News tagged with smokers
Allergy season: Cigarettes to the rescue?
May 14, 2009 |
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Everyone knows that smoking can kill you, but did you know that it may help with your allergies? A new study shows that cigarette smoke can prevent allergies by decreasing the reaction of immune cells to allergens.
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 ...
Skin color clue to nicotine dependence
May 08, 2009 |
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Higher concentrations of melanin -- the color pigment in skin and hair -- may be placing darker pigmented smokers at increased susceptibility to nicotine dependence and tobacco-related carcinogens than lighter skinned smokers, ...
Study shows attitudes toward tobacco industry linked to smoking behavior
May 06, 2009 |
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A new study by UCSF researchers concludes that media campaigns that portray the tobacco industry in a negative light and that appeal to young adults may be a powerful intervention to decrease young adult smoking.
Enforcing bans on cigarette sales to kids reduces youth smoking
Apr 17, 2009 |
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A new study finds that enforcing federal and state laws against tobacco sales to minors dramatically decreases underage smoking rates. The results show that laws prohibiting sales of cigarettes to minors and stepped up enforcement ...
Philip Morris must pay widow 145 million USD: high court
Mar 31, 2009 |
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The US Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed cigarette giant Philip Morris's appeal of a multi-million dollar punitive damage verdict awarded to the widow of a longtime smoker who died of lung cancer.
Stop-smoking lines flooded as tobacco tax rises
Mar 31, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Calling your state stop-smoking hot line for help kicking the habit? Expect a wait: Smokers are flooding the lines in a panic over an increase in the tobacco tax.
Smokers' COPD risk is genetic
Mar 11, 2009 |
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It's well known that puffing on cigarettes can eventually leave you out of puff. But why do a quarter of long-term smokers develop serious breathing problems, when others do not? New research published BioMed Central's open ...
Persistent Electronic Warnings Push Some Smokers to Quit
Mar 03, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Go ahead. Nag, nag, nag. It might do some good after all.
Young smokers increase risk for multiple sclerosis
Feb 23, 2009 |
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People who start smoking before age 17 may increase their risk for developing multiple sclerosis (MS), according to a study released today that will be presented at the American Academy of Neurology's 61st Annual Meeting ...
Smoking kills -- irrespective of social class and gender
Feb 17, 2009 |
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A well-off professional who smokes has a much lower survival rate than a non-smoking low-paid worker of the same sex concludes new research published today on bmj.com.
Few women follow healthy lifestyle guidelines before pregnancy
Feb 13, 2009 |
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Very few women follow the nutritional and lifestyle recommendations before they become pregnant, even when pregnancy is in some sense planned, finds a study published on bmj.com today.
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 ...
Smokers would rather give up for their pooch's health rather than their own
Feb 10, 2009 |
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Smokers are more likely to quit smoking for the sake of their pets' health than they are for their own, suggests research published ahead of print in Tobacco Control.
Tobacco companies target girls
Jan 30, 2009 |
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Tobacco marketing in South Korea has been deliberately aimed at girls and young women. Research published in the open access journal Globalization and Health has shown that transnational tobacco companies (TTCs) are using ...
