Copyright 2009 Medical News Today Latest Smoking / Quit Smoking News From Medical News Today. http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/sections/smoking/ admin@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Admin) editors@medicalnewstoday.com (MNT Editors) en-us Sun, 05 Jul 2009 01:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156342.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156342.php New research shows that 70 per cent of adults in the UK back proposals to protect children from tobacco by putting it out of sight in shops and 76 per cent support abolishing cigarette vending machines according to Cancer Research UK today (Wednesday) - on the second anniversary of the Smoking / Quit Smoking Fri, 03 Jul 2009 04:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156327.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156327.php "The Food and Drug Administration announced (Wednesday) that it is requiring the smoking-cessation drugs Chantix and Zyban to carry the strongest type of safety warning possible to alert patients that the medications can cause serious mental health problems, including depression and suicide," the Washington Post reports (Stein, 7/1). Smoking / Quit Smoking Fri, 03 Jul 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156223.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156223.php Dartmouth researchers have determined that movie characters who smoke, regardless of whether they are "good guys" or "bad guys," influence teens to try smoking. Smoking / Quit Smoking Thu, 02 Jul 2009 06:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156199.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156199.php Pfizer Inc announced that it has updated the U.S. product labeling for CHANTIX® (varenicline), a prescription aid to smoking cessation treatment, to communicate important safety information in a boxed warning as well as in revised warnings and precautions. These updates are based on post-marketing reports and are being made in agreement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Pfizer is making this information available immediately to U.S. Smoking / Quit Smoking Thu, 02 Jul 2009 02:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156087.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156087.php Data published in the journal, Nicotine and Tobacco Research, shows that many U.S. quit attempts are unplanned and can be a successful route to cessation. In the study, almost 40 percent of subjects reported that their most recent quit attempt started without any advance planning, suggesting that for some smokers, setting an advance quit date may not be as necessary as once thought. Smoking / Quit Smoking Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156027.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/156027.php As scientists continue to decode the human genome and the information becomes publicly available, private companies that offer online genetic testing are multiplying. Scientists at the National Institutes of Health were concerned that perhaps these tests posed a risk. They evaluated responses to an online test among smokers who did or did not have a common genetic variant associated with risk for lung cancer. Lung Cancer Wed, 01 Jul 2009 04:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/155999.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/155999.php The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it is seeking public input on the implementation of its historic new authority overseeing tobacco products in the United States. In a Federal Register notice, the agency invites the public to provide information and share views on a wide range of topics, from product content to advertising and marketing. All public comments will be posted online. Smoking / Quit Smoking Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/155945.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/155945.php Many young smokers want to quit but don't know what methods work. The University of Illinois at Chicago is leading a $2.9 million National Cancer Institute project to increase demand for evidence-based, Internet-based smoking cessation treatment among young adults. Smoking / Quit Smoking Wed, 01 Jul 2009 02:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/155925.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/155925.php New research suggests that casino workers face a higher risk of heart disease and lung cancer because they work in buildings filled with tobacco smoke. By one scientist's calculation, six of every 10,000 nonsmoking casino employees in Pennsylvania will die each year because of exposure to secondhand smoke. The estimate does not rely on the tracking of individual casino workers over time, nor does it compare them to workers who have not had smoke exposure. Smoking / Quit Smoking Wed, 01 Jul 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/155895.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/155895.php The Office of Tobacco Control (OTC) today (July 1, 2009) welcomed the commencement by the Department of Health and Children of further provisions of the Public Health (Tobacco) Acts, 2002 and 2004. Smoking / Quit Smoking Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/155801.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/155801.php A new report finds that "a growing global trade in black market cigarettes is killing tens of thousands of people a year, causing massive health problems and costing governments billions of pounds," the Guardian reports. Smoking / Quit Smoking Mon, 29 Jun 2009 04:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/155691.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/155691.php Because tobacco use impairs military readiness, harms the health of soldiers and veterans, and imposes a substantial financial burden on the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs, these agencies should implement a comprehensive strategy to achieve the Defense Department's stated goal of a tobacco-free military, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine. Smoking / Quit Smoking Mon, 29 Jun 2009 02:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/155675.