LaPorte Regional Health System will offer several smoking cessation resources. # Choose To Be Tobacco Free is a program designed to explore, discover and uncover a plan that will work for individuals determined to end their addiction to smoking. The…
Monthly Archives: December 2009
Emphysema Linked to Secondhand Smoke
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Childhood exposure to environmental tobacco smoke correlated with increased evidence of emphysema on lung scans of nonsmoking adults, data from a large cohort study showed. Structural and quantitative indices of emphysema differed significantly on CT lung scans of adults with…
Public Continues to be exposed to Harmful Second-Hand Smoke
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Cigarette smoking and its impact on health has been investigated for many decades. The harmful effects of tobacco smoke are of big interest to a raising number of medical institutions, governmental entities and individuals who seek to inform the general…
Smoking is a risk factor for rheumatoid arthritis
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NEW YORK – Smoking is a risk factor for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a new analysis of 16 studies confirms. Health The effect is especially strong in men and heavy smokers, the researchers found. And men who tested positive for rheumatoid…
Tobacco catching them young in rural India
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VARANASI: `Catch them young’ may be the buzzword to stop the early initiation of tobacco in young children but the recent survey report from remote rural areas of the region are enough to show the harsh reality of the total…
Assistance available to quit smoking
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THE VILLAGES — As the New Year approaches, some residents are creating their resolution lists, and “quit smoking” could be their top goal. Local health department officials remind residents about smoking-cessation programs and tips that can help them carry through…
Piling on the Pounds and Smoking May Accelerate Skin Aging
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Ever seen that grandmother beside your house and wondered how she has managed to retain a youthful-looking skin? The process of aging is a mysterious one with scientists trying to find various factors that may accelerate this process. New research…
Want your kid to avoid cigarettes, team sports can help you
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A recent research demonstrated that the participation in team sports dramatically reduces the likeability of taking up cigarettes in teenage period; however, it has a smaller impact on children than smoking scenes in movies. Movies are able to force fashionable…
Women wrinkle more easily than men
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Findings from a new study published in the November/December issue of Aesthetic Surgery Journal (ASJ), a publication of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery (ASAPS), suggest that gender-specific differences in the perioral skin (skin surrounding the mouth) account for…
Students against smoking
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High school students across Kentucky gathered at the Adron Doran University Center (ADUC) last week for the annual Help Overcome Tobacco Conference. Students who attended the conference said the Help Overcome Tobacco (HOT) organization is making a difference. “I think…
American Lung Association Offers Seven Tips to Quit Smoking in the New Year
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Many people will make New Year’s resolutions to quit smoking this year. With a still uncertain economy, quitting smoking is good both for your health and your wallet. Having a solid smoking cessation plan can greatly improve a person’s chance…
Smoking in Pregnancy Linked to Troubled Tots
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A study from the UK suggests that when a pregnant woman smokes it increases the risk of behavioral problems when the child reaches preschool. This is the first study of its kind to document smoking-related behavioral problems in younger children…
Men in Scotland may start to outlive women as toll of tobacco hits
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WOMEN in Scotland are failing to improve their health at the same rate as men and may not continue to outlive them for much longer, according to Scotland’s leading doctor. Men are giving up smoking in their thousands and exercising…
All it takes to harm genes is 15 cigarettes
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One genetic mutation occurs on average for every 15 cigarettes that a typical lung-cancer patient smokes, according to a study that has identified for the first time all of the mutations acquired during the lifetime of a cancer patient. Scientists…