Health
Heavy smoking may lead to a fatter stomach
Fear of weight gain is one reason smokers give for not kicking the habit, but new research suggests heavy smokers are more likely to develop pot bellies.
Aug 20, 2015
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Smoking Cessation
Health
Hypertension medication that targets stress may help smokers quit
Smokers trying to quit often light up a cigarette to deal with stress. Now an interdisciplinary team of Yale researchers has shown that guanfacine, a medication approved for treating hypertension that reduces stress and enhances ...
Dec 18, 2014
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Health
Online tool to quit smoking
StopAdvisor is a new web-based smoking cessation program, which takes smokers from preparation for the target quit date to the quit date itself. It achieves this by offering expert advice through a combination of interactive ...
Jun 1, 2012
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Addiction
Industry now using smartphone apps, which kids can easily download, to promote tobacco
The tobacco industry is now using smarphone apps - a medium that has global reach, including to children - to promote its products, warn researchers in Tobacco Control.
Oct 22, 2012
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Health
Diabetes drug could help smokers kick the habit
Phillip Robinson has gone from 10 cigarettes a day to one or two every other day after enrolling in a smoking cessation clinical trial launched by researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth). ...
Apr 30, 2019
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Addiction
Can't stop? Smoking less helps: Forty-year study shows benefit from reduction
Countless studies demonstrate the virtues of complete smoking cessation, including a lowered risk of disease, increased life expectancy, and an improved quality of life. But health professionals acknowledge that quitting ...
Nov 19, 2012
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Varenicline reduces depressive mood, craving and reward value of cigarettes when smokers attempt to quit, study reports
Smokers have a higher probability of quitting smoking and a better overall cessation experience when taking varenicline compared to bupropion and to placebo – unmedicated assisted smoking cessation –according to a study ...
Mar 27, 2013
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Health
Veterans are at higher risk of alcohol abuse relapse due to smoking
In a new study published in Frontiers, Dr Timothy Durazzo and colleagues from the San Francisco VA Medical Center and University of California, San Francisco, expand upon their decade of research showing that smoking while ...
Oct 12, 2012
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Health
E-cigarette use not linked to quitting smoking, study finds
People who use electronic cigarettes do not report higher rates of quitting than regular cigarette smokers, according to a US study out Monday.
Mar 24, 2014
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Health
Social network interventions can lead to potential health benefits
Social network interventions can have a significant effect on a range of health behaviors and outcomes both in the short and long term, according to a new study published this week in PLOS Medicine by Ruth Hunter of Queen's ...
Sep 3, 2019
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