopherol because it is the most common form of E in the American diet, found in soybeans, canola oil, pistachios, pecans, cashews and peanuts. &#8220;We used the<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=healthland.time.com&#038;blog=8684427&#038;post=85239&#038;subd=timewellness&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>NYC Proposing Raising The Age To Buy Cigarettes To 21</title>
		<link>http://healthland.time.com/2013/04/23/nyc-proposing-raising-the-age-to-buy-cigarettes-to-21/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 17:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>AP / Jennifer Peltz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After years of striving to set a national agenda for curbing smoking, New York City may set a new bar by becoming the most populous place in America to raise the minimum age for buying cigarettes to 21. A new proposal would increase the threshold from 18, a federal minimum that is the standard in many places. Four states and some communities have raised the age to 19, and at least two towns have agreed to raise it to 21. But a change in New York would put the issue in a big-city spotlight, as the city did by helping to impose the highest cigarette taxes in the country, barring smoking at parks and on beaches and conducting sometimes graphic advertising campaigns about the hazards of smoking. Another proposal, floated last month, would keep cigarettes out of sight in stores. City officials and public health advocates have praised the city&#8217;s aggressive stance on smoking as helping people live better, while smokers and cigarette sellers have at least initially complained that various restrictions were nannyish and bad for business &#8211; a debate that may well be reprised over the age limit. (MORE: Walking Cure: Strolls Can Help Teen Smokers to Quit) The measure aims to stop young people from developing a habit that remains the leading preventable cause of death, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn said as she announced the plan Monday. Eighty percent of the city&#8217;s adult smokers started lighting up before they were 21, officials say. &#8220;Our responsibility today is to do everything we can to reduce,&#8221; the number of young people who start smoking, Quinn said. But a spokesman for the National Association of Convenience Stores suggested the measure would simply drive younger smokers to neighboring communities or corner-store cigarette sellers instead of city stores. Smoker Audrey Silk said people considered old enough to vote and serve in the military should be allowed to decide whether to use cigarettes. &#8220;Intolerance for anyone smoking is the anti-smokers&#8217; excuse to reduce adults to the status of children,&#8221; said Silk, who<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=healthland.time.com&#038;blog=8684427&#038;post=85154&#038;subd=timewellness&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Walking Cure: Strolls Can Help Teen Smokers to Quit</title>
		<link>http://healthland.time.com/2013/04/09/walking-cure-strolls-can-help-teen-smokers-to-quit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 12:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandra Sifferlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is the buzz from exercise enough to compensate for nicotine hits from cigarettes? Researchers studying new smoking cessation methods among teens report that yes, physical activity may actually have an effect on smoking rates. The scientists, from George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS) report that teen smokers who upped the number of days they exercised for 20 minutes didn&#8217;t not light up as much as teens who weren&#8217;t as active. In fact, some teens who participated in both smoking cessation and fitness programs were able to kick their habit for good. The study involved 233 teen smokers attending 19 high schools in West Virginia, which has one of the highest teen smoking rates and one of the lowest physical activity rates in the U.S. On average, the participants in the study smoked a pack  of cigarettes a day. (MORE: Exercise Helps Young Smokers Quit) The high schoolers were split into three groups. One group enrolled in an anti-smoking program paired with a fitness component. Another group went through just the anti-smoking program and another group only listened to an anti-smoking lecture. Although the researchers found that all of the groups reported exercising more to some degree, the teens who reported increasing the number of days they were physically active for 20 minutes or more &#8212; by taking, for example, a moderately long walk &#8212; significantly cut back on their smoking. &#8220;We don&#8217;t fully understand the clinical relevance of ramping up daily activity to 20 or 30 minutes a day with these teens. But we do know that even modest improvements in exercise may have health benefits. Our study supports the idea that encouraging one healthy behavior can serve to promote another, and it shows that teens, often viewed as resistant to behavior change, can tackle two health behaviors at once,&#8221; said lead study author Kimberly Horn, an associate dean of research at SPHHS in a statement. In a previous, but similar study, Horn found that teens who exercised were more likely to quit, and boys had better<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=healthland.time.com&#038;blog=8684427&#038;post=84181&#038;subd=timewellness&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tobacco Company Reports Early Success With Better-for-You Cigarettes</title>
