Finally, out of British Columbia comes new hope for those who want to quit smoking for good. The reasons for stopping smoking are well known. The physical addiction is indisputable. There is an abundance of data demonstrating dramatic reductions in…
Daily Archives: July 13, 2009
UIC leads ‘Internet-based’ anti-smoking research
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With a $2.9 million dollar budget and the backing of the National Cancer Institute, UIC is pushing a project on the Internet that hopes to develop different ways to prompt young adults to quit smoking. UIC, alongside researchers from the…
Smoking In Movies Increases Risk
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Participating in team sports is associated with a reduced likelihood of youths becoming established smokers, according to a new report. However, exposure to movie smoking appears to be associated with an increased risk of established smoking in both team sport…
Smokers face increased risk, longer recovery time after surgery
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Being told you need surgery can elicit a range of reactions. Some people may go for a long walk, look up the procedure on the Internet or talk with an old friend. For those who smoke, taking a soothing drag…
Smoking Cessation Harder for Women
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Women appear to have a tougher time quitting smoking than men, according to researchers at Women’s Health Research at Yale University. The percentage of men who have given up cigarettes between 1965 and 2006 was 54.5 percent, but the rate…
State budget guts quit-smoking efforts
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One provision in the new state budget is an increase in taxes on cigarettes by 75 cents per pack. This follows a $1-per-pack increase that took effect on Jan. 1, 2008. In the new budget, though, lawmakers have slashed in…
Real Healthcare Reform
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The President, and even more so, Congress, is just nibbling on healthcare and many other issues. The plan currently being debated still leaves insurance companies running the show and 37 million people uninsured. A real difference takes on many more…
Anti-tobacco gatecrasher uses art event as soapbox
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When Antony Gormley first announced his plans to enlist members of the public to stand on top of Trafalgar Square’s empty fourth plinth and do exactly as they wished for an hour, he anticipated “a certain degree of anarchy”. Ten…
Efforts To Battle Rising Tobacco Use Amongst US Soldiers
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Sometimes, fresh ideas pop up that make the gaming crowd go, “…huh?” It seems the rate of tobacco use amongst soldiers in the US Army is rising, and therefore, it has been suggested that a researcher from the University of…
Tobacco control act
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Empirical evidence does not generally support the cdc claim that states that spend more on tobacco control deter more tobacco use than states that spend less. Contemporaneous spending on tobacco control is never found to exert an inverse effect on…
Anti-tobacco program started in Kazakhstan
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The new program on prevention of sale of tobacco to minors has started in Kazakhstan, the agency reports citing http://www.bat.com/ (BAT). According to the company, to solve the problem of smoking of minors in Kazakhstan the new program on receiving…