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CELEBRITY DEATHS: 2017'S FALLEN STARS Eonline.com
Gone But Not Forgotten - 2017 Deaths
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The Best Holiday Videos Ever! Yahoo.com
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The 50 Best Christmas Movies of All Time @Thrillist
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According to the CDC:
"The harmful effects of smoking do not end with the smoker. An estimated 88 million nonsmoking Americans, including 54% of children aged 3-11 years, are exposed to secondhand smoke. Even brief exposure can be dangerous because nonsmokers inhale many of the same poisons in cigarette smoke as smokers. Secondhand smoke exposure causes serious disease and death, including heart disease and lung cancer in nonsmoking adults and sudden infant death syndrome, acute respiratory infections, ear problems, and more frequent and severe asthma attacks in children. Each year, primarily because of exposure to secondhand smoke, an estimated 3,000 nonsmoking Americans die of lung cancer, more than 46,000 die of heart disease, and about 150,000-300,000 children younger than 18 months have lower respiratory tract infections." Citation source:http://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/resources/publications/aag/osh.htm |
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According to New York State Senator Liz Krueger's Blog:
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According to the CDC:
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For more information, see Lung Cancer and Smoking FDA.gov
For more information, see Lung Cancer and Smoking
Data used for this graphic came from MMWR's Nonsmokers' Exposure to Secondhand Smoke --- United States, 1999--2008 9/10/2010
For more information, see Diabetes and Tobacco Use
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For more information, see World AIDS Day
For more information, see Remembrance Day for Lost Species
For more information, see Cyberattacks most likely to happen in these 10 states on Cyber Monday 11/2017
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For more information, see National Prematurity Awareness Month
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For more information, see Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Photo: BCJung, Gozzi Farm Turkeys, CT (11/16/12) |
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60 Things To Be Thankful For In Life
You can create your family health portrait record, for free, at: My Family Health Portrait Site
For step-by-step instructions, see Family Health Portrait The more you know about your family's health history, the better you can take care of yourself and your kids!
For more information, see COPD
Gratitude is always a good thing because it helps us to keep Life in perspective. We take so many things for granted that we don't appreciate what we have until we don't have it anymore.
I like Research!America's annual "Public Health Thank You Day" because it puts what is my greatest love, Public Health, on the forefront, even if it's just for one day a year.
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A re-posting of my 2009 blog entry: Here are some of things we can be thankful for, with many thanks to all the Public Health Professionals, at all levels of practice, who have dedicated their careers to protecting the Public's Health in a variety of ways...
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For more information, see WHO - World Toilet Day
For more information, see World Day of Remembrance
For more information, see International Men's Day Sparks Conversation About Mental Health
For more information, see Child Abuse Prevention CDC.gov
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For more information see Lung Cancer Awareness
For more information, see Smoking Cessation
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November 13, 2017 - Get Smart Week is November 13 - 19
November 12, 2017 - World Pneumonia Day November 12, 2017
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See Prevalence of Motor Vehicle Crashes Involving Drowsy Drivers, United States, 2009 2013
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For more information, see Drowsy Driving Prevention Week November 6-13, 2016
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For more information, see One Health Day
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For more information, see Diabetes Resources on the Internet
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For more information, see National Latinx AIDS Awareness Day
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October 12, 2017 - October is ADHD Awareness Month
For more information, see Learn More About ADHD and ADHD
For more information, see National Protect Your Hearing Month October 2016 and Hearing
For more information, see Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) CDC.gov and About SUID (sudden unexpected infant deaths) and SIDS
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Below Basic Level Definition: Adults at the below basic level have only the most elementary literacy skills. These skills range from being non-literate in English to being able to locate easily identifiable information in short, commonplace prose text. An adult at the below basic literacy level might be able to locate and circle the date of a medical appointment on a hospital appointment slip. (Source: http://www.cdc.gov/healthliteracy/findtraining/onlinecourse.html) |
For more information, see National Protect Your Hearing Month October 2016 and Hearing
For more information, Youth Tobacco Use: Results from the 2016 National Youth Tobacco Survey
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For more information, see Bullying
For more information, see Breast Cancer
See National Cyber Security Awareness Month - Cyber Security is Everyone's Responsibility for what you can do to remain secure in an increasingly connected world.
