Smoking / Quit Smoking News From Medical News Today » Early Exposure To Tobacco Smoke Causes Asthma And Allergy
Babies exposed to cigarette smoke before birth or during the first months afterwards run a greater risk of developing asthma and allergy. This according to a doctoral thesis from the Swedish medical university Karolinska Institutet. It is a well known fact that babies are harmed by tobacco smoke in numerous ways, but it has always been difficult to separate the ... [Link]
Smoking / Quit Smoking News From Medical News Today » After Cigarette Price Increase, Calls To 311 For Help To Quit Smoking Tripled In New York
When the price of cigarettes topped ten dollars a pack at some city outlets last month, thousands of smokers knew it was time to quit. An analysis of data from the city's 311 line showed the number of calls for help to quit smoking was three times higher during the week the price increase went into effect compared to the ... [Link]
Smoking / Quit Smoking News From Medical News Today » Qantas Tobacco Sales A Retrograde Step: Australian Medical Association
The Australian Medical Association cannot believe that QANTAS has made a decision to sell in-flight duty-free cigarettes on international routes. The AMA understands that QANTAS has instructed its staff to ensure that cigarettes are 'displayed prominently on top' of the in-flight duty-free cart to 'ensure our customers are aware of the duty-free products onboard' and to 'boost sales'. [Link]
Smoking / Quit Smoking News From Medical News Today » Higher Coffee And Cigarette Consumption Among AA Attendees
More than one million Americans currently participate in the Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) program. While AA participants are reportedly notorious for their coffee drinking and cigarette smoking, very little research has quantified their consumption of these two products. Recent findings confirm that coffee and cigarette use among this population is greater than among the general U.S. population: most AA members drink ... [Link]
Smoking / Quit Smoking News From Medical News Today » Premera Partners With American Cancer Society To Offer Tobacco Cessation Program - Highest Quit Rate For Employer-Based Programs In The Nation
To help its members regain control of their health, Premera Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alaska is partnering with the American Cancer Society (ACS) to provide Premera members with their best opportunity to break nicotine's addictive grip - the ACS Tobacco Cessation Program - that has the highest quit rate - 49 percent - for employer-sponsored programs in the nation. [Link]
Smoking / Quit Smoking News From Medical News Today » Nurses Can Help Patients By Taking A Stand Against Smoking
Nicotine is one of the most heavily used addictive drugs in the United States, and more than one in five people use some form of the drug (cigarettes, cigars, pipes and chewing tobacco). Despite the fact that research consistently indicates tobacco use or exposure to tobacco smoke is harmful, new smokers initiate smoking each day. In the June 2008 issue ... [Link]
Smoking / Quit Smoking News From Medical News Today » Tobacco Companies In Recent Years Adjusted Menthol Levels In Different Brands Of Cigarettes To Attract Younger Smokers, Study Finds
Cigarette companies in recent years adjusted the level of menthol in different brands of cigarettes to attract younger smokers and maintain the business of older smokers, according to a report published Wednesday in the American Journal of Public Health, the New York Times reports (Saul, New York Times, 7/17). [Link]
Smoking / Quit Smoking News From Medical News Today » Tobacco Industry Manipulated Cigarette Menthol Content To Recruit New Smokers Among Young People
Menthol cigarette brands have been rising in popularity with adolescents, and the highest use has been among younger, newer smokers. Researchers at Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) explored tobacco industry manipulation of menthol levels in specific brands and found a deliberate strategy to recruit and addict young smokers by adjusting menthol to create a milder experience for the first ... [Link]
Smoking / Quit Smoking News From Medical News Today » Many Teen Smokers Struggle To Kick The Habit
Most teenagers who smoke cigarettes make repeated attempts to quit but most are unsuccessful, according to new research from the Universite de Montreal and funded by the Canadian Cancer Society. "The study found that teen smokers make their first serious attempt to quit after only two and a half months of smoking, and by the time they have smoked for ... [Link]
Smoking / Quit Smoking News From Medical News Today » New Research Indicates Cigarette Makers Manipulate Menthol Levels To Attract Young Smokers
Research released in the American Journal of Public Health found evidence that the tobacco industry has manipulated menthol levels and created new cigarette brands with the intention of gaining market share among young adults and adolescents. [Link]
