Shame on RJ Reynolds Tobacco Company
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Nancy L. Brown, PhD
As more women are dying of
lung cancer than they are of breast cancer,
RJ Reynolds steps up to the plate and encourages more women to smoke with Camel No.9. This new brand of cigarettes is advertised as light & luscious, with flowers, black, bright pink and teal colors - and pulls for images of being "dressed to the nines." Ads for the new brand of their most successful brand may show up in Cosmopolitan and Glamour magazines - both with large numbers of young female readers.
What will it take for companies to stop marketing smoking as stylish and glamorous? There is no research that suggests smoking helps manage weight, but we do know it will kill people who choose to smoke!
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ADHD Cases Linked to Lead and Smoking
Saturday, September 30, 2006
Nancy L. Brown, PhD
A recent study reported in
Environmental Health Perspectives suggests that about one-third of attention deficit cases among U.S. children may be linked with tobacco smoke before
birth or to lead exposure afterward. Building on previous research linking attention problems, including ADHD, with childhood lead exposure and
smoking during
pregnancy, and offers one of the first estimates for how much those environmental factors might contribute.
The study's estimate is in line with a National Academy of Sciences
report in 2000 that said about 3% of all developmental and neurological disorders in U.S. children are caused by toxic chemicals and other environmental factors and 25 percent are due to a combination of environmental factors and
genetics.
ADHD is a brain disorder affecting between 4% and 12% of school-age children -- or as many as 3.8 million youngsters. Affected children often have trouble sitting still and paying attention and act impulsively at home and at school.
The researchers analyzed data on nearly 4,000 U.S. children ages 4 to 15 who were part of a 1999-2002 government health survey. Included were 135 children treated for ADHD. They asked whether mothers had smoked during
pregnancy but used blood tests to determine lead exposure, said co-author Dr. Bruce Lanphear, a researcher at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. Children whose mothers smoked during pregnancy were 2 1/2 times more likely to have ADHD than children who weren't prenatally exposed to tobacco.
Resources:
Environmental Health PerspectivesCenters for Disease Control and PreventionWe're Talking, Too: Preteen HealthPhoto credit:
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As more women are dying of lung cancer than they are of breast cancer, RJ Reynolds steps up to the plate and encourages more women to smoke with Camel No.9. This new brand of cigarettes is advertised as light & luscious, with flowers, black, bright pink and teal colors - and pulls for images of being "dressed to the nines." Ads for the new brand of their most successful brand may show up in Cosmopolitan and Glamour magazines - both with large numbers of young female readers.