		<link>http://healthland.time.com/2013/03/26/researchers-report-early-success-with-better-for-you-cigarettes/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Mar 2013 19:00:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandra Sifferlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aside from not lighting up at all, cigarettes developed to reduce a smoker&#8217;s exposure to tobacco&#8217;s toxins may be the best way to reduce health risks from smoking. Smoking continues to be one of the leading causes of preventable disease and death in the U.S., and smokers on average die 13 to 14 years earlier than nonsmokers. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 69% of smokers want to quit for good, but the addictive effects of nicotine make that a challenge. Which is why researchers have been focused on creating alternative cigarettes that can reduce a smoker&#8217;s exposure to some of the most toxic compounds in tobacco and cigarette smoke, in an effort to reduce the health costs associated with smoking. Over the past decade, options like e-cigarettes, which deliver lower doses of nicotine, are entering the market as a way to help smokers to quit or reduce how much they smoke. And with increasing pressure from the public-health sector to lower smoking rates, even cigarette makers are starting to develop alternatives that would keep sales of the products at profitable levels. Scientists from the research-and-development branch of British American Tobacco (BAT), which oversees more than 200 smoking brands, for example, have created prototypes of cigarettes that reduce exposure to some — but not all — toxicants in smoke. The researchers then tested their cigarettes on 300 healthy adults and found the products lowered the smokers&#8217; exposure to the dangerous toxins. (MORE: Colorful Way Tobacco Industry May Be Skirting Labeling Rules) The researchers created three different sample cigarettes using different toxin-reducing technologies. They explain the process: The prototype cigarettes incorporate several toxicant-reducing technologies: two related to the tobacco and two in the filter. A tobacco-processing technique employs an enzyme to remove proteins and polyphenols that become toxicants when burned. An inert tobacco substitute containing calcium carbonate and glycerol was also added, which dilutes the smoke. The filter technologies include a resin that filters out aldehydes produced as a result of burning sugars in the tobacco and a novel activated carbon with<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=healthland.time.com&#038;blog=8684427&#038;post=82994&#038;subd=timewellness&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Colorful Way Tobacco Industry May Be Skirting Labeling Rules</title>
		<link>http://healthland.time.com/2013/03/15/colorful-way-tobacco-industry-may-be-skirting-labeling-rules/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 16:36:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandra Sifferlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Words like &#8220;light&#8221; and &#8220;mild&#8221; can&#8217;t be used on cigarette packages, but colors can. In 2010, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) banned the tobacco industry from using descriptors like &#8220;light,&#8221; &#8220;low&#8221; or  &#8220;mild&#8221; to label or advertise cigarettes, noting that &#8220;Congress found that many smokers mistakenly believe that cigarettes marketed with these descriptors cause fewer health problems than other cigarettes, and that those mistaken beliefs can reduce the motivation to quit smoking.&#8221; But researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) say that smokers can still easily identify their pack of choice based on a color-coding system the tobacco industry substituted for the word descriptors on cigarette packs after the ban. &#8220;If you read the law, it would be hard to say you didn&#8217;t break it,&#8221; says study co-author Gregory Connolly of the new packaging of cigarettes. Connolly, a professor of the Practice of Public Health at HSPH and director for the Center for Global Tobacco Control and his colleagues published their findings online in journal Tobacco Control and will present their results at the annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco. In a 2006, federal court ruling, the tobacco industry was prohibited from using descriptions to promote &#8220;light&#8221; cigarettes as healthier. The court found that many smokers died because they switched to lights, under the impression it was better for their health based on industry claims that holes allowed more air to mix with the smoke, diluting the concentration of potentially harmful compounds that smokers inhaled. That ruling was bolstered by the 2009 passage of the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, which gave the FDA control over tobacco products. (MORE: Cigarette Smokers Switch to Cigars and Pipes to Save Money) To document whether the ban on using descriptors was leading to the changes Congress and the FDA intended, the HSPH researchers looked at manufacturer research manuals and annual reports from tobacco company Philip Morris submitted to the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, as well as a nationally representative public opinion survey and market-wide cigarette sales<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=healthland.time.com&#038;blog=8684427&#038;post=82331&#038;subd=timewellness&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Remembering Dr. C. Everett Koop, America&#8217;s Doctor</title>
