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No logo challenge

25 October 2011
In a move designed to remove the glamour and appeal of smoking particular brands of cigarettes, the Australian parliament recently introduced legislation mandating a government proposed ban on branding and logos on all cigarettes and other tobacco packaging. ...
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Social determinants rise up the agenda

From 19–21 October, heads of government and other ministers met in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, to discuss the importance of the social determinants of health, adopting – at the meeting’s conclusion – the Rio Political Declaration on Social Determinants of Health...
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Neighbourhood impact on health

20 October 2011
A study of 4,500 mothers living in public housing in which at least 40 per cent of residents were on incomes below the federal poverty level has been published, showing a link between affluence of the neighbourhood and risk of obesity. Published in the New England...
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Cost of absenteeism in the US

19 October 2011
A new Gallup–Healthways survey of almost 110,000 full-time workers (working at least 30 hours a week) in the United States has estimated the striking economic burden of absenteeism among those who are overweight or have chronic health conditions. The poll used...
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Veggies’ impact on CVD

12 October 2011
Research led by McGill University in Canada and published in PLoS Medicine looked at how certain genetic variations known to increase a person’s risk of CVD are influenced by lifestyle factors, such as diet, physical activity and smoking – and found that some...
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Breaking with tradition?

07 October 2011
In China, smoking and wedding receptions have for many years gone hand in hand – not only is wine expected to be served, with the bride and groom toasting each table of guests, but the bride is often also expected to light a cigarette (preferably of a leading...
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TB and smoking

06 October 2011
People who smoke are about twice as likely to contract, and die from, tuberculosis than are non-smokers, and a new study, published in the BMJ, has estimated the effect that smoking will have on cases of TB over the next 40 years. The research, by Sanjay Basu et...
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Men, weight and diabetes

05 October 2011
Clinical researchers in Scotland have recently conducted a large cross-sectional study that investigates why, in middle age, European men have a greater likelihood of developing diabetes than women. Researchers have long been aware that men are more likely than...
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Evaluating workplace health

04 October 2011
A new initiative has been announced in the United States to establish a comprehensive national workplace health programme that will both improve the health of workers and their families, and also reduce health-care costs. It will focus particularly on innovative...
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New Delhi Call for Action

03 October 2011
A comprehensive new programme of 26 ‘mini interventions’, covering a wide range of NCDs, is to be launched in India: the ‘New Delhi Call for Action on combating NCDs in India’. The plan is to be rolled out in every district, and includes many NCDs not included...
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