Smoking / Quit Smoking News From Medical News Today » Program Could Help Teens Control Asthma

Posted 23 hours ago

An asthma program specifically tailored to teens could help those in rural areas manage their disease and avoid potentially fatal complications, Medical College of Georgia researchers say. Black males have a death rate from asthma that is six times greater than their white counterparts, and Dr... [Link]

Smoking / Quit Smoking News From Medical News Today » The Speed At Which Nicotine Peaks In The Brain

Posted 25 hours ago

Nicotine takes much longer than previously thought to reach peak levels in the brains of cigarette smokers, according to new research conducted at Duke University Medical Center. Traditionally, scientists thought nicotine inhaled in a puff of cigarette smoke took a mere seven seconds to be taken up by the brain, and that each puff produced a spike of nicotine... [Link]

Smoking / Quit Smoking News From Medical News Today » New Report Finds Major Benefits To The Health Of The Nation From Increasing Tobacco Taxes, UK

Posted 47 hours ago

Following an extensive economic evaluation of the benefits of increasing tobacco prices on the health of the nation, ASH has published its report The Effects of Increasing Tobacco Taxation... [Link]

Smoking / Quit Smoking News From Medical News Today » News From The March Issue Of Chest

Posted 5 days ago

PREGNANT SMOKERS WITH ASTHMA HAVE INCREASED HEALTH RISKS Pregnant women with asthma who smoke have an increased risk for asthma symptoms and fetal growth abnormalities. Researchers from the Medical University of South Carolina observed 2,210 pregnant women with asthma to determine the effect of active and passive household smoking on asthma severity and obstetric/neonatal outcomes... [Link]

Smoking / Quit Smoking News From Medical News Today » What Is Nicotine Dependence? What Are The Dangers Of Smoking?

Posted 5 days ago

Tobacco smoking is a practice in which tobacco is burned and the smoke inhaled or tasted. Smoking is primarily practiced as a route of administration for nicotine through the lungs; it is a way of getting nicotine into your system rapidly. The most popular current method of smoking is through cigarettes, mainly industrially manufactured ones... [Link]

Smoking / Quit Smoking News From Medical News Today » Three Harvard School Of Public Health Alumni Named To New FDA Tobacco Advisory Committee

Posted 5 days ago

The recently formed Food and Drug Administration (FDA)'s Center for Tobacco Products has just created a new Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee to review and evaluate safety, dependence, and health issues relating to tobacco products and provide appropriate advice, information, and recommendations to the Commissioner of Food and Drugs... [Link]

Smoking / Quit Smoking News From Medical News Today » Risk Of Hardened Arteries Among 13-Year-olds Increased By Secondhand Smoke

Posted 6 days ago

Frequent exposure to environmental tobacco smoke among 13-year-olds is associated with an increased risk of future blood vessel hardening and greater risks of other heart disease factors, according to new research published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, a journal of the American Heart Association... [Link]

Smoking / Quit Smoking News From Medical News Today » Five Tips To Help A Stressed-Out President Or Anyone Else Quit Smoking

Posted 7 days ago

President Barack Obama's recent physical examination revealed that he is in generally good health and that he is still trying to quit smoking. His doctor's advice: keep up his "smoking cessation efforts"; in other words, he should keep trying to kick the habit... [Link]

Smoking / Quit Smoking News From Medical News Today » Cigarette Ads Fuel Teens' Desire To Start Smoking

Posted 7 days ago

The more that teens see cigarette ads, the greater their risk of taking a puff. A new study shows that the particular content of tobacco marketing resonates with youth and that the vivid imagery in tobacco advertising captures their interest, although teens typically are more resistant to the promotional seduction of other products... [Link]

Smoking / Quit Smoking News From Medical News Today » Five Tips To Help A Stressed-Out President - Or Anyone Else - Quit Smoking

Posted 7 days ago

President Barack Obama's recent physical examination revealed that he is in generally good health - and that he is still trying to quit smoking. His doctor's advice: keep up his "smoking cessation efforts"; in other words, he should keep trying to kick the habit... [Link]