		<link>http://healthland.time.com/2013/02/27/remembering-dr-c-everett-koop-americas-doctor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2013 13:00:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alice Park</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At his 95th birthday last year, former surgeon general Dr. C. Everett Koop was confined to a wheelchair and couldn’t speak. But John Seffrin, chief executive officer of the American Cancer Society, and a long-time friend, spoke at the occasion and managed to get a wink and a smile from America’s doctor. “It was a special moment, and the way I will always remember him,” Seffrin said in a statement. Koop, 96, passed away at his home in New Hampshire on Feb. 25. (MORE: CDC Launches a Graphic New Anti-Smoking Campaign) With his trademark beard and no-nonsense demeanor, Koop, who was a native of Brooklyn, New York, liked to play the part he was assigned, often appearing in public in the traditional vice admiral’s uniform of the Public Health Service that came with the position of Surgeon General. He was a pediatric surgeon at the Children’s Hospital in Philadelphia for 35 years, and when he was promoted to the nation&#8217;s physician in 1982 by President Ronald Reagan, it would become the first public office he ever held. Koop took a relatively obscure position in the government and over his seven-year tenure infused it with a responsibility and obligation to improve public health that his successors still strive to meet. “While he was Surgeon General, he was America’s doctor,” says Paul Billings, senior vice president for advocacy and education for the American Lung Association. “He recognized he was a highly visible spokesperson, and he was the personification of what the Surgeon General can and should be.” Understanding the power of the media, Koop became a familiar figure to Americans, and adeptly bypassed the bureaucracy and political reluctance to oppose the tobacco industry and took his anti-smoking campaign directly to the American people. His goal was nothing less than a smoke-free America by 2000, and while he wasn’t entirely successful, his ground-breaking Surgeon General’s report on the dangers of smoking, published in 1986, was among the first to alert people to the hazards of second-hand smoke. When the took office in 1982,<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=healthland.time.com&#038;blog=8684427&#038;post=81117&#038;subd=timewellness&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Should Mentally Ill Patients Be Allowed to Smoke?</title>
		<link>http://healthland.time.com/2013/02/08/should-mentally-ill-patients-be-allowed-to-smoke/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 13:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maia Szalavitz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Quitting smoking is hard enough on its own, but studies show the challenge is even greater if you suffer from a mental illness — which is why many treatment facilities still allow patients to smoke, even encouraging the habit by using cigarettes as a reward for complying with tests or therapies. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), around 31% of cigarettes in the U.S. are smoked by people with mental illness. And the New York Times details the long-standing tradition of smoking in mental health facilities, along with the growing controversy triggered by administrators&#8217; attempts to now change course and ban cigarettes. MORE: My Brain Made Me Do It: Psychopaths and Free Will People with mental illness are 70% more likely to smoke than those who are not mentally ill— and at least 50% less likely to quit successfully. This includes people with depression and anxiety disorders as well as those with schizophrenia and bipolar disorder.  The more disabling the mental illness is, the higher the smoking rates are, with about 88% of people with schizophrenia being regular smokers. Those who run psychiatric hospitals and other facilities for the mentally ill are familiar with the high rate of lighting up among their patients, and there is even evidence explaining why smoking is so appealing to those with mental illness. Research shows that nicotine can have antidepressant and antipsychotic effects— and advocates for the mentally ill also maintained that it would be cruel to deprive patients of one of the few pleasures they enjoyed while hospitalized. MORE: Study: Shaky Mental Health Linked to Higher Death Risk So despite the known health hazards of smoking, including the risk of heart disease, stroke and lung cancer, administrators accepted the habit as a necessary evil, often turning a blind eye to health risks in favor of the more immediate benefit of having patients comply with treatments. The Times reports: Dr. Thomas R. Frieden, director of the CDC, said hospitals had historically resisted going smoke-free, fearing it would interfere with treatment.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=healthland.time.com&#038;blog=8684427&#038;post=79790&#038;subd=timewellness&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>When It Comes to Longevity, It&#8217;s Not Years But Microlives that May Count</title>
