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Campaign Encourages Smokers To "Talk With Your Doctor" For Help Quitting
24 May 2013 at 4:00am
Advice and help from doctors can more than double odds smoker will quit successfully Because a doctor's advice and assistance more than doubles the odds that a smoker will quit successfully, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is partnering with five national physician groups on the new "Talk With Your Doctor" campaign to encourage smokers to ask a doctor for help...
Tobacco Warning Images Proposed By The European Commission Should Be Reviewed...
24 May 2013 at 2:00am
The warning images Brussels proposes to include on tobacco packages in order to reduce consumption do not make the desired impact on smokers because they only find some of them really unpleasant. So, if the European Commission wants to improve the efficacy of its anti-smoking campaigns, it should produce a new set of images that make a stronger emotional impact...
Children Exposed To Secondhand Smoke Likely To Be More Aggressive
23 May 2013 at 3:00am
Children who are exposed to secondhand smoke in early childhood are more likely to grow up to physically aggressive and antisocial, regardless of whether they were exposed during pregnancy or their parents have a history of being antisocial, according to Linda Pagani and Caroline Fitzpatrick of the University of Montreal and its affiliated CHU Sainte-Justine hospital...
The Interactive Effects On Neurocognition Of Alcohol Consumption, Smoking And...
21 May 2013 at 2:00am
Treatment for alcohol use disorders works best if the patient actively understands and incorporates the interventions provided in the clinic. Multiple factors can influence both the type and degree of neurocognitive abnormalities found during early abstinence, including chronic cigarette smoking and increasing age...
Smoking During Pregnancy Raises Daughter's Risk Of Gestational Diabetes And O...
21 May 2013 at 2:00am
Women who smoke while pregnant are at a higher risk of having daughters who become obese and/or develop gestational diabetes, according to a new study published in Diabetologia. The fact that smoking is harmful during pregnancy has long been known, however, studies that examined possible adverse effects that last until adulthood are scarce and outcomes have been inconsistent...
Spanish Smoking Relapse Prevention
20 May 2013 at 3:00am
Researchers from Moffitt Cancer Center and the University of South Florida have evaluated how Florida health care and social service agencies distribute "Libres para Siempre" ("Forever Free®"), a Spanish smoking relapse prevention booklet series...
Most Americans Have Smoke-Free Rules For Home And Car
18 May 2013 at 2:00am
A national survey finds that a large majority of adults in the US voluntarily apply smoke-free rules in their homes or vehicles...
No Significant Change Seen In Overall Smokeless Tobacco Use Among U.S. Youths
14 May 2013 at 3:00pm
Tobacco use remains the leading preventable cause of death and disease in the United States. Declines in smoking among youths were observed from the late 1990s. "However, limited information exists on trends in smokeless tobacco use among U.S. youths," writes Israel T. Agaku, D.M.D., M.P.H., of the Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, and colleagues...
Signs Of Tobacco Smoke Still Found In Non-Smoking Hotel Rooms
14 May 2013 at 12:00pm
Non-smoking hotel rooms with a partial smoking ban do not fully protect guests from harmful exposure to third-hand smoke, according to new research. The study was conducted by experts from San Diego State University (SDSU) and was published in the journal Tobacco Control...
Testing Carbon Monoxide In Pregnant Women Not Compulsory, UK Authorities Insist
14 May 2013 at 7:00am
Despite British media attempts to make it appear that all pregnant women will have to prove they do not smoke by taking a carbon monoxide test, the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE), which provides guidance to ensure quality and value for money in the National Health Service, UK, insists that the "NICE does not call for the test to be made compulsory and ...
Non-Smoking Hotel Rooms Still Expose Occupants To Tobacco Smoke
14 May 2013 at 2:00am
Non-smokers should shun hotels operating partial smoking bans, advise authors Non-smoking rooms in hotels operating a partial smoking ban don't protect their occupants from tobacco smoke, reveals research published online in Tobacco Control. Non-smokers should give hotels that allow smoking in certain rooms a wide berth, say the authors, and instead choose completely smoke free hotels...
New Inhaler Drug Approved By FDA For Chronic COPD
12 May 2013 at 2:00am
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has just announced the approval of a form of new long-term treatment for patients suffering from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). The new treatment is an inhaler drug called Breo Ellipta (fluticasone furoate and vilanterol inhalation powder). It is also approved for the treatment of exacerbations in COPD patients...
News From The Annals Of Internal Medicine: May 7, 2013
8 May 2013 at 2:00am
1. Ambrisentan Not Appropriate for Patients with Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis Ambrisentan should not be used to treat patients for idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). IPF is a fatal form of chronic, progressive lung disease characterized by irreversible scarring around both lungs. IPF causes about 5,000 deaths each year and currently there is no approved treatment...
CT Screening Reduces Lung Cancer Deaths
7 May 2013 at 1:00pm
CT (computed tomography) screening can reduce lung cancer deaths among high-risk individuals, according to results from the National Lung Cancer Study...
Teen Smokers May Be At Greater Risk Of Marijuana Addiction
7 May 2013 at 4:00am
Teen smokers who rationalize their use of cigarettes by saying, "At least, I'm not doing drugs," may not always be able to use that line. New research presented at the Pediatric Academic Societies (PAS) annual meeting in Washington, DC, supports the theory that cigarettes are a gateway drug to marijuana...

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