Cancer is a disease that does not discriminate. Anyone can get cancer, and unfortunately, one of the single factors contributing to the disease is aging. But don’t get discouraged. There are ways to reduce your cancer risk that you can…
Monthly Archives: October 2009
St. Anne’s lends its support to smokers trying to kick the habit
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FALL RIVER — Not even a heart attack could stop Charlie Denmead from lighting up. On July 24, Denmead, a supervisor for the department of public works in Fall River, smoked a cigarette on his way to Charlton Memorial Hospital…
BMH offers free tobacco-cessation class
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BRATTLEBORO—Brattleboro Memorial Hospital’s next free tobacco-cessation program starts Tuesday, Nov. 3, 5:15 p.m. to 6:15 p.m., Conference Room 1, BMH lower level (near the former PT area), Director of Community Relations Barbara Gentry announced. Vermont Quit Network’s six-week class offers…
New Web Site Provides Info On Upcoming Smoking Ban
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A new government Web site has been launched to ease the transition with a new law that requires restaurants, bars and lodging establishments that serve food and drink to go smoke-free as of January 2, 2010. The Web site, www.SmokeFree.NC.gov,…
Smoking’s Damage Swift, Irreversible
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Cigarette smoking starts inflicting “very significant” damage on the arteries with the very first puffs taken by otherwise healthy young smokers, new research shows. The damage worsens as time passes and is impossible to reverse, says researcher Stella Daskalopoulou, MD,…
OSDH Issues Warning on Exposure to Secondhand Tobacco Smoke
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Based on a major new report issued by the Institute of Medicine that concludes avoiding exposure to tobacco smoke reduces heart attack deaths, the Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) is warning Oklahomans with heart disease or with elevated risk…
Public Health Class Drafts Potential Plan for Smoke-Free Campus
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cigarette smoking is the leading preventable cause of death; nearly 5 million deaths result per year from the use of tobacco. These facts and many others have prompted Dr. Rebecca Olsen’s…
Tobacco use costing Saskatchewan economy $1.1 billion yearly
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A report commissioned by the Canadian Cancer Society is estimating there is a $1.1 billion yearly price tag associated with the use of tobacco in Saskatchewan. The Cost of Tobacco Use in Saskatchewan report, conducted by GPI Atlantic, argues that…
Even A Few Cigarettes A Day Reduces Artery Health In Young Adults
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A new study from Canada suggests that even light smoking in otherwise healthy young people damages the arteries, reducing their bodies’ ability to deal with physical stress such as exercise, running to catch a bus or climbing stairs. The study…
Health Care Bill Favors Marijuana and Cocaine Smokers Over Tobacco Users
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Under the Senate Finance Committee version of the health-care bill, health insurance companies would be allowed to charge tobacco users premiums up to 50 percent higher than those of non-users, while marijuana and crack cocaine smokers could not be penalized…
Occasional smoking is increasing
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Smoking-cessation programs typically target frequent smokers with fairly hefty habits. But it may be time to also put some focus on occasional and social smokers, according to a commentary released today in the Archives of Internal Medicine. Jjypjync This group…
E-Cigarettes Battle Continues
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PHOENIX – Despite concerns by public health officials as to their safety, electronic cigarettes are gaining ground in the United States, USA Today reports. The battery-powered device uses nicotine, flavoring and chemicals in a cartridge, which turns the nicotine into…
Snuffing out tobacco use: AAP statements guide pediatricians
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A severely asthmatic boy visited the pediatrician countless times for his asthma. While his father was told that secondhand smoke, even on clothing, can trigger asthma, the father was never successful at quitting. After the father was killed in a…
Crushing Cigarettes Reduces Tobacco Addiction
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Smokers who crushed computer-simulated cigarettes as part of a psychosocial treatment program in a virtual reality environment had significantly reduced nicotine dependence and higher rates of tobacco abstinence than smokers participating in the same program who grasped a computer-simulated ball,…