		<link>http://healthland.time.com/2012/12/17/when-it-comes-to-longevity-its-not-years-but-microlives-that-may-count/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Dec 2012 23:50:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Olivia B. Waxman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aging]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We know that overindulging in our favorite foods isn&#8217;t good for our health, but researchers propose a new way of quantifying just how harmful those treats can be. Now that we&#8217;re in the midst of the holiday season, calorie-laden foods seem to be ubiquitous — sugary cookies, sweet candies and juicy hams dripping with honey. But in the holiday issue of the BMJ, researchers report that making a habit of overindulging in rich fare can take years off your life. In fact, the scientists calculated exactly how much our favorite foods can shorten our life span; eating red meat every day, for example, is linked to a loss of at least 30 minutes off of your life. (MORE: How to Live 100 Years) Dr. David Spiegelhalter, a statistician at the University of Cambridge and author of the study, says that it&#8217;s not the occasional indulgence but consistent over-eating of certain foods that can impact your longevity. But for most people, weighing the immediate gratification of eating a steak sizzling on a plate in front of you against a far-off loss of a year or two of your life in your 70s or 80s, almost always ends with people favoring the steak. So he decided to frame daily diet choices in the more immediate terms of adding or losing hours to your day. Calculating that the average life spans about 80 years, he divided that time up for adults 35 and older into nearly a million half hours, and assigned each 30 minute period to be 1 microlife. Each microlife is about one millionth of life expectancy after age 35. He then assessed how unhealthy eating habits would impact a person&#8217;s total microlives. Smoking, for example, eats up approximately 10 microlives for every 20 cigarettes smoked — or about 15 fewer minutes of life expectancy per cigarette. &#8220;Smoking 20 cigarettes a day (10 microlives) is as if you are rushing towards your death at 29 hours a day instead of 24,&#8221; he says. Averaged over a lifetime, the following habits are<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=healthland.time.com&#038;blog=8684427&#038;post=76360&#038;subd=timewellness&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Risk of Sudden Death High Even for Light Smokers</title>
		<link>http://healthland.time.com/2012/12/12/risk-of-sudden-death-high-even-for-light-smokers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2012 15:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Olivia B. Waxman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The latest research quantifies how much smoking contributes to sudden heart-related death and how quitting can potentially erase that risk. Smoking is a well-known risk factor for heart disease; lighting up can damage blood vessels with the buildup of dangerous plaque that can raise blood pressure and eventually rupture, triggering heart attacks. But how quickly does the harm occur? Researchers led by Dr. Roopinder Sandhu at the University of Alberta&#8217;s Mazankowski Heart Institute, in Canada, report in the journal Circulation: Arrhythmia and Electrophysiology that women who currently smoke are nearly two and a half times more likely to die from sudden cardiac death — a loss of heart function and the largest cause of natural death in the U.S. — than those who never smoked. (MORE: Flying over the Holidays? Secondhand Smoke Still Poses Health Risk at Some Airports) In most cases, those fatal heart attacks occur in people who do not have a history of heart disease or heart failure. In the study, Sandhu and his colleagues set out to document in more detail the relationship between the number of cigarettes smoked, the duration of smoking and the impact of quitting smoking on the risk of sudden cardiac death — particularly among women and patients without known heart disease. The researchers turned to the Nurses&#8217; Health Study, a 30-year survey of the health outcomes of 101,018 women ages 30 to 55. None of the women had documented heart disease at the start of the study, and they reported on whether they currently smoked or smoked in the past, and if they did, when they started lighting up. Current smokers also provided the number of cigarettes they smoked daily: 1 to 14 (which the researchers considered light to moderate smoking), 15 to 24 (which they labeled as moderate), or more than 25 (considered to be heavy smoking). Past smokers also reported the age at which they started smoking and the number of cigarettes they smoked before they quit. (MORE: Women Who Give Up Smoking Extend Lives by 10 Years) Even<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=healthland.time.com&#038;blog=8684427&#038;post=75871&#038;subd=timewellness&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Want to Cure a Hangover? Don&#8217;t Pick Up a Cigarette</title>
