CARROLLTON, Ky. (April 9) -- President Bill Clinton traveled into the heart of tobacco country Thursday where he expressed his commitment to tobacco farmers while issuing a defiant warning to big tobacco companies.
Chewing tobacco doubled the chances of having a heart attack, as did smoking eight to 10 cigarettes a day.
The commission will also carry out national reviews to improve performance in areas including children's hospital services, hospital acquired infection, heart failure, substance misuse, tobacco control and mental health.
Amanda Sandford, research manager for the organisation Action on Smoking and Health, said smoking tobacco causes a whole range of diseases such as heart disease, respiratory disorders and cancer, while using NRT as an aid to stopping has none of these risks.
LEXINGTON, Ky. (Reuters) - In the heart of Bluegrass country, where thoroughbreds and tobacco reign, voters are feeling a bit bruised and confused by the bitter congressional battle between Scotty Baesler and incumbent Ernie Fletcher.
Former smokers who had stayed away from tobacco for more than four years had a 54% lower risk of heart and artery disease than smokers.
For these reasons, they are unable to demonstrate whether an observed reduction in hospital admissions was due to measurable reductions in exposure to tobacco smoke or to other factors, such as the long-term continuing decline in heart disease rates, other factors that may affect smoking prevalence, changes in other risk factors for heart disease, or mere chance fluctuations.
Betty McBride, director of policy and communications at the British Heart Foundation, said thousands of children at risk of this "deadly addiction" regularly got tobacco from vending machines, "which conveniently don't ask them to prove their age".
Chewing tobacco is highly addictive and has been associated with an increased risk of mouth cancer, gum disease, and heart disease amongst users.
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