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Stop Smoking - Tobacco Companies Cry Wolf: Chancellor Urged Not To Cave Into Industry Threats Over Smuggling, Uk

2011-03-19T02:50:00.001-07:00

A submission to the Treasury in advance of next week's Budget by ASH and the UK Centre for Tobacco Control Studies (UKCTCS) endorsed by 68 health organisations has urged the government to stick to its principles and increase taxation on tobacco well above inflation...

Stop Smoking - Emphysema Found In Blood May Help You Stop Smoking

2011-03-13T01:50:00.001-08:00

Okay, so you smoke cigarettes in a regular basis with no plans to stop. Lung cancer and respiratory ailments could be looming, but how do you know? A new blood test is being developed that detects the early development of emphysema well before symptoms occur and provide some form of peace of mind...

Stop Smoking - Eat Smoke Free In Los Angeles Starting Next Week

2011-03-07T01:50:00.001-08:00

The battle rages on between smoking and public wellness organizations in the United States, and particularly in Los Angeles, the home of sun, diet and exercise. Next week, smoking within 10 feet of outdoor dining areas, including food courts, as well as within 40 feet of food kiosks, food carts, and mobile food trucks in the City of Los Angeles will be frowned upon...

Stop Smoking - Tobacco Industry Sues Fda On Proposed Menthol Cigarette Ban

2011-03-01T01:50:00.001-08:00

Lorillard Inc and R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co have filed a lawsuit against the FDA (Food and Drug Administration) saying there were conflicts of interest and bias among members of an advisory panel which may recommend banning menthol cigarettes. The FDA advisory panel's recommendations are not binding, however the agency usually goes along with its advice...

Smoking Stop - Payment, Shipping Bans Stub Out Cigarette-selling Websites

2011-02-23T01:50:00.001-08:00

Bans on using credit cards to pay for cigarettes bought on Internet sites - combined with bans on commercial shippers delivering the products - appear to have effectively reduced the size and reach of the online cigarette sales industry, a new University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill study shows...

Stop Smoking - Barring Smokers From The Workplace

2011-02-17T01:50:00.001-08:00

Letters to the editor regarding employers who decide not to hire workers based on their statuses as smokers.

Smoking Stop - Electronic Cigarettes Hold Promise As Aid To Quitting

2011-02-11T01:50:00.001-08:00

A study led by Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) researchers reports that electronic cigarettes are a promising tool to help smokers stop, producing six-month abstinence rates nearly double those for traditional nicotine replacement products...

Stop Smoking - Md Anderson's Web-based Anti-smoking Program Targets Hispanic Youth

2011-02-05T01:50:00.001-08:00

The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center's popular web-based teen prevention and smoking-cessation program, ASPIRE (A Smoking Prevention Interactive Experience), now speaks Spanish. The 10-year-old program advances the institution's national commitment to help prevent teens from smoking or help them stop before it becomes a lifelong addiction...

Stop Smoking - Secondhand Smoke Laws May Reduce Childhood Ear Infections

2011-01-30T01:50:00.001-08:00

Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers and colleagues from Research Institute for a Tobacco Free Society have found that a reduction in secondhand smoking in American homes was associated with fewer cases of otitis media, the scientific name for middle ear infection. The study appears as an online first article on the website of the journal Tobacco Control...

Smoking Stop - Minister Aglukkaq Marks National Non-smoking Week With A Focus On Smoking Prevention For Youth

2011-01-24T01:50:00.001-08:00

The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, met with high school students to discuss ways to prevent young Canadians from taking up smoking. She was joined by Pierre Poilievre, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister, and the local Member of Parliament for Nepean-Carleton...

Smoking Stop - "a Stark Warning:" Smoking Causes Genetic Damage Within Minutes After Inhaling

2011-01-18T01:50:00.001-08:00

In research described as "a stark warning" to those tempted to start smoking, scientists are reporting that cigarette smoke begins to cause genetic damage within minutes - not years - after inhalation into the lungs...

Smoking Stop - Smoking Around Your Kindergartner Could Raise Their Blood Pressure

2011-01-12T01:50:00.001-08:00

If you smoke around your children, they could have high blood pressure or be headed in an unhealthy direction before learning their ABC's, according to research reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association. The study is the first to show that breathing tobacco smoke increases the blood pressure of children as young as 4 or 5 years old...

Smoking Stop - Studies Assess Smoking Nondisclosure, Miscarriage Risk During Pregnancy

2011-01-06T01:50:00.001-08:00

Two recently published studies examined health concerns related to smoking during pregnancy. Summaries appear below. ~ Admitting smoking: Twenty-three percent of women who smoke during pregnancy deny it, compared with 9% of female smokers who are not pregnant, according to a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology, Reuters reports...

Smoking Stop - Antismoking Poster Law In New York City Is Struck Down

2010-12-31T01:50:00.001-08:00

A plan requiring that graphic images of diseased lungs and other body parts be displayed in New York convenience stores was struck down.

Stop Smoking - Today's Opinions: Ariz. Hospital And Abortion; Wall Street Journal's Issues With Politifact; Calif.'s Anti-smoking Success

2010-12-25T01:50:00.001-08:00

The New York Times: A Matter Of Life Or Death St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix announced on Tuesday that it will continue to provide life-saving abortion care to patients even though it means losing its affiliation with the local Roman Catholic Diocese (12/23). The Washington Post: David Camp's Plan: Taxes Made Simple Many parents have heard FICA Screams...

