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| 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 |
| Statins Protect Smokers From Lung Damage |
Statins, the widely used class
of drugs for cholesterol management, are now showing promising results in
slowing smoking-induced lung damage. In a new study presented at CHEST
2006, the 72nd annual international scientific assembly of the American
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10/25/06 |
| Tendon-To-Bone Healing Impeded By Cigarette Smoking |
Orthopaedic surgery researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified yet another reason not to smoke. Studying rotator cuff injury in rats, the research team found exposure to nicotine delays tendon-to-bone healing, su |
10/23/06 |
| Collaboration To Reduce Smoking Rates Announced By The American Legacy Foundation And Mayo Clinic |
The American Legacy Foundation® and Mayo Clinic announced today their first collaboration together, to marry the expertise of the Mayo Clinic's Nicotine Dependence Center and the American Legacy Foundation's public health and marketing acