Health
Quitting smoking may gain you friends
(HealthDay)—Kicking the smoking habit doesn't only boost your health, it may also help you build a wider circle of friendships, a new study says.
Aug 16, 2016
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Cardiology
Incentive payments increased quit rates among low-income smokers in Switzerland
Paying smokers to quit with payments that increased with the length of abstinence led one third of participants in a study to stop smoking for six months, according to research published today in the Journal of the American ...
Aug 15, 2016
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Health
Does longer walking distance to buy cigarettes increase quitting among smokers?
Walking one-third of a mile longer from home to the nearest tobacco shop to buy cigarettes was associated with increased odds that smokers would quit the habit in an analysis of data in Finnish studies, according to an article ...
Aug 15, 2016
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Psychology & Psychiatry
Recovery of dopamine function emerges with recovery from smoking
A new study in Biological Psychiatry reports that smoking-related deficits in brain dopamine, a chemical implicated in reward and addiction, return to normal three months after quitting. The normalization of dopamine systems ...
Jul 28, 2016
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
If smoker has COPD, quitting might not help lung function
Quitting cigarettes may not improve smokers' lung function if they have already begun to develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, according to new research from Weill Cornell Medicine. The findings illustrate how cigarettes ...
Jul 27, 2016
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Health
Study finds differing treatment options for women smokers
A new study led by Assistant Medical Professor Philip Smith of The City College of New York's Sophie Davis Biomedical Education/CUNY School of Medicine, and conducted in collaboration with researchers at Yale University and ...
Jul 13, 2016
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Health
We'll spend billions tomorrow for not helping poor people quit smoking today
The gradual reduction of smoking – the number one cause of preventable death and illness – is one of the triumphs of public health in the United States. About 16.8 percent of Americans smoke today, compared to 42 percent ...
Jul 13, 2016
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Addiction
UK government should fund media campaigns that promote quitting, not films that promote smoking
A letter from leading international tobacco researchers published today by Addiction calls for the UK government to stop subsidising films that they claim promote smoking and spend more on media campaigns that promote quitting.
Jul 1, 2016
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Oncology & Cancer
Smoking can hamper common treatment for breast cancer
We know that individuals who smoke take major health risks. Now a new research study from Lund University in Sweden shows that common treatment for breast cancer works less well in patients who smoke, compared to non-smokers.
Jun 17, 2016
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Health
Research shows not all low nicotine cigarettes reduce harm
Switching to reduced nicotine content (RNC) cigarettes may not necessarily reduce harm to smokers, according to new research conducted by Penn's Center for Interdisciplinary Research on Nicotine Addiction (CIRNA). Smokers ...
Jun 15, 2016
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