		<link>http://healthland.time.com/2012/12/05/want-to-cure-a-hangover-dont-pick-up-a-cigarette/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 15:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandra Sifferlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lighting up and drinking go hand in hand on a night of revelry, but smoking can make hangovers worse. That&#8217;s what researchers from Brown University found after studying a group of college students who had varying reactions to drinking episodes, with some suffering from unbearable hangovers complete with headaches, nausea and fatigue, while others coasted relatively pain-free after a night of drinking. About a quarter of people who drink heavily enough to trigger a hangover don&#8217;t seem to be affected by the morning-after payback. The scientists asked 113 college students to complete an online survey detailing their smoking and drinking habits as well as hangover symptoms over an eight week period. When students really indulged—consuming around five to six cans of beer in an hour—and also smoked during the same day, they were more likely to report nursing a hangover the following morning. The symptoms also worsened if they smoked that morning as well. (MORE: 5 Smartphone Apps That Promote Smoking) &#8220;Research indicates a loss of productivity in the workplace due to hangovers and that students report problems with academic performance due to hangovers, so there is a public health reason for us to study them,&#8221; says lead study author Damaris Rohsenow of the Center for Alcohol and Addiction Studies at Brown University. &#8220;One of the puzzles we’ve had is what predicts an insensitivity to hangover, and what predicts a severe hangover.&#8221; It&#8217;s not clear what connects smoking to worse hangover symptoms, but previous research suggests that nicotine receptors in the brain can also have an effect on our responses to alcohol, such as triggering the release of dopamine, a brain chemical responsible for the feelings of satisfaction drinking can generate. Another theory holds that nicotine may influence the release of cytokines, released when the brain experiences injury, causing inflammation that can lead to headaches and nausea. (MORE: And the World’s Top Smokers Are…) Together, smoking and heavy drinking can be a real pain. &#8220;This is another reason for people who drink heavily to quit smoking,&#8221; says Rohsenow. &#8220;It’s not just that the smoking will<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=healthland.time.com&#038;blog=8684427&#038;post=75381&#038;subd=timewellness&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Flying over the Holidays? Secondhand Smoke Still Poses Health Risk at Some Airports</title>
		<link>http://healthland.time.com/2012/11/21/flying-over-the-holidays-secondhand-smoke-still-poses-health-risk-at-some-airports/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Nov 2012 16:28:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Olivia B. Waxman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Airports with designated smoking areas can still expose nonsmoking travelers and employees to surprising levels of cigarette smoke. If airports haven&#8217;t gone completely smoke-free, they limit lighting up to designated areas such as ventilated smoking rooms or restaurants and bars sprinkled throughout the terminals. But according to a new study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), even those steps can expose passersby to unwanted secondhand smoke. Just outside those smoking areas, average air-pollution levels caused by secondhand smoke are five times higher than those at airports that have banned smoking indoors. (Researchers took air-quality measurements about 3 ft. adjacent to the smoking areas.) Inside the smoking zones, pollution levels soar to 23 times higher than levels at smoke-free airports. Based on these results, the CDC says that airports refusing to ban smoking in all indoor areas continue to endanger the health of passengers, not to mention the employees who are exposed on a more regular basis. Brian King, a co-author of the study and an epidemiologist with CDC’s office on smoking and health, said in a statement describing the survey: “People who spend time in, pass by, clean or work near these rooms are at risk of exposure to secondhand smoke.” Even brief exposure to secondhand smoke, a proven carcinogen, contains chemicals that can cause immediate changes and potential harm to human respiratory and cardiovascular systems, according to the Surgeon General. “Prohibiting smoking in all indoor areas is the only effective way to fully eliminate exposure to secondhand smoke,&#8221; Dr. Tim McAfee, director of CDC’s office on smoking and health, said in a news release. (MORE: The Major Toll of Secondhand Smoke) If you&#8217;re wondering whether you&#8217;ll be passing through one of the airports that still permits smoking, the report targeted five: Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, Washington Dulles International Airport, McCarran International Airport in Las Vegas, Denver International Airport and Salt Lake City International Airport. Last year, approximately 15% of U.S. air travel took place at these five airports combined. The smoke-free airports that served as a control<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=healthland.time.com&#038;blog=8684427&#038;post=74350&#038;subd=timewellness&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Study Shows More Than Half of All Americans Will Get Heart Disease</title>
