Smoking help
Is there sense behind smoking?
Have you ever seen these kids walking around campus smoking a cigarette? One has to really wonder what is travelling through their mind while they puff away on their cigarette. Do they enjoy seeing their life puffed away as every little puff of smoke shortens their life?
According to the British Medicine Journal, every cigarette decreases [...]
Health Care a Responsibility Too
Tom Brokaw asked during the presidential debates whether health care is a right, a privilege or a responsibility?, implying that it probably is — or at least should be — a mixture of all three. But today’s health summit appears likely to focus exclusively on rights — especially rights to have free medical care [...]
Free seminar to help quit chewing tobacco
CARLISLE — A five-week program for those who want to quit chewing tobacco is being offered Thursdays, from Feb. 25 to March 25, in Carlisle Regional Medical Center’s Live Well Center, 3 Alexandra Court, across from the Hospital.
Sponsored by Carlisle Regional Medical Center and Sadler Health Center, the free program will provide information and help [...]
$2.3 million in federal smoking cessation programs
Medford — Gov. Deval Patrick this week announced more than $2.3 million in federal recovery funds to help smokers quit and prevent youth from becoming addicted to tobacco.
Massachusetts received the full amount requested for all three tobacco cessation and prevention grants and is one of only a few states in the nation share that distinction.
The [...]
Program Helps Low-Income Smokers Kick Habit
The overall U.S. smoking rate is half what it was in the 1960s. But this isn’t true among low-income Americans: They’re still smoking as much as everyone was a generation ago.
Massachusetts health officials say it doesn’t have to be this way. They say they’ve found a way to get even the most hard-core smokers to [...]
Forrest General offers free program to tobacco users
Forrest General Wellness is home to one of 27 free tobacco cessation programs that are part of a statewide system of clinics supported by the ACT Center for Tobacco Treatment, Education and Research, a program of the University of Mississippi Medical Center.
The program provides tested, evidence-based treatment including supportive counseling by trained professionals and medications [...]
State siphons tobacco-settlement funds
If you smoke and itch to quit, don’t look to the state for help. Despite an annual infusion of about $300 million from the landmark tobacco settlement, Illinois continues to spend less than most others on programs designed to prevent people from lighting up, according to a national ranking.
Illinois finished 41st out of the 50 [...]
Pennsylvania Offers Free Nicotine Patches, Support for Tobacco Users Trying to Quit
HARRISBURG, Pa., – The Department of Health will provide free nicotine patches to help Pennsylvanians who are trying to quit tobacco starting Monday, Jan. 25. Kits will be offered — while supplies last — through the PA Free Quitline at 1-800-QUIT-NOW.
The Nicotine Replacement Therapy, or NRT, kits were paid for by funding from a legal [...]
Smoking linked to back pain
Smokers, especially younger smokers, are more likely to report low back pain than people who have never smoked.
To know if smoking increases the risk of low back pain, a problem that affects an estimated 8 in 10 adults during some point in their lives, researchers identified and reviewed 81 studies from around the world involving [...]
8 Ways Your Dog Can Help You Quit Smoking
Want to stop smoking for the New Year? You know the pitch. You’ve tried the patch. Time to send in the pooch.
Your dog can be an invaluable aid in your quest to quit ciggies. Here’s the scoop on 8 ways to enlist your best friend to help you kick the habit.
Do it for your dog. [...]
Smoking increases risk of age-related eye disease
IT’S NEVER too late to ditch cigarettes: giving up smoking, even in older age, could help protect your eyesight, according to new research.
The US study found that smoking increased the risk of age-related macular degeneration (AMD) among a cohort of women in their 80s.
Smoking is a known risk factor for developing the condition, where cells [...]
Should cigarette manufacturers contribute to education?
The question has arisen after a school in Sichuan province had its signboard engraved with the words “Sichuan Tobacco Project Hope Primary School”. A slogan engraved on another board goes: “Aspire to contribute to society/Tobacco helps you become a talent.” The reason is the school was built with money from China Tobacco.
The controversial signboards have [...]
Smoking Tobacco Through Hookah Is No Safer Than Cigarette
The Polk County Health Department would like to educate the public about the dangers of hookah smoking. Many people are unfamiliar with this growing trend so we could be missing an opportunity to discuss this choice with young people ["Hookah Bar to Go Before Lakeland Commission Again, Dec. 6, page B1].
Hookahs, also called water pipes, [...]
Texas ranks 46th in protecting kids from tobacco
Tobacco companies spend more than $850 million a year to market their products to kids. But a report out today says Texas isn’t doing enough to fight back.
The coalition of public health organizations says Texas is failing to protect kids from tobacco. Texas ranks 46th in the nation in funding programs.
In one year, it [...]
