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		<title>Neurodevelopment of Infants Born to Mothers Who Smoke</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2011/08/24/infant-neurodevelopment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Aug 2011 22:00:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sanbreck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Research statistics gathered by a study lead by Professor George Wehby of the University of Iowa&#8217;s College of Public Health have revealed startling evidence about the neurodevelopment of babies of mothers that smoke during pregnancy, and these facts are much worse than expected. The study&#8217;s female participants were from health clinics in the countries of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>WebQuit Nationwide Stop Smoking Study Offers Free Tools and Support</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2010/07/28/webquit-stop-smoking-study/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2010/07/28/webquit-stop-smoking-study/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 22:23:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sanbreck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Would you like to quit smoking in the next 30 days? Bloggers nationwide are sharing the news about a nationwide smoking cessation study being conducted by Seattle&#8217;s Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center. Fred Hutch (for short) is a world leader in cancer research, treatment, and prevention. This new program aims to improve the effectiveness of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Research Discovers Tobacco in Cigarettes Contain Live Bacteria Strains and Human Pathogens</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2009/11/26/cigarettes-contain-live-bacteria/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2009/11/26/cigarettes-contain-live-bacteria/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 13:16:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>sanbreck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Scientific American just published an article by Brett Isreal with a stiff warning that users of tobacco products are also inhaling live bacteria into their lungs when they smoke tobacco. The amount of carcinogenic substances and chemicals in cigarettes has been the bulk of the research studies, along with the effects of nicotine addition, until [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FTC  Discontinues Tar and Nicotine Test</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/12/06/ftc-discontinues-tar-and-nicotine-test/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/12/06/ftc-discontinues-tar-and-nicotine-test/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Dec 2008 22:22:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CiglessBot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Smoking Research]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[federal trade commission]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[low tar cigarettes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[nicotine]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/?p=944</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After 42 years, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has ended a test to measure the amount of tar and nicotine in cigarettes. According to the Associated Press, the FTC decided to discontinue the testing for two reasons: the test itself was flawed, and tobacco companies could use the results to promote one brand of cigarette [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FTC Rescinds Guidance On Cigarette Testing</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/11/29/ftc-rescinds-guidance-on-cigarette-testing/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/11/29/ftc-rescinds-guidance-on-cigarette-testing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 21:11:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CiglessBot</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/?p=941</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For over four decades the tobacco industry has used machine testing approved by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to measure tar and nicotine levels in cigarettes. But in a 4-0 vote, the FTC has now shunned the tests, known as the Cambridge Filter Method, rescinding guidance it established 42 years ago. The National Cancer Institute [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big Tobacco Companies Covered Up Radiation Dangers From Smoking</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/09/06/big-tobacco-covered-up-radiation-danger/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/09/06/big-tobacco-covered-up-radiation-danger/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 02:02:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CiglessBot</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/?p=826</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tobacco companies have covered up for 40 years the fact that cigarette smoke contains a dangerous radioactive substance that exposes heavy smokers to the radiation equivalent of having 300 chest X-rays a year. Internal company records reveal that cigarette manufacturers knew that tobacco contained polonium-210 but avoided drawing public attention to the fact for fear [...]]]></description>
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		<title>There May be a Very Good Reason Why Coffee and Cigarettes Often Seem to go Hand in Hand</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/09/03/there-may-be-a-very-good-reason-why-coffee-and-cigarettes-often-seem-to-go-hand-in-hand/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/09/03/there-may-be-a-very-good-reason-why-coffee-and-cigarettes-often-seem-to-go-hand-in-hand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:05:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kabuki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Smoking Research]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/?p=824</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A Kansas State University psychology professor&#8217;s research suggests that nicotine&#8217;s power may be in how it enhances other experiences. For a smoker who enjoys drinking coffee, the nicotine may make a cup of joe even better. And that offer another explaination why smoking is so hard to quit. &#8220;People have very regimented things they do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Genetic Achilles Heel May Support Nicotine Addiction</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/08/13/genetic-achilles-heel-for-nicotine-addiction/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/08/13/genetic-achilles-heel-for-nicotine-addiction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 