		<link>http://healthland.time.com/2012/11/07/study-shows-more-than-half-of-all-americans-will-get-heart-disease/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 13:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Blue</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Heart disease is the leading killer of Americans, and the lifetime risk among healthy Americans remains dangerously high. Despite the plethora of data on what contributes to heart disease, no study has calculated the lifetime risk of the disease for the average adult. So Northwestern University cardiologist John Wilkins and his colleagues pooled data from five long-running studies of U.S. heart health, and used them to calculate disease risks at various ages, and for people with different combinations of risk factors. Together, the data cover tens of thousands of people who were monitored and followed up for cardiovascular events for various periods between 1964 and 2008. (MORE: Diagnosing Heart Disease, Faster) Previous studies have calculated heart disease risk over short time intervals of just a few years, or assessed  the lifetime risk of developing a single cardiovascular condition, such as congestive heart failure. The latest analysis considers the lifetime risk for all cardiovascular diseases, a category that includes coronary artery disease (whose symptoms are most often heart attack and angina) along with strokes, congestive heart failure, and more. And the results are sobering. At age 45, the lifetime heart disease risk is 60.3% for men and 55.6% for women, according to the researchers. That means that, on average, a 45-year-old man without heart disease can expect that he will develop the disease at some point in his life with 60.3% probability. Or, alternatively, that three out of five men without heart disease at age 45 will develop the condition at some point in their lives. Risks are higher for men than for women at all ages, according to the study, which was published in the Journal of the American Medical Association. (MORE: Gum Disease Doesn&#8217;t Cause Heart Disease After All) These lifetime risks are also strongly linked to known heart risk factors such as smoking, diabetes, high blood pressure, and high cholesterol. The greater the number of risk factors, the higher the probability that a person will eventually get heart disease. But even for people with none of the conditions<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=healthland.time.com&#038;blog=8684427&#038;post=73332&#038;subd=timewellness&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is Childhood ADHD a Gateway to Smoking in Adulthood?</title>
		<link>http://healthland.time.com/2012/10/31/is-childhood-adhd-a-gateway-to-smoking-in-adulthood/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 14:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandra Sifferlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Children diagnosed with attention hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are twice as likely to pick up smoking than youngsters without the disorder. A group of Canadian researchers lead by Dr. Ridha Joober of the Douglas Mental Health University Institute in Montreal looked at genetic markers among children with ADHD and found a variant previously implicated in increasing the risk for smoking behavior may also increase the risk for ADHD. According to the study, published on line in Archives of Disease in Childhood, this may explain why people who suffer from ADHD are also much more prone to become addicted to cigarettes. In addition, says Joober, &#8220;This may also explain why children with ADHD are more likely to be born to mothers who smoked during pregnancy. This genetic variant&#8211;and there are probably many others&#8211;increases the risk for smoking in mothers and the risk for ADHD in their children, suggesting that smoking during pregnancy and ADHD are, at least in part, due to these shared genetic determinants.&#8221; To identify the genetic factors at work, the researchers looked at five variations in DNA sequences&#8211;also called single nucleotide polymorphisms or SNPs&#8211;in different genes that influence different smoking behaviors, like the number of cigarettes a person smokes a day or the average age when smoking starts. The team collected DNA from 454 children aged 6 to 12 with confirmed ADHD. The researchers also assessed the children&#8217;s behavioral and emotional problems at home and at school through validated behavior tests. (MORE: ADHD: Why the Youngest Kids in a Class Are Most Likely to Be Diagnosed) To compare how the genetic variants were being passed on, the team also gathered DNA from the children&#8217;s parents and siblings. This also allowed the researchers to pinpoint which variants were most strongly associated with common mental and physical behaviors among the kids with ADHD. Mothers of the participants also reported whether or not they smoked during pregnancy so the researchers could see if the environmental influence of tobacco played a role. Of the 394 mothers who responded, 171 smoked during pregnancy and<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=healthland.time.com&#038;blog=8684427&#038;post=72790&#038;subd=timewellness&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Smoke-Free Laws Are Saving Lives</title>
