2006 Releases

Holiday Giving - The Roswell Park Way: Nov-30-2006 — Give yourself the gift of life - stop smoking! Join RPCI's stop smoking clinic and let us help you quit the smokes. Directed by Michael Cummings, PhD, classes are held on Wednesdays, December 4, 11, and 18 from 6:30 to 8:00 pm.
Roswell Park Launches New Education Program for Future Prevention Scientists: Nov-20-2006 — "Bench to Sidewalk" is the focus of a novel education program initiated by the Division of Cancer Prevention and Population Sciences at RPCI with UB's Department of Social and Preventive Medicine and funded by a $1.8 million grant from NCI.
Seven Western New York Facilities Announce Smoke-Free Plans: Nov-16-2006 — On Nov. 16, the 30th anniversary of the American Cancer Society's Great American Smokeout, seven health care facilities announced plans to implement a smoke-free campus policy; Roswell Park was the first WNY facility to go smoke-free.
World's First Collaborative Lung Cancer Registry: Nov-13-2006 — With a grim overall five-year lung cancer survival rate of 15%, an international effort has been launched by RPCI to potentially revolutionize the prevention, detection and treatment of the disease - the Stacey Scott Lung Cancer Registry.
St. John's Wort May Aid in Smoking Cessation: Oct-02-2006 — A herbal agent, appears to be an effective adjunctive therapy for tobacco cessation: Martin C. Mahoney, MD, PhD.
New Public Health Program Shows Smokers How to Become an EX: Sep-26-2006 — New public health program was launched today at Roswell Park.
Smoke Free Presentation: Jul-09-2006 — Smoke free laws work. That was the message from Andrew Hyland, PhD, Department of Health Behavior, RPCI, at the United Kingdom National Smoking Cessation Conference, Newcastle, England.
EC's Limits on Tar/Nicotine Levels in Cigarettes Found Ineffective, Misleading: British Med. Journal: Feb-03-2006 — The European Commission's regulation limiting levels of tar, nicotine and carbon monoxide in cigarettes is ineffective, misleading and unlikely to achieve the goal of reducing smokers health risks: study published in the British Medical Journal.
Roswell Park Study Points to Success of the Clean Indoor Air Act: Jan-31-2006 — The New York State Clean Indoor Air Act (CIAA) appears to be protecting workers from exposures to secondhand smoke (SHS). This is according to a study conducted at Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) and published in the February 2006 issue of the Americ