A study led by Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) researchers reports that electronic cigarettes are a promising tool to help smokers quit, producing six-month abstinence rates nearly double those for traditional nicotine replacement products…
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MD Anderson’s Web-Based Anti-Smoking Program Targets Hispanic Youth
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center’s popular web-based teen prevention and smoking-cessation program, ASPIRE (A Smoking Prevention Interactive Experience), now speaks Spanish. The 10-year-old program advances the institution’s national commitment to help prevent teens from smoking or help them quit before it becomes a lifelong addiction…
Pharmacists Help Consumers To Quit, Australia
The availability of nicotine patches on the PBS from today highlights the critical role pharmacists play in preventive health care and in guiding and advising consumers on their health needs…
Secondhand Smoke Laws May Reduce Childhood Ear Infections
Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) researchers and colleagues from Research Institute for a Tobacco Free Society have found that a reduction in secondhand smoking in American homes was associated with fewer cases of otitis media, the scientific name for middle ear infection. The study appears as an online first article on the website of the journal Tobacco Control…
Smoking Might Increase Breast Cancer Risk, Study Finds
Women who smoke might be at a greater risk of developing breast cancer, according to a recent study in the Archives of Internal Medicine, CNN reports. However, the added risk is minimal unless women became smokers early in life, the study found. According to findings, regular smokers for any amount of time have a 6% higher risk of developing breast cancer than those who do not smoke…
Smoking Might Increase Breast Cancer Risk, Study Finds
Women who smoke might be at a greater risk of developing breast cancer, according to a recent study in the Archives of Internal Medicine, CNN reports. However, the added risk is minimal unless women became smokers early in life, the study found. According to findings, regular smokers for any amount of time have a 6% higher risk of developing breast cancer than those who do not smoke…
Past Smoking Rates Are A Major Reason For Shorter Lifespans In U.S. Compared To Other High-Income Countries; Obesity Appears To Be Significant Factor
The nation’s history of heavy smoking is a major reason why lifespans in the U.S. fall short of those in many other high-income nations, and evidence suggests that current obesity levels also play a substantial part, says a new report from the National Research Council. Over the last 25 years, life expectancy at age 50 in the U.S…
Minister Aglukkaq Marks National Non-Smoking Week With A Focus On Smoking Prevention For Youth
The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, met with high school students to discuss ways to prevent young Canadians from taking up smoking. She was joined by Pierre Poilievre, Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister, and the local Member of Parliament for Nepean-Carleton…
Federal Government Advances Progress To Prevent Tobacco-Caused Disease But Most States Fail ‘Miserably’ In Their Efforts
The American Lung Association released its State of Tobacco Control 2010 report this week, which tracks progress on key tobacco control policies at the federal and state level, assigning grades based on whether laws are adequately protecting citizens from the enormous burden caused by tobacco use…
Imaging Study Supports Evidence That Nicotine Addiction Is Reinforced By Smoking Cues
Seeing actors smoke in a movie activated the brain areas of smokers that are known to interpret and plan hand movements, as though they too were about to light a cigarette, according to a new study in the Jan. 19 issue of The Journal of Neuroscience. Habitual smokers repeat the same hand motions, sometimes dozens of times a day…
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