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| Doctors Day 2007 Promotes Importance Of Quitting Smoking Before Surgery |
Smokers have heard all of the reasons for quitting before: smoking increases their risk for lung disease, heart disease and cancer, and the habit will literally take years off their life. But one reason to quit may not be as well known smokers require spe |
03/30/07 |
| Artery Stiffness May Be Reversed By Long-Term Smoking Cessation |
Ex-smokers achieved non-smokers' level of arterial stiffness after a decade of smoking cessation, in a cross-sectional study reported in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association.
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03/23/07 |
| Smoking Linked With Aging On Skin That Usually Is Not Exposed To Sunlight |
In classic movies, cigarette smoking was used as shorthand to convey sultriness and beauty. In the real world, the connection between smoking and one's appearance - as many studies have shown - has more to do with premature signs of aging and less to do |
03/23/07 |
| Cause Of Smokers' Cravings Revealed By Brain Scans |
Within the mind of every smoker trying to quit rages a battle between the higher-order functions of the brain wanting to break the habit and the lower-order functions screaming for another cigarette, say researchers at Duke University Medical Center. Mor |
03/23/07 |
| Maryland House Approves Legislation To Expand Medicaid Eligibility, Increase Cigarette Tax |
The Maryland House of Delegates on Friday voted 134-5 to approve a bill (HB 754) that would increase the state's cigarette tax by per pack to extend Medicaid coverage to 200,000 additional residents, the Washington Post reports. The legislation woul |
03/23/07 |
| A Short Walk Helps Smokers Quit |
Smokers should do short bouts of exercise to help them resist the temptation to light up, say experts at the University of Exeter. A review, recently published in the international journal 'Addiction', concludes that when smokers abstain from smoking, ex |
03/19/07 |
| Tobacco Toxicants Significantly Higher In African Americans |
New research suggests that a child's race may be a factor in determining his/her susceptibility to tobacco toxins associated with environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). The study, published in the March issue of CHEST, the peer-reviewed journal of the Americ |
03/19/07 |
| Inhaled Steroids May Not Be As Effective In COPD Treatment |
Inhaled corticosteroids (ICS) are commonly used in the treatment of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). However, a new study reveals that ICS may not be as effective in treating the disease as previously thought. In a pooled study, researchers |
03/19/07 |
| Primary Care 'Culture' Affects Prevention Of High-Risk Health Behaviors |
Strategies designed to help primary care providers treat chronic diseases are also useful for targeting health risk behaviors such as smoking, alcohol abuse, poor diet and physical inactivity, according to a new study.
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03/19/07 |
| Even Light Exercise Helps Smokers Quit |
Even short bouts of light exercise such as strolling can help smokers quit by reducing cigarette cravings and withdrawal symptoms, say scientists at the
University of Exeter in the UK. |
03/15/07 |
| Race Affects Tobacco Absorption In Children |
New research suggests that a
child's race may be a factor in determining his/her susceptibility to
tobacco toxins associated with environmental tobacco smoke (ETS). The
study, published in the March issue of CHEST, the peer-reviewed journal of |
03/15/07 |
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