12:41:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kabuki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Smoking Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chrna5 gene]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/?p=812</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Do genes play a role in tobacco addiction? Recent studies suggest they may, particularly the CHRNA5 gene. A University of Michigan press release notes a genetic variation suggests a finding that may help explain the path that leads from that first cigarette to lifelong smoking. In the press release studies smokers and non-smokers to find [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Progress Has Been Made in Cutting Nicotine Risks, but Exposure Remains Problem for Nonsmokers</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/07/25/progress-has-been-made-in-cutting-nicotine-risks-but-exposure-remains-problem-for-nonsmokers/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/07/25/progress-has-been-made-in-cutting-nicotine-risks-but-exposure-remains-problem-for-nonsmokers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jul 2008 01:50:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kabuki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Smoking Research]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/?p=806</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nearly half of America&#8217;s non smokers are sucking in fumes from tobacco products. And that&#8217;s the good news! A new study from the Centers for Disease Control showed that 46 percent of nonsmokers had signs of nicotine in their bodies during blood tests conducted between 1999 and 2004. That is down significantly from 84 percent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smoking Bad for You Inside and Out</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/07/16/smoking-bad-for-you-inside-and-out/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/07/16/smoking-bad-for-you-inside-and-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:38:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kabuki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Smoking Research]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/?p=804</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The cosmetics sector undoubtedly cashes in on our desire to look good. We spend large amounts of money on creams and different products to enhance or maintain our appearance. However we often fail to remember how much what we consume affects us. Cigarettes, which are universally acknowledged to take a toll on our lungs, are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toenails Reveal All</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/06/20/toenails-reveal-all/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/06/20/toenails-reveal-all/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 14:05:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kabuki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Smoking Research]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/?p=791</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Your toes tell it all, ladies. Toenail clippings can provide evidence of tobacco exposure and help explain the risk of heart disease, at least in women, according to a unique study from the University of California-San Diego and Harvard University. The medical researchers examined levels of nicotine in toenails of 905 women who were diagnosed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Bachelor&#8217;s Degree for Quitting Smoking?</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/05/19/a-bachelors-degree-for-quitting-smoking/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/05/19/a-bachelors-degree-for-quitting-smoking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 02:29:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kabuki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Smoking Research]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/?p=780</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For Nora King, a former chain-smoker with a master&#8217;s degree, it was neither a harrowing visit to her doctor nor a disturbing news article on the latest findings about the damage of cigarettes that caused her to put down her smokes once and for all. It was a television commercial she saw a year ago [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Toddlers Most Affected by Second Hand Smoke</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/04/24/toddlers-most-affected/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/04/24/toddlers-most-affected/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 04:52:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kabuki</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/?p=763</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Second hand smoke in the home appears to induce markers for heart disease as early as the toddler years. Researchers reported this news at the American Heart Association 48th Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology and Prevention in March. It has long been known that many forms of cardiovascular disease in adults are initiated and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Researchers Identify Genetic Variant Linked To Nicotine Addiction</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/04/01/researchers-identify-genetic-variant-linked-to-nicotine-addiction/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/04/01/researchers-identify-genetic-variant-linked-to-nicotine-addiction/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 00:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kabuki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Smoking Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cardiovascular effects of tobacco]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[peripheral arterial disease]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[smoking and lung cancer]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[NIDA Researchers Identify Genetic Variant Linked To Nicotine Addiction And Lung Cancer &#8211; Variant Also Increases Risk For Cardiovascular Disease Scientists have identified a genetic variant that not only makes smokers more susceptible to nicotine addiction but also increases their risk of developing two smoking-related diseases, lung cancer and peripheral arterial disease. The research was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smoking and SIDS: The Connection