Addiction
Teens: tobacco is gross
KENDRICK – Smelling bad is the least of the problems.
That’s what Idaho Drug Free Youth leaders at Kendrick High say about smoking.
The group is celebrating Tobacco Prevention Month and on Tuesday the club had a display set up at the school to warn about tobacco hazards.
“Theses are actually pig lungs, they are similar to human [...]
Fight Cancer Costs
The rising cost of cancer research and care, which helped reduce death rates by 16 percent over 40 years, is straining the U.S. health system and needs to be restrained, commentators said in a special edition of the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Cancer research has cost the U.S. government $100 billion since 1971 and [...]
Tobacco ads trick you into addiction
Bailey Quanbeck thinks her classmates may think twice before deciding to smoke, now that they know some of the ingredients in cigarettes.
“I was surprised to find out that fingernail polish was in them,” the eighth grader said.
Brandon Valley Middle School students learned about the dangers of tobacco from Peter DeBenedittis, a former ad agency director [...]
Could DNA Be The Smoking Gun For Ben Roethlisberger
Reports are today that the police want to further question Ben Roethlisbeger. Not only do they want to question the Superbowl winning Quarterback but reports are they are looking for a sample of Ben’s DNA. Anyone who has followed these cases knows a DNA match can possibly send Ben to jail. CBS News legal analyst [...]
How Fast Nicotine Peaks in the Brain?
Traditionally, scientists thought nicotine inhaled in a puff of cigarette smoke took a mere seven seconds to be taken up by the brain, and that each puff produced a spike of nicotine. Using PET imaging, Duke investigators illustrate, for the first time, that cigarette smokers actually experience a steady rise of brain nicotine levels during [...]
Teens Drawn by Cigarette Ads
Researchers have found in a new study that cigarette ads are extremely fine-tuned to capture the attention of teens. A direct correlation was established between the number of tobacco-related ads teens see, and the chances of them actually taking a puff from a cigarette. Experts say that the main reason why tobacco advertisements are so [...]
Snuff just as addictive as cigarettes
NEW YORK – People who use smokeless tobacco, or “snuff,” are just as hooked on nicotine as cigarette smokers, if not more so, new research from Sweden shows.
And those who smoke and use snuff may be especially nicotine-dependent, Dr. Ann Post of the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm and her colleagues found.
The researchers looked at more [...]
Beyond health care ‘rights’
During the presidential debates, Tom Brokaw asked, “is health care a right, a privilege or a responsibility?” It was the right question, but the candidates’ ducked it. When it comes to health care reform, we correctly hear a lot about “rights.” As the debate goes forward, however, Congress and the president need to also confront [...]
Are non-smokers smarter than smokers?
Young men who smoked a pack of cigarettes a day or more had IQ scores 7.5 points lower than non-smokers, Dr. Mark Weiser of Sheba Medical Center in Tel Hashomer and his colleagues found.
“Adolescents with poorer IQ scores might be targeted for programs designed to prevent smoking,” they conclude in the journal Addiction.
While there is [...]
Quebec study; Immigrant youths are often turned into smokers
Quebec is turning immigrant children and teens into smokers, especially those who settle in disadvantaged inner-city neighbourhoods, a new study suggests.
Most children who arrive in Canada from other countries do not smoke – what is known as the “healthy immigrant effect.” However, almost one in three immigrant children end up smoking once they’ve lived here [...]
Michelle Obama Launched a new war on obesity
First Lady Michelle Obama’s newfound campaign against obesity got a boost Saturday as she used an audience of the nation’s governors to urge their help in reducing child obesity. We hope Gov. Tim Pawlenty was listening.
The battle against obesity takes on new significance for Beltrami County, as a study last week showed adult obesity rates [...]
Bees Addicted to Coffee and Cigarettes Too
Scientists have recently determined that bees, like humans, also have a weak spot for addiction, especially when it comes to coffee and cigarettes. The investigation revealed that, when faced with a choice, bees always preferred pollen that was naturally “spiced up” with either nicotine or caffeine, or both. According to the scientists, bees most likely [...]
Smokeless tobacco users urged to quit today
This week is Through With Chew Week and today is the Great American Spit Out, encouraging snuff and chewing tobacco users to quit for at least a day.
Through With Chew Week is a nationwide educational campaign designed to decrease smokeless tobacco use and increase the awareness of its negative effects on health, according a press [...]
Health facilities giving tobacco zero tolerance
Emboldened by past successes, Clark County’s health advocates are continuing to expand their crusade against tobacco.
“You can tell people, ‘Don’t smoke. It’s bad. It causes cancer,’” county Public Health Officer Dr. Alan Melnick said at a public hearing in January. “But that only influences a small number of people.”
That’s why some institutions with health-related missions [...]
