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Information on marijuana, how it is taken, and effects it has on the body.
Division of the Vanderbilt University Medical Center that investigates the chemical nature of coffee, identifies potential therapeutic uses, and disseminates findings to the public. Includes summaries of research.
Browse hundreds of pages of informative coffee materials adapted from Kenneth Davids' books. Includes a section on coffee and health.
Answers to questions about the effects of coffee on health, provided by the Institute for Scientific Information on Coffee.
Information about research, uses, side effects, and cautions, from the National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine.
Recommendation from the American Academy of Pediatricians that infants not be given milk. Includes suggested daily consumption of dairy products for infants, children, and adults.
A critical review of the relevant literature and the public health consequences of environmental tobacco smoke resulting from hookah use.
An article by Kamal Chaouachi, critiquing the smoking machine a large amount of hookah research is done on.
Anti-smoking/tobacco advertising. Sells posters and slides; runs workshops and seminars; but primarily known for images that are funny, intense, intensely funny.
A novel of revenge about a journalist dying of lung cancer who wants to destroy the tobacco industry while being pursued by an ex-cop whose own problems help him track down the madman.
Political cartoons on tobacco issues topical around 1998.
Econometric analyses of the impact of tobacco control expenditures on aggregate tobacco use show that state tobacco control programs work.
Eight pairs of small Oregon communities were randomly assigned to receive a school based prevention program alone, or that plus a community program. Results, analysis, and discussion.
Links to pages for all perspectives of smoking. Includes sites about anti-smoking groups, commentary, health effects, cessation, celebrity smokers, statistics, news, history, and pro-smoking documents.
Art depicting anti-smoking messages.
Tobacco prevention and education for Nebraska children and communities. News, legislation, and art.
Interviews with major figures in tobacco control.
Cohort study of 48,844 premenopausal Norwegian women that examined the relationship between childhood and adult milk consumption and breast cancer incidence.
A study led by Paul Newhouse, M.D., at the University of Vermont will examine nicotine's effect on mild cognitive impairment.
Scotland's title as Europe's lung cancer capital has come under the spotlight at a major anti-smoking conference.
An MD examines the risks and benefits of pipe smoking in terms of health and well being.
ASH-UK paper; a survey of 25 years of patents for innovations to reduce toxic and carcinogenic chemicals in tobacco smoke.
New Scientist article reports the tobacco industry misled the public and legislators over fire-safe cigarettes, according to internal tobacco industry documents.
Based on the weight of the available scientific evidence, concludes that secondhand smoke in the United States presents a serious and substantial public health impact.
Section on secondhand smoke and heart disease.
Recent research shows that even brief exposure to secondhand smoke affects heart health.
Cancer Facts from the National Cancer Institute. Summary and bibliography on effects of secondhand smoke. Additional publications you can send for.
Provides a bibliography of research on the effect of secondhand smoke on asthma, respiratory infections, and so on.