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| Smoking Remains At 21% Since 2005, 54% Of Children Exposed To Secondhand Smoke | Wed, 08 Sep 2010 |
| Up until 2005, the percentage of American adults who smoked was dropping; since that date it has stuck around 20% to 21%. According to the CDC's (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's) Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, 54% of 3 to 11 year old children were exposed to secondhand smoke during 2007-2008, while 40% of non-smokers of all ages have been subjected to passive smoking... | |
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| Toddler Conquers 40 Per Day Cigarette Addiction | Sat, 04 Sep 2010 |
| Ardi Rizal, from Musi Bayuasin, South Sumatra, Indonesia was smoking two packets of cigarettes per day. He became addicted to nicotine in tobacco after his father had given him a cigarette. According to his parents, his addiction became so bad that he would throw violent tantrums if they did not give him a cigarette... | |
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| RPSGB And No Smoking Day Announce Alliance, UK | Thu, 02 Sep 2010 |
| The Royal Pharmaceutical Society is working in partnership with the charity No Smoking Day to help thousands of smokers to kick the habit and stop smoking on Wednesday, 9th March 2011. This year's "Time to Quit?" campaign will encourage and support smokers across the UK to start counting down to the 9th March, to quit smoking and start a healthier and wealthier life... | |
| Diabetes 2 Drug Metformin May Protect Against Lung Cancer In Smokers | Thu, 02 Sep 2010 |
| Two studies reveal that smokers may have a significantly lower risk of developing lung cancer and colorectal cancer with the drug metformin, which is commonly prescribed for diabetes type 2 treatment, the medical journal Cancer Prevention Research informs... | |
| Medicare Smoking Prevention Program Could Lower Costs | Thu, 02 Sep 2010 |
| The Fiscal Times: A Medicare program that has agreed to pay for counseling for seniors who smoke but are not yet sick could help the program, and America's health system, lower costs. "Smoking costs the U.S. economy $97 billion annually in lost productivity, in addition to the $96 billion a year in direct health care costs, according to [the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services]... | |
| Metformin May Protect Against Lung Cancer | Thu, 02 Sep 2010 |
| Metformin, a drug commonly used to treat type 2 diabetes, shows potential in the prevention of tobacco-induced lung tumors, according to early research conducted at the National Cancer Institute (NCI). Results of this study will be published in the September issue of Cancer Prevention Research, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research. Scott Lippman, M.D... | |
| Michael Douglas Says He Has Stage Four Throat Cancer | Thu, 02 Sep 2010 |
| Michael Douglas told a US television audience on Tuesday night that he has been diagnosed with and is receiving treatment for stage four throat cancer. Speaking on David Letterman's "Late Show" to promote the release of his new film "Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps", the 65- year old American actor and producer said his doctors had told him he has an 80 per cent chance of survival... | |
| Research Reveals Higher Rates Of Substance Use By Hispanic Students | Thu, 02 Sep 2010 |
| Hispanic middle school students may be more likely to smoke, drink or use marijuana than their peers of other races and ethnicities, whereas Asian students seem to have the lowest risk, according to new research in the September issue of the Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs... | |
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| Decreasing Lung Cancer Risk By Eating A Diverse Diet Of Vegetables | Wed, 01 Sep 2010 |
| Adding a variety of vegetables to one's diet may help decrease the chance of getting lung cancer, and adding a variety of fruits and vegetables may decrease the risk of squamous cell lung cancer, especially among smokers. Study results are published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research... | |
| Smoking Cessation Therapies Should Be Government Financed | Tue, 31 Aug 2010 |
| Canada should follow the lead of Quebec, Australia and the United Kingdom by publicly funding smoking cessation pharmacotherapies, states an editorial in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). Some 5.5 million Canadians (19% of the population) currently use tobacco, a number that has not decreased in recent years... | |
| Medicare To Cover Evidence-Based Tobacco Cessation Counseling | Mon, 30 Aug 2010 |
| People who want to give up smoking may be entitled to Medicare cover for evidence-based cessation counseling, the HSS (Department of Health and Human Services, USA) announced. Before this announcement, only individuals with a tobacco-related disease were entitled to Medicare cover for counseling to give up smoking... | |
| Teenage Smoking Linked To Higher Depression Risk | Mon, 30 Aug 2010 |
| According to a recent sub-study, part of long-term Nicotine Dependence in Teens (NDIT) study based at the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre, University of Toronto and the University of Montreal, professionals discovered that smoking can increase depressive symptoms in teens... | |
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| Alexza's StaccatoŽ Nicotine Licensed To Cypress Bioscience | Sat, 28 Aug 2010 |
| Alexza Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALXA) announced that it has licensed its Staccato nicotine technology to Cypress Bioscience, Inc. (Nasdaq: CYPB). The Staccato nicotine technology is a novel electronic multidose delivery system designed to help people stop smoking... | |
| New Test Allows Individualized Profiles Of Cigarette Smoking | Sat, 28 Aug 2010 |
| A test for one of the thousands of chemicals in cigarette smoke has the potential for more accurately estimating smokers' mouth level exposure and may have applications for developing custom-tailored quitting approaches for the more than 43 million people in the United States who still smoke, and hundreds of millions elsewhere, scientists said... | |
| Cessation Coverage Now Available For All Medicare Patients | Fri, 27 Aug 2010 |
| The American Lung Association welcomes the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) decision to expand coverage for tobacco cessation counseling to all smokers covered by Medicare, but is disappointed that these smokers will still not be provided a comprehensive tobacco cessation benefit... | |
| Medicare Expands Coverage For Tobacco-Related Counseling | Fri, 27 Aug 2010 |
| The Hill: "The Obama administration on Wednesday expanded Medicare to cover more seniors hoping to kick their tobacco habits." Previously, Medicare rules allowed the program to cover tobacco-related counseling only for beneficiaries who already suffered from a tobacco-related disease... | |
| Second-Hand Smoke May Provoke Inflammatory Response In Lungs | Fri, 27 Aug 2010 |
| Second-hand smoke is associated with a number of diseases and conditions, including cancer, heart disease, and emphysema. It is an irritant to lung tissue and blood vessels, but the processes through which the body reacts to second-hand smoke comprise a mystery scientists are only beginning to unravel... | |
| Babies' First Full Nappy Can Reveal Mother's Smoking | Fri, 27 Aug 2010 |
| Meconium, the dark and tarry stools passed by a baby during the first few days after birth, can be used to determine how much the mother smoked, or if she was exposed to tobacco smoke during pregnancy... | |
| HHS Announces Medicare Expands Coverage Of Tobacco Cessation Counseling | Thu, 26 Aug 2010 |
| The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services expanded Medicare coverage of evidence-based tobacco cessation counseling, removing a barrier to treatment for all tobacco users covered by Medicare. Before today's decision, Medicare had covered tobacco counseling only for individuals diagnosed with a recognized tobacco-related disease or showed signs or symptoms of such a disease... | |
| Nicotine May Directly Promote Development Of Breast Cancer | Wed, 25 Aug 2010 |
| Scientists have discovered that when nicotine binds to nAchRs (nicotinic acetylcholine receptors), it may not only promote addiction, but breast cancer as well. We know that non-nicotine components of smoking are carcinogens, however, very little is known about how nicotine acts on cells to encourage cancer growth, the scientists explain... | |
