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Wearing Patch for 6 Months May Help Smokers Quit
If you’re trying to quit smoking, wearing a nicotine patch for up to six months—far longer than is generally recommended—may increase your chances of staying smoke-free, a new study has found.
Even with the longer treatment, however, your chances of successfully quitting are only about 1 in 7, according to the study, which was funded by [...]
State Medicaid programs offer limited access to tobacco-dependence treatment
Only two states offered unrestricted access to tobacco-cessation treatments, according to a new report.
Medicaid coverage for various smoking cessation treatments is limited in most states, according to a report published in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly.
Although smoking rates in the United States have been reduced by half since the 1960s, smoking rates among low-income adults are [...]
More Smokers Quit With Patches and Lozenges
Smokers who want to kick the habit are more likely to succeed when they use a combination of long-acting and immediate-delivery nicotine-replacement products, a study shows.
Study participants who used nicotine patches plus nicotine lozenges were more successful than participants who used either product alone. They also had better outcomes than those who used the smoking-cessation [...]
Just one cigarette harms young arteries
A new study shows that just a few cigarettes a day can harm young arteries. One cigarette was found to increase stiffness in the arteries of 18 to 30 year olds by twenty-five percent.
The findings, presented by Dr. Stella Daskalopoulou at the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress 2009, show how tobacco can harm young adults. Dr. Daskalopoulous [...]
Cytos anti-smoking vaccine misses study target
ZURICH, – Cytos Biotechnology’s (CYTN.S) anti-smoking vaccine missed its main target in a mid-stage study, making it highly unlikely the product will reach the market and slamming the Swiss group’s shares.
The start-up drug discovery company was informed by its partner Novartis (NOVN.VX) that the NIC002 vaccine had failed to show a significant difference in [...]
Smoking programs at WVU rarely used
West Virginia University students are not taking advantage of free resources made available to them through the University to quit smoking, according to Jon Bond, Student Government Association executive for Student Health.
There are workshops, classes, psychological services and replacement medication available for students who want to kick the habit, but they are not being used, [...]
10 ways to snuff out smoking
EVERYBODY, including tobacco companies, is now agreed that smoking is detrimental to good health. You only have to look at the cigarette packets to know this.
But nicotine is a powerful addictive drug. If you get hooked, it is very tough to give it up.
The best cure is prevention — stop people from taking up the [...]
Secondhand smoke results in liver disease
Research by UC Riverside scientists is first to link passive smoking to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease
IMAGE: The image shows sections though livers of mice. Mice exposed to second-hand smoke in the lab accumulated excess fat in their liver cells (top); mice exposed to smoke-free air, on…
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RIVERSIDE, Calif. – A team of [...]
Avoid tobacco smoke, pollution: for heart health
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – If you want to dramatically lower the odds that you’ll die of heart disease, go live someplace where public smoking is banned.
In a study of more than a million people, researchers found that even low levels of smoke from co-workers’ cigarettes can substantially raise your risk of death from heart [...]
Quitting tobacco takes more than willpower
It’s no easy feat to stop smoking or using tobacco. Just ask Debby Harris, a registered respiratory therapist who provides nicotine counseling at Yampa Valley Medical Center.
“People who smoke may try to quit up to six times before they quit for good,” Harris said. “About 5 percent can stop ‘cold turkey,’ without help, but the [...]
Anti-Smoking Efforts are far from Sufficient
As it is known, China is the world’s largest tobacco producer and consumer. However it signed the World Health Organization’s (WHO) Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) in 2003. But the first state where was banned smoking in bars a decade ago was California.
Officials said that the effectiveness of China’s tobacco control system is under [...]
Pioneer of effective treatments to help people stop smoking
By the 1960s, the emerging evidence of the danger of cigarette smoking was clear, but there was very little understanding of why people smoked. Cigarette smoking was generally thought of as a habit, with pharmacological factors receiving little or no attention.
Michael Russell, who has died at the age of 77 from a heart attack, was [...]
12 Effective Steps to Quit Smoking
It is no secret that an addiction to cigarettes is one of the toughest habits to break. While there are some people who can quit by the strength of will power alone, the vast majority of the smoking population requires the assistance of cessation aids and numerous attempts before quitting cigarettes for good. But with [...]
Sometimes it’s okay to be proud…
On Saturday it was exactly six months since I had my last cigarette.
Quit1Now just so you know, I was quite big on smoking for more than 10 years. I enjoyed cigarettes rather a lot, but mostly they were just part of who I was. Before I quit I wasn’t entirely sure how it would be [...]
