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Date |
| Effects Of Smoking Cessation Drug, Varenicline, Looked At By The Journal Of Clinical Pharmacology |
Smoking is the world's leading cause of premature death. Smokers who quit are able to significantly reduce their risk of premature death and other health issues - almost completely if they quit by age thirty and by fifty percent if they quit after age fi |
11/06/06 |
| Do Cigarette Smokers With Erectile Dysfunction Benefit From Stopping? A Prospective Study |
UroToday.com - Cigarette smoking has been identified as a strong risk factor for erectile dysfunction (ED.) The authors of this study have attempted to identify whether smoking cessation reverses ED in men who previously smoked cigarettes. |
11/06/06 |
| Stressful Events Should Not Prohibit Smoking Cessation |
Stressful life events do not decrease a smoker's chances of quitting the habit, a new study reveals. Researchers from North Shore Long Island Jewish Health Systems examined the impact of stressful life events in 1,330 smokers being treated for tobacco de |
11/02/06 |
| Smoking: Exercise, Stress And Second Hand Smoke |
Exercise May Help Smokers Quit
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11/02/06 |
| Chronic Cough And Sputum Linked To Secondhand Smoke |
According to a new study, secondhand smoking is associated with chronic cough and sputum production. Researchers from the University of California, Irvine, studied the association of secondhand smoking and respiratory symptoms in 139 patients from a Vete |
11/02/06 |
| COPD Progression More Rapid In Smokers |
Patients with COPD, who continue to smoke, have the worst disease prognosis, according to a new study. Researchers from Illinois and Massachusetts collected the pyrometer data of 538 participants from the Framingham Heart Study. The participants were cat |
10/30/06 |
| COPD Underdiagnosed And Undertreated In Smokers |
A new study suggests clinicians should be more aware of possible COPD in patients at risk for lung cancer. Researchers from the University of Alabama obtained the demographic, medical, and spirometric information of 449 subjects who smoked and were enrol |
10/30/06 |
| Large Community Spirometry Screening For COPD Proves Successful |
Large scale, community spiromety screening for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), can be successfully performed in non-traditional settings, according to a new study. The research, presented at CHEST 2006, the 72nd annual international scienti |
10/30/06 |
| Mississippi Supreme Court Issues Stay In Court-Ordered M Payments To Smoking Cessation Program |
The Mississippi Supreme Court on Thursday voted 6-1 to freeze funds to the Partnership for Healthy Mississippi for tobacco cessation programs pending a county court decision to determine how funds from the 1997 tobacco settlement can be distributed, t |
10/27/06 |
| Smoking Cessation Therapy May Be Harmful For ICU Patients |
A common smoking cessation
therapy used to help reduce adverse events associated with nicotine
withdrawal may actually increase the risk of death for smokers admitted to
the intensive care unit (ICU). In a new study presented at CHEST 2006, the
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10/27/06 |
| Exercise Helps You Quit Smoking More Successfully |
You are more likely to succeed in your attempt to give up smoking if you also do regular exercise, say researchers from Austria. They found that smokers who use nicotine gum or skin patches were much more likely to stay off tobacco if they also did regul |
10/27/06 |
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