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4Page 6 Media CME ABB (Alignment, Bleaching, Bonding) 4Page 9 Meeting & More “Endodontics is a rapidly growing speciality in the Arab world”4Page 2 News & Opinions Opening of the “AG training center Middle East” in Beirut 2 Hours DENTAL TRIBUNE The World’s Dental Newspaper · Middle East & Africa Edition PUBLISHED IN DUBAI November 2010 NO. 9 VOL. 8 high quality glass ionomer cements first class composites innovative compomers modern bonding systems materials for long-term prophylaxis temporary solutions bleaching products… All our products convince by excellent physical properties perfect aesthetical results Highest quality made in Germany PROMEDICA Dental Material GmbH Tel. + 49 43 21 / 5 4173 · Fax + 49 43 21 / 519 08 Internet: http://www.promedica.de · eMail: info@promedica.de Temporary crown and bridge material New: Bleach Shade! Light-curing nano-ceram composite to the packable Composan bio-esthetic Nano-Ceram-Technology Meet us at several exhibitions – www.promedica.de AD World Health Organization (WHO) researchers said that about one in 100 deaths around the world is due to second- hand smoke, which kills an es- timated 600,000 people each year. WHO experts found that chil- drenaremoreheavilyexposedto second-hand smoke than any other age-group, and about 165,000 of them die every year because of it. "Two-thirds of these deaths occur in Africa and south Asia," the researchers, led by Annette Pruss-Ustun of the WHO in Geneva, wrote in their study. WHO researchers looked at data that dated back from 2004 in 192 countries for their study. They used mathematical modeling to estimate deaths and the number of years lost of life in good health. They found that 40 percent of children, 33 percent of non- smoking men and 35 percent of non-smoking women were ex- posed to second-hand smoke in 2004 around the world. This exposure was estimated to have caused 379,000 deaths from heart disease, 165,000 from lower respiratory infections, 36,900 from asthma and 21,400 from lung cancer. The researchers said that for the full impact of smoking, these deaths should be added to the 5.1 million deaths a year attributed to active tobacco use. "Policy-makers should bear in mind that enforcing complete smoke-free laws will probably substantially reduce the number of deaths attributable to expo- sure to second-hand smoke within the first year of its imple- mentation, with accompanying reduction in costs of illness in so- cial and health systems," she wrote. Only 7.4 percent of the world population currently lives in ju- risdictions with comprehensive smoke-free laws, and those laws are not always robustly enforced. DT 1 in 100 deaths attributed to second hand smoke According to a new report based on genetic analysis, 30 percent of cannned tunas tested in a dozen countries were mislabeled or had other irregularities. Someofthe50brandssampled containeddifferentspeciesoftuna across the same product, or had two different species in the same can. The independent report was timed to coincide with the annual meeting of the International Com- missionfortheConservationofAt- lantic Tunas (ICCAT), which is runninginParisthroughSaturday. ICCAT's48memberstates,includ- ing the European Union, ensure thesustainabilityoffisheriesinthe Atlantic. Nina Thuellen, Green- peace International oceans cam- paigner said: "Tuna companies are indis- criminately stuffing multiple species of tuna" She said that the mixing of species and inclusion of under-sizedtunafromover-fished stocks is mainly due to the use of so-calledfishaggregationdevices, or FADs which attract the fish in open seas, where they are then caught in huge, curtain-like draw nets. . Endangered species of turtles and sharks also get trapped and die. Identification and sorting of juveniles is very difficult once the fish are in the freezers. This re- sults in multiple species in the same can. "Retailers must act now toimmediatelyshifttheirbusiness away from cheap tuna caught us- ing FADs," Thuellen said, adding that the devices should be banned by ICCAT and other regional fish- eries management organizations. The tests analyzed canned tuna products from Austria, Aus- tralia, Greece, the Netherlands, NewZealand,Canada,Spain,Italy, the U.S., Britain, Switzerland and Germany. Atleastfivebrandswere tested in each of those countries, totaling 165 different products. Five main species of tuna make up the annual worldwide catch of 4.0 to 4.5 million tons. DT 30 percent of canned tuna mislabeled