One in five women ages 18 to 24 are smokers, and most of them say they keep lighting up for fear of gaining weight, U.S. researchers said. Melissa Napolitano, a clinical psychologist at Temple University, and a team of researchers…
Daily Archives: April 29, 2009
Renowned Smoking Cessation Expert Launches Popular Stop Smoking Seminar in UK
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TV- and Radio Personality Franc Tausch, who was last heard on the popular Talk 97.1 Free FM in Southern California, is a former pack-a-day smoker with a deep understanding of how to quit smoking for good. For over a decade…
Expectant moms have double reason to quit smoking
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During pregnancy, a woman finds herself eating for two, sleeping for two and, if she smokes, she is smoking for two. “If a woman is ever motivated to quit smoking, it should be when she is considering having a child…
Top ten benefits of making your home smoke free
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1. Children are likely to be healthier, with less risk of: • coughing, wheezing and chest infections • asthma • behavioural problems • learning difficulties • sudden infant death • middle ear infection (glue ear) • heart and lung cancer…
Who is smoking with you?
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When you smoke at home, everybody under your roof is exposed to harmful second hand tobacco smoke, including children, babies and other adults. The smoke from your cigarettes is a toxic cocktail containing over 4000 chemicals. Poisonous gases and dust…
Growing risk of protecting children from smoking within their homes
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The panels recognised that there is a growing risk discourse of protecting children from SHS within their homes. While there is some evidence that media campaigns might be effective in increasing restrictions on smoking in the home, there is little…
Protecting Children
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The panels stated that protecting children is a growing public discourse, with protecting children from smoking in the home generally being seen as more important than protecting adults. Panel participants also agreed that the significant illnesses experienced by children of…