Archive for the ‘General’ Category

Quit Smoking With More Kick Per Puff?

Wednesday, April 15th, 2009

Researchers have found a new strategy to wean smokers from tobacco: extend the nicotine kick that people get from each cigarette in ...

The Only Solution To Smoking Is To Quit

Wednesday, March 18th, 2009

It's one of the biggest myths about smoking: "If I just cut back, my health will improve." No such luck, says a team of Mayo Clinic ...

Quitting is difficult but beneficial at any age!

Monday, March 9th, 2009

Even at 60, giving up smoking almost completely removes the risk of lung cancer, research has found.  People who have not already developed the condition are ...

Depression Can Make It Tougher to Stop Smoking

Friday, February 27th, 2009

Smokers with a history of depression may have an especially difficult time kicking the tobacco habit, according to ...

Oral Nicotine May Help Smokers Quit

Friday, February 13th, 2009

Researchers are developing what they hope will be an entirely new way for cigarette smokers to kick their tobacco habit -- an oral nicotine solution that can be ...

Secondhand smoke may do damage in 30 minutes

Monday, February 2nd, 2009

Just half an hour of secondhand smoke can impair normal blood flow to the heart, a Japanese study suggests. The study examined the effects of spending 30 minutes in a hospital's smoking room on 15 ...

FDA urged to regulate ‘reduced risk’ cigarettes

Tuesday, January 20th, 2009

Health groups filed petitions with the Food and Drug Administration Tuesday urging the agency to regulate tobacco products the activists say are marketed as ...

New Ways to Kick the Smoking Habit

Friday, January 9th, 2009

If you want to kick the habit, whether it's cigarettes, cigars, or chewing tobacco, you don't have to ...

More Smokers Trying to Quit

Thursday, January 1st, 2009

Cessation Attempts Rise Since Introduction of Nicotine Replacement Therapies If you make it easier to get over nicotine, more ...

No-Nicotine Cigarettes – Quitting Tool or Trap for Fools?

Wednesday, December 24th, 2008

This isn't the first time that the tobacco industry has come up with this idea. The soon-to-be-renamed Philip Morris Co. Inc. ...