Explained</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/03/10/smoking-and-sids-the-connection-explained/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/03/10/smoking-and-sids-the-connection-explained/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 21:13:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kabuki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Like we need one more reason not to smoke, especially during pregnancy. For the men in the house who create second-hand smoke read about this study. New science is telling us that the increased risk for SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome) among people exposed to nicotine is very real. And very explainable. Sleep Review magazine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>UT takes $445,000 of Philip Morris Money for Tobacco Grower Research</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/02/27/ut-takes-445000-of-philip-morris-money-for-tobacco-grower-research/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/02/27/ut-takes-445000-of-philip-morris-money-for-tobacco-grower-research/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 01:09:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kabuki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Should the University of Tennessee accept money from the tobacco industry to help promote the growth of domestic tobacco production? That ethical question has yet to be debated—even nearly six months after UT quietly received a one-year $445,000 grant from Philip Morris to establish and operate a Center for Tobacco Grower Research in Morgan Hall [...]]]></description>
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		<title>FSU Researcher Lands $3.3 Million Grant to Help Smokers to Kick Habit</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/12/06/fsu-researcher-lands-33-million-grant-to-help-smokers-kick-habit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/12/06/fsu-researcher-lands-33-million-grant-to-help-smokers-kick-habit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 21:52:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CiglessBot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new study will focus on connection between smoking and anxiety disorders. Tallahassee, Florida &#8212; A Florida State University professor will share a $3.3 million federal grant with a colleague from the University of Vermont to develop an innovative method that will help smokers with anxiety disorders extinguish the habit. FSU psychology Professor Brad Schmidt [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Medicaid Could Save $10 Billion Over 5 Years if Recipients Quit Smoking, Study Says</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/12/02/medicaid-could-save-10-billion-over-5-years-if-recipients-quit-smoking-study-says/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/12/02/medicaid-could-save-10-billion-over-5-years-if-recipients-quit-smoking-study-says/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Dec 2007 20:52:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CiglessBot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[With all the news about government spending on unnecessary items comes news that spending on a program that helps reduce medicaid expenses would be a wise decision. America&#8217;s Medicaid system could spend $10 billion less in costs for its patients&#8217; care over the next five years if they were to stop smoking, according to a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Corticosterone, Genetics And The Addiction Of Nicotine</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/11/08/corticosterone-genetics-and-the-addiction-of-nicotine/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/11/08/corticosterone-genetics-and-the-addiction-of-nicotine/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2007 15:25:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CiglessBot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Individual brain chemistry and genes could be key to understanding why some people become addicted to nicotine and why the chemical compound&#8217;s effects appear to diminish at night, University of Colorado at Boulder researchers say. &#8220;The depth of a person&#8217;s addiction to nicotine appears to depend on his or her unique internal chemistry and genetic [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gene Links Alcoholism, Tobacco Addiction, Stress</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/10/23/gene-links-alcoholism-tobacco-addiction-stress/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/10/23/gene-links-alcoholism-tobacco-addiction-stress/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 16:41:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CiglessBot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A team of Quebec researchers has uncovered a series of genes linking the response to stress and high blood pressure with alcoholism and tobacco dependence. If a person has that series of genes, he or she will be more prone to drink or smoke in order to cope with stress and high blood pressure, according [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tobacco Industry Lied About Second-Hand Smoke</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/10/22/tobacco-industry-lied-about-second-hand-smoke/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/10/22/tobacco-industry-lied-about-second-hand-smoke/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2007 20:40:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CiglessBot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tobacco Industry Efforts Undermining Evidence Linking Secondhand Smoke With Cardiovascular Disease Tobacco companies have funded nearly 50 studies on the link between secondhand smoke and heart disease But when scientists found a connection, the industry skewed their conclusions or stopped funding them, report University of California researchers. The researchers &#8212; Eliza Tong of UC Davis [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Unlocking the Secrets of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/10/14/unlocking-the-secrets-of-cot-death/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/10/14/unlocking-the-secrets-of-cot-death/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 02:10:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CiglessBot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Exclusive: A major new report seen by the IoS has revealed that smoking holds the key to a mystery that has baffled doctors and brought heartache to thousands. Nine out of 10 mothers whose babies suffered cot death smoked during pregnancy, according to a scientific study to be published this week. The study, thought to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big Tobacco Before Congress: