The Globe and MailSmoking continues to exact a deadly toll
100 babies die each year due to maternal smoking, new Health Canada data show
By?ANDR? PICARD
PUBLIC HEALTH REPORTER
Tuesday, January 13, 2004 - Page A15
Globe and Mail
Almost 100 babies under the age of 1 die each year in Canada of smoking-related causes, according to new Health Canada data. he research, a detailed analysis of mortality attributable to tobacco use, reveals that smoking killed almost 48,000 Canadians in 1998 -- accounting for almost one in every four deaths. The report lists, in clinical detail, 22 adult and four pediatric diseases that are smoking-related, along with detailed mortality data. [Wouldn't it be interesting if Health Canada calculated the morality attributable to not breastfeeding...? - JC]
Tuesday, January 13, 2004
Tuesday, January 06, 2004
Breastfeeding best for infant, HIV mothers in Africa told: " Research shows health benefits for the newborn outweigh the risks of transmitting disease through milk, STEPHANIE NOLEN writes
By STEPHANIE NOLEN
The Globe and Mail
Tuesday, January 6, 2004 - Page A10 "
By STEPHANIE NOLEN
The Globe and Mail
Tuesday, January 6, 2004 - Page A10 "
Wednesday, December 31, 2003
CBS News | Battle Over Breastfeeding Ads | December 31, 2003 11:13:25: "Battle Over Breastfeeding Ads
Dec. 31, 2003
(CBS) The largest government-sponsored advertising campaign to promote breastfeeding has come under fire even before its launch. Critics claim that the print, radio and television ads use unnecessary scare tactics to convince women to breast-feed their children..." [Yay, Amy Spangler's out there. Do a media tour, Amy!!! :-) - JC]
Dec. 31, 2003
(CBS) The largest government-sponsored advertising campaign to promote breastfeeding has come under fire even before its launch. Critics claim that the print, radio and television ads use unnecessary scare tactics to convince women to breast-feed their children..." [Yay, Amy Spangler's out there. Do a media tour, Amy!!! :-) - JC]
Sunday, December 28, 2003
NPR : Breastfeeding Campaign Questioned "
A new advertising campaign designed by the Department of Health and Human Services encourages women to breastfeed infants. It also warns of the potential health risks of not breastfeeding. The American Academy of Pediatrics questions some of the campaign's health risk claims and scare tactics. NPR's Rachel Jones reports. " [This is a good early warning. The formula industry's tactic is to create the impression that the content of the ads is controversial (the science isn't shaky; they use the questionable technique of "scare tactics", etc.). This obfuscates the real stories - 1) the industry has co-opted US pediatricians in their battle for market share and 2) women are still not being informed of the risks breastfeeding - the risks to their health, and to that of their babies - JC]
A new advertising campaign designed by the Department of Health and Human Services encourages women to breastfeed infants. It also warns of the potential health risks of not breastfeeding. The American Academy of Pediatrics questions some of the campaign's health risk claims and scare tactics. NPR's Rachel Jones reports. " [This is a good early warning. The formula industry's tactic is to create the impression that the content of the ads is controversial (the science isn't shaky; they use the questionable technique of "scare tactics", etc.). This obfuscates the real stories - 1) the industry has co-opted US pediatricians in their battle for market share and 2) women are still not being informed of the risks breastfeeding - the risks to their health, and to that of their babies - JC]
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