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			<title><![CDATA[ New England Journal of Medicine article: let smokers die ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Imagine the New England Journal of Medicine publishing an article suggesting that successfully motivating smokers to quit might be too costly in terms of causing ex-smokers to live longer, and their impact on increased federal spending for&nbsp; soc...<br /><a href="http://ffn.yuku.com/topic/26435/New-England-Journal-of-Medicine-article-let-smokers-die">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2012 17:45:19 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ A billion smoking related deaths before century's end? ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I'm sure you've heard the World Health Organization statistic that if current trends continue we should expect one billion smoking related deaths before century's end.&nbsp; This link is to a CNN video clip showing smoking trends around the globe.http://w...<br /><a href="http://ffn.yuku.com/topic/25637/A-billion-smoking-related-deaths-before-centurys-end">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Mon, 20 Aug 2012 11:55:22 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Smokers Could Be More Prone to Schizophrenia ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Smokers Could Be More Prone to SchizophreniaScienceDaily (Mar. 26, 2012) — Smoking alters the impact of a schizophrenia risk gene. Scientists from the universities of Zurich and Cologne demonstrate that healthy people who carry this risk gene and smoke ...<br /><a href="http://ffn.yuku.com/topic/25471/Smokers-Could-Be-More-Prone-to-Schizophrenia">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 00:57:03 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Australia gets deadly serious about smoking ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Ignore big tobacco's absurd fight against plain packs 
02 May 2011 by Simon Chapman 
Time to pack it in (Image: Alan Pryke/Newspix/Rex Feature) 

Australia's bold plan to remove all branding from cigarettes and their packaging is a triumph for public ...<br /><a href="http://ffn.yuku.com/topic/25055/Australia-gets-deadly-serious-about-smoking">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 14:08:16 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Smoking and atrial fibrillation (irregular heart beat) ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Smoking and Incidence of Atrial Fibrillation: Results from the Atherosclerosis Riskin Communities (ARIC) Study 
Journal:&nbsp; Heart Rhythm. 2011 Mar 15. [Epub ahead of print] Authors:&nbsp; Chamberlain AM, Agarwal SK, Folsom AR, Duval S, Soliman EZ, Amb...<br /><a href="http://ffn.yuku.com/topic/25003/Smoking-and-atrial-fibrillation-irregular-heart-beat">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 29 Mar 2011 14:03:14 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Help pick new U.S. cigarette pack warnings ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ New U.S. Cigarette Pack WarningsOn November 10, 2010 the U.S.&nbsp; FDA announced a short&nbsp;60 day competition to select the&nbsp;nation's nine (9) new cigarette pack warnings that will be rotated and begin appearing on all U.S. cigarette packs beginni...<br /><a href="http://ffn.yuku.com/topic/24649/Help-pick-new-US-cigarette-pack-warnings">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 11 Nov 2010 17:13:04 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Pregnancy Cessation ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Pregnancy CessationThe below study involved a survey&nbsp;of 470 pregnant women attending a prenatal/antenatal clinic&nbsp;at Ireland's Coombe Women's Hospital, which claims to be "the most extensive health care service in Ireland for mothers and infants,...<br /><a href="http://ffn.yuku.com/topic/24588/Pregnancy-Cessation">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Wed, 20 Oct 2010 10:52:36 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Is your drug addiction counselor addicted to nicotine? ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ According to Dr. Nora D. Volkow, Director of the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) nicotine dependency is a mental illness, a complex brain disease characterized by compulsive, at times uncontrollable drug craving, seeking, and use despite deva...<br /><a href="http://ffn.yuku.com/topic/24456/Is-your-drug-addiction-counselor-addicted-to-nicotine">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:03:09 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Movement to remove tobacco from drug stores ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ A movement is underway in a handful of communities that is attempting to stop the sale of tobacco products in drug stores. Above, Dr. Alan Blum, a physician and director of the University of Alabama Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society, does a won...<br /><a href="http://ffn.yuku.com/topic/24453/Movement-to-remove-tobacco-from-drug-stores">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:52:10 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Acne and Smoking ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Underestimated clinicalfeatures of postadolescent acne
J Am Acad Dermatol. 2010 Jul 7. [Epub ahead of print]Capitanio B, Sinagra JL, Bordignon V, Fei PC, Picardo M, Zouboulis CC.
Pediatric Dermatology Department, San Gallicano Institute, Istituti Fisiot...<br /><a href="http://ffn.yuku.com/topic/24377/Acne-and-Smoking">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 15:02:21 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Smoking and Cervical Cancer ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Tobacco smoking and regression oflow-grade cervical abnormalities
Cancer Science, June 9, 2010&nbsp; [Epub ahead of print]
Matsumoto K, Oki A, Furuta R, Maeda H, Yasugi T, Takatsuka N, Hirai Y, Mitsuhashi A, Fujii T, Iwasaka T, Yaegashi N, Watanabe Y, N...<br /><a href="http://ffn.yuku.com/topic/24376/Smoking-and-Cervical-Cancer">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 12:22:54 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Smoker blood donations questioned ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Like most of&nbsp;you, I gave blood many times while a smoker.&nbsp; What I didn't then know was that if I had smoked within the past 24 hours that my&nbsp;blood was loaded with far too much&nbsp;vascular endothelial growth factor or VEGF.&nbsp;&nbsp; Too...<br /><a href="http://ffn.yuku.com/topic/24358/Smoker-blood-donations-questioned">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 12:59:03 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Shadow FDA panel wants menthol out of cigarettes ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Shadow FDA Panel Wants Menthol Out of Cigarettes
The FDA Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Shadow Panel today released the following statement, issued with the unanimous support of its members:
"The FDA Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Shadow P...<br /><a href="http://ffn.yuku.com/topic/24352/Shadow-FDA-panel-wants-menthol-out-of-cigarettes">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 12:23:14 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Hookahs ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Hookahs





