ASH Daily News for 12/10/2005
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ASH Daily News
12 October 2005
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Common's Health Select Committee may take evidence from Ken Clarke
Babies given a head start by non-smoking mothers
Chronic bronchitis and emphysema patients are now women
FULL TEXT
Common's Health Select Committee may take evidence from Ken Clarke
Kenneth Clarke's deputy chairmanship of British American Tobacco may
start to take centre stage in the Conservative leadership contest. Mr
Kevin Barron, chairman of the Commons Health Select Committee, said in
relation to the public examination of the Government's proposals to
restrict or ban smoking in public places that "We will be taking
evidence form cigarette manufacturers about the impact of the
Government's proposals. I have no doubt that Ken Clarke would make a
very interesting witness as he has been strongly associated with BAT
since he left the government."
The Health Select Committee meets in private tomorrow to decide which
witnesses to call to give evidence in its televised hearings. The first
hearing is next Thursday, when the second round of voting for the
Conservative party leadership contest will also take place.
The Times 12/10/05
Babies given a head start by non-smoking mothers
Babies born to ethnic-minority families are likely to have a "head
start" over white children because their mothers and are more likely to
breastfeed and less likely smoke. The study, tracking every aspect of
the lives of 19,000 babies born in 2000 and 2001, showed less than half,
(47.4%) of white mothers breastfed their babies for at least a month,
compared to 68.6% of Indian women, 67.1% of Bangladeshis and 82% of
black women.
The Independent 12/10/05
Chronic bronchitis and emphysema patients mostly likely to be women
The typical patient today with chronic bronchitis and emphysema, known
as COPD, is likely to be a woman, a drastic change in image from the
19th century bent old man, blue in the face, shuffling along whilst
coughing and spluttering.
Already 12,000 women die of COPD every year and this year it is likely
to overtake breast cancer to become the fourth-biggest cause of death of
women in the UK. The prevalence of COPD reflects part smoking rates and
is increasing in women because the declining in smoking among women has
been slower than among men.
Nine out of ten cases of COPD are related to smoking, and women smokers
are 13 times more likely than nonsmokers to develop it.
Women also don't have to have been a smoker for as long as men before
developing COPD due to the more sensitive pulmonary tissues in women's
lungs. COPD has classic symptoms of breathlessness, chest tightness,
cough, wheezing and tiredness. The British Lung Foundation is keen for
COPD to be diagnosed early and encourages women to quit smoking to
increase their quality of life and chance of survival.
The Times 12/10/05
Editorial Note: At the time of writing (11am) the ASH server was
unavailable and we are therefore unable to provide hyperlinks to the
above articles.
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Sarah Ward
Information Manager
Action on Smoking & Health (ASH)
102 Clifton Street
London
EC2A 4HW
Tel: 020 7739 5902
Fax: 020 7613 0531
e-mail: sarah.ward@ash.org.uk
web: http://www.ash.org.uk
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Tel 020 7739 5902 Fax 020 7613 0531
ASH Daily News
12 October 2005
[View html version: http://www.globalink.org/nbuk]
HEADLINES
Common's Health Select Committee may take evidence from Ken Clarke
Babies given a head start by non-smoking mothers
Chronic bronchitis and emphysema patients are now women
FULL TEXT
Common's Health Select Committee may take evidence from Ken Clarke
Kenneth Clarke's deputy chairmanship of British American Tobacco may
start to take centre stage in the Conservative leadership contest. Mr
Kevin Barron, chairman of the Commons Health Select Committee, said in
relation to the public examination of the Government's proposals to
restrict or ban smoking in public places that "We will be taking
evidence form cigarette manufacturers about the impact of the
Government's proposals. I have no doubt that Ken Clarke would make a
very interesting witness as he has been strongly associated with BAT
since he left the government."
The Health Select Committee meets in private tomorrow to decide which
witnesses to call to give evidence in its televised hearings. The first
hearing is next Thursday, when the second round of voting for the
Conservative party leadership contest will also take place.
The Times 12/10/05
Babies given a head start by non-smoking mothers
Babies born to ethnic-minority families are likely to have a "head
start" over white children because their mothers and are more likely to
breastfeed and less likely smoke. The study, tracking every aspect of
the lives of 19,000 babies born in 2000 and 2001, showed less than half,
(47.4%) of white mothers breastfed their babies for at least a month,
compared to 68.6% of Indian women, 67.1% of Bangladeshis and 82% of
black women.
The Independent 12/10/05
Chronic bronchitis and emphysema patients mostly likely to be women
The typical patient today with chronic bronchitis and emphysema, known
as COPD, is likely to be a woman, a drastic change in image from the
19th century bent old man, blue in the face, shuffling along whilst
coughing and spluttering.
Already 12,000 women die of COPD every year and this year it is likely
to overtake breast cancer to become the fourth-biggest cause of death of
women in the UK. The prevalence of COPD reflects part smoking rates and
is increasing in women because the declining in smoking among women has
been slower than among men.
Nine out of ten cases of COPD are related to smoking, and women smokers
are 13 times more likely than nonsmokers to develop it.
Women also don't have to have been a smoker for as long as men before
developing COPD due to the more sensitive pulmonary tissues in women's
lungs. COPD has classic symptoms of breathlessness, chest tightness,
cough, wheezing and tiredness. The British Lung Foundation is keen for
COPD to be diagnosed early and encourages women to quit smoking to
increase their quality of life and chance of survival.
The Times 12/10/05
Editorial Note: At the time of writing (11am) the ASH server was
unavailable and we are therefore unable to provide hyperlinks to the
above articles.
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Sarah Ward
Information Manager
Action on Smoking & Health (ASH)
102 Clifton Street
London
EC2A 4HW
Tel: 020 7739 5902
Fax: 020 7613 0531
e-mail: sarah.ward@ash.org.uk
web: http://www.ash.org.uk
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