Sunday, January 31, 2010

Lung cancer patients who quit smoking live longer

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Nigerian Compass People with early lung cancer who quit smoking could double their chances of surviving, a new study says. Until now, there ...
Saturday, January 30, 2010

Tobacco control bill will safeguard health-C’ttee

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BY NASIR IMAM The new anti-tobacco bill, presently before the National Assembly, is meant to safeguard the health of Nigerians, the FCT Comm...
Friday, January 29, 2010

Tobacco: Experts blame poor taxation for increase in smoking

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- Yekeen Nurudeen INCREASE in the number of smokers has been attributed to the cheap price of tobacco products, which in turn is caused by F...
Saturday, January 23, 2010

Cancer care: So costly, so elusive

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By Olukorede Yishau Margaret Shogunro-Pitan, a nutritionist and mother of four, saw, experienced and conquered pain. She really is a lucky w...
Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Cigarette smoking: Easy path to ill-health, death

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EBENEZER EDOHASIM, Features Editor EVERY one knows that smoking hurts, it causes sickness, disability and death. But the harmful effects of ...
Friday, January 8, 2010

Reducing Tobacco-Related Deaths

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By Ozioma Ubabukoh African nations seem poised to undergo the highest increase in the rate of tobacco use among developing countries, and ne...

Reducing Cancer begins with supporting Tobacco Control Bill

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When news that former First Lady, Mrs. Maryam Babangida had died from ovarian cancer in far away United States (US) filtered through the air...