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Secondhand smoke harms teens’ arteries
A new study has found that teenagers who are exposed to second-hand tobacco smoke are more likely to have changes to their blood vessels that could lead to heart disease later in life.
Researcher Katariina Kallio of the University of Turku in Finland says her study on teenagers extends previous research, which found cardiovascular [...]
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 [...]
Scientists Identify New Danger From Tobacco Smoke
Here’s yet another reason to book a nonsmoking hotel room.
Scientists have long known that the residue from cigarette smoke clings to surfaces for weeks and even months. Now there is new research indicating that the film left by burning tobacco, when exposed to a chemical often found in the air, forms a brew of potent [...]
New laws will help Oregonians smokers quit
According to the Tobacco Free Coalition of Oregon, every day 18 Oregonians die from tobacco use while 20 kids start smoking. In addition, 35,000 Oregonians are exposed to secondhand smoke at work. Yet Oregon spends only one penny of a $1.18 cigarette tax on tobacco use prevention.
In Lane County, 54,356 people smoke, and more than [...]
Smokefree United helping football fans to quit
Chelsea fans may be celebrating their team being top of the Premier League but they are struggling off the pitch to give smoking the red card.
Only 79 Blues fans have signed up for Smokefree United, a virtual club of quitters, compared with 282 from rivals Manchester United, who top the table.
More than 1,500 fans have [...]
Bladder Cancer Risks Increase Over Time for Smokers
Risk of bladder cancer for smokers has increased since the mid-1990s, with a risk progressively increasing to a level five times higher among current smokers in New Hampshire than that among nonsmokers in 2001-2004, according to a new study published online November 16 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Furthermore, researchers found that [...]
The truth about second-hand smoking
Thanks to some unusual candour on the part of the anti-tobacco brigade in New York City, we now have official confirmation that banning smoking in public has absolutely nothing to do with protecting the health of non-smokers from second-hand smoke, but everything to do with stigmatising both smoking and smokers. Closer to home, new evidence [...]
Phone counseling helps teens quit smoking
New research suggests that teens are more likely to quit smoking if they receive telephone counseling to build their motivation and cognitive behavior skills.
Researchers developed a telephone-counseling program and evaluated it by recruiting 2,000 smokers who were juniors at 50 Washington state high schools.
After getting parent permission, the researchers tested the program on students at [...]
Valley smoking drops sharply
In the past 10 years, the smoking rate in the Bear River Health District has dropped considerably.
The Bear River Health Department reports that, since 1999, the smoking rate has decreased by 39 percent in the district. Also, smoking among pregnant women has fallen by 14 percent in that period.
“The smoking rate for Bear River Health [...]
Physicians equipped to help smokers quit
STRATFORD — The Medical Society of P.E.I. has distributed updated smokers’ helpline resources, including “Health Benefits of Quitting Smoking” posters.
The distinctively orange-coloured posters are now displayed in doctors’ offices and very soon will appear in all Island hospitals.
The society is assisting the Canadian Cancer Society, P.E.I. Division, in alerting smokers that help is available.
Several weeks [...]
Sin Tax can’t Snuff Out alone Smoking Addiction
By Kevin O’Flaherty – After months of standoff, Connecticut lawmakers adopted a state budget Tuesday. In the final days of the debate, the one issue both sides seemed happy to agree on was increasing the tax on cigarettes. The proposal they settled on will increase the tax from $2 to $3 per pack, one of [...]
Congress for a tobacco-free Chennai
CHENNAI: The anti-tobacco campaign in the city is gaining momentum with the PMK and the Congress, the main opposition parties in the elected
council of the Chennai Corporation, calling for tobacco in all forms to be banned in the metropolis.
Participating in the zero hour debate during the monthly council meet on Friday, PMK leader M Jayaraman [...]
Ban on drugs to help quit smoking
JEDDAH – The Ministry of Health has banned two popular smoking cessation drugs as their side-effects include suicidal tendencies.
The drugs containing varenicline (trade name Champix from Pfizer) and buproprion (Yaba)) were banned after the US Food and Drugs Adminstration (FDA) issued a black box warning – the toughest warning on risks associated with a medicine [...]
The cost of a habit
“Good habits are as addictive as bad habits, and a lot more rewarding.” — Harvey Mackay
EVER considered computing for the economic value of your habits? Bad habits can bring about a financial drain while good habits can be financially rewarding.
Destructive habits like high-stakes gambling take a toll on one’s financial condition, everybody knows that. [...]
