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Smoking and alcohol - a mutually destructive combo
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Nov 28 06
According to new research the more you smoke, the more you’re likely to drink.
Researchers from Washington and Maryland University Medical schools say they…
Adolescent smokers have a greater risk of developing alcohol-use disorders than nonsmokers
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Nov 26 06
Both academic studies and casual observation support the view that smokers tend to drink, and drinkers tend to smoke. New research using nationally representative…
Test strips for the rapid detection of cocaine
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Nov 22 06
Saving the life of a poisoning victim is often a matter of minutes. It is best when the emergency doctor can perform a reliable…
No Proven Programs to Help Teens Quit Smoking
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Nov 21 06
A large new review of studies on teen-age smoking finds there is no solid evidence about how to help adolescents kick the habit once…
Regular smoking substantially increases risk of asthma in adolescents
• Children's Health • • Asthma • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Nov 15 06
Adolescents who smoke cigarettes regularly have a significantly increased risk of developing asthma during their teens compared to their non-smoking peers, according to the…
EU wants safer cigarettes to reduce fires
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Nov 14 06
A coalition of public health groups, fire services, burn patients and an anti-smoking group has called for new regulations for safer cigarettes in Europe…
Smoking cessation therapy may be harmful for ICU patients
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Oct 25 06
Nicotine replacement therapy may contribute to ICU deaths
A common smoking cessation therapy used to help reduce adverse events associated with nicotine withdrawal may…
Cannabis Chemicals May Alleviate Post-Eating Stomach Cramps
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Oct 23 06
A chemical component extracted from the cannabis, or marijuana, plant may relax the colon and reduce stomach cramping after eating, according to a study…
Some media savvy teens may be less likely to smoke
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Oct 19 06
Making teens more media savvy about the subtle pro-smoking messages in movies and other media may reduce their likelihood of smoking, new research suggests.
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Depressed smokers can be helped to kick the habit
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Oct 10 06
Staged smoking cessation interventions can help smokers who are receiving outpatient psychiatric treatment for depression quit smoking, a study shows.
“The mental health system…
Drug May Help Women Stop Smoking
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Oct 09 06
Adding the opiate blocker naltrexone to the combination of behavioral therapy and nicotine patches boosted smoking cessation rates for women by almost 50 percent…
Obese Smokers at Higher Risk of Death
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Oct 03 06
People who are both very obese and who smoke increase their risk of death by 3.5 to 5 times that of people of normal…
Menthol Cigarette Smokers May Have More Difficulty Quitting Smoking
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 26 06
Menthol and non-menthol cigarettes appear to be equally harmful to the arteries and to lung function, but smokers of menthols may be less likely…
Tobacco companies find it hard to contest nicotine study
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 13 06
The largest tobacco company in the USA has disputed claims that the average amount of nicotine in cigarettes has risen significantly from 1998 to…
Second-hand smoke linked to long-term harm
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 06 06
Results of a new study provide more evidence that exposure to second-hand smoke has long-term adverse effects on respiratory health, and reaffirms the benefits…
Cigarettes and alcohol worse than ecstasy, LSD and cannabis
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Aug 22 06
When it comes to danger, cigarettes and alcohol beat ecstasy, LSD and cannabis, according to a league table of the harm they cause.
The…
No matter how you do it tobacco is a killer
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Aug 22 06
Regardless of how you do it, smoked or chewed, firsthand or secondhand, it seems all kinds of tobacco cause heart attacks.
In a large…
All forms of tobacco use or exposure are harmful
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Aug 18 06
All forms of tobacco exposure - smoking, chewing or inhaling second hand smoke - increase the risk of heart attack up to three times,…
Chinese Men Putting Wives at Risk of Early Death by Smoking
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Aug 18 06
Chinese men are putting their wives at increased risk of long-term illness and early death by smoking, finds a study in this week’s BMJ.
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Varenicline shown to help ‘quit smoking’
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Aug 15 06
A drug recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration as an aid to smoking cessation appears effective both short- and long-term for…
Nurses Should Play Larger Role in Helping Smokers Quit
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Aug 14 06
Some good advice from nurses to patients who smoke significantly increases the likelihood of those smokers quitting, according to several articles in a special…
Chronic cigarette smoking is associated with diminished folate status
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Aug 08 06
Every year, nearly 300,000 people worldwide are diagnosed with oral cancer.
This type of cancer has the highest incidence in people who use tobacco,…
School-based programmes for preventing smoking
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 20 06
It may take more than anti-smoking lessons in the classroom to keep school-age children and teens from lighting up, according to a recent review…
Marriott to ban smoking in all US, Canada rooms-WSJ
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 19 06
Hotel chain Marriott International Inc. will announce on Wednesday that it is banning smoking in all rooms of its 2,300-plus hotels in the United…
Smoking tied to excess deaths in disadvantaged men
• Tobacco & Marijuana • Jul 17 06
Men of lower social class, income or education have twice the risk of dying during middle age compared with their counterparts with higher…