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Scoppe: Smoking costs SC $2.2 B a year as lawmakers ponder cut-rate cigarette tax
21 Feb 2026 10:28 GMT
… cigarettes but don't actually burn — entice children to start smoking … month, senators were parroting the “smoking cessation” idea and the risk-based … smoking cessation and harm reduction are not like all those other assurances cigarette …
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Quitting smoking for 10 years lowers risk of oral cancer by one-third: Study
20 Feb 2026 17:26 GMT
… cessation programmes must expand to target chewing tobacco, not just smoking … Among smoking products, 75 per cent used cigarettes and 40 … “Our analysis shows that cessation can reduce the odds … established over 675 tobacco cessation centres under the National …
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Smoking tied to increased fracture risk for older women
20 Feb 2026 16:59 GMT
… of physical function tests. Smoking habits were self-reported … , suggesting that stopping smoking is worthwhile for fracture … never smoked.
Benefits of smoking cessation
In sensitivity analysis, women … on the association between smoking and fractures.
“Slower …
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How Do Optometrists Approach Directed Questioning on Smoking Status in a Centrally Co-Ordinated, Publicly-Funded National Primary Care Eye Health Service?
20 Feb 2026 14:11 GMT
… GA, et al. Impact of cigarette smoking on the gastrointestinal tract inflammation … survey of optometrist-delivered smoking cessation behavioral support interventions. Nicotine Tob Res. 2019 …
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Tobacco taxes used for smoking prevention in Portugal
20 Feb 2026 13:03 GMT
… the implementation of active smoking prevention and control policies, … the decree, considering that smoking "continues to be … -based screening programs and smoking cessation consultations and programs to … who wish to quit smoking, and early diagnosis of …
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E-cigarettes pose health risks, warns France’s health watchdog
19 Feb 2026 14:17 GMT
… containing nicotine, the addictive substance found in cigarettes and some e-cigarettes, are … able to suggest [electronic cigarettes] as aids to smoking cessation”.
It had previously …
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Proposed Utah tobacco tax changes aim to deter kids' smoking, vaping
19 Feb 2026 12:30 GMT
… products, such as e-cigarettes and nicotine pouches, in line with … investing in tobacco prevention and cessation programs that save lives, … tax – and meanwhile, smoking is taking a deadly toll … in Utah are attributable to smoking.
Carlisle said tobacco use …
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Smoking Fentanyl, Cannabis, Methamphetamine, or Tobacco
19 Feb 2026 12:34 GMT
… recently, “third-hand” smoke—residual nicotine and combustion byproducts persisting on … shown that cannabis dependence and withdrawal can then develop.
Second- and … , my collaborators evaluated opium-smoking and non-smoking households in Afghanistan, in …
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Cigarette Smoking as an Independent Predictor of Endothelial Cell Loss After Cataract Surgery: A Prospective Cohort Study
17 Feb 2026 08:14 GMT
… observational study demonstrates that cigarette smoking significantly impacts corneal endothelial … combustion tobacco users (eg, nicotine pouches or heated tobacco products … integrity in smokers. Integrating smoking cessation counseling as part of the …
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Kentucky bill to reroute e-cigarette settlement dollars to prevention on the move
19 Feb 2026 06:34 GMT
… e-cigarette settlement dollars from the general fund into prevention and cessation … also drew a line between smoking and lower academic and athletic … to support youth struggling with nicotine addiction and to prevent kids …