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Nicotine gum effective for gradual smoking reduction and cessation

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created Jan 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nicotine gum has been in use for over 20 years to help smokers quit abruptly yet close to two-thirds of smokers report that they would prefer to quit gradually. Researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and GlaxoSmithKline ...





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Nicotine gum warnings scaring away smokers

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created Feb 28, 2007 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Some public-health experts are urging U.S. food and drug officials to tone down the warning labels on nicotine medicines.


It pays to quit smoking before surgery

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created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

People who start nicotine replacement therapy at least four weeks before surgery can halve their risk of poor wound healing. This is what the German Institute for Quality and Efficiency in Health Care (IQWiG) concludes in ...


Using nicotine replacement therapy could help some smokers quit gradually

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created Apr 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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, ...


Chewing gum can reduce calorie intake, increase energy expenditure

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created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A nutrition professor at the University of Rhode Island studying the effects of chewing sugar-free gum on weight management has found that it can help to reduce calorie intake and increase energy expenditure.


Dairy, Fruits and Veggies May Help Smokers Quit

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created Apr 04, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Milk does the body good -- and may help smokers break the habit, say researchers at Duke University Medical Center.


Smoking: New research helps itch to quit

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created Sep 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

European scientists said Sunday they could explain why nicotine patches designed to help smokers kick their habit can cause skin irritation.


How cigarettes calm you down

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created Apr 24, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 0

The calming neurological effects of nicotine have been demonstrated in a group of non-smokers during anger provocation. Researchers writing in BioMed Central's open access journal Behavioral and Brain Functions suggest that n ...


Chewing gum reduces snack cravings and decreases consumption of sweet snacks

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created Apr 19, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Men and women who chewed Extra® sugar-free gum three times hourly in the afternoon chose and consumed less snacks and specifically, less sweet snacks than they did when they did not chew gum. They still reached for a variety ...


Nicotine activates more than just the brain's pleasure pathways

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created Jan 22, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Duke University Medical System researchers have discovered there are differing taste pathways for nicotine, which could provide a new approach for future smoking-cessation products.


Easily led 'ash-tray': Adolescent smokers prone to drug abuse

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created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

It is common knowledge that smoking is a health risk but why do teens become addicted to smoking more easily than adults? In an evaluation for Faculty of 1000 Biology, Neil Grunberg looks into why adolescents are more prone ...



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