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Electronic Cigarettes: Do They Really Help Smokers Quit? 21 May 2013 | 09:20 pm
Smokers who wish to quit commonly use electronic cigarettes to help them, despite the lack of evidence that the devices work, a new study finds. One-third of smokers looking to quit had used e-cigaret...
80 Percent of US Adults Have Smoke-Free Rules 21 May 2013 | 09:19 pm
According to a news release issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, about 80 percent of U.S. Adults have voluntary smoke free rules at home and 75 percent had voluntary smoke-free ru...
Non-Smoking Hotel Rooms Aren’t a Guarantee of a Smoke-Free Stay | TIME.com 21 May 2013 | 09:16 pm
Just because you choose the non-smoking hotel room doesn’t mean you’re completely protecting yourself from exposure. A new study published in the journal, Tobacco Control, found hotels that only maint...
Stopping smoking will slow COPD symptoms : Lifestyles 13 May 2013 | 03:09 am
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, comes in two forms, emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Smoking is by far the most likely cause of these conditions. Persistent cough is the hallmark of chronic br...
Despite federal ban, tobacco ads continue to lure teen smokers | EdSource Today 13 May 2013 | 03:06 am
The dramatic decline in tobacco use among California high school students appears to have flattened, and a new national study provides one possible explanation: Students continue to be saturated with ...
Magnetic Brain Stimulation May Temporarily Dull Nicotine Craving – WebMD 11 May 2013 | 02:54 am
Noninvasive stimulation of an area of the brain linked to addiction seems to temporarily ease smokers' cravings for nicotine, a preliminary study finds. The technique, called transcranial magnetic sti...
The new EU directive: quit smoking or die 11 May 2013 | 02:52 am
In December 2012, the EU’s executive, the European Commission, announced its proposals to revise the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), originally passed in 2001, to take account of ‘significant scient...
California woman slaps cop to go to jail to quit smoking - U.S. & World Story 11 May 2013 | 02:50 am
A California woman who slapped a police officer to get arrested got her wish. She wanted to go to jail in hopes she can quit smoking there. Etta Mae Lopez pleaded no contest Thursday to smacking Sacra...
Dr. Judson Brewer: Should We Ban Smokers? Some Companies Are 5 May 2013 | 06:18 pm
Over the past decade, we have seen an increase in the number of places where smoking is banned -- bars, restaurants, clubs and so on. The days when smoking was allowed on airplanes seems like ancient ...
Oregon to try paying pregnant women to quit smoking | PRI.ORG 5 May 2013 | 06:17 pm
More than 45 million people smoke, about 19 percent of all adults in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Public health campaigns have tried to reduce that number thr...
