Cigarrillo electrónico podría ser más cancerígeno que el tabaco, según estudio

elespectador.com – 21 de Enero de 2015 – EEUU

Calentado al máximo y aspirado profundamente, el vapor que contiene nicotina en los cigarrillos electrónicos puede formar formaldehído, una sustancia que lo hace entre cinco y 15 veces más cancerígeno que el tabaco común, según un estudio publicado este miércoles.

"Hemos constatado que el formaldehído puede formarse durante el proceso de vaporización de los cigarrillos electrónicos", indican los investigadores de la Universidad de Portland (Oregón, noroeste) en el diario de medicina New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM).

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El tabaco afecta la piel y la boca, además causa deshidratación

laprensa.hn – 21 de Enero de 2015 – España

El tabaco, además de producir enfermedades pulmonares y riesgo de cáncer, también reduce el colágeno, lo que acelera el envejecimiento. La piel es la que paga las consecuencias.

“Dejar de fumar ralentiza el envejecimiento facial y retrasa la aparición de arrugas”, señalan los especialistas del Sistema Nacional de Salud del Reino Unido (NHS).

Esta entidad apunta que fumar reduce la elasticidad natural de la piel, pues causa la rotura del colágeno y hace disminuir su producción.

“El colágeno se degrada de manera natural a medida que nos hacemos mayores, lo que origina la formación de arrugas. Pero fumar hace que esto suceda antes”, añade.

“Dentro de los factores externos que contribuyen a que una persona aparente una edad superior a la que tiene, están la exposición solar, el tabaquismo y el consumo de alcohol”, precisa Roberto Glorio, médico especialista en dermatología de la Universidad de Buenos Aires.

Del mismo modo, la Academia Española de Dermatología y Venereología (AEDV) indica que, parecer joven a medida que pasan los años tiene que ver con evitar ciertas causas externas como el sol, el estrés, el alcohol, las drogas, la contaminación, el tabaco, entre otras.

“El consumo de tabaco produce alteraciones en la piel tales como arrugas prematuras, deshidratación, manchas amarillentas en los dedos, olor corporal a tabaco, dificultad de cicatrización, alteraciones en la estética bucal y cáncer”, precisa el doctor Glorio.

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Corte ratifica prohibición de publicidad para el tabaco

diaadia.com.pa – 21 de Enero de 2015 –Paraguay

La Corte Suprema de Justicia (CSJ) declaró que el artículo 1 del Decreto Ejecutivo N° 611 del 3 de junio de 2010, que prohíbe la publicidad en general para los productos derivados del tabaco, es constitucional y puede seguir aplicándose.

La decisión del Pleno de la Corte, se da luego que mediante la firma de abogados Rodríguez Robles & Espinosa, en representación de British American Tobacco se interpusiera un acción de inconstitucionalidad contra un artículo del citado decreto.

Entre la sustentación que hacen los magistrado de la CSJ señalan que no se evidencia que de forma absoluta se impida a los compradores y vendedores concurrir al mercado a seguir estableciendo las políticas necesarias para atraer a sus clientes.

Destaca el fallo que en consecuencia y en virtud de lo indicado, el pleno de la CSJ, administrando justicia en nombre de la República y por la autoridad de la ley, declara que no es inconstitucional el artículo 1 del Decreto Ejecutivo de 2010.

Agrega que la norma no impide que se forma absoluta se concurra al mercado y consecuentemente se establezcan los precios que son el resultado de la libre oferta y demanda.

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Montague, Leverett: No tobacco for youth

recorder.com – 22 de Enero de 2015 – EEUU

MONTAGUE — With hopes other towns will follow, the Board of Health has made Montague the first town in Franklin County to raise the smoking age to 21 and ban flavored tobacco. The changes take effect July 1.

The board on Wednesday night approved draft regulations recently under discussion, banning sales of any flavored tobacco product — with the exception of menthol and other mint flavors — and raising the age for tobacco purchase from 18 to 21.

The move makes Montague the first town in Franklin County to take the steps, which proponents said are intended to prevent tobacco addiction by restricting sales to a vulnerable market and banning flavored products said to target young smokers.

Leverett’s Board of Health passed the regulations later Wednesday night, according to Mary Kersell of the Franklin and Hampshire Substance and Tobacco Prevention Partnership.

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Tobacco Prevention in North Dakota

valleynewslive.com – 22 de Enero de 2015 – EEUU

The "State of Tobacco" was released today and North Dakota lawmakers are pushing to reduce tobacco use in the state.

The report contains a mixed bag of criticism and praise. North Dakota is one of few states funding tobacco prevention and control programs at recommended CDC levels however, it earned a "thumbs down" for cessation products and treatment for Medicaid expansion enrolees.

