Monthly Archives: October 2012

The 21st century hazards of smoking and benefits of stopping

October 27, 2012 / The Lancet / — Background Women born around 1940 in countries such as the UK and USA were the first generation in which many smoked substantial numbers of cigarettes throughout adult life. Hence, only in the 21st century can we observe directly the full effects of prolonged smoking, and of prolonged […]

CAMH Scientists Identify Potential New Approach to Prevent Smoking Relapse

October 22, 2012 / News Medical / —  Scientists at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) have identified a potential new approach to preventing smoking relapse, which occurs frequently in smokers who attempt to quit, despite current treatments. “We have developed a protein peptide that may be a new type of highly targeted […]

CAMH Scientists Identify Potential New Approach to Prevent Smoking Relapse

October 22, 2012 / News Medical / —  Scientists at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) have identified a potential new approach to preventing smoking relapse, which occurs frequently in smokers who attempt to quit, despite current treatments. “We have developed a protein peptide that may be a new type of highly targeted […]

Smoking in cars leads to pollution levels over three times UN threshold

A study by doctors in Britain measured fine particle concentrations in the cars of 17 drivers, comparing trips with and without smoking. The doctors found that journeys that involved smoking had levels of fine particles that were over three times the recommendation set by the World Health Organization.   October 16, 2012 / NY Daily […]

Smoking may lead to cataracts in aging population

October 12, 2012 / MedicalExpress.com / — Cigarette smoking is a well-known risk factor for a wide-range of diseases. Now, scientists have evidence that smoking may also increase the risk of age-related cataract, the leading cause of blindness and vision loss in the world. Reported in Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science (Smoking and Risk of […]

Big tobacco companies resist admissions of wrongdoing

October 15, 2012 / Reuters / Washington  – U.S. tobacco companies told a federal judge on Monday they should not be required to tell the public they manipulated nicotine levels to make cigarettes more addictive, or that they repeatedly lied about the health effects of light cigarettes. The companies – including Altria Group Inc and […]

With lung cancer, quitters do better than smokers

October 12, 2012 / FoxNews.com / — Younger people with advanced lung cancer who quit smoking more than a year before their diagnosis survive longer than those who continue smoking, according to a new study. It’s known that people who never smoked are more likely to survive the disease than those who light up. But […]

Medvedev Vows Strict Antismoking Bill Will Pass

October 16, 2012 / Wall Street Journal / — Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev threw down the gauntlet against Big Tobacco Tuesday, vowing that strict antismoking legislation before the government will pass and calling the effort “just the beginning.” “We cannot let tobacco companies make money off our children’s health and make them lifelong smokers any longer. […]

Veterans are at higher risk of alcohol abuse relapse due to smoking

October 12, 2012 / Science Codex / — In a new study published in Frontiers, Dr Timothy Durazzo and colleagues from the San Francisco VA Medical Center and University of California, San Francisco, expand upon their decade of research showing that smoking while kicking the alcohol habit impairs memory, learning and other cognitive skills–ultimately making […]

Novus Twigs: The New Choice for Smokers

For Immediate Release NEW NON-NICOTINE, NON-TOBACCO SOLUTION TARGETED TO NO-SMOKING ZONES Novus Twigs: The New Choice for Smokers New York City, NY /10/16/2012 – More than 1 in 5 Americans still smoke according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. This is in spite of the 22,458 municipalities in 39 states which enforce a […]