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Tobacco plant-based treatment thwarts West Nile virus
Washington, : No vaccine currently exists for West Nile Virus, but a new therapeutic made from tobacco plants has been shown to arrest the infection, according to a new study.
Elderly individuals and those with depressed immunity are particularly vulnerable to West Nile, a mosquito-borne illness that can cause a potentially lethal inflammation of the brain.
The [...]
Joss Stone gets advice from Mick Jagger to Quit Smoking
Sir Mick Jagger is giving health tips to singer Joss Stone – he keeps ordering her to quit smoking.
The Rolling Stones frontman is pals with the “You Had Me” hitmaker and frequently expresses his concern over her tobacco habit, telling her off when she is snapped with a cigarette.
The former hellraising rocker advises her to [...]
Critics fume as Quebec doctor defends smoking
QUEBEC — The current anti-smoking climate is putting too much pressure on those who can’t kick the habit while keeping from them the psychological and health benefits of smoking, charges a Quebec doctor and psychiatrist in a controversial new book that has anti-smoking groups fuming.
After years of seeing smokers — himself included — battle their [...]
Smoking cessation may increase risk of developing type 2 diabetes
Cigarette smoking is a well-known risk factor for type 2 diabetes, but new research from Johns Hopkins University suggests that quitting the habit may actually raise diabetes risk in the short term.
The researchers suspect the elevated diabetes risk is related to the extra pounds people typically put on after renouncing cigarettes and caution that no [...]
Education, culture cause for low HIV prevalence in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka is a HIV/AIDS low prevalence country. High Literacy Rate and Strength of cultural identity is cause for low prevalence of HIV/AIDS, said Healthcare and Nutrition Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva recently.
The Minister made above observation participating as the chief guest at the World Aids Day commemoration held at the BMICH last Friday. This [...]
State goals: cut smoking and obesity rates
There were some positive strokes for Tennessee in the recent report of “America’s Health Rankings” that put the state 44th among states in the nation’s overall health picture, but those items were overshadowed by poor ratings on obesity and smoking.
Tennessee ranked 45th in smoking and 47th in obesity.
Smoking and obesity cause diseases that are preventable [...]
Moderate caffeine or alcohol use not associated with possibility of seizure or epilepsy
A recent study determined there is a significant risk of seizure for individuals who currently smoke cigarettes. Boston-based researchers from Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School also found that long-term, moderate intake of caffeine or alcohol does not increase the chance of having a seizure or developing epilepsy. This is the first prospective [...]
Tobacco-Free AHA Investment
SPRINGFIELD, Ma, Oct. 19 /CSRwire/ – Social(k), the nation’s most diverse socially responsible (SRI) retirement platform, has now added the tobacco-free AHA Investments Funds to its roster of more than 150 socially responsible investment (SRI) funds in addition to 25 faith-based and 4000 traditional funds (most other retirement plans only offer one or two SRI [...]
Calls to kick the habit jump at WA tobacco quitline
SEATTLE – New statistics show Washington State’s smoking rate has dropped to a new low of 15.3%, down from 16.5% the year before.
The drop is a pleasant surprise. A year ago, officials with the state Department of Health feared that stress associated with the economy would push more people to start smoking. As it turns [...]
Cigarettes still kill
Living in a college town, it is not a strange sight to see huddles of people standing outside of bars or just walking down the street lighting up and smoking cigarettes. It is a habit that can start because “everyone else is doing it,” and it escalates from a social habit to addiction. It is [...]
Most Smokers Make Multiple Quit Attempts Before They Quit Smoking for Good
American Lung Association Launches New Smoking Cessation Campaign, Offers Support for the “Quitter in You”
WASHINGTON – The American Lung Association is launching a new smoking cessation campaign, “Quitter in You,” designed to highlight the need to change the way Americans look at quitting. A new survey from the organization found that 6 out of 10 [...]
PCC is now tobacco free
PORTLAND, Ore. – A tobacco-free college.
Portland Community College isn’t the first to do it. And by all indications, it won’t be the last. But PCC is by far the largest institution of higher education in the state. So when the Board of Directors announced that PCC would become tobacco-free today Sept. 9, 2009, it was [...]
Tobacco Prevention Programs to Be Cut
COLORADO SPRINGS – Tobacco education funding looks to be on the chopping block as the state balances its budget.
$7-million is likely to be cut from the State Tobacco Education and Prevention Partnership (STEPP). STEPP is a part of Amendment 35—a tobacco excise tax voters approved in 2004. The cuts are able to be made [...]
Quitting Smoking Causes Quick Drop in Inflammation
NEW YORK – Just weeks after quitting smoking, women show major reductions in several markers of inflammation associated with heart disease risk, new research shows.
The findings point the way to a strategy for encouraging people at risk of heart disease to kick the habit, the study’s authors say.
Smoking is known to promote inflammation, while [...]