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For more information, see Domestic Violence Resources
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https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/library/awareness/ngmhaad.html #NGMHAAD
For more information, see HIV Among Gay and Bisexual Men CDC.gov
For more information, see Lung Cancer and Smoking
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For more information, see FDA.gov's Menopause Page and Women Life Cycles
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For more information, see All you need to know: September equinox
For more information, see Tobacco Atlas
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According to the CDC:
"Tobacco use is the single most preventable cause of disease, disability, and death in the United States. Each year, an estimated 443,000 people die prematurely from smoking or exposure to secondhand smoke, and another 8.6 million live with a serious illness caused by smoking. Despite these risks, approximately 46.6 million U.S. adults smoke cigarettes. Smokeless tobacco, cigars, and pipes also have deadly consequences, including lung, larynx, esophageal, and oral cancers. Coupled with this enormous health toll is the significant economic burden of tobacco use�more than $96 billion a year in medical costs and another $97 billion a year from lost productivity." Citation source:http://www.cdc.gov/chronicdisease/resources/publications/aag/osh.htm |
This observance took place in 2016 during the September 18 - 24, 2016. I have seen nothing for this year about this, but I want to include this because the drug epidemic is a really big issue these days.
For more information see Child Passenger Safety
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September 13, 2017 - Additives and Nicotine
According to: 6/2015's "A study of pyrazines in cigarettes and how additives might be used to enhance tobacco addiction"
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Let us never forget all the innocent lives that were lost on that fateful day, and once again thank all the brave civil servants who died in the line duty. Many thanks to Suzanvitti.org for these wonderful graphics.
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For more information, see Suicide Prevention Resources
According to the 1997 "American College of Cardiology's Cardiovascular Toxicity of Nicotine: Implications for Nicotine Replacement Therapy 1"
WebMD summarizes how nicotine cause heart disease by:
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Here is a bar graph that shows why it is so hard for long-term smokers to quit. Given that most smokers begin smoking in their teens, by the time they are in their 50s, 3/4s are addicted to the nicotine. An even worse statistic is by the time smokers are 26, 1/2 are already addicted to the nicotine! This is the reason why the sooner smokers stop, the better off they are. |
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Here is a graph that shows how different nicotine delivery methods affect the level of nicotine found in the blood. Though nicotine may be fast acting (it only takes 11 seconds for the nicotine to reach the brain), it's effects don't last long, which is why smokers end up smoking more and more over time. |
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For more information, see Food Safety Education Month
For more information, see Gynecologic Cancers
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Here is a bar chart that compares the relative addictiveness (0 to 100%) of a number of drugs. Those in blue are legal drugs, and those in red are illegal drugs. Somewhat scary to see that the two most addictive drugs are legal, of which nicotine is second only to oxycodone for addictiveness. This is a good reason to keep in mind when young children are lured into smoking without understanding what they are getting into. Before they realize it they are physically addicted to nicotine. |
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Ever think of nicotine as a drug? Well it is, and a very addictive psychoactive drug at that. In terms of addictiveness, nicotine is right up there with morphine. Even worse, nicotine is more addictive than cocaine, at a lower dose! |
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For more information about coming eclipses, see Did you miss yesterday's total solar eclipse? Here's your next chance
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Current cigarette smoking* among adults by degree of psychological distress and age group National Health Interview Survey, United States, 2015
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![]() Graphic source: http://earthsky.org/tonight/total-solar-eclipse-on-august-21 See the tiny black dot crossing the United States in this this animation of the August 21 solar eclipse? It's only here that you can see a total eclipse of the sun. But everyplace within the much larger gray circle will see a partial eclipse |
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For more information, see Contact Lens Week
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For more information, see World Mosquito Day 2017 @CDC_NCEZID
For more information, see WHO's World Humanitarian Day
See: FDA's New Regulations for E-Cigarettes, Cigars, and All Other Tobacco Products 8/2016
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For more information, see Think Fungus: Fungal Disease Awareness Week
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Starting October 1, 2014, CVS stores stopped selling cigarettes. Well, it's a start. However, if you look at where cigarettes are usually bought and sold, gas stations may be the place to stem the sale of cigarettes, as they make up 48% of where people buy cigarettes.
