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1.  Huffing Increases as Knowledge Declines

2.  One in 400 Students Lose Aid Because of Drugs

3.  More Families Eating Dinner Together
4.  JUST THE FACTS
5.  Smoking linked to severity of psoriasis

6.  Smoking in Calif. Hits Record Low

7.  FREE:  Alcohol: A Women’s Health Issue 
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1.  Huffing Increases as Knowledge Declines

More kids are "huffing" household chemicals to get high, and fewer understand the risks of their behavior.

http://www.jointogether.org/news/headlines/inthenews/2006/huffing-increases-as.html

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2.  One in 400 Students Lose Aid Because of Drugs

A law that strips financial aid from students who admit to past drug offenses resulted in one in 400 applicants being denied federal education assistance, according to data from the U.S. Department of Education.

http://www.jointogether.org/news/headlines/inthenews/2006/one-in-400-students-lose-aid.html
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3.  More Families Eating Dinner Together

More U.S. families are making a point of sitting down for dinner together, a trend that pleases youth drug-prevention experts who see such family connections as a buffer against addiction problems.  http://www.jointogether.org/news/headlines/inthenews/2006/more-families-eating-dinner.html
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4.  JUST THE FACTS:

• Ten percent of smokers alive today are living with a smoking-related illness.
• Men who smoke incur $15,8002 (in 2002 dollars) more in lifetime medical expenses and are absent from work 4 days more per year than men who do not smoke.
• Women who smoke incur $17,5002 (in 2002 dollars) more in lifetime medical expenses and are absent from work 2 days more each year than nonsmoking women.
• In 1999, each adult smoker cost employers $1,760 in lost productivity and $1,623 in excess medical expenditures.
• Smoking causes heart disease, stroke, multiple cancers, respiratory diseases, and other costly illnesses. Secondhand smoke causes lung disease and lung cancer.
• Smoking increases costly complications of pregnancy, such as pre-term delivery and low birth-weight infants

5.  Smoking Linked to Severity of Psoriasis

Smoking appears to play a role in the risk of developing psoriasis and in the severity of the skin disease.
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticleSearch.aspx?storyID=168418%2B28-Dec-2005%2BRTRS&srch=Smoking%2Blinked%2Bto%2Bseverity%2Bof%2Bpsoriasis%2B
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6.  Smoking in Calif. Hits Record Low

Adult smoking in California has fallen to 14.6 percent, the lowest rate ever recorded.

The smoking rate for adult California males was 17 percent last year; 11.1 percent of women smoked. However, 18 percent of 18 to 24 year olds smoked.

http://www.jointogether.org/news/headlines/inthenews/2006/smoking-in-calif-hits-record.html
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7.  FREE:  Alcohol: A Women’s Health Issue

Describes the effects of alcohol on women’s health at different stages in their lives. English version: NIH Publication No. 05–4956; Spanish version: NIH Publication No. 05–4956–S. Also available: a 12-minute video, with the same title, that describes the health consequences of heavy drinking in women.

Can be ordered from the NIAAA Publications Distribution Center, P.O. Box 10686, Rockville, MD 20849–0686; phone: (301) 443–3860. They are also available in full text on NIAAA’s Web site (www.niaaa.nih.gov).
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A special thanks to Join Together Online(jointogether.org), Daily Dose  and SAMSHA for bringing some of this information to us.

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