Ex-Tobacco Scientist Tells Story at Pinon Hills, Nevada</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/10/08/ex-tobacco-scientist-speaks-at-pinon-hills-nevada/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/10/08/ex-tobacco-scientist-speaks-at-pinon-hills-nevada/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Oct 2007 13:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CiglessBot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Minden &#8211; Students of Pinon Hills Elementary School expressed both wonder and disgust when Victor DeNoble walked around showing them a piece of a human brain. &#8220;It looks pretty cool but kind of disgusting,&#8221; said fourth-grader Timothy Cadaret at the presentation. DeNoble, a former tobacco scientist for Philip Morris, said he approached a 63-year-old hospital [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NIH to Fund New Research Study Regarding Exposure to Cigarette Smoke</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/10/07/nih-to-fund-new-study-regarding-exposure-to-cigarette-smoke/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/10/07/nih-to-fund-new-study-regarding-exposure-to-cigarette-smoke/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Oct 2007 18:42:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CiglessBot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Smoking Research Studies Exposure to Cigarette Smoke Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania recently received a $2.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health for a new study focusing on the chemical changes that occur when the body is exposed to cigarette smoke. Previous research has shown that chemical changes in the body can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kids Learn to Smoke From Mom</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/09/21/kids-learn-to-smoke-from-mom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/09/21/kids-learn-to-smoke-from-mom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 11:38:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CiglessBot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Children with mothers who smoke cigarettes are more likely to be regular marijuana users by early adulthood, a new study suggests. Part of the link seems to be explained by the fact that children of smokers were more likely to have been rebellious and aggressive as teenagers, the Australian researchers note. Past studies have found [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Women Smokers Grow More Facial Hair</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/09/20/women-smokers-facial-hair/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/09/20/women-smokers-facial-hair/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2007 05:20:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robbster</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The effects of smoking can show up in ways you may not expect. Although the mustache on the women in this picture is obviously fake, what we are about to tell you isn&#8217;t. The Medical College of Wisconsin has reported a link between smoking and increased facial hair in some women. Women who smoke at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Opioid Receptors &#8211; Emotions and Cravings Explained</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/09/10/opioid-receptors-emotions-craving-smoking/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/09/10/opioid-receptors-emotions-craving-smoking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2007 12:57:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robbster</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;It appears that smokers have an altered opioid flow all the time, when compared with non-smokers. And smoking a cigarette further alters that flow by 20 to 30 percent in regions of the brain important to emotions and craving&#8221; as explained in an WikiPedia article. This may help us understand a link between cigarettes and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Denial of a Smoker Can Lead to Dying My Way</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/08/30/smoking-denial/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/08/30/smoking-denial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2007 22:27:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>robbster</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;One thing that we humans do very well is to defend ourselves psychologically, and our most potent weapon is denial. But when confronted with a terminal disease, denial flies out of the window. We have to find another defense.&#8221; If we are smokers, and lung or throat cancer is diagnosed, denial is replaced with a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Smoking Link to Cot Death Underestimated by Majority 0f Parents</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/08/03/smoking-link-to-cot-death-underestimated-by-majority-of-parents/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/08/03/smoking-link-to-cot-death-underestimated-by-majority-of-parents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2007 11:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CiglessBot</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Seventy per cent of parents are not aware of the extent of the cot death risk posed by smoking in the home. A poll(1), conducted for the Foundation for the Study of Infant Deaths (FSID) during the first two weeks of the ban on smoking in enclosed public places, found that 70 percent of parents [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nicotine Rush Hinges on Sugar in Neurons</title>
		<link>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/07/24/nicotine-rush-hinges-on-sugar-in-neurons/</link>
		<comments>http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2007/07/24/nicotine-rush-hinges-on-sugar-in-neurons/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jul 2007 23:16:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>CiglessBot</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Smoking Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[computational biology]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[nicotinic acetylcholine receptor]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Science Daily &#8211; When nicotine binds to a neuron, how does the cell know to send the signal that announces a smoker&#8217;s high? As with other questions involving good sensations, the answer appears to be sugar. A University of Southern California study appearing with a commentary in Nature Neuroscience online proposes a role for sugar [...]]]></description>
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