States Have Not Allocated Adequate Funds For Tobacco Prevention Efforts, Report Finds
Missouri, Michigan, Mississippi, New Hampshire and Tennessee have allocated no funds for tobacco prevention programs for children in their budgets for the current fiscal year, according to a report released on Wednesday by the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, American Heart Association, [click link for full article]

Few Youth Seek Help Even Though Youth Smoking Prevention Programs Common
A survey conducted by University of Illinois at Chicago researchers found that programs to help teens stop smoking are common, yet few youths seek treatment. The study also found fewer programs in geographic areas with higher rates of youth smoking.The research is posted online and will appear in the January print issue of the American Journal of Public Health. [click link for full article]

Pregnant Smokers May 'Program' Their Kids To Become Smokers
The authors base their findings on over 3,000 mothers and their children, who were part of a long term pregnancy study in Brisbane, Australia (MUSP) in 1981.They assessed the smoking patterns of liveborn children when they reached the age of 21 in relation to the behaviour of their mothers during the pregnancy.Around a third of the women said that they had smoked during their pregnancy. [click link for full article]

Anti-Smoking Ads May Backfire
Tobacco company-sponsored anti-smoking advertising aimed at youths not only has no negative effect on teen smoking, it may actually encourage youngsters to smoke, according to a study co-authored by an Oregon State University researcher.Results from the study also show that tobacco industry-sponsored prevention ads aimed at parents often have harmful effects on students, also increasing their likelihood of smoking. [click link for full article]

Successful Lung Cancer Surgery Not Enough To Break Nicotine Dependence In Many Smokers
A new study has found that close to half of 154 smokers who had surgery to remove early stage lung cancer picked up a cigarette again within 12 months of their potentially curative operation, and more than one-third were smoking at the one year mark. Sixty percent of patients who started smoking again did so within two months of surgery. [click link for full article]