Smoking Stop - $7.5 Million Award To Identify Potential Drug Candidates To Treat Nicotine Addiction

2010-12-19T01:50:00.001-08:00

The Scripps Research Institute and the University of California, San Diego, (UCSD) School of Medicine have been awarded approximately $7.5 million over five years to develop novel compounds that could eventually become drug candidates for the treatment of nicotine dependence, and possibly other drug addictions. Of the funds awarded, $5 million will go to Scripps Research, $2.5 million to UCSD...

Stop Smoking - Leaders Must Implement Policies To Reduce Tobacco Use

2010-12-13T01:50:00.001-08:00

Today's release of, "How Tobacco Smoke Causes Disease: The Biology and Behavioral Basis for Smoking Attributable Disease" by U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin focuses attention on tobacco use and its devastating effects, including the major finding that there is no safe level of exposure to tobacco smoke...

Stop Smoking - E-cigarettes Warning: Safety Evaluation Urgently Needed, Researchers Say

2010-12-07T01:50:00.001-08:00

Electronic cigarettes (or e-cigarettes), also called "electronic nicotine delivery systems," are increasingly used worldwide even though only sparse information is available on their health effects. In the United States, e-cigarettes are readily available in shopping malls in most states and on the Internet...

Stop Smoking - Blf Stresses Dangers Of Passive Smoke Following New Study, Uk

2010-12-01T01:50:00.001-08:00

The British Lung Foundation is raising awareness of the dangers of passive smoking after a new report published in The Lancet shows around one in 100 deaths worldwide each year is due to passive smoke. Furthermore, the figures also reveal that more than 600,000 people die each year worldwide...

Smoking Stop - Menthol Cigarette Smokers Find It Much Harder To Give Up

2010-11-25T01:50:00.001-08:00

People who smoke menthol flavored cigarettes, known as menthols, have a much higher level of addiction than non-menthol smokers, and consequently find it more difficult to stop smoking, according to a Supplement in the medical journal Addiction. Menthols in the USA are popular among African-Americans and young adults...

Stop Smoking - Chemicals In Cigarette Smoke, Auto Exhaust And French Fries Accelerate The Development Of Alzheimer's Disease

2010-11-19T01:50:00.001-08:00

There is growing evidence that exposure to a group of chemicals known as type-2 alkenes -- which are found in the smoke inhaled from cigarettes, the exhaust of automobiles and even in French fries - can increase the chances of developing Alzheimer's disease and other neurological conditions such as Parkinson's disease...

Stop Smoking - Unintended Consequences: Encouraging Smoking

2010-11-13T01:50:00.001-08:00

Letter to the editor regarding lung cancer and smokers.

Smoking Stop - Adult Smoking Ranges From 25.6% In Kentucky To 9.8% In Utah, Usa

2010-11-07T01:50:00.001-07:00

Adult smoking rates in the USA vary greatly according to state, with West Virginia and Kentucky at 25.6% to Washington at 14.9%, California at 12.9%, and Utah at 9.8%. In none of the US states and territories was smoking prevalence higher among adult females than males...

Smoking Stop - Specialized Interventions Help Latinos Stop Smoking

2010-11-01T02:50:00.001-07:00

Latinos who live the United States are more likely to stop smoking when they take part in an intervention program, finds a systematic review of studies conducted by Monica Webb Hooper, Ph.D., and colleagues at the University of Miami. According to U.S. Census data, Latinos are the largest, fastest growing minority population in the country...

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

2010-10-26T02:50:00.001-07:00

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

2010-10-20T02:50:00.001-07:00

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

2010-10-14T02:50:00.001-07:00

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

2010-10-08T02:50:00.001-07:00

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

2010-10-02T02:50:00.001-07:00

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...

Smoking Stop - Smoking During Pregnancy May Harm The Child's Motor Control And Coordination

2010-09-26T02:50:00.001-07:00

Women who smoke during pregnancy run the risk of adversely affecting their children's coordination and physical control according to a new study from Orebro University, Sweden, published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health...

Smoking Stop - Medications Used To Treat Neurologic And Psychiatric Conditions Increase Smokers' Nicotine Metabolism

2010-09-20T02:50:00.001-07:00

UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School researchers have determined that carbamazepine and oxycarbamazepine, medications commonly used to treat neurologic and psychiatric conditions, increase nicotine metabolism in smokers...

Smoking Stop - A Smoker, No Apologies About It

2010-09-14T02:50:00.001-07:00

Mr. Boehner conceded Sunday that cigarettes were a “bad habit” but expressed little willingness to give them up.

Stop Smoking - Can You Expect Immediate Results When Giving Up Smoking?

2010-09-08T02:50:00.001-07:00

There is, of course, no way to guarantee that you will get all the benefits (see previous post here) you hope for straight away. Sometimes, for example, people anticipate having more energy when they stop, and are disappointed to find it doesn’t seem to increase much at all. This actually depends on your level of [...]

Stop Smoking - Is Quitting Smoking Like Quitting The Miracle Drug

2010-09-02T02:46:00.003-07:00

If you study the delusions we have about why we need to smoke, you can begin to see how ridiculously varied and even contradictory they are. You may tell yourself that smoking wakes you up in the morning and also believe that it helps you get to sleep at night. You simultaneously believe that smoking [...]

Smoking Stop - The Motivation To Stop Smoking

2010-09-02T02:46:00.001-07:00

A fundamental goal all of us, as living things, have in common is the goal of staying alive and in good health. Most of the primary functions of our minds and our bodies are, in fact, orientated towards helping us to survive and to live full lives. Like most goals it is not reached in [...]

Smoking Stop - How To Stop Smoking – Imagine Being An Ex Smoker

2010-09-02T02:45:00.001-07:00

Many smokers lie to themselves – and others – about how much they smoke, and few want to keep track of how many years it has been since they started. What It’s Like To Be An Ex-Smoker This list will help you to identify some of the specific ways in which the quality of your [...]