It has been estimated that cigarettes are the cause of the deaths of one in two of their
persistent users, and that approximately half a billion people currently alive-8% of the world's …

Four authoritative reviews of active smoking and breast cancer have been published since
2000, but only one considered data after 2002 and conclusions varied. Three reviews of …

Current tobacco control strategies seek primarily to decrease the demand for cigarettes
through measures that encourage individuals to adopt healthier behaviours. These measures …

Background: The aim of this study was to examine the social determinants of smoking among
adolescents attending school and/or work. Methods: A survey was carried out on 6012 …

A lack of scientific data remains the principal obstacle to regulating cigarette toxicity. In
particular, there is an immediate need to improve our understanding of the interaction between …

The gap that exists in the integration of our knowledge on tobacco smoke and breast cancer
is substantial. Before 1993 more than 50 epidemiological studies had examined the …

Sidestream smoke yields for 15 brands of cigarettes were determined under conditions
where mainstream yields were approximately equal to those used for determining the values …

Although governments have imposed controls on tobacco company behaviour, they have
not yet aligned tobacco industry goals to public health objectives. As a result, tobacco …

Theyear was 1987, and the Minister of National Health and Welfare, the Honourable Jake
Epp, had recently introduced the draft Tobacco Products Control Act as Bill C-51 in the House …

Yields of tar, nicotine, and carbon monoxide were compared in selected Canadian brands of
manufactured and hand-rolled cigarettes, and small and large cigars. To control for varying …