Stop Smoking - Ob-gyns Encouraged To Help Pregnant Women Kick The Habit

Asking pregnant women about whether they smoke and about their exposure to secondhand smoke should be a routine part of prenatal care beginning with the very first prenatal visit, says The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (The College)...

Stop Smoking - Louis F. Bantle, Chief Of U.s. Tobacco, Dies At 81

Under Mr. Bantle’s leadership, sales for U.S. Tobacco, best known for its Skoal and Copenhagen brands, grew tenfold.

Stop Smoking - Cancer-linked Epigenetic Effects Of Smoking Revealed By Study

For the first time, UK scientists have reported direct evidence that taking up smoking results in epigenetic changes associated with the development of cancer. The results were reported at the 35th Congress of the European Society for Medical Oncology (ESMO) in Milan, Italy...

Stop Smoking - Quitting Smoking – Are You Suffering From Avoidance Syndrome

Because most people don’t want to feel their desire to smoke after they have stopped, they often try to avoid any circumstance that has an association with smoking. They reorganize their lives as much as they can, so that they will be faced with temptation as little as possible. If someone goes to a particular [...]

Stop Smoking - New Nist 'standard Cigarette' Available For Fire-resistance Testing

Cigarettes are the most frequent cause of fatalities from residential fires in the United States. So, it might seem surprising to learn that a cigarette that burns stronger than others has been used for decades by manufacturers of home furnishings to test the fire resistance of their products...