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Tobacco Control Press Releases
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- 24 February 2003 - No-smoking policies in restaurants and bars don’t harm business
- 24 February 2003 - Smokers likely to develop mouth ulcers and cold symptoms up to two weeks after quitting
- 24 April 2003 - Adolescent girls keen to be thin are four times as likely to become smokers
- 9 December 2003 - Some varieties of smokeless tobacco “90% less hazardous than cigarette smoking”
- 24 February 2004 - Household dust and surfaces important and hidden source of 'passive smoking' for young children
- 24 February 2004 - UK medical school teaching on smoking is "inadequate"
- 24 February 2004 - No smoking areas afford "marginal" or "trivial" protection from second hand tobacco smoke
- 24 November 2004 - Smoking killed almost 5 million people in 2000
- 24 November 2004 - Faulty gene linked to nicotine addiction in new young smokers
- 22 September 2005 - Just one to four cigarettes daily triples risk of dying of heart disease or lung cancer
- 23 March 2006 - Male smokers 40% more likely to be impotent than non-smokers
- 25 May 2006 - Compulsion to smoke after just one cigarette can lie dormant for more than three years
- 25 May 2006 - Ireland leads Europe for anti- tobacco policies while Luxembourg comes last
- 28 November 2006 - Halving daily cigarette quota has no health benefit
- 28 November 2006 - Pregnant smokers may "programme" their kids to become smokers
- 28 November 2006 - Tobacco companies admit their products cause cancer but not in those who sue them
- 29 March 2007 - Smokers make poorer workers
- 29 March 2007 - Smokers clock up almost 8 additional days of sick leave every year
- 27 May 2008 - Second hand smoke increases hospital admissions for all types of infectious diseases
- 12 August 2008 - Russian people favour much tougher curbs on smoking
- 25 September 2008 - Tobacco companies paid movie stars millions in celebrity endorsement deals
- 22 January 2009 - US experts call for rethink of trend to bar smokers from employment
- 22 January 2009 - First woman editor for Tobacco Control journal
- 10 February 2009 - Smokers would rather give up for their pooch’s health rather than their own
- 9 June 2009 - Smoking costs NHS over £5 billion a year - five times accepted figure
