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Smoking Addiction Can be Treated
Scientists from Annapolis recently tested the new drug which can keep smokers from evolving an addiction to nicotine by removing the good feeling which they get from smoking a cigarette. Annapolis is one of 20 cities which tested NicVAX, a new vaccine that creates antibodies which could make smokers to not smoke for a period [...]
A compound in smokers breat
If you smoke, your breath contains 2,5-dimethylfuran. A team of Catalan researchers have proved that the presence of this chemical compound indicates that a person has smoked in the last three days. This substance does not appear in the breath of non-smokers, unless they have been in direct contact with tobacco smoke for a long [...]
NHS explores paying people to become healthier
The NHS is exploring the possibility of using financial incentives to encourage healthier lifestyles. Several areas have already started their own schemes – and the results have given some encouragement. NICE, which advises the NHS in England and Wales, believes they may help tackle obesity, smoking and drinking. It described rewarding lifestyle changes as an [...]
Shisha As Harmful As Cigarettes
Smoking a shisha pipe is as bad for people as smoking tobacco, the Department of Health and the Tobacco Control Collaborating Centre has found, Qatar News Agency (QNA) reported. The research revealed that people who smoke shisha, or herbal tobacco, can suffer from high carbon monoxide levels. It found one session of smoking shisha resulted [...]
Pregnant women smokers in India on rise
In an alarming disclosure, experts revealed on Saturday that the number of pregnant women in India using tobacco products is above two million. At a function organized by Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi, and pharmaceutical company Pfizer, R.P. Vashisht, head of smoke free Delhi initiative of government, said, “Smoking should be made unfashionable. This [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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… Click here for more information. RIVERSIDE, Calif. – [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