&nbsp;Tobacco Industry and Products Fact Sheets






Definition
Compared with Cigarettes
Health Effects



References
For Further Information
Definition
Hookahs—sometimes called water pipes—are used to smoke special...<br /><a href="http://ffn.yuku.com/topic/24330/Hookahs">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 19:30:22 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Smoking resumption after lung transplantation: a sobering truth ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Smoking resumption after lung transplantation: a sobering truth
&nbsp;
Eur Respir J 2010; 35:1411-1413
&nbsp;
R. Vos, K. De Vusser, V. Schaevers, A. Schoonis, V. Lemaigre, F. Dobbels1, K. Desmet, B. M. Vanaudenaerde, D. E. Van Raemdonck, L. J. Dupont ...<br /><a href="http://ffn.yuku.com/topic/24280/Smoking-resumption-lung-transplantation-sobering-truth">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jun 2010 03:58:46 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Evidence that smoking may cause depression ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Cigarette smoking and depression: tests of causal linkages using a longitudinal birth cohort&nbsp;The British Journal of Psychiatry (2010) 196: 440-446.&nbsp;Joseph M. Boden, PhD, David M. Fergusson, PhD and L. John Horwood, MSc&nbsp;
Abstract
Backgroun...<br /><a href="http://ffn.yuku.com/topic/24276/Evidence-that-smoking-may-cause-depression">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:31:03 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ 2 year-old Ardi addicted to smoking 40 a day ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Link to video clip of smoking 2 year oldSmoking Baby Ardi Rizal Has 40-a-Day Habit
Published : Thursday, 27 May 2010, 7:17 AM EDT
(myFOXDetroit.com Staff Reports) - He may be still in diapers, but he enjoys pulling a deep drag on a cigarette. London's D...<br /><a href="http://ffn.yuku.com/topic/24275/2-yearold-Ardi-addicted-to-smoking-40-a-day">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 11:30:53 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ Smoking bans extending into city parks ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ Roswell close to ban on smoking in parks


By Ralph Ellis 
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution 
9:31 p.m. Tuesday, May 18, 2010 

The Roswell City Council changed direction Monday night and approved a total ban on smoking in city parks.
The council...<br /><a href="http://ffn.yuku.com/topic/24225/Smoking-bans-extending-into-city-parks">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 04:15:39 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ New Zealand health officials advocate banning cigarettes ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ I'm sure many here&nbsp;saw this coming.&nbsp; A ever growing array of less deadly&nbsp;nicotine delivery devices is naturally causing a growing number of&nbsp;health advocates to at last&nbsp;consider what was once unthinkable, banning the sale of the mo...<br /><a href="http://ffn.yuku.com/topic/24217/New-Zealand-health-officials-advocate-banning-cigarettes">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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			<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 01:24:52 PST</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[ At last, a use for cigarette butts!  To eat corrosion ]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[ China scientists find use for cigarette buttsThu&nbsp;May&nbsp;13, 3:21&nbsp;am&nbsp;ETHONG KONG (Reuters) – Chemical extracts from cigarette butts -- so toxic they kill fish -- can be used to protect steel pipes from rusting, a study in China has found...<br /><a href="http://ffn.yuku.com/topic/24209/At-last-a-use-for-cigarette-butts-To-eat-corrosion">Read More</a> ]]></description>

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