*Link: TRDRP Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program


The mission of TRDRP is to support research that
focuses on the prevention, causes, and treatment
of tobacco-related disease and the reduction of the
human and economic costs of tobacco use in California.


http://www.trdrp.org/docs/newsletters/2006/706nwsltr.pdf

Research is Vital to Tobacco Control 2
Lung Cancer 5
Hooked on Hookah? 8
Nicotine Vaccines 10

Interesting news briefs
http://www.trdrp.org/NewsBriefs.asp


Smoking Out The Links Between Nutrition And Oral Cancer

Every year, nearly 300,000 people worldwide are diagnosed with oral cancer. This type of cancer has the highest incidence in people who use tobacco, including cigarettes, but the means by which tobacco promotes the development of oral cancer is unknown.

Nicotine metabolizes faster in women than in men
Women metabolize nicotine faster than men do -- especially women who are taking oral contraceptives -- according to a new report. The researchers say this could affect women's smoking behavior, as well as their response to nicotine-based quitting aids.
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Pack a day smokers inhale one quart of tar a year into their lungs.
http://you-are-the-target.com/tarjar.html

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Relevant Pages

  • *Article: This Week Is Oral, Head and Neck Cancer Awareness Week
    ... Oral cancer is a disease that many people associate with professional athletes who have used chewing tobacco. ... Scientists think that this increased risk is because alcohol dehydrates the cell walls of the mouth, enhancing the ability of the carcinogens in tobacco to permeate the cells. ... Besides a visual and manual examination of the mouth, jaw and neck, another way dentists screen for oral cancer is the ViziLite, a device made by Zila Pharmaceuticals in Phoenix. ...
    (alt.support.stop-smoking)
  • Re: Marlboro CHEW???
    ... Those same studies have shown a positive relationship between ... alcohol and oral cancer or smoking and oral cancer. ... Studies performed by smokeless tobacco companies, ... out of every 5 Swedish adult male chews, but Sweden has lower oral cancer ...
    (rec.sport.football.college)
  • Re: Smoking or non-smoking?
    ... the risks are nothing like the products you're perhaps thinking about. ... I'm in danger of sounding like an apologist for tobacco ... "Unlike Skoal Bandits, snus tobacco is pasteurised, which ... oral cancer in Sweden are amongst the LOWEST in the industrialised ...
    (uk.music.guitar)
  • Re: How to Stop Smoking in a Week
    ... "At least one person every hour dies of oral cancer," ~David Crowe D.D.S., D.M.Sc, "Tobacco is the leading cause of head and neck cancers,Up to 90 percent of these cases are smoking-related." ...
    (alt.support.stop-smoking)
  • Re: *Article: Why Cigarette Smokers Relapse
    ... If the abstinence symptoms are history, ... nicotine works. ... positive by the tobacco user. ... · Irritability ...
    (alt.support.stop-smoking)