Perhaps you’ve heard of the “damage is done” scenario. An elderly family member started smoking as a young person, maybe a teenager, tucking a pack of cigarettes into his rolled-up shirtsleeve or into her purse. Decades later, despite wall-to-wall anti-smoking…
Monthly Archives: September 2011
Lung cancer linked to risk of stroke
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People recently diagnosed with lung cancer are at higher risk of having a stroke than those without lung tumors, suggests a large new study from Taiwan. Researchers looking at data covering more than 150,000 adults found that among those with…
United Nations launches global campaign to curb death toll from non-communicable diseases
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The United Nations today launched an all-out attack on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cancer and diabetes with a summit meeting devoted to curbing the factors, like tobacco and alcohol use, behind the often preventable scourge that causes 63 per…
Giving up smoking can restore everyday memory
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Giving up smoking isn’t just good for your health, it’s also good for your memory, according to research from Northumbria University. Research published in this month’s online edition of Drug and Alcohol Dependence reveals that stopping smoking can restore everyday…
Smoking curbs obesity, but should still be reduced
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Scientists publishing new research through the National Bureau of Economic Research have concluded that quitting smoking is the biggest quantifiable cause of obesity. In a working paper released Monday morning, Charles Baum of Middle Tennessee State University and Shin Yi-Chou…
Harvard Medical School Adviser: Are e-cigarettes a safe alternative?
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QUESTION: After smoking for more than 15 years, I finally quit eight months ago. I think I’m past the physical cravings, but I still miss cigarettes. I recently heard about electronic cigarettes, which vaporize nicotine and don’t create actual smoke.…
NY weak against smoking
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ALBANY, N.Y. — New York state collected $10 billion in tobacco taxes during the last six years but spent just 4 percent of it to stop smoking in what cancer-fighting groups called counterproductive budgeting and a broken promise. A report…
Who will pay WHO’s pricetag for fighting noncommunicable diseases
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NEW YORK — Millions of deaths from chronic illness and up to one-third of those from heart disease, the world’s leading killer, could be avoided or postponed if developing nations increased their health budgets by about 4 percent to put…
Exercise Helps Young Smokers Quit
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Quitting smoking is one of the healthiest things a person can do, but it’s also among the hardest, especially for teenage smokers who battle not only addiction but also the social pressure to keep lighting up. Now new evidence that…
WHO outlines steps to reduce leading causes of death
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To decrease deaths from noninfectious diseases, countries should pass excise taxes on tobacco and alcohol, encourage smoke-free public places, reduce salt and trans fat in foods, and increase awareness of diet and physical activity, according to a World Health Organization…
Chinese universities fail in tobacco control
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Institutions of higher education have a long way to go to make their campuses smoke-free, as the latest report shows 98 percent of them have failed in tobacco control. According to a report from the Chinese Association on Tobacco Control…
Anti-Doping Agency might ban tobacco
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GENEVA — The World Anti-Doping Agency can take the first steps toward classifying nicotine as a performance-enhancing drug today, when it meets to update its list of substances prohibited in sport. WADA has received a report from its accredited laboratory…
Smoking cessation class starts Sept. 28
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CRYSTAL LAKE – The McHenry County Department of Health and Centegra Health System are offering a quit smoking class for adults beginning Sept. 28. The seven-week class will teach practical ways to end nicotine addiction through group support and behavior…
Counseling May Not Help Pregnant Smokers Kick Habit
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Counseling alone does not seem to help pregnant women quit smoking, according to a review of previous studies that concludes more research on the use of nicotine replacement and other therapies during pregnancy may be needed. Published in the British…