No Time For Complacency On Smoking, Warns Confederation Chair
March 14, 2010 by admin
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The chair of the NHS Confederation, Bryan Stoten, has used National No-Smoking Day to warn against any complacency in the efforts to reduce smoking. Mr Stoten also said that, despite the financial pressures currently affecting public services, it was crucial for the NHS and society did not not remember about the cost and harm of smoking…
Quit Smoking With The Help Of Your Mobile, UK
March 12, 2010 by admin
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A new iPhone app that helps public to stop smoking was launched yesterday by Public Health Minister Gillian Merron. To coincide with ‘No Smoking Day’ on the 10 March, the Department of Health has unrestricted the first official NHS ‘Quit Smoking’ app for the iPhone and iPod Touch. Available from iTunes, http://www.smokefree.nhs…
Visit Your Pharmacy This No Smoking Day
March 10, 2010 by admin
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Helping a man to stop smoking after 43 years and supporting a woman to quit cigarettes following 15 previous relapses are just two examples everywhere a local pharmacy made the difference of a life time…
New Report Finds Major Benefits To The Health Of The Nation From Increasing Tobacco Taxes, UK
March 8, 2010 by admin
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Following an extensive economic evaluation of the benefits of rising tobacco prices on the health of the nation, ASH has published its report The Effects of Rising Tobacco Taxation…
News From The March Issue Of Chest
March 6, 2010 by admin
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PREGNANT SMOKERS WITH ASTHMA HAVE INCREASED HEALTH RISKS Pregnant women with asthma who smoke have an increased risk for asthma symptoms and fetal growth abnormalities. Researchers from the Health check University of South Carolina observed 2,210 pregnant women with asthma to determine the effect of active and passive household smoking on asthma severity and obstetric/neonatal outcomes…
Risk Of Hardened Arteries Among 13-Year-olds Increased By Secondhand Smoke
March 4, 2010 by admin
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Frequent exposure to environmental tobacco smoke among 13-year-olds is associated with an increased risk of future blood vessel hardening and greater risks of other heart disease factors, according to new research published in Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, a journal of the American Heart Association…
WHO Director-General Calls For Greater Efforts To Reduce Tobacco Use
March 2, 2010 by admin
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In a speech on Friday marking the fifth anniversary of an international tobacco control treaty, WHO Director-General Margaret Chan called for government officials worldwide to boost efforts to protect their populace from the harmful effects of tobacco, Reuters intelligence…
New Study Finds Similar Advertising Strategies Used By Indoor Tanning And Tobacco Industries
February 26, 2010 by admin
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While the proven negative health consequences of smoking and tanning are undeniable, tobacco and indoor tanning advertisers would like consumers to reckon otherwise. In fact, a new study comparing the tactics used in advertising tobacco and indoor tanning products found several similarities in how these two industries market unhealthy products…
University Of Kentucky’s Tobacco Treatment Resources Are Helping
February 24, 2010 by admin
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Nearly three months after the University of Kentucky became tobacco-free, more than 100 public are enrolled in UK’s party or group tobacco treatment programs, and more than 50 are taking advantage of UK’s free nicotine replacement therapy…
African-Americans’ Attitudes About Lung Cancer May Hinder Prevention
February 22, 2010 by admin
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A new survey has found that African-Americans are more likely than whites to hold mistaken and fatalistic beliefs about lung cancer, as well as being more reluctant to consult a doctor about possible symptoms of the disease, according to researchers from Dana-Farber Cancer Institute and their collaborators…
