Cigarette Addiction
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Study Finds Smoking May Thin Brain’s Cerebral Cortex
Many studies have shown that smoking cigarettes is associated with brain abnormalities, and a new study has found that smoking might actually thin the cerebral cortex, which is an area of the brain that is responsible for many functions including language, memory, and information processing. Reducing cortical thickness has been linked to aging, impaired cognition, and reduced intelligence. This is the first study to look at the impact of smoking on cortical thickness.
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Ontario High-School Students Smoking Contraband Cigarettes
Contraband tobacco accounts for 43 percent of all cigarettes smoked by high-school students in Ontario, Canada. Researchers from the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) examined the smoking habits of Ontario students, finding that among high schoolers, 50 percent smoked at least one contraband cigarette per day in the last year.
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Teens Who Self-Medicate with Smoking Suffer More Depressive Symptoms
Smoking seems to intensify stress and depressive symptoms in teenagers who resort to smoking cigarettes to alleviate their pain, a new study shows.
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New Smoking Bans in Effect in Greece
Greece has the highest rate of tobacco consumption (more than 40 percent of Greek adults smoke) in the European Union. In an attempt to cut down on these shocking rates, a new law went into effect September 1, 2010, that bans tobacco advertising and outlaws smoking in enclosed public areas. Those who break the law could be fined between 50 and 400 euros, and businesses could be fined up to 10,000 euros or lose their license.
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Predictive Attitudes about Smoking
Attitudes about behaviors are often indicative of a risk level of developing that behavior, but implicit and explicit attitudes sometimes differ in their impact on behavior. A 2005 study compared how implicit and explicit attitudes about smoking predicted the probability of being a smoker (Perugini, 2005).
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Prohibition on Cigarette Advertising: Does it Work?
Cigarette smoking and tobacco products are both topics of significant debate in a number of industries. For one, tobacco played a tremendous role in the growth of the United States and continues to play a large financial part today. Tobacco products easily come under fire in the medical industry, however, as they are known to cause considerable health problems in individuals who have used them over the long term.
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Studies Suggest Smoking Addiction is Nothing More than a Habit
Much of the accusations thrown at the tobacco companies over the last 15 years has been the result of identifying the role that nicotine plays in addiction. Tobacco manufacturers have been accused of knowing the addictive properties of nicotine and adding it to their tobacco products in order to drive addiction, which would drive consumption.
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Can You Scare Someone Out of Smoking?
There are many options available for those who want to stop using nicotine. The available treatments range from nicotine gum, to nicotine patches, to hypnosis. While some smokers have been successful with immediate cessation, most people struggle with quitting and need assistance with the physical and mental challenges associated with a nicotine addiction.
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Mothers Who Smoke may have Children Who Smoke
Parents are always on the lookout for deviant behavior. They look for it in the friends their child associates with, in the extracurricular activities they might be joining, and they watch for the influence of television, video games and music on their teen. New research shows that when it comes to smoking, the influence to start might be right in the home.
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Nicotine Addiction Difficult to Overcome
Nicotine addiction continues to have a serious impact on the health of individuals around the world. For this reason, May 31, 2010 is World No Tobacco Day (WNTD), an initiative of the World Health Organization.
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