Smoking / Quit Smoking News From Medical News Today » Unique Program Helps New Moms Cut Down On Babies' Exposure To Second-Hand Smoke

Posted 7 days ago

In underserved areas like North Philadelphia, existing research shows a nearly 10 percent higher smoking rate than in the general population, with a lower quit rate to boot. The consequences of this public health problem are magnified for new mothers that smoke, as they also expose their babies to the ill effects of second-hand smoke... [Link]

Smoking / Quit Smoking News From Medical News Today » FDA Announces Meeting Information And Voting Membership Of The Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee

Posted 8 days ago

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced membership and meeting information for the Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee (TPSAC). The Committee, required through the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act (Tobacco Control Act), will provide advice, information, and recommendations to FDA on a wide range of tobacco-related issues... [Link]

Smoking / Quit Smoking News From Medical News Today » WHO Director-General Calls For Greater Efforts To Reduce Tobacco Use

Posted 8 days ago

In a speech on Friday marking the fifth anniversary of an international tobacco control treaty, WHO Director-General Margaret Chan called for government officials worldwide to increase efforts to protect their population from the harmful effects of tobacco, Reuters reports... [Link]

Smoking / Quit Smoking News From Medical News Today »  Promising New Smoking Cessation Therapy

Posted 9 days ago

A novel technology for delivering nicotine to the lungs may soon give smokers a new way to kick the habit. When compared to the nicotine vapor delivery system used in the Nicotrol/Nicorette inhaler, the new technology proved more effective at delivering nicotine to the blood stream... [Link]

Smoking / Quit Smoking News From Medical News Today » In People With Certain Genes Smoking Significantly Increases Risk Of Aneurysm

Posted 9 days ago

For people who carry common gene variants, cigarette smoking greatly increases the risk that a blood vessel in the brain will weaken and balloon out - called an aneurysm - which could be life-threatening if it ruptures, according to research presented at the American Stroke Association's International Stroke Conference 2010... [Link]

Smoking / Quit Smoking News From Medical News Today » New Study Finds Similar Advertising Strategies Used By Indoor Tanning And Tobacco Industries

Posted 12 days ago

While the proven negative health consequences of smoking and tanning are undeniable, tobacco and indoor tanning advertisers would like consumers to think otherwise. In fact, a new study comparing the tactics used in advertising tobacco and indoor tanning products found several similarities in how these two industries market unhealthy products... [Link]

Smoking / Quit Smoking News From Medical News Today » New NICE Guidance On School-based Methods To Prevent Children And Young People Smoking

Posted 13 days ago

Public health guidance from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) published today (Wednesday 24 February) focuses specifically on school-based methods to prevent children and young people from starting to smoke. One in two long-term smokers will die prematurely as a result of smoking, and half of these deaths will be in middle age... [Link]

Smoking / Quit Smoking News From Medical News Today » University Of Kentucky's Tobacco Treatment Resources Are Helping

Posted 14 days ago

Almost three months after the University of Kentucky became tobacco-free, more than 100 people are enrolled in UK's individual or group tobacco treatment programs, and more than 50 are taking advantage of UK's free nicotine replacement therapy... [Link]

Smoking / Quit Smoking News From Medical News Today » Immigrating To North America May Foster Smoking In Children: New Study Published In Journal Of Adolescent Health

Posted 14 days ago

Moving to Canada could be hazardous for the health of young immigrants. A new study published in the Journal of Adolescent Health has found that over time, immigrant children from multiethnic, disadvantaged, inner-city neighbourhoods are up to 3.5 times more likely to smoke. The findings are important since an estimated 45,000 school-aged children immigrate to Canada with their parents each ... [Link]

Smoking / Quit Smoking News From Medical News Today » African-Americans' Attitudes About Lung Cancer May Hinder Prevention

Posted 16 days ago

A new survey has found that African-Americans are more likely than whites to hold mistaken and fatalistic beliefs about lung cancer, as well as being more reluctant to consult a doctor about possible symptoms of the disease, according to researchers from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and their collaborators... [Link]

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