Smoking / Quit Smoking News From Medical News Today » Menthol Used To Attract Young Smokers, Study
A new study by US researchers who examined internal industry documents, market and national survey reports and lab test results, concluded that the tobacco industry manipulated the menthol content of cigarettes to attract young new smokers and encourage them to become dependent on nicotine. [Link]
Smoking / Quit Smoking News From Medical News Today » Menthol In Cigarettes Promotes Smoking Among Adolescents And Young Adults
Researchers examined U.S. cigarette brands popular among youth to determine whether or not tobacco manufacturers manipulate menthol in an effort to target young, experimental smokers. Menthol in cigarettes masks harshness and irritation for new smokers. Menthol is used as an additive in approximately 90% of cigarettes manufactured in the United States, although only about one-third of these cigarettes are explicitly ... [Link]
Smoking / Quit Smoking News From Medical News Today » Thank You For Smoking On International Flights
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) is concerned that Qantas has reintroduced tobacco sales on board its international flights. The sale of tobacco products will begin at the end of July. Despite restrictions preventing Qantas from advertising cigarettes in the on-board shopping catalogue, the airline is allowed to display these products on the duty-free trolley in the cabin. [Link]
Smoking / Quit Smoking News From Medical News Today » No Single Approach Keeps Tobacco Away From Minors
Tobacco addiction starts early, and public health experts agree that it is important to keep tobacco out of the hands of adolescents. Still, what works for prevention is a matter of controversy, and a new systematic review suggests that there is no clear answer. Review authors Lindsay Stead and Tim Lancaster at the University of Oxford examined 35 studies to ... [Link]
Smoking / Quit Smoking News From Medical News Today » Contests To Quit Smoking Don't Work In Long Run
Face it: we all have our price. Still, despite prizes ranging from lottery tickets to cash payments, quit-smoking contests do not help people kick the habit in the end, according to a new systematic review of studies. None of the 17 studies, which involved roughly 6,300 participants, demonstrated significantly higher long-term quit rates for smokers offered incentives, despite some creative ... [Link]
Smoking / Quit Smoking News From Medical News Today » Youth Smoking Predicted By Perceived Access To Cigarettes
Kids who see cigarettes as easily accessible are more likely to end up as regular smokers, particularly if they have friends who smoke, according to a new report published in the current issue of Annals of Family Medicine. The study, funded by the Substance Abuse Policy Research Program (SAPRP) of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, could be valuable to smoking ... [Link]
Smoking / Quit Smoking News From Medical News Today » OFT Investigation: Yet Again British Tobacco Companies Show Contempt For Their Customers
Gallaher's agreement to pay millions of pounds in penalties to the OFT, following its admission that it engaged in unlawful price fixing demonstrates yet again that the tobacco industry can't be trusted.[1] This follows a recent study conducted for ASH showing that the tobacco industry has increased its prices way above inflation in recent years. [Link]
Smoking / Quit Smoking News From Medical News Today » Smoking Cessation Therapies More Effective Than Placebos
Six treatments for smoking cessation perform better than placebos - including varenicline (Chantix®), recently approved for use in Canada - states a team of researchers from McGill University and the University of Montreal in an article published in CMAJ. [Link]
Smoking / Quit Smoking News From Medical News Today » JIST To Launch With Series Of Indoor Smoking Devices
JIST will feature a line of branded smoking devices, in a host of styles and features. JIST uses advanced microelectronic technology to turn liquid into smoke-like vapor. Because it employs a harmless and odorless vapor, this lifestyle breakthrough gives you the freedom to enjoy JIST wherever and whenever you like. It is a safe, nontoxic, and non-flammable high tech device ... [Link]
Smoking / Quit Smoking News From Medical News Today » Nicotine And Dementia
Alzheimer's Society comment on a review of research studies investigating nicotine and dementia, which have been conducted over the last 5 years 'Nicotine has previously been shown to help treat Alzheimer's disease in animal studies. This new review brings together evidence to explain the processes behind this and which types of nerve cells nicotine effects in the brain. [Link]
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