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Using nicotine replacement therapy could help some smokers quit gradually
Apr 03, 2009 |
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Smokers who do not want to quit right now, but are prepared to try to reduce their smoking are twice as likely to stop smoking in the long-term if they use nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) to help them cut down gradually, ...
Smokers make poorer workers
Mar 29, 2007 |
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Smokers perform worse at work than non-smokers, finds a study of US navy female service members published in Tobacco Control.
British smokers may lose medical benefits
Jun 04, 2007 |
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Proposals being considered by the British government may deny cigarette smokers routine operations unless they quit smoking a month prior.
Quitting smoking in pregnancy boosts chances of easygoing child
Mar 13, 2008 |
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Giving up smoking during pregnancy may boost the chances of giving birth to an easy going child, indicates research in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
Perceived access to cigarettes predicts youth smoking
Jul 14, 2008 |
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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 st ...
First brain study reveals benefits of exercise on quitting smoking
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Feb 10, 2009 |
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Research from the University of Exeter reveals for the first time, that changes in brain activity, triggered by physical exercise, may help reduce cigarette cravings. Published in the journal Psychopharmacology, the study ...
Do 'light' cigarettes deliver less nicotine to the brain than regular cigarettes?
Sep 28, 2008 |
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For decades now, cigarette makers have marketed so-called light cigarettes — which contain less nicotine than regular smokes — with the implication that they are less harmful to smokers' health. A new UCLA study shows, however, ...
Smoking gun: just one cigarette has harmful effect on the arteries of young healthy adults
Oct 27, 2009 |
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Even one cigarette has serious adverse effects on young adults, according to research presented by Dr. Stella Daskalopoulou at the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress 2009, co-hosted by the Heart and Stroke Foundation and the ...
Children whose mothers smoked during pregnancy, early childhood more likely to smoke as adults
May 19, 2009 |
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Children of mothers who smoked during pregnancy and their early childhood years may be predisposed to take up smoking as teens and young adults, compounding the physical damage they sustained from the smoke exposure.
1/5 of British adult survivors of childhood cancer smoke despite hazards
Jul 30, 2008 |
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One-fifth of British adult survivors of childhood cancers are current smokers, and nearly a third have been regular smokers at some point in their lives, according to a study in the July 29 online issue of the Journal of ...
Ability to quit smoking may depend on ADHD symptoms, Columbia researchers find
Nov 21, 2008 |
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Tobacco use is more prevalent and smoking cessation less likely among persons with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (A.D.H.D.) In a study of smokers with attention deficit and hyperactivity symptoms, those who exhibited ...
Pregnant smokers may 'program' their kids to become smokers
Nov 28, 2006 |
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The authors base their findings on over 3,000 mothers and their children, who were part of a long term pregnancy study in Brisbane, Australia (MUSP) in 1981.
Nicotine dependence remains prevalent despite recent declines in cigarette use
Jun 24, 2009 |
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Despite recent declines in cigarette use in the U.S., nicotine dependence has remained steady among adults and has actually increased among some groups. The finding by researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of ...
Smokers with lung disease need more than 'brief' intervention
Apr 02, 2008 |
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Smokers with lung disease require more than brief smoking cessation interventions to successfully quit, researchers in the Oregon Health & Science University Smoking Cessation Center report.
Kids who watch R-rated movies are more likely to smoke
Feb 23, 2009 |
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A new study finds that kids who are allowed to watch R-rated movies are much more likely to believe it's easy to get a cigarette than those who aren't allowed to watch such films.
