Video: Por prender un cigarrillo incendian todo el carro

bluradio.com – 14 de septiembre de 2015 – Europa

A veces el estar en estado de éxtasis, producto de las drogas constituidas por sustancias gaseosas, es un poco peligroso. Y más si lo hace en un lugar cerrado y se tiene ganas de fumar un cigarrillo.

Esto ocurrió en un país al sur de Europa, donde la moda es drogarse con productos como desodorantes en "spray".

El carro estaba tan lleno de gas que al momento de intentar encender un cigarrillo es todo lo que está dentro de este lo que se prende en fuego. Incluidos los pasajeros.

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Más del 28% de los niños se ve expuesto al humo del tabaco en el coche

dicyt.com – 20 de Abril de 2015 – Portugal

José Pichel Andrés/DICYT Un amplio estudio realizado por la Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud de la Universidad de Beira Interior, en Covilhã, en colaboración con la Universidad del Miño de Braga, indica que más del 28% de los niños portugueses de nueve años se ven expuestos al humo del tabaco cuando viajan en coche. Los expertos llaman la atención sobre este problema, que es especialmente grave al tratarse de niños que inhalan sustancias tóxicas en un espacio cerrado y, por lo tanto, recomiendan tomar medidas.

El estudio se llevó a cabo con 3.187 niños que cursaban el cuarto año de Educación Fundamental, los que tienen en torno a nueve años. De ellos, el 28,9% está expuesto al humo del tabaco en el coche, según los resultados publicados por la revista científica Gaceta Sanitaria. En el 52% de los casos al menos uno de los padres es fumador y la diferencia entre estos niños y los que tienen padres no fumadores es muy significativa. El 46,9% de los primeros respira el humo de los cigarrillos en el automóvil, frente al 8,6% de los segundos.

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thepeninsulaqatar.com – 21 de abril de 2014 – Doha

New anti-tobacco law will ban smoking inside cars

DOHA: The new anti-tobacco law expected to be issued soon will ban smoking inside cars and grant judicial powers to some anti-smoking volunteers, an official of the Supreme Council of Health (SCH) has hinted.

The proposed law, which will amend the existing anti-tobacco law, also includes provisions to ban use and sale of chewing tobacco (such as sweika), Al Sharq reported, quoting Tariq Salahuddin, head of the Legal Department at the SCH.

The fine for smoking in public places will being increased by the new law. It will ban smoking inside cars and impose a fine on those violating this rule. The new law will give judicial powers to some anti-tobacco volunteers to detect and report violations, Salahuddin said.

He was speaking during an anti-smoking workshop organized by the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs yesterday. The workshop aimed to strengthen the role of imams and preachers in curbing smoking.

A proposal to set up an association in Qatar for combating smoking is awaiting approval from the State Cabinet, said Dr Ahmed Mohamed Al Mulla, head of the Smoking Cessation Clinic at Hamad Medical Corporation.

Cigarettes are the most popular medium of tobacco use among smokers, followed by shisha and sweika. There is another kind of tobacco, called “Al Saud”, which is used mostly by some Arab communities. The smoking habit is more difficult to quit than other types of tobacco use, said Al Mulla.

Tobacco companies spend huge amounts on advertisements and try to bribe decision-makers to stop framing of laws against smoking. Smoking is on the rise in the Arab world while it is declining in the United States and Europe, he added.

He called for increasing the prices of cigarettes in Qatar to curb their use. Cigarettes are cheaper in Qatar compared to some other GCC countries, said Al Mulla.

Citing statistics issued by the Civil Defence authorities, he said about 50 percent of the cases of fire in homes, restaurants and warehouses in Qatar were caused by smoking.

Since the launch of the Smoking Cessation Clinic, about 35 percent of the smokers who have visited the clinic have quit the habit.

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http://thepeninsulaqatar.com/news/qatar/280596/new-anti-tobacco-law-will-ban-smoking-inside-cars

news.psu.edu - 12 de Febrero 2014 - UK

Tobacco exposure raises hospital readmission rate for children with asthma

Children admitted to the hospital for asthma are likely to be readmitted within a year if they are exposed to secondhand smoke, according to a study led by Dr. Judie Howrylak and Dr. Adam Spanier of Penn State Hershey Children’s Hospital. The study appears in Pediatrics.

Researchers interviewed the primary caregivers of 776 children regarding tobacco exposure. They also collected saliva samples from the children and tested for cotinine, which directly indicates if the child has been exposed to secondhand smoke.

Tobacco exposure data, from both the caregiver and saliva samples, was available for 619 children. Of the children whose caregivers reported no tobacco exposure, almost 70 percent tested positive for cotinine in the saliva. The cotinine levels were strongly associated with readmission rates for asthma or wheezing. Within a year of their admission, 17 percent of the children were readmitted.

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http://news.psu.edu/story/303826/2014/02/12/research/tobacco-exposure-raises-hospital-readmission-rate-children-asthma

mid-day.com - 11 de Febrero 2014 - UK

Berger: Critics of car smoke ban opposed seatbelt laws

Shadow public health minister Luciana Berger has said those opposed to a ban on smoking in cars carrying children are the same people who railed against the introduction of laws enforcing seatbelt use throughout the 1970s and 1980s.

The Labour MP, who is urging her Commons colleagues to vote in favour of the ban, said health figures suggest around half a million children are exposed to second hand smoke in the back of the car on a weekly basis.

Critics of the anti-smoking legislation, though, have said such a ban cannot be implemented or will be ineffective - a similar argument, Ms Berger said, that was used to oppose seatbelt laws.

She admitted that "we don't have the exact specifics about how it will work in practice", but said MPs will look to "states in the US," plus "Canada, Australia and South Africa", to see how their equivalent laws are targeting offenders.

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http://www.itv.com/news/update/2014-02-10/berger-critics-of-car-smoke-ban-opposed-seatbelts-too/