Smoking Cessation Therapies Should Be Government Financed
August 31, 2010 by admin
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Canada should follow the lead of Quebec, Australia and the United Kingdom by publicly funding smoking cessation pharmacotherapies, states an editorial in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). Some 5.5 million Canadians (19% of the population) currently use tobacco, a number that has not decreased in recent years…
American Schoolchildren Smoking Less, But Tobacco Use Decline Is Losing Steam
August 29, 2010 by admin
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The number of middle and high school children who use tobacco products has dropped since 2000, but the decline has been slowing down in recent years, says a CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) report Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report…
Cessation Coverage Now Available For All Medicare Patients
August 27, 2010 by admin
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The American Lung Association welcomes the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) decision to expand coverage for tobacco cessation counseling to all smokers covered by Medicare, but is disappointed that these smokers will still not be provided a comprehensive tobacco cessation benefit…
Children Empowered To Skirt Alcohol And Tobacco Marketing Messages Via ‘Media Detective’ Tool
August 25, 2010 by admin
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Playing “media detective” allows children to understand the intentions of marketers and the goals of advertising while empowering them to resist messages that encourage alcohol or tobacco use. A study published in the current journal Pediatrics shows that teaching children as early as third grade to be more skeptical of media messages can help prevent substance use…
NHS Confederation Comments On Smoking Statistics
August 23, 2010 by admin
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NHS Confederation deputy director of policy Jo Webber comments on the publication by annual smoking statistics from 2009/2010 the NHS Information Centre. She said: “These figures show that more people than ever before are giving up smoking and that the NHS is playing its part in helping them to kick the habit…
Cigarette Smoke Causes Harmful Changes In The Lungs Even At The Lowest Levels
August 21, 2010 by admin
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Casual smokers may think that smoking a few cigarettes a week is “no big deal.” But according to new research from physician-scientists at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, having an infrequent smoke, or being exposed to secondhand smoke, may be doing more harm than people may think. The findings may further support public smoking bans, say the authors…
Recurrent Teen Headaches Linked To Smoking, Overweight And Physical Inactivity
August 19, 2010 by admin
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Teenagers who regularly have headaches may find that their problem is linked to overweight, smoking and/or lack of physical exercise, according to an article published in the medical journal Neurology. The authors found that teenagers with all three factors – those who were overweight, smoked and did very little exercise – were 3…
Quit Now And Save Your Heart
August 17, 2010 by admin
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As the Government no longer plans to extend the smoking ban and protect children in public places and vehicles from the dangers of passive smoking, it’s time to take responsibility and stub that nub…
Figures Show Shocking Death Toll For Somerset Smokers, UK
August 11, 2010 by admin
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Fewer Somerset 16 year olds smoke than the national average but the habit still killed 811 people in the county last year. The figures come from the Local Authority Health Profiles for England and show almost 20% of people in Somerset above the age of 16 smoke, compared to 22% nationally…
Free Online Service Helps Alabama Tobacco Users Quit
August 9, 2010 by admin
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Alabamians tired of being addicted to tobacco have a new free service to help them quit. The service — http://www.alabamaquitnow.com/ — is a web-based program designed to work with the user to make a personalized plan for quitting tobacco…