		<link>http://healthland.time.com/2012/10/30/smoke-free-laws-are-saving-lives/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2012 10:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Blue</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can&#8217;t smoke in most restaurants and malls, and those laws may be responsible for saving thousands of lives. According to two separate studies, recent laws that limit smoking in public places are contributing to fewer tobacco-related hospital visits and deaths. In 2009 the Institute of Medicine concluded that smoking bans contributed to fewer heart problems in areas where the policies were implemented, but the panel was unable to determine how much benefit the laws provided. The new research provides some objective improvements in lower heart attack rates and adds to a growing body of evidence for the tangible health effects of stricter smoke-free laws across the USA and all around the world. Since 2000, more than half of U.S. states have enacted laws to restrict indoor smoking, and new smoke-free policies have taken hold in countries such as  Germany, Bhutan, and Vietnam. Although these regulations are relatively new, researchers are eager to document what effect they have on health; with strong data, public health experts hope that more smoke-free policies will be considered in countries where smoking-related deaths continue to cost nations in health and productivity. (MORE: Can Asia Kick the Habit?) For one of the two new studies, published in Archives of Internal Medicine, scientists at Minnesota&#8217;s Mayo Clinic  analyzed effects of smoke-free laws that were introduced in Olmstead County, MN, over the past ten years. Most of the county&#8217;s more than 144,000 residents receive health care from the Mayo Clinic, allowing the researchers to obtain consent to track heart-related health outcomes. In 2002, Olmstead County required restaurants to be smoke-free, and a few years later passed even stricter anti-smoking laws, mandating that all workplaces, including bars, become smoke-free in 2007. When they compared the 18-month period before the restaurant ban to the 18-month period directly afterward, the researchers found a per-capita drop of 33% in the number of heart attacks in the county, and a 17% drop in the number of sudden cardiac deaths. The decline occured at the same time that rates of hypertension, diabetes and<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=healthland.time.com&#038;blog=8684427&#038;post=72719&#038;subd=timewellness&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Women Who Give Up Smoking Extend Lives by 10 Years</title>
		<link>http://healthland.time.com/2012/10/29/women-who-give-up-smoking-extend-lives-by-10-years/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Oct 2012 10:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandra Sifferlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new study of over a million women reports smokers more than triple their risk of dying early compared with nonsmokers, and that kicking the habit can virtually eliminate this increased risk of premature death. Smoking remains the leading causes of preventable death in both the U.S. and the U.K. Lead study author Richard Peto, a professor at the University of Oxford in the U.K. and his colleagues conducted one of the largest studies looking at the hazards of smoking and the benefits of quitting among women born around the 1940s. These women were among the first generation of females to smoke regularly throughout their lifetimes, and tracking these women into the 21st century provided the most comprehensive look at the prolonged effects of smoking, as well as the benefits of quitting. (MORE: Largest Ever Survey on Global Tobacco Use Issues Dire Warnings) &#8220;Only in the 21st century could we observe directly the full effects of prolonged smoking, and of prolonged cessation, on premature mortality among women,&#8221; said Peto in a statement. Between 1996 and 2001, the researchers recruited 1.3 million female participants ages 50 to 65. The women filled out questionnaires detailing their lifestyles, medical status and sociodemographic factors. The researchers followed up and resurveyed the women three and eight years later. At the start of the study, published in the journal Lancet, 20% of the women were smokers, 28% were former smokers and 52% never smoked. Each of the women was registered in the U.K.&#8217;s national health system, so their deaths and cause of death were recorded. By 2011, 66,000 had passed away. The researchers found that women who smoked cigarettes throughout their adult years had three times a greater risk of dying compared with nonsmokers and women who quit well before middle age. They were much more likely to die of smoking-related causes like lung cancer, heart disease and stroke. Even light smokers who smoked one to nine cigarettes per day had two times the mortality rate of nonsmokers. (MORE: 5 Smartphone Apps That Promote Smoking) More encouraging, however, was the positive effect that quitting<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=healthland.time.com&#038;blog=8684427&#038;post=72582&#038;subd=timewellness&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Five Smartphone Apps That Promote Smoking</title>
