News tagged with occasional smokers
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 ...
Study: Even occasional smoking can impair arteries
Oct 07, 2008 |
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Even occasional cigarette smoking can impair the functioning of your arteries, according to a new University of Georgia study that used ultrasound to measure how the arteries of young, healthy adults respond to changes in ...
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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.
Closer to an effective treatment for gum disease in smokers
May 11, 2009 |
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Scientists in the USA have discovered why smokers may be more prone to chronic gum disease (periodontitis). One of the bacteria responsible for this infection responds to cigarette smoke - changing its properties and the ...
Smokers' tongues fail taste test
Aug 19, 2009 |
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Smokers have fewer and flatter taste buds. A study of the tongues of 62 Greek soldiers, published in the open access journal BMC Ear, Nose and Throat Disorders, has demonstrated how cigarettes deaden the ability to taste. ...
Smoking remains potent risk factor for death from heart disease, cancer
Nov 23, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Smoking persists as a major risk factor for death from heart disease and cancer in adults who already have heart disease and receive good medical therapy, according to research reported in Circulation: Jo ...
Smoking linked to increased brain lesions and brain shrinkage in MS
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Aug 17, 2009 |
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People who smoke and have multiple sclerosis (MS) may be at increased risk of brain shrinkage and increased brain lesions related to the disease, according to a study published in the August 18, 2009, print issue of Neurology, the me ...
Social Smokers: Turning the Tables on Big Tobacco
Jun 16, 2009 |
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The tobacco industry knows exactly what makes social smokers tick. Now, researchers want to use that once-secret information to help them quit.
30-year follow-up study: 'Tremendous' impact of smoking on mortality and cardiovascular disease
May 08, 2009 |
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Non-smokers live longer and have less cardiovascular disease than those who smoke, according to a 30-year follow-up study of 54,000 men and women in Norway. Smoking, say the investigators, is "strongly" related to cardiovascular ...
Vaccine being developed to help smokers quit
Medicine & Health / Medications
Nov 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Glaxo-SmithKline has joined forces with Nabi Pharmaceuticals to produce a vaccine to help smokers give up their addiction permanently.
Exercise makes cigarettes less attractive to smokers
Oct 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Exercise can help smokers quit because it makes cigarettes less attractive. A new study from the University of Exeter shows for the first time that exercise can lessen the power of cigarettes ...
Smoking associated with more rapid progression of multiple sclerosis
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jul 13, 2009 |
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Patients with multiple sclerosis who smoke appear to experience a more rapid progression of their disease, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of Neurology.
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