Officials with Texas State University announced this week that the school will become tobacco-free, which means no smoking anywhere on campus. The Texas State Student Health Center will offer discounted medications to help students quit. In a statement, University President…
Monthly Archives: April 2011
Alzheimer’s Treatment with Tobacco Derivative Proves Effective
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Alzheimer’s may be treated with a compound derived from tobacco called cotinine, according to ScienceDaily. Continine reduced plaques associated with dementia and prevented memory loss in mice in a clinical study led by researchers at Bay Pines VA Healthcare System…
Women Twice as Likely to Quit Smoking Than Men
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England -Latest results show that nearly 400,000 women compared to 200,000 men made a quit attempt on the UK’s biggest stop smoking awareness campaign, this year asking smokers ‘Is it your time to quit?’. In addition, almost 2 million (20%)…
Reducing tobacco toxicants
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RESEARCHERS have developed a novel process that they claim reduces the levels of certain dangerous chemicals found in cigarette smoke. The scientists, working for British American Tobacco and its subsidiary Imperial Tobacco Canada, hoped to remove toxicants generated when proteins…
Global Report on Noncommunicable Diseases
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Noncommunicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading global causes of death, causing more deaths than all others causes combined, and they strike hardest at the world’s low- and middle-income populations. These diseases have reached epidemic proportions, yet they could be signifi…
FDA to Regulate E-Cigarettes Just Like Tobacco
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The FDA has decided to oversee electronic cigarettes the same way it does tobacco products. The agency will not regulate the vapor-producing devices under the stricter federal rules that apply to medical products. The FDA says it decided not to…
Tobacco derivative shows promise in Alzheimer’s study
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TAMPA — Smoking is the biggest preventable cause of death, but University of South Florida researchers believe a substance produced from tobacco leaves could stave off another killer, Alzheimer’s disease. Mice bred to develop dementia were given cotinine, a compound…
Cessation Drug Use Before Quitting Smoking Improves Outcomes
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Preloading with the smoking cessation drug varenicline before quitting smoking may substantially reduce ad lib smoking and improve 12-week quit rates, according to the results of a randomized controlled trial reported in the April 25 issue of the Archives of…
Smoking Avatars Fall Prey To FDA Regulation
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Everyone that has started to smoke sometime in their life, at some point wants to quit. There are several alternatives on the market including gum and recently popular in media culture, the electronic cigarette. Johnny Depp used one in his…
Vietnam launches no-tobacco week
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The Health Ministry’s National Programme on Tobacco Affect Prevention on April 25 launched the “National No Tobacco Week” in response to the World No Tobacco Day (May 31). All ministries, sectors, organisations and people have been urged to join hands…
The Importance Of Cognitive Skills In Exercising Control Over Addictive Drugs
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A study, completed by researchers from Trinity College and the Research Institute for a Tobacco Free Society, Dublin, Ireland, compares former smokers to current smokers, and obtains insight into how to quit smoking might be discovered by studying the brains…
Smoke-free casinos preferred by most New Englanders
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Related Poll Would you prefer a smoke-free casino experience? Yes 71% No 29% Number of votes: 150 Ban smoking near the slot machines and gaming tables and watch casino revenues tank. For years, that gaming-industry mantra has run up against…
Tennessee among 14 states with varying bans on smoking
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If the trend of enacting smoke-free legislation continues at the same rate, all U.S. states will be smoke-free by 2020. That’s the prediction of the national Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, which released a report this week giving an…
Malaysian state to offer promotions, holidays for smokers who quit
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Kuala Lumpur – Government workers in a Malaysian state who successfully quit smoking will enjoy rewards ranging from promotions to electrical appliances and holiday vacations, a newspaper reported Monday. Malacca state chief minister Mohamad Ali Rustam said only civil servants…