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Improved physician-patient communication could influence pregnant women to quit smoking

(Medical Xpress)—Many obstetric care providers could benefit from additional communication training to effectively address smoking cessation with their pregnant patients, according to new research published by Magee-Womens ...

Health created Jan 17, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Most teens support tough smoking bans, survey shows

(HealthDay)—North Carolina, a tobacco-growing state, does a lot to protect smoking: Its cigarette taxes are nearly the lowest in the country, and it only banned smoking in most restaurants, bars and hotels ...

Health created Jan 09, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Smoking cessation expert offers tips for smokers trying to quit

(Medical Xpress)—With a New Year approaching and healthy lifestyle choices topping the list of personal resolutions, millions of smokers across New York State and more throughout the U.S. will attempt to quit smoking. Making ...

Addiction created Jan 02, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

EU crackdown on tobacco stops short of plain packets (Update)

With menthol cigarettes to be banned and cigarette packs sold with repulsive images of rotting lungs, the European Union released new anti-tobacco proposals Wednesday, the first in over a decade.

Health created Dec 19, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Even moderate smoking associated with sudden death risk in women

Women who are even light-to-moderate cigarette smokers may be significantly more likely than nonsmokers to suffer sudden cardiac death, according to new research in Circulation: Arrhythmia & Electrophysiology, an American Heart ...

Cardiology created Dec 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Court denies rehearing on cigarette warnings

(AP)—A federal appeals court has denied the government's request to rehear a challenge to a requirement that tobacco companies put large graphic health warnings on cigarette packages.

Health created Dec 05, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

'Hiding' cigarettes in stores might keep kids from smoking: study

(HealthDay)—U.S. teens are much less likely to buy cigarettes if they are hidden from view, new research suggests.

Addiction created Dec 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

As cigarette taxes go up, heavy smoking goes down

(Medical Xpress)—When cigarette taxes rise, hard-core smokers are more likely than lighter smokers to cut back, according to new research from Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis.

Health created Nov 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Just 10 minutes in a car with a smoker boosts harmful pollutants by up to 30 percent

Just 10 minutes spent in the back seat of a car with a smoker in the front, boosts a child's daily exposure to harmful pollutants by up to 30%, reveals research published online in Tobacco Control.

Health created Nov 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

More help needed to improve smoking cessation services for pregnant women with mental disorders

Pregnant women with mental health disorders are facing too many barriers to help them quit smoking during pregnancy despite their willingness to accept support, finds a new study published today in BJOG: An International Jo ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Nov 21, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Adolescents with low status among peers are more likely to become adult smokers

A new study from Sweden reveals that having low peer status in adolescence is a strong risk factor for regular and heavy smoking in adulthood. Researchers from Stockholm University in Sweden used a large database that followed ...

Addiction created Nov 20, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Kicking the habit—New research examines the barriers to quitting smoking for smokers with asthma

(Medical Xpress)—A new University of Cincinnati study examines how anxiety sensitivity can thwart the efforts of smokers with asthma to quit smoking. This new direction of research from Alison McLeish, ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Nov 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A smoker's license: Too radical for tobacco control?

In an innovative move to help reduce the damaging health effects of tobacco, the radical proposal of introducing a ''smoker's license'' is debated by two experts in this week's PLOS Medicine.

Health created Nov 13, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Pictures effective in warning against cigarette smoking, study shows

Health warning labels (HWLs) on cigarette packages that use pictures to show the health consequences of smoking are effective in reaching adult smokers, according to the results of a new study published in the December issue ...

Health created Nov 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Campaign has smokers listening to smoking's victims

(HealthDay)—A frank and graphic nationwide media campaign to motivate smokers to quit seems to be working, say researchers at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Addiction created Nov 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0