		<link>http://healthland.time.com/2012/10/24/five-smart-phone-apps-that-promote-smoking/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 12:00:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Laura Blue</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Marketing cigarettes ain&#8217;t what it used to be. Gone are the days of Joe Camel billboards and T-shirts or caps branded with cigarette makers&#8217; logos. But Big Tobacco hasn&#8217;t given up on getting its message out. A 1999 settlement banned tobacco companies from advertising outdoors or at stadiums but there&#8217;s another grey zone where the definition of an ad remains fuzzy — smartphone apps. According to the latest research from Australia, apps are loosely regulated, sold worldwide, and increasingly popular—all appealing features for cigarette makers. They&#8217;re even open to kids. In their report, published in the journal Tobacco Control, researchers at the University of Sydney searched the Apple and Android app stores with keywords like &#8220;smoke,&#8221; &#8220;cigarette,&#8221; and &#8220;tobacco,&#8221; to see how many promotional apps they could find. They tallied up anything that looked to be pro-smoking — apps showing branded images or info about where to buy tobacco products — even if the product claimed to be an aid for quitting. The final count? More than 100 different mobile-phone applications that appear to promote smoking. (MORE: And the World’s Top Smokers Are&#8230;) It&#8217;s doubtful all the promos come straight from tobacco companies. The researchers, however, believe that some may. Speaking to Bloomberg earlier this week, author Nasser BinDhim said he finds it &#8220;suspicious&#8221; that smoking apps are typically released by developers who work under nicknames rather than business names, unlike in other industries. TIME selected five of the most creative pro-smoking apps described in the study, so you can judge for yourself: 1) myAshtray Most apps identified by the Sydney researchers were tools to simulate or mimic the act of smoking. In this one, users click on the screen to drop ash into the virtual ashtray. Although the app&#8217;s download page claims it can be used to help to quit smoking, BinDhim and colleagues felt the messages that users receive when they drop ash into the ashtray might actually encourage smoking behavior. One such message: &#8220;Would be even better with a beer in your hand!&#8221; The scientists also say<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=healthland.time.com&#038;blog=8684427&#038;post=72253&#038;subd=timewellness&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Major Toll of Secondhand Smoke</title>
		<link>http://healthland.time.com/2012/09/21/the-major-toll-of-secondhand-smoke/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2012 12:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandra Sifferlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Researchers calculate that secondhand smoke kills 42,000 Americans each year, including nearly 900 infants, resulting in 600,000 years of potential life lost and $6.6 billion in lost productivity<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=healthland.time.com&#038;blog=8684427&#038;post=69646&#038;subd=timewellness&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Largest-Ever Survey on Global Tobacco Use Issues Dire Warnings</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Aug 2012 12:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexandra Sifferlin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nearly half of all men and more than 1 in 10 women use tobacco in many developing countries, and women are starting to smoke at earlier ages, according to the largest survey to date on international tobacco use. If current trends continue, warns the World Health Organization (WHO), tobacco could kill a billion people around the world in this century. The authors of the new study say the numbers call for urgent changes in tobacco policy and regulation in developing nations. While tobacco use is declining in industrialized countries, it remains strong — or is even increasing — in low- and middle-income countries, a trend the authors attribute to powerful pro-tobacco forces worldwide. &#8220;Our data reflect industry efforts to promote tobacco use,&#8221; said lead study author Gary Giovino of the School of Public Health and Health Professions at the University at Buffalo in New York, in the statement. &#8220;These include marketing and mass media campaigns by companies that make smoking seem glamorous, especially for women. The industry&#8217;s marketing efforts also equate tobacco use with Western themes, such as freedom and gender equality.&#8221; (MORE: Teens and Tobacco Use: Why Declines in Youth Have Stalled) The study, the Global Adult Tobacco Survey (GATS), looked at smoking trends among people ages 15 and older from 16 countries, estimating that there are 852 million tobacco users in these countries. GATS targeted 14 low- and middle-income countries — Bangladesh, Brazil, China, Egypt, India, Mexico, the Philippines, Poland, Russia, Thailand, Turkey, Ukraine, Uruguay and Vietnam — and also included data from the United States and the United Kingdom for comparison. Nationally representative surveys were conducted during face-to-face interviews with 248,452 participants in the GATS countries in 2008-10. Data from the U.K. and the U.S. came from the U.K. General Lifestyle Survey and U.S. Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey, respectively, which had a total of 188,895 respondents. The researchers&#8217; extensive sampling was enough to estimate tobacco use among 3 billion people. Most tobacco users smoke cigarettes: 41% of men and 5% of women, but other popular forms of tobacco<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=healthland.time.com&#038;blog=8684427&#038;post=66710&#038;subd=timewellness&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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