In conformity with 2002 edition of World Tobacco Atlas published by the WHO, in the region of the Caribbean Sea and Central America, every year local smokers consume from 500 to 1,200 cigarettes each. Although the smoking rates among men tend to drop in recent years, this decline is very slow-going.
Moreover, generally, more educated men from the Caribbean countries do not smoke or have quit lighting up, being aware of all the negative health consequences related to smoking. Therefore, smoking is more likely to be widespread among the non-educated lower- income men.
Has Ethics in Medical Research Completely Disappeared? Study Assigns Half
of Pregnant Women Subjects to Continue Smoking
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A clinical trial published last week in the journal *Preventive Medicine* randomized
pregnant women who smoked to either continue smoking their usual bran...
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