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Parenthood Offers Motivation to Quit Smoking
With some gentle prodding, new parents can be motivated to make more attempts to quit smoking, a new study says.
The trick seems to be getting pregnant women and new moms and dads to understand the dangers of secondhand smoke to unborn and newborn babies, researchers say in the March issue of Pediatrics, which appeared online [...]
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. [...]
Men in Scotland may start to outlive women as toll of tobacco hits
WOMEN in Scotland are failing to improve their health at the same rate as men and may not continue to outlive them for much longer, according to Scotland’s leading doctor.
Men are giving up smoking in their thousands and exercising more, meaning they will live for seven more years, on average, compared with 1980.
But while women [...]
Help available if you want to quit smoking
THE CARNOUSTIE Quit Smoking Group has been running for over 10 years, and in that time has helped many people to successfully give up smoking for life.
In 2009 the success rate for those stopped at three months after attending the group is 55 per cent, and 25 per cent of those are still stopped at [...]
Why you should avoid the smoke
The facts are there — smoking will cause several health risks and problems to the human body.
Smoking causes heart disease, the No. 1 cause of death in both men and women in the United States. Other common diseases linked to smoking include cancer, emphysema, chronic bronchitis and heart disease.
Smoking damages the immune system, making it [...]
Smoking seen to cause malnutrition in children
Much is written about smoking being unhealthy and harmful, but it is also a highly expensive habit. Spending on tobacco drives out critical expenditures that cover basic needs. This is most significant in low-income families, affecting the smoker and his or her family.
According to a report that was recently published in the International Resource Center, [...]
Dental patients are helped to stop smoking
Dentists in the district are leading the way in Yorkshire by helping more and more of their patients quit smoking for good.
An increasing number of dental practices in Bradford and Airedale are now trained to help people stop smoking when they go for a check-up.
The local NHS stop smoking service and public health staff [...]
Skaters, bikers deliver tobacco-free message
High school students at three area schools this week will get a tobacco-free message in an unusual delivery. In support of the Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids, pro skaters and cyclists will provide their message to students at Eau Gallie, Melbourne and Viera high school students while performing acrobatic stunts on the vert ramps.
California’s Gabe Weed [...]
Risks of second-hand smoke
A pro-incineration expert brought in by Metro Vancouver to speak at a series of public forums once testified as a tobacco industry witness that there was insufficient evidence to link smoking to lung cancer.
Jim Bridges, a retired professor of toxicology at the University of Surrey in England, testified in 1995 at U.S. Occupational Safety and [...]
Anti-smoking info campaign targets minorities
A statewide anti-smoking campaign aimed at minorities and those in poverty that highlights the dangers of second-hand smoke has begun.
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Dubbed “Everybody Smokes When Anybody Smokes,” the campaign will use radio, bus and billboard advertisements to get the message across. And local anti-smoking advocates say they hope it will bolster their ongoing efforts to reach into [...]
Oklahoma smokers willing to try to quit, diet concurrently
Oklahomans are willing to tackle giving up smoking and losing weight at the same time, according to preliminary results of a survey of smokers using the state’s tobacco help line.
“People have weight concerns related to quitting smoking, but they’re still willing to call and get help,” said Laura Beebe, director of the Oklahoma Tobacco [...]
CV Risk Seen With Smokeless Tobacco
The use of smokeless tobacco products was associated with an increased risk for fatal myocardial infarction (MI) and stroke, a meta-analysis found.
For fatal MI, the relative risk associated with ever having used these products was 1.13 (95% CI 1.06 to 1.21), according to Paolo Boffetta, MD, and Kurt Straif, MD, PhD, of the International Agency [...]
Health Department Gets $37,500 Grant
The Belmont County Health Department has been awarded a Tobacco Community Prevention and High Need Population grant.
Awarded by the Ohio Department of Health in the amount of $37,500, the local grant was one of five grants awarded to deal with the high incidence of tobacco use in Ohio’s Appalachian counties.
Linda Mehl, director of nursing for [...]
East Whittier schools get $162,000 anti-tobacco grant
EAST WHITTIER – The East Whittier City School District will get a $162,400 anti-tobacco state grant to help keep middle-schoolers from lighting up, while also giving teen smokers access to local programs to kick the habit for good.
EWCSD was the only elementary school district in Los Angeles County this year to receive the Tobacco-Use [...]
