The consequences of tobacco use and dependence for people with developmental or intellectual disabilities can be especially severe, says an extensive review of previously reported studies.
The consequences of tobacco use and dependence for people with developmental or intellectual disabilities can be especially severe, says an extensive review of previously reported studies.
"This is too important an issue to ignore," said Dr. Marc L. Steinberg, an assistant professor of psychiatry at the UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and the article's lead author of the review published in the journal Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.
US Senators Push Bill to Regulate Tobacco Industry
Democratic senators on Wednesday sought to bolster legislation that would give the federal government authority to regulate the tobacco industry, which has warded off such efforts for decades.
Democratic senators on Wednesday sought to bolster legislation that would give the federal government authority to regulate the tobacco industry, which has warded off such efforts for decades.
He and his colleagues have even identified several negative implications of tobacco use that are unique to this population group.
The researchers say that people with developmental or intellectual disabilities are three times more likely to live in poverty, which can in turn make them more susceptible to financial distress from tobacco use.
Life, Health Insurers Invest Big in Tobacco
Major US, Canadian and British life and health insurance companies have billions of dollars invested in tobacco companies, a study published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine said.
Major US, Canadian and British life and health insurance companies have billions of dollars invested in tobacco companies, a study published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine said.
Ironically, say the research group, many of these individuals became addicted to tobacco at the hands of the very institutions that are meant to help them.
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Compulsory Pictorial Warnings Implemented On Tobacco Products
Now smokers would be forced to think twice before lighting a cigarette, as the Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products (Packaging and Labelling) Rules 2008 are being implemented from May 31.
Now smokers would be forced to think twice before lighting a cigarette, as the Cigarette and Other Tobacco Products (Packaging and Labelling) Rules 2008 are being implemented from May 31.
According to the researchers, on the rare occasions when individuals in this population gain access to tobacco treatment programs, they still may "fall through the cracks" because they have difficulty understanding the health information presented to them.
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