A new study reveals that 90 percent of Americans who are addicted to tobacco, alcohol or other substances started smoking, drinking or using drugs before they were 18 years old. The study also found that one-quarter of Americans who began…
Monthly Archives: June 2011
Life saving lung cancer test to set off cost debate
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A landmark study showing that routine lung screening of heavy smokers and former smokers using low dose CT scans could save thousands of lives is sure to set off a fierce debate about the cost of such testing on an…
Tobacco companies must pay into Louisiana stop-smoking program
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court Monday refused a request by tobacco companies to vacate a 2009 order requiring them to finance a $278 million smoking cessation program in Louisiana. The ruling was made without comment and sets the stage…
Obese Non-smoking Women At An Increased Risk Of Premature Death
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In a clinical study published on bmj.com (British Medical Journal) today, research has shown that obesity leads women who have never smoked to die prematurely. This was found to be more frequent in obese women who belonged to lower socioeconomic…
Smoking quit line calls spike with new labels
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Smokers nationwide have deluged quit lines in the days since the Food and Drug Administration announced that cigarette packs must carry labels with nine new graphic photos beginning in fall 2012. The American Lung Association has reported triple-digit jumps in…
Tobacco and Alcohol relate to Rheumatoid Arthritis
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You already know that smoking is bad for you and that it’s unhealthy to drink too much alcohol. But do you know how tobacco and alcohol relate to rheumatoid arthritis — your odds of developing RA, or, if you already…
Quit smoking classes offered in Winnebago County
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ROCKFORD — The Winnebago County Health Department will offer a seven-session program to help people stop smoking. The class begins 6:30 p.m. Monday, June 27, in Room 221 of its new facility at 555 N. Court St. The smoking cessation…
Quitting smoking makes you fat, and now scientists know why
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As often happens in science, it was an accidental discovery. It solves the mystery of why a lot of people who smoke look so skinny and, more importantly, why many people who quit the habit gain weight. “Interestingly, initially we…
Obama Administration Announces Expanded Medicaid Coverage to Help Smokers Quit
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Obama Administration today took critical steps to help smokers quit by announcing expanded Medicaid coverage of tobacco cessation services, including comprehensive cessation coverage for pregnant women and funding for telephone quitlines. These actions will help more…
Worcester Campaign against Tobacco
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WORCESTER’S NEW CAMPAIGN against tobacco began with local teenagers taking photographs of storefronts plastered with cigarette ads. If it ends the way it should, it will affirm the right of neighborhoods and cities all across the nation to take on…
FDA’s Graphic Cigarette Images: Will they work?
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WASHINGTON, – Can graphic images persuade people to make lasting changes to their behavior? The answer, according to psychological research, is probably not. Dr. Howard Leventhal, the Board of Governors Professor of Health Psychology at Rutgers, agrees that photos are…
U.S. ups anti-smoking ante but will Korea?
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With the unveiling of nine graphic images that will adorn every cigarette pack sold in the U.S. from the fall of 2012, government officials and outside experts predict there will be an initial wave of smokers seeking help in quitting.…
Sultanate Steps Up Fight Against Tobacco
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Bandar Seri Begawan – In addition to providing structured smoking cessation programmes at selected heath centres, the Ministry of Health is currently planning to start an inpatient smoking cessation programme at hospitals as well as establishing a ‘quit line’. An…
Smoking in pregnancy cuts child’s good cholesterol
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LONDON – Mothers who smoke while pregnant are causing changes to their unborn babies that can lead them to have less of a type of cholesterol known to protect against heart disease, scientists said on Tuesday. In a study in…