Smoking cessation

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Smoking cessation (or quitting smoking) is the action leading towards the discontinuation of the consumption of a smoked substance, mainly tobacco, but it may encompass cannabis and other substances as well.

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Developmental delay could stem from nicotinic receptor deletion

Medicine & Health / Genetics

created Nov 08, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

The loss of a gene through deletion of genetic material on chromosome 15 is associated with significant abnormalities in learning and behavior, said a consortium of researchers led by Baylor College of Medicine in a report ...


Women can quit smoking and control weight gain

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created Nov 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Many women don't quit smoking because they are afraid of gaining weight. That's because nicotine suppresses the appetite and boosts a smoker's metabolism.


US gets a 'D' for preterm birth rate

US gets a 'D' for preterm birth rate

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created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

For the second consecutive year, the United States earned only a "D" on the March of Dimes Premature Birth Report Card, demonstrating that more than half a million of our nation's newborns didn't get the ...





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Smokers with common autoimmune disorder at higher risk for skin damage

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Nov 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

As if there weren't enough reasons to stop smoking, a team of researchers at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) have just found another. A study led by Dr. Christian A Pineau, Co-Director ...


Smoking may now be considered an established risk factor for Lou Gehrig's disease

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created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

While previous studies have indicated a "probable" connection between smoking and ALS, a new study published in the Nov. 17, 2009 issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology, states that s ...


Children unaffected by smoking ban consequences

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created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The smoking ban in Wales has not displaced secondhand smoke from public places into the home. A study of 3500 children from 75 primary schools in Wales, published in the open access journal BMC Public Health, found that t ...


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US adult smoking rate rises slightly

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created Nov 12, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- Cigarette smoking rose slightly for the first time in almost 15 years, dashing health officials' hopes that the U.S. smoking rate had moved permanently below 20 percent.


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Vaccine being developed to help smokers quit

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Nov 20, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (15) | comments 10

(PhysOrg.com) -- Glaxo-SmithKline has joined forces with Nabi Pharmaceuticals to produce a vaccine to help smokers give up their addiction permanently.


Smoking remains potent risk factor for death from heart disease, cancer

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created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(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 ...


Abnormal cholesterol levels may raise risk of heart failure

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created Nov 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Even if you never have a heart attack, abnormal blood cholesterol levels may significantly raise your risk of heart failure, according to research reported in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart As ...


Tobacco smoke exposure before heart transplantation may increase the risk of transplant failure

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

A study conducted at the University of Maryland School of Medicine in Baltimore provides the first direct evidence that cigarette smoke exposure prior to a heart transplant in either the donor, recipient, or both, accelerates ...


Bladder cancer risks increase over time for smokers

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Nov 16, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Risk of bladder cancer for smokers has increased since the mid-1990s, with a risk progressively increasing to a level five times higher among current smokers in New Hampshire than that among nonsmokers in 2001-2004, according ...


New study measures hookah use among Florida teens

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created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Hookah pipe smoking has gained a foothold with Florida teens, according to a new University of Florida study, which shows 11 percent of high school students and 4 percent of middle school students have tried ...



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