Quit Smoking News

Low Taxes On Non-Cigarette Tobacco Products Keep Addiction 'Affordable'

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 03:20:05 GMT

While trends in cigarette smoking and sales have declined in the U.S. for the past decade, sales of non-cigarette tobacco products have been on the rise.

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CT Lung Cancer Screening No Cure-All For Smokers

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 03:20:04 GMT

Screening for lung cancer with computed tomography (CT) may help reduce lung cancer deaths in current and former smokers, but it won't protect them from other causes of death associated with smoking, according to a new study published in the July issue of the journal Radiology.

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Women, Smoking, And Heart Disease: Toenails Tell The Tale

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 03:20:03 GMT

In a first-of-its-kind study, research results show that toenail nicotine levels can help predict risk of coronary heart disease (CHD) in women.

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Risk-Of-death Charts Updated By Researchers

Mon, 23 Jun 2008 03:20:03 GMT

Researchers have updated charts that show an American's risk of dying from a given cause over the next ten years, based on age, sex, and smoking status.

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Free Clear R Analysis Shows Workplace Smoking-Cessation Incentives Work

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:06 GMT

A healthcare premium differential is just one example of a workplace incentive employers are using to encourage healthy lifestyles and to get employees to quit smoking.

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Smoking Also Not Good For Memory

Sun, 22 Jun 2008 00:00:05 GMT

French researchers have identified a link between smoking and poormemories among middle-aged adults. The results of their study appear inthe June 9 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine.

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Glyndebourne Breaks Illegal Tobacco Sponsorship Link, UK

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:00:06 GMT

The organisers of the Glyndebourne opera festival have been forced to distance themselves from British American Tobacco, sponsor of their production of Carmen and the world's second largest cigarette producer, after an investigation by local Trading Standards Officers branded aspects of the partnership illegal.

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Opposition To Addition Of Flavors To Cigarettes - American Medical Association

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:00:04 GMT

The American Medical Association (AMA), the nation's largest physician organization, voted today at its Annual Meeting to adopt the following new public health policy.

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Fewer Heart Disease Deaths In Massachusetts As Smoking Declines

Fri, 20 Jun 2008 20:00:03 GMT

If more states introduce tobacco control programs for their residents who are regular smokers, the number of U.

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Employers And Addiction Experts Come Together At Commonwealth Club To Take Action To Reduce Smoking

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:40:03 GMT

A summit hosted by the Commonwealth Club of California brought together addiction experts, the Director of the Centers for Disease Control as well as leaders from business and state government to address the continuing epidemic of smoking addiction in California.

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