Women with a higher whole grain intake had healthier lifestyles and less baseline disease. Median whole grain, intake quintiles ranged from 0.2 to more than three servings a day. Total death rates and deaths associated with cancer, cardiovascular disease, and other causes decreased. When adjusted for lifestyle and baseline disease, the relative risk ratio for total death was 0.85 in those women who consumed whole grain daily. Effective state smoking programs can reduce chronic youth smoking.
Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause of death in the United States.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that every day 3,000 children become regular smokers. To establish baseline parameters, students completed a questionnaire that included questions about tobacco use, exposure to environmental tobacco smoke, ability to purchase or obtain tobacco products, knowledge and attitudes about tobacco, and familiarity with tobacco-related media messages and school curriculum programs. Progress was monitored for one year in seven geographical regions. The program's major component was a media campaign developed to reduce the allure of smoking and tobacco's attractiveness to youth. Results After 1 Year.