In 2006, the Pfizer product, Chantix (varenicline), was FDA-approved as a smoking cessation aid. Soon after marketing, FDA became aware through its postmarketing surveillance system, the Adverse Events Reporting System or AERS, of the potential for serious neuropsychiatric events in…
Monthly Archives: May 2011
Roswell Park Cancer Institute Conclude That Cigarette Packaging Needs To Change
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BUFFALO, NY — The messages that cigarette pack labels convey to smokers and nonsmokers have been evaluated by Roswell Park Cancer Institute (RPCI) researchers in three studies published in the June 2011 issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine.…
Stars who quit smoking
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Don’t fret as help is at hand. We bring you a brigade of stars, who have managed to quit smoking for a mélange of reasons. Read ahead, and be inspired and quit smoking for good. Saifu kicks to be safe…
Exercise Helps Women Fight Smoking
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For years researchers have found that exercise can curb nicotine cravings, but have struggled to show a practical benefit in trials. Newly published research suggests a reason: the effect is too ephemeral. The next step, funded by a 5-year grant,…
Washington offers free nicotine patches and gum during May and June
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Washington residents who are ready to quit smoking can receive at least two weeks of free nicotine patches or gum if they call the state Tobacco Quitline in May or June at 800-QUIT-NOW or 877-2NO-FUME. People without health insurance can…
World No-Tobacco Day 2011
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World No Tobacco Day (also popularly known as World Tobacco Day, and Anti Tobacco Day) is observed worldwide on 31st May every year to encourage tobacco users to abstain from consumption of all forms of tobacco for a period of…
Maternal smoking causes changes in fetal DNA
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DENVER – Children whose mothers or grandmothers smoked during pregnancy are at increased risk of asthma in childhood, but the underlying causes of this are not well understood. Now a new study indicates changes in a process called DNA methylation…
Why Some Smokers Have a Harder Time Quitting
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Quitting smoking is never easy, but some smokers have an even harder time kicking the habit, and now new research suggests that they may derive more pleasure form nicotine. The new study, which appears in the Proceedings of the National…
Join the world, and stop smoking
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Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death across the globe and is estimated to kill more than five million people annually. If current rates continue, by 2030 tobacco use will cause more than eight million deaths per year.…
Physician Advice May Improve Teen Smoking Behavior
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Physicians’ tobacco-related interactions with adolescents, including screening and advice, may help to modify teen attitudes, smoking intentions, and quitting behaviors, according to a study published online May 16 in Pediatrics. Ashley M. Hum, from the University of Memphis in Tennessee,…
Potential Health Implications For Smoke-Related Chemical Discovered In The Atmosphere
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Cigarette smoking, forest fires and woodburning can release a chemical that may be at least partly responsible for human health problems related to smoke exposure, according to a new study by NOAA researchers and their colleagues. Using a custom mass…
Bidi more harmful than cigarette
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In probably the first such large-scale study of its kind, Sekhsaria Institute of Public Health, in collaboration with the ministry of health proved that bidis and other forms of tobacco (supari, gutkha, among others) are more harmful than cigarettes. The…
Kick the tobacco habit to improve oral health
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Mainers are inundated with messages that increasing their access to dentists will improve their oral health. Unfortunately, the message that is absent is that the true cause of dental disease is personal behavior, which is rarely addressed in the media…
Franklin College Going Smoke-Free
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Franklin College, in an effort to provide a healthy, comfortable and productive environment on campus, will become smoke-free and tobacco-free effective July 1, 2011. The policy applies to all faculty, staff, students and visitors on the campus. Smoking and tobacco…