Health
Is vaping a scourge on your skin?
Burns on the face, arms and hands that require skin grafts. Acne boils and ugly rashes. Black hairy tongue and other oral lesions.
Feb 5, 2020
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News tagged with smokers
Health
E-cigarette use high among recent quitters but rare among those who gave up longer ago
Former smokers who quit tobacco within the last five years are likely to use e-cigarettes, while vaping is rare among those who quit more than a decade ago, reveal the findings of research published online in the journal ...
Feb 3, 2020
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Nearly half of U.S. smokers not advised by doctors to quit
Too few American smokers are advised by their doctors to quit, according to a report released Thursday by U.S. Surgeon General Jerome Adams, M.D.
Jan 27, 2020
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Researchers explain link between emotion and addictive substance use
What drives a person to smoke cigarettes—and keeps one out of six U.S. adults addicted to tobacco use, at a cost of 480,000 premature deaths each year despite decades of anti-smoking campaigns? What role do emotions play ...
Jan 9, 2020
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Australian researchers: Sell tobacco only through liquor stores, petrol stations or pharmacies
The sale of tobacco only through liquor stores, petrol stations or pharmacies would considerably reduce the overall availability of tobacco and assist the Government in achieving its 2025 smokefree goal, new University of ...
Jan 9, 2020
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Addiction
Smokers in England have become less dependent but also less motivated to stop
Published online today in the scientific journal Addiction, a 10-year study led by researchers at UCL of 41,610 smokers in England has found that smokers today show fewer signs of dependence than a decade ago but are less ...
Jan 9, 2020
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Health
Smoking may leave a legacy of increased pain, even after quitting
Former daily smokers report higher levels of pain than people who have never smoked daily, and their pain levels are similar to people who currently smoke daily, according to a new UCL study.
Jan 8, 2020
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Health
Quit smoking, add years to your life
As resolutions go, quitting smoking could be the most important choice on a smoker's list.
Jan 3, 2020
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Health
US permits sale of cigarettes with 95% less nicotine
U.S. health officials on Tuesday endorsed a type of cigarette that could help ease the addictive grip of smoking by delivering very low levels of nicotine.
Dec 17, 2019
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Health
Food and Drug Administration delays plan to lower nicotine levels in traditional cigarettes
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released a list of regulations it plans to work on in 2020, omitted from that list was a regulation to reduce nicotine levels in traditional cigarettes. That regulation was initially ...
Nov 21, 2019
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