Berkeley Lab gets $1.3M to study health impacts of the stubborn, noxious residue left behind from smoked tobacco.
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Investigating link between thirdhand smoke and cancer
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Curing cancer, one tax return at a time
Check a box and fund two UC-administered cancer research projects — one helping young women preserve fertility and sexual health, the other creating a safer, more effective tool for early detection of lung cancer.
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Toxic airborne pollutants linger long after tobacco smoke clears
Berkeley Lab researchers assess the health impacts of inhalable constituents of thirdhand smoke.
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Smoking's $18.1 billion toll on California
Despite declines in numbers of smokers, related diseases account for one in seven deaths in the state — more than from AIDS, influenza or diabetes.