Three goals were outlined in the report for North Dakota they include, raising the cigarette tax to two dollars a pack., restricting the sale of e-cigarettes to minors and keeping the state's prevention and control programs fully funded while maintaining the smoke-free law put into place in 20-12.

North Dakota's cigarette tax is 44 cents per pack and is among the lowest in the nation. Experts say higher prices for tobacco have proved to be effective in reducing youth smoking.

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Survey: 35% tobacco-chewing cops have precancerous lesions

dnaindia.com – 22 de Enero de 2015 – India

Unusually long working hours and the resultant stress is the cause behind around 30 per cent of the police force consuming tobacco, a recent survey by the Cancer Patients Aids Association (CPAA) has revealed. Among them, 35 per cent had precancerous lesions.

Occupational stress the primary cause

A study of the tobacco chewing police population has revealed that occupational stress one of the main causes behind them taking up the habit. Their exposure to stress is said to be well beyond the range of normal human experiences.

"Police officers occupy an important position in the community both as law enforcers as well as role models for appropriate behavior. The present study was conducted to estimate the prevalence of tobacco use among police personnel. Sadly, we found a significant association between cause of consumption of tobacco and occurrence of cancer and precancerous lesions among the officers," said Anita Peters, executive director, CPAA.

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Lab tests imply risk in e-cigarette vapor

daily-chronicle.com – 22 de Enero de 2015 – EEUU

Using certain electronic cigarettes at high temperature settings could potentially release more formaldehyde, a cancer-causing chemical, than smoking traditional cigarettes does, new lab tests suggest.

The research does not prove a health risk – it involved limited testing on just one brand of e-cigarettes and was done in test tubes. It also does not mean e-cigarettes are better or worse than regular ones; tobacco smoke contains dozens of things that can cause cancer.

It does highlight how little is known about the safety of e-cigarettes – battery-powered devices that heat liquid to deliver nicotine in a vapor rather than from burning tobacco.

“It’s a potential red flag,” one independent expert – Stephen Hecht, a chemist and tobacco researcher at the University of Minnesota – said of the study. “Under some conditions, e-cigarettes might be generating more formaldehyde than you’d want to be exposed to. But I don’t think we know enough yet. There’s a huge variety in the makeup of these cigarettes and how they are used.”

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Building anti-tobacco army

thedailystar.net – 21 de Enero de 2015 – Canadá

A trio of Grade 11 students have joined the fight against what many say is big tobacco's attempts to get more teenagers hooked on nicotine.

Bryce Rysnak, Cory Leroux and Kelly Baldwin-St. Denis put that plan in action Tuesday evening at the Boys and Girls Club of Cornwall clubhouse on First Street.

It was a small group of peers and pre-teens they presented to, but every small step adds up.

"It's a way to change things in pretty much the world," Leroux said.

The three St. Joseph Secondary School students are doing their part to spearhead a movement called Freezetheindustry.

They want to warn more teenagers of the dangers posed by the latest trend in tobacco marketing, flavored products.

Both Leroux and Baldwin-St. Denis are already victims, having lost grandparents to the ill effects of long-term tobacco use.

This team was convinced they could play a part after they were given a presentation a couple of years ago by the Eastern Ontario Health Unit's youth engagement co-ordinator Jenna Chisholm.

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Concerted efforts to reduce tobacco usage in Karnataka

thehindu.com – 21 de Enero de 2015 – India

Various stakeholders, including International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases and the Karnataka Government, are making concerted efforts to bring down the tobacco usage in the state as much as possible, from 28 per cent among those aged above 15 years, as reported in 2009.

In this regard, a workshop was organized here on Wednesday to sensitize different stakeholders on Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products (COTP) Act, 2003, by the district administration in association with various departments.

Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the workshop, Union’s Technical Advisor Rana J. Singh said besides Karnataka, they have chosen Rajasthan too since both the governments were proactive in their approach towards containing the tobacco menace. As much as 28 per cent of Karnataka’s population aged above 15 per cent (about 1 crore people) and 33 per cent of Rajasthan’s population use tobacco as per the Global Adult Tobacco Survey conducted by the Union government in 2009.

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N.J.'s tobacco control report card: Flunking, and getting worse

nj.com – 19 de Enero de 2015 – EEUU

New Jersey’s 2015 report card for its public efforts to control tobacco found the state taking a bad situation and making it worse.

The American Lung Association dropped New Jersey’s grades in this year’s State of Tobacco Control report by turning a B grade from 2014 into a D. That goes along with an A and two Fs.

“This is just really unacceptable,” said Deborah Brown, president and CEO of the association’s Mid-Atlantic region. “We are putting our youth at risk.”

The report card is a state-by-state assessment that evaluates tobacco control policies at the federal and state level, with grades based on the strength of laws designed to protect residents from the toll of tobacco.

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