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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.
Posted under Science & Research
Study Finds that Suppressing Thoughts about a Behavior Won’t Help You Quit
A new study has found that smokers who are trying to quit should not try to stop thinking about cigarettes, as blocking thoughts of smoking may help reduce cigarette use at first, but eventually leads to smoking more than usual when the thoughts are no longer suppressed.
Posted under Cigarette Addiction
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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Web and Phone-Based Counseling Work Well with Smoking Cessation Medication
A randomized trial compared three ways to deliver a behavioral smoking cessation program using varenicline (Chantix®): by phone, Web, or both. Although phone counseling had greater treatment advantage for early cessation and appeared to increase medication adherence, abstinence outcomes did not differ at six months.
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Adolescent Smokers Don’t Recognize Early Signs of Addiction
Kids who have just started smoking, but not on a daily basis, don’t seem to recognize the early symptoms of dependence, according to a new study.
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Tobacco Imagery Still Common in Movies Suitable for Kids and Teens
Tobacco imagery is still relatively common in films rated suitable for kids and young teens, despite significant declines in the cinematic depiction of smoking over the past 20 years, indicates research published in Thorax. Based on their findings, active product placement may still be taking place, particularly in UK films, say the authors.
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Smoking Bans Help Reduce Heart Attacks
In countries and states that have introduced policies that restrict smoking in public, people have less exposure to secondhand smoke. There is also a reduction in the number of people who have heart attacks, as well as an improvement in other indicators of health. These findings are reported in a new review published in the April issue of The Cochrane Library.
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Protect Your Lungs: Do Not Smoke
Everyone has a story to tell about someone they know who’s died of lung cancer. But these same individuals fail to take into account that lung cancer could just as easily happen to them. They don’t even think about the consequences as they light up their cigarette and fuel their addiction. Wake up, people. There is only one way to protect your lungs: don’t smoke.
Alarming Facts About Smoking
It’s time to take a reality check. Cigarette smoking is the major cause of COPD (emphysema and chronic bronchitis) and lung cancer. Cigarette smoke narrows air passages and makes breathing more difficult, causing chronic inflammation and swelling in the lung. This can lead to chronic bronchitis. Cigarette smoking destroys lung tissue over time, and may trigger changes that lead to lung cancer. There is a lot of misinformation out there about lung cancer and smoking. These are the facts – and they’re quite alarming. At least they should be for any rational individual. Consider the following: Continue Reading
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Does Menthol Make Nicotine More Addictive?
Although nicotine is definitely addictive, scientists have been debating for several decades the role menthol plays in addiction. Brenda Wilson of NPR writes that some researchers suspect that menthol allows smokers to take deeper drags on cigarettes, drawing in greater amounts of nicotine and its byproducts.
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