While statistics show that the number of cigarettes sold is declining, the tobacco industry still stands to make $230 billion in 2013. That's a lot of cigarettes sold. |
For more information, see Lung Cancer and Smoking
For more information, see Lung Cancer and Smoking
For more information, see Lung Cancer and Smoking
For more information, see Lung Cancer and Smoking
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For more information, see Treatobacco.net
Annual age-adjusted rate* of tobacco-related cancer cases (2009-2013) and trends in rates (2004-2013), by state National Program of Cancer Registries, and Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program, United States
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"The Department is proposing in this NPRM to explicitly ban the use of electronic cigarettes on aircraft as there has been some confusion over whether the Department's ban on smoking of tobacco products includes a ban on use of electronic cigarettes. We see no reason to treat electronic cigarettes any differently than traditional cigarettes. The purpose behind the statutory ban on smoking aboard aircraft and the regulatory ban in part 252 on smoking tobacco products was to improve air quality within the aircraft, reduce the risk of adverse health effects on passengers and crewmembers, and enhance aviation safety and passenger comfort. Electronic cigarettes are generally designed to look like and to be used in the same manner as conventional cigarettes. Although a vapor, rather than smoke, is produced, the products require an inhalation and exhalation similar to smoking cigarettes. We are unaware of sufficient studies on the health impact on third parties from these vapors to conclude that they would not negatively impact the air quality within the aircraft and/or increase the risk of adverse health effects on passengers and crewmembers.
Each e-cigarette consists of three parts: The replaceable cartridge, which most often contains liquid nicotine but may contain other chemicals, the atomizer or heating element, and the battery and electronics. See Sottera Inc. v. Food & Drug Administration, 627 F.3d 891, 893 (D.C. Cir 2010). Theatomizer or heating element vaporizes the liquid inside the cartridge, and the battery and electronics power the atomizer and monitor air flow. Id. When the user inhales, the electronics detect the air flow and activate the atomizer, the liquid nicotine is vaporized, and the user inhales the vapor. Id.
Some electronic cigarette companies have claimed that their products are safe because they reportedly do not contain carcinogens or tar or produce second-hand smoke, as there is no combustion in their use. According to these arguments, while the vapor looks and feels, and may taste, like smoke produced by burning traditional tobacco products, its chemistry differs from the smoke produced from burning conventional tobacco products. The principal liquid ingredient is propylene glycol, which is widely used as a moistening food additive and an aid to vaporization. However, some research, conducted on non-asthmatic people, has shown that exposure to propylene glycol mist from artificial smoke generators may cause acute ocular and upper airway irritation, and in a few cases people reacted with cough and slight airway obstruction. See G Wieslander, D Norbck, and T Lindgren, Experimental exposure to propylene glycol mist in aviation emergency training: Acute ocular and respiratory effects,Occupational and Environmental Medicine 2001; 58:649-655. Further, in a recent New England Journal of Medicine article, E-Cigarette or Drug-Delivery Device? Regulating Novel Nicotine Products, it was noted that the safety of inhaling propylene glycol has not been studied in humans. 365;3: 193-95.
Smoking of Electronic Cigarettes on Aircraft
DOT Issues New Flight Safety Rule for E-Cigarettes
Fire Risk of Electronic Cigarettes (e-cigarettes) in Checked Baggage
* Adults were asked if they had smoked at least 100 cigarettes in their lifetime and, if yes, whether they currently smoked cigarettes every day, some days, or not at all. Those who smoked every day or some days were classified as current cigarette smokers. Adults who had not smoked 100 cigarettes were classified as never cigarette smokers. Adults who had smoked 100 cigarettes but were not smoking at the time of interview were classified as former cigarette smokers. Percentages are shown with 95% confidence intervals.
Current e-cigarette use was based on responses of every day or some days to the question, Do you currently use electronic cigarettes every day, some days, or not at all? asked of adults who had ever tried an e-cigarette, even one time.
Estimates are based on household interviews of a sample of the noninstitutionalized U.S. civilian population aged ≥18 years and are derived from the National Health Interview Survey sample adult component.
In 2015, 3.5% of U.S. adults were current e-cigarette users. Among adult e-cigarette users overall, 58.8% also were current cigarette smokers, 29.8% were former cigarette smokers, and 11.4% had never been cigarette smokers. Among current e-cigarette users aged ≥45 years, 98.7% were either current or former cigarette smokers, and 1.3% had never been cigarette smokers. In contrast, among current e-cigarette users aged 18-24 years, 40.0% had never been cigarette smokers.
Source: Source: National Health Interview Survey, 2015 data
Percentage of adults who had never smoked cigarettes and who had ever tried an e-cigarette, by age: United States, 2014
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Among adults who had never smoked cigarettes, the percentage who had ever tried an e-cigarette, even one time, was highest for those aged 18-24 (9.7%) and declined as age increased Among adults aged 45 and over who had never smoked cigarettes, 1% or less had ever tried an e-cigarette even once.
For more info, see Electronic Cigarette Use Among Adults: United States, 2014
Percentage of adult current cigarette smokers who had ever tried and percentage who currently use e-cigarettes, by past year cigarette smoking quit attempt status: United States, 2014
Graphic source: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db217.htm
For more info, see Electronic Cigarette Use Among Adults: United States, 2014
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Graphic source: http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/antarcticas-larsen-c-ice-shelf-finally-breaks-releases-giant-iceberg/
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Percentage of adults who had ever tried and percentage who currently use e-cigarettes, by cigarette smoking status: United States, 2014
Graphic source: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db217.htm
For more info, see Electronic Cigarette Use Among Adults: United States, 2014
Percentage of adults who currently use e-cigarettes, by sex, age, and race and Hispanic or Latino origin: United States, 2014
Graphic source: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db217.htm
Current use of e-cigarettes was about the same for men and women. Current e-cigarette use was higher among non-Hispanic AIAN adults (10.7%) and non-Hispanic white adults (4.6%) than among Hispanic (2.1%), non-Hispanic black (1.8%), and non-Hispanic Asian (1.5%) adults.
For more info, see Electronic Cigarette Use Among Adults: United States, 2014
Percentage of adults who had ever tried an e-cigarette in their lifetime, by sex, age, and race and Hispanic or Latino origin: United States, 2014
Graphic source: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/databriefs/db217.htm
Men were more likely than women to have ever tried an e-cigarette. More than 20% of adults aged 18-24 had ever tried an e-cigarette, with use declining steadily as age increased.
Non-Hispanic American Indian or Alaska Native (AIAN) adults (20.2%) and non-Hispanic white adults (14.8%) were more likely than Hispanic (8.6%), non-Hispanic black (7.1 %), and non-Hispanic Asian (6.2%) adults to have ever tried an e-cigarette.
For more info, see Electronic Cigarette Use Among Adults: United States, 2014
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According to the April 4, 2014 MMWR Report, "Calls to Poison Centers for Exposures to Electronic Cigarettes United States, September 2010-February 2014"
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