Topic: Terry Pechacek
Scottish study: Smoking bans help curb number of children hospitalized for asthmaNew research shows that smoking bans spare many children with asthma from being hospitalized, a finding that suggests smoke-free laws have even greater health benefits than previously believed.Other studies have ...
The decline in the number of U.S. high school students who smoke has slowed significantly, following dramatic drops starting in the late 1990s, according to a new federal report.. "The rate of change started slowing in 2003, and in some groups ...
Many states raised their excise taxes on cigarettes last year, but none are using that new-found money for controlling tobacco use, health officials report.. "We know that increases in cigarette prices are one of our most effective and efficient strategies for both ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Health experts on Wednesday raised concern about the growing use of smokeless tobacco by teenagers, and suggested its use by Major League Baseball players is influencing young people to take up the cancer-causing habit.The use of smokeless tobacco, chewing ...
States with high smoking rates tend to share a few other things in common besides demographics, says Terry Pechacek, associate director of science in the office on smoking and health at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. West Virginia, for instance ...
2/12/2009 Print E-mail Tobacco company ads are reaching teenagers and influencing their desire to smoke and what brands they choose, U.S. health officials report.. "We are continuing to find that Marlboro, Newport and Camel brands, among the most heavily ...
