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  KARAWANG GIRANG, Indonesia (Reuters) - Anti-tobacco advocates in Indonesia plan to file a class action lawsuit this month using cases of child addicts in the hope of forcing tougher ...

  Child addicts at core of Indonesia anti-smoking suit

  on May 24, 2012 - 9:50am
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  GENEVA (Reuters) - The tobacco industry is providing legal advice to Ukraine and Honduras in their challenges to Australia's new tobacco packaging rules at the World Trade Organization, ...

  Australia says big tobacco aiding WTO challengers

  on May 23, 2012 - 10:25am
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  LONDON (Reuters) - The United States sees drug abuse as a public health problem as much as a crime issue and is seeking to learn from countries in Europe and elsewhere about how to treat ...

  U.S. says drug abuse needs treatment, not just jail

  on May 22, 2012 - 1:40pm
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  The cost of obesity is growing, one study shows a link between stress and breast cancer, and women's brains respond differently to nicotine than others.

  The Rising Costs of Obesity, Cancer's Link to Stress and Women and Nicotine

  By EmpowHER on May 11, 2012 - 9:54am
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  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - More than half of kids who were part of a new study from California tested positive for secondhand smoke exposure -- despite only a handful of their parents ...

  Many kids exposed to smoke despite parents' claims

  on May 10, 2012 - 1:30pm
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  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Nearly half of all attempts by underage buyers to purchase alcohol online were successful in a new study, exposing weaknesses in both delivery companies' and ...

  Minors have an easy time buying alcohol online

  on May 10, 2012 - 9:10am
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  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - One in eight older teens has used powerful painkillers when they weren't prescribed -- and many of them start misusing the medications earlier than was ...

  One in eight teens misuses prescription painkillers

  on May 7, 2012 - 1:00pm
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  In this edition of EmpowHER's "HER Daily Dose", Michelle King Robson examines a study in which scientists claim to have found a scientific explanation as to why it may be harder for ...

  Why Is It Harder For Women To Quit Smoking Than Men? - HER Daily Dose

  By EmpowHER on May 7, 2012 - 9:42am
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  KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - For 30 years, Feisal Fakharudin lived a heroin addict's life, sleeping on streets, getting into trouble with police and rotating in and out of drug treatment ...

  Malaysia mosque a source of hope for heroin addicts

  on May 4, 2012 - 11:50am
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  NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Acupuncture and hypnosis are touted as drug-free ways to help smokers kick the habit, and there is some evidence that they work, according to a new research ...

  Some support for quit-smoking alternatives

  on May 4, 2012 - 11:35am