Smokers these days have been all but banished to sidewalks or cramped smoking lounges, but those smoking lounges may make a bad habit even worse for smokers’ health A new study published in the journal Environmental Health finds that people…
Monthly Archives: January 2010
State siphons tobacco-settlement funds
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If you smoke and itch to quit, don’t look to the state for help. Despite an annual infusion of about $300 million from the landmark tobacco settlement, Illinois continues to spend less than most others on programs designed to prevent…
Cigarettes might be infectious
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The tobacco in cigarettes hosts a bacterial bonanza — literally hundreds of different germs, including those responsible for many human illnesses, a new study finds. “Nearly every paper that you pick up discussing the health effects of cigarettes starts out…
Obesity and smoking reduces abilityto fight cancer
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UCD researchers have shown that cigarette smokin’g dampens down immune cells that help protect the body from viruses and cancer. And the stifling effects are even more pronounced in obesity. The study, published on Monday in the journal PLoS ONE…
Going Cold Turkey – Is it Possible to Quit Smoking This Way?
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Statistics clearly demonstrates that when trying to quit their habit, smokers rely on their own will power much more often than on other cessation strategies. The major part of smokers goes cold turkey, by simply getting rid of cigarettes without…
Newborns of Smokers Have Abnormal Blood Pressure
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Babies of women who smoked during pregnancy have blood pressure problems at birth that persisted through the first year of life, a new study finds. “What is of concern is that the problems are present at birth and get worse…
How to stop smoking- naturally
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Another New Year has passed, and thousands are making the resolution, for the first or fiftieth time, to quit smoking. There is a multi-billion dollar industry for smoking cessation products, which, sadly, are a waste of money for most buyers.…
Joss Stone gets advice from Mick Jagger to Quit Smoking
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Sir Mick Jagger is giving health tips to singer Joss Stone – he keeps ordering her to quit smoking. The Rolling Stones frontman is pals with the “You Had Me” hitmaker and frequently expresses his concern over her tobacco habit,…
W.Va. groups want more funds for smoking programs
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West Virginia has the country’s highest smoking rate, and its Medicaid program is doing little to change that, members of a coalition of health groups said Monday. Led by the American Lung Association, the groups say the state’s Medicaid plan…
BP control abnormal in newborns of smokers
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Swedish researchers reported in Hypertension, Journal of the American Heart Association that newborns of women who smoked during pregnancy show signs of circulatory dysfunction in the first few weeks of life that get worse throughout the first year. The blood…
Experts offer best advice: Quit smoking now!
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Angie’s List asked our highly rated acupuncturists, hypnotists and health and fitness experts for great tips to quit smoking and ways to successfully stay quit. 1. Make a list of your motivations and keep it handy. If you’re quitting smoking…
ND Health Department touts Tobacco Quitline
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North Dakota’s health department says the state Tobacco Quitline has saved more than $5 million in health care costs since it began in September 2004. Quitline coordinator Michelle Walker says nearly 1,800 callers have stopped using tobacco with the Quitline’s…
Minority teen boys smoke more when they suffer discrimination
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Stress felt by minority teens can lead to unhealthy behaviors, researchers say. Minority teen boys smoke more when they suffer discrimination, but that’s not the case for minority teen girls, a U.S. study finds. Perceived discrimination had no effect on…
Even Mild Levels of Emphysema Affects the Heart
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Chronic lung disease begins to affect cardiac function at even mild levels of emphysema, data from a large prospective cohort study showed. A 10-point increase in percent emphysema by lung CT had a linear inverse relationship with left ventricular end-diastolic…