Thursday, February 2, 2012
Abstract Aims: Cannabis and tobacco use and misuse frequently co-occur. This review examines the epidemiological evidence supporting the lifetime co-occurrence of cannabis and tobacco use and outlines the mechanisms that link these drugs to each other. Mechanisms include (a) shared genetic factors; (b) shared environmental influences, including (c) route of administration (via smoking), (d) co-administration and (e) models of co-use
Filed in Evidence Base, cannabis, tobacco
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Also tagged epidemiological, genetic-factors, lifetime, mechanisms, potential, public-health, review, some-mechanisms, sustained, the-mechanisms, their-sustained
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Thursday, January 26, 2012
Nicotine is a nitrogen-containing chemical – an alkaloid, which is made by several types of plants, including the tobacco plant. Nicotine is also produced synthetically. Nicotiana tabacum, the type of nicotine found in tobacco plants, comes from the nightshade family
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Star Scientific Inc, a maker of smokeless and dissolvable tobacco products, said a federal court referred its patent infringement case with a unit of Reynolds American Inc to a magistrate judge for possible settlement. The news sent Star Scientific’s shares up as much as 39 percent in afternoon trade on the Nasdaq.
Filed in tobacco
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Also tagged afternoon-trade, chairman-paul, companies, companies-were, court, curing-methods, dispute, litigation, magistrate, parties, process, scientific
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Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Your recent editorial endorsed a tax increase on tobacco products other than cigarettes, but it was based on some sweeping statements that are not scientifically accurate or credible (“The ‘other’ tobacco tax,” Jan 20).
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Abstract Aims: to identify predictors of short-term smokeless tobacco cessation in Bangladeshi women resident in the United Kingdom (UK). Design: prospective cohort study. Setting: a tobacco cessation service offering culturally tailored smokeless tobacco cessation support
Wednesday, January 18, 2012
Hazardous alcohol use and depression are among the 10 leading causes of disability and premature death worldwide, according to the World Health Organization. Many low- to middle-income countries have begun to see a steady increase in alcohol use and have entered the early stages of a tobacco epidemic…
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
As I discussed last month, Star Scientific put in solid gains in 2011 as the company got out in front of a shift toward cigarette alternatives. But increasingly, tobacco giants Altria (NYSE: MO ) and Reynolds American (NYSE: RAI ) have made pushes into the smokeless tobacco realm, threatening to take away any moat that Star Scientific may have started to build.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
With the start of a New Year, the tobacco industry is once again looking for alternative revenue drivers to cigarettes, which continue to fall out of favor with the general public. The Paragon Report examines investing opportunities in the tobacco industry and provides equity research on Star Scientific, Inc.
Filed in tobacco
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Also tagged been-the-rising, cigarettes-had, downturn, electronic, lead-researcher, medical, more-investment, numerous, provides-equity, the-electronic, the-tobacco
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Countries recovering from war are at risk of being left to their own devices in tackling non communicable diseases, leaving an “open door” for exploitation by alcohol, tobacco and food companies, health experts warn…