Anti-smoking

Figure 3.7 An anti-smoking device the cigarette is inserted into the wider end. Partially oxidized carbon monoxide combines chemically with oxygen inside the device after leaving the end of the cigarette but before entering the smoker s mouth the oxygen necessary to effect this oxidation enters the device through the small circular holes positioned along its length...

World Health Organization (2003) Policy recommendations for smoking cessation and treatment of tobacco dependence. World Health Organization, Geneva Xenova Group PLC (2005). Anti-smoking vaccine TA-NIC preliminary 12 month clinical trial results. Press release, 3 March 2005. See http //www.xenova.co.uk/PressReleases/ pr 20050303 02.html, accessed 11 October 2007... 

Anti-smoke Additives - all are ash containing and are not approved for flight use, only for engine testing. 

After a legislative battle between anti-smoking activists and tobacco companies, Congress requires that a warning label be placed on cigarette packs. The first, tepid version of the warning says that smoking may be hazardous to health. 

East BW, Boddy K, Williams ED, et al. 1980. Silver retention, total body silver and tissue silver concentrations in argyria associated with exposure to an anti-smoking remedy containing silver acetate. Clin Exp Dermatol 5 305-311. 

Thiocyanate is a metabolite of cyanide and in addition to its toxicological significance, measurement of blood-thiocyanate concentrations aids in the verification of an individual s compliance with an anti-smoking programme. Plasma concentrations in non-smokers range fi om 0.1 to 4 jJg/ml, whereas in smokers concentrations range from about 5 jJ g/ml up to 20 g/ml. Serum concentrations of up to about 200 g/ml have been recorded in fatalities. 

Proprietary Name. Nicorette (anti-smoking preparation)... 

Gardner MJ, Powell CA, Gardner AW, et al. 1988. Continuing high lung cancer mortality among ex-amosite asbestos factory workers and a pilot study of individual anti-smoking advice. J Soc Occup Med 38 69-72. 

A patient with schizophrenia developed systemic argjria from chronic and excessive ingestion of an anti-smoking formulation that contained silver (20). Seizures developed after he had taken the pills for 40 years. There was an extremely high concentration of silver in the serum. 

Jensen EJ, Rungby J, Hansen JC, Schmidt E, Pedersen B, Dahl R. Serum concentrations and accumulation of silver in skin during three months treatment with an anti-smoking chewing gum containing silver acetate. Hum Toxicol 1988 7(6) 535-40. 

Zyban is a nicotine-free anti-smoking pill. 

Anti-smoke dampers were added in the ventilation system to prevent the diffusion of sodium aerosol. The dampers in the ventilation system are interlocked with the sodium leak detector and fire detector to shut automatically. 

Descamps, J. M., Delfosse, L. and Lucquin, M. An application of the self-ignition method of polymers anti-smoke additive induced glowing effect in the combustion of poly(vinyl chloride). Fire and Materials, 4, No. 1, 37 (1980)... 

Common law cases probably have the greatest general preventive effect when they set precedents. Take the 1992 passive smoking case in which an employee was awarded 85 000 (OH Newsletter 274). The case received widespread publicity and employers are now on notice that they need to implement anti-smoking policies or face costly common law actions. This has contributed significantly to the move towards smoke-free workplaces. 

AHA Tobacco industry blocks anti-smoking efforts... 

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