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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 [...]
To quit, ‘nicotine-free’ smokes as good as lozenges
NEW YORK – Trying to quit smoking? So-called nicotine-free cigarettes may be as helpful as nicotine lozenges, hints a small study.
Smokers who used the nicotine-free cigarettes before quitting were as likely not to be smoking six weeks later as those who used nicotine lozenges, authors report in the journal Addiction. (Such cigarettes actually have a [...]
Longer use of nicotine patch improves abstinence from cigarettes
New research from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine may help more smokers keep their New Year’s resolution by helping them quit smoking. Extended use of a nicotine patch – 24 weeks versus the standard eight weeks recommended by manufacturers – boosts the number of smokers who maintain their cigarette abstinence and helps [...]
Public Continues to be exposed to Harmful Second-Hand Smoke
Cigarette smoking and its impact on health has been investigated for many decades. The harmful effects of tobacco smoke are of big interest to a raising number of medical institutions, governmental entities and individuals who seek to inform the general public about the essential dangers of cigarette smoke, not only to the smoker but to [...]
Tobacco kills, but careful of way telling smokers
While a WHO report has confirmed tobacco as the leading preventable cause of death in the world, a survey shows that reminding smokers of the fatal consequences of their habit may actually make them smoke more.
More than 94 percent of the world’s people are not protected by laws against smoking, leaving them exposed to the [...]
Smokers Inhaling Germs With Each Cigarette
New research provides evidence that the average cigarette is crawling with germs, including bacteria that cause respiratory disease.
But as one spokesman for a tobacco company pointed out, the authors of the new study aren’t sure what, if any, hazard the germs pose. And exposure to bacteria is nothing new: Microbes surround us every day of [...]
Exposure to lead, tobacco smoke raises risk of ADHD
CINCINNATI — Children exposed prenatally to tobacco smoke and during childhood to lead face a particularly high risk for ADHD, according to research done at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center.
The study estimates that up to 35 percent of ADHD cases in children between the ages of 8 and 15 could be reduced by eliminating both [...]
Removal of lacunas in Anti-Smoking Ordinance urged
Islamabad – Health experts believe that consumption of tobacco in Pakistan is becoming more and more alarming because its incidence is increasing among youth of Pakistan especially in schools, colleges and universities.
According to an estimate, Pakistanis smoke away Rs50 billion annually. Around 100,000 persons die every year in Pakistan due to diseases related to tobacco [...]
Occasional smoking is increasing
Smoking-cessation programs typically target frequent smokers with fairly hefty habits. But it may be time to also put some focus on occasional and social smokers, according to a commentary released today in the Archives of Internal Medicine.
Jjypjync This group of intermittent smokers may not be studied as much as more prolific puffers, but the fact [...]
Reducing Alcohol and Cigarettes Can Save Billions
According to a new study, thousands of Australian lives can be saved, simply by cutting back on alcohol and cigarettes, including saving the economy over $2-billion in healthcare costs.
By reducing the 773-standard drinks per adult which is the average annual intake to 505 drinks a year can save 38-lives and $1.2-billion.
The Deakin University conducted study [...]
No smoking starts next week
Crush that butt before you walk in the door. No smoking in bars, restaurants and casinos begins next week across the state.
Provisions of the Montana Clean Indoor Air Act, adopted by the State Legislature in 2005 and signed into law by the governor, prohibiting smoking in enclosed public places, take effect Thursday, Oct. 1.
Businesses that [...]
Prevention of disease lower health care costs
As Congress considers health reform, it is crucial that prevention of disease receive as much attention as treatment. We know that prevention can save lives and lower health care costs, and since one out of every six tax dollars is spent on health care, a proactive approach that puts prevention first is long overdue.
Consider tobacco. [...]
Government programs reach out to smokers wanting to quit
SARASOTA – A new federal and state tax on cigarettes is putting extra stress on smokers wallets. But is it enough to quit? A Suncoast program that helps smokers kick the habit is seeing more people take the plunge and quit…for free.
Over the last three months, Linda Overly has gone from smoking two [...]
What Is Being Done to Reduce Tobacco Use?
The latest edition of the Tobacco Atlas estimates that 6 million people a year die from tobacco-related illnesses, emphasizing the importance of anti-tobacco measures in the U.S. and around the world.
Tobacco Atlas Released
An estimated 6 million people worldwide die from tobacco-related illnesses each year, according to the Tobacco Atlas, Third Edition, a report released Tuesday [...]