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/155675.php The AMA has written to Federal MPs and Senators urging them to support a number of key policy measures to reduce preventable health problems linked to excessive alcohol use, obesity and smoking. The AMA has taken this step in anticipation of the blueprint for national prevention that the National Preventative Health Taskforce will soon provide to Health Minister Nicola Roxon. Alcohol / Addiction / Illegal Drugs Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/155644.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/155644.php Because tobacco use impairs military readiness, harms the health of soldiers and veterans, and imposes a substantial financial burden on the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs, these agencies should implement a comprehensive strategy to achieve the Defense Department's stated goal of a tobacco-free military, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine. Smoking / Quit Smoking Sun, 28 Jun 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/155543.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/155543.php People who eat lots of soy products have better lung function and are less likely to develop the smoking-associated lung disease COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease). A study published in BioMed Central's open access journal Respiratory Research has shown that consumption of a wide variety of soy products can be associated with a reduction in the risk of COPD and other respiratory symptoms. Dr. COPD Sat, 27 Jun 2009 02:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/155596.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/155596.php Tobacco acts as a precipitating factor for headaches, specifically migraines. This is indicated in a study which shows that smokers have more migraine attacks and that smoking more than five cigarettes a day triggers this headache. The work has appeared in The Journal of Headache and Pain. The influence of tobacco as a precipitating, non-causal factor of migraine attacks has produced contradictory data in scientific literature. Headache / Migraine Sat, 27 Jun 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/155513.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/155513.php President Barack Obama's signature on a bill this week to grant the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulatory authority over tobacco was historic, and represents a step in the march to eliminate tobacco use in this country by 2047, two national tobacco experts said recently (June 25). Smoking / Quit Smoking Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/155352.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/155352.php Despite recent declines in cigarette use in the U.S., nicotine dependence has remained steady among adults and has actually increased among some groups. The finding by researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health suggests that public health initiatives have been far more successful in preventing Americans from taking up smoking than in persuading hard-core smokers to stop. Smoking / Quit Smoking Fri, 26 Jun 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/155370.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/155370.php Tobacco acts as a precipitating factor for headaches, specifically migraines. This is indicated in a study which shows that smokers have more migraine attacks and that smoking more than five cigarettes a day triggers this headache. The work has appeared in the Journal of Headache and Pain. The influence of tobacco as a precipitating, non-causal factor of migraine attacks has produced contradictory data in scientific literature. Headache / Migraine Thu, 25 Jun 2009 11:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/155399.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/155399.php UA scientists looking at the link between BMI over a lifetime and the risk of developing pancreatic cancer found that overweight and obese young adults are more likely to develop the disease, and also that older adults with pancreatic cancer who are obese have a lower overall survival rate. Obesity / Weight Loss / Fitness Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/155153.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/155153.php New York Times Examines Visa Laws Effects On People Living With HIV/AIDS The New York Times examines a HIV / AIDS Wed, 24 Jun 2009 05:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/155134.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/155134.php The Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) recognizes and applauds the significant public health achievement of The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act being signed into law. This new law gives the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the authority to regulate tobacco products. "This is a major milestone in the tobacco control movement," said Director of Health David R. Gifford, MD, MPH. Smoking / Quit Smoking Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/155118.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/155118.php BMA Scotland has warned that children who smoke face years of tobacco addiction that can lead to life-threatening diseases and premature death. The association also called on MSPs to support the proposals contained in the Tobacco and Primary Medical services (Scotland) Bill in order to reduce children's exposure to tobacco products. Smoking / Quit Smoking Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/155070.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/155070.php New research which suggests a direct link between smoking and brain damage will be published in the July issue of the Journal of Neurochemistry. Researchers, led by Debapriya Ghosh and Dr Anirban Basu from the Indian National Brain Research Center (NBRC), have found that a compound in tobacco provokes white blood cells in the central nervous system to attack healthy cells, leading to severe neurological damage. Neurology / Neuroscience Wed, 24 Jun 2009 00:00:00 PDT http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/155044.php http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/155044.php Statement attributable to: J. James Rohack, M.D. AMA President "As long-time advocates for strong regulation of the tobacco industry, the AMA is honored to stand with President Obama today as he signs the historic tobacco law. Today's historic bill signing is a victory for public health over Big Tobacco. "More than 400,000 Americans die needlessly every year as a direct result of tobacco use. Smoking / Quit Smoking