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Arteries improve after smokers quit
ATLANTA — Quitting smoking can turn back time.
A year after kicking the habit, smokers’ arteries showed signs of reversing a problem that can set the stage for heart disease, according to the first big study to test this.
The improvement came even though smokers gained an average of 9 pounds after they quit, researchers found. Their [...]
Make 2010 the year you quit smoking
No one ever said quitting smoking was easy, but that doesn’t mean it’s impossible. There is no time like the start of a new year to give it a try. Here are several ways to make it a little bit easier on yourself.
# First things first – get help.
“Nicotine is a very addictive drug that [...]
Shaming smokers makes it harder to quit
Years of anti-smoking laws and campaigns have amounted to a public shaming of smokers that could make it harder for them to quit, a group of UBC researchers argue in a new report.
There is an “urgent” need for governments to revisit their anti-smoking policies, the academics say, suggesting that the stigma around smoking could lead [...]
Antismoking Fight Proves a Pyramid-Size Task
CAIRO — Perhaps not since Egypt built the great pyramids of Giza, or more recently tamed the Nile with the Aswan High Dam, has the government embarked on as challenging a national project: wiping out smoking in public places.
Men smoking the shisha, or water pipe, in Cairo. A ban was imposed on the shisha in [...]
Phone Counseling Aids in Smoking Cessation
Proactive telephone counseling and individually tailored motivational interviews help teen smokers kick the habit, new research indicates.
Two studies, published in the Oct. 12 online issue of the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, indicate smoking-cessation programs that involve motivational techniques and personalized behavioral skills training by phone can make it easier for teens to give [...]
Yao Ming joins Chinese celebrities to push anti-smoking campaign
Basketball superstar Yao Ming and famed soprano Peng Liyuan Monday became the new faces of China’s anti-smoking campaign, which health officials said is still a tough task in the world’s largest tobacco market.
Both Yao and Peng were not present at a meeting of the Chinese Association on Tobacco Control (CATC) in Beijing, where their representatives [...]
The heart’s challenge to wellness
As the world marked the World Heart Day yesterday, the greatest concern of experts is how to ensure that workers’ heart problems are reduced and the incidences of heart diseases in young people are cut drastically, writes Chukwuma Muanya.
THE World Health Organisation (WHO) is worried that despite advances in education, medicine and awareness, one of [...]
Quitting Smoking Helps Woman Give Back
Almost one in five adults in the U.S. smoke and many others smoked at one time. The health risks associated with smoking, mainly heart disease and lung cancer, are why one Sioux Falls woman kicked the habit. It’s not only improving her health, it’s helping families and children in the community.
Sheila Wasserman has [...]
It pays to quit smoking before surgery
COLOGNE, Germany – People who can quit smoking before surgery can halve their risk of poor wound healing, researchers in Germany found.
Peter Sawicki of the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care analyzed current research showing that nicotine replacement therapy can help people quit smoking and avoid complications after surgery.
Nicotine replacement therapy helps [...]
Many pregnant Ind. women smoke, use drugs, alcohol
INDIANAPOLIS – A new study by Indiana University researchers suggests that pregnant Indiana women have one of the nation’s highest rates of alcohol, tobacco and drug use.
The study found that Indiana ranks seventh in the nation among women who smoke during pregnancy, and that nearly 18,000 Hoosier babies are born each year to mothers [...]
Acupuncture Proves Successful in Helping People Quit Smoking
Anyone who has tried to quit smoking knows how hard it can be. The withdrawal symptoms can be too much for many people to cope with for long, and as the stress and edginess builds the first thing they reach for is their trusty old smokes. There are many products and therapies such hypnosis, chewing [...]
Avoiding temptation is imperative to maintaining self-control
Whether it’s highlighted in major news headlines about Argentinean affairs and Ponzi schemes, or in personal battles with obesity and drug addiction, individuals regularly succumb to greed, lust and self-destructive behaviors. New research from the Kellogg School of Management examines why this is the case, and demonstrates that individuals believe they have more restraint than [...]
Quit smoking in time for the fall holidays
LAKE COUNTY – Lake Family Resource Center is offering the American Lung Association “Freedom from Smoking” tobacco cessation program beginning Tuesday, Aug. 11, in Lakeport and Clearlake.
“Freedom from Smoking,” the leading smoking cessation program in the United States for over 25 years, shows participants how to quit smoking for good in a supportive setting.
Participants meet [...]
Anti-smoking group targets outdoor areas
The Heart Foundation says that it wants smoking banned in every council-managed outdoor area across New South Wales.
New Heart Foundation research shows that around one third of the state’s 152 Councils now ban smoking in some outdoor areas including children’s playgrounds, sports grounds and beaches.
The Foundation’s CEO Tony Thirlwill says only 28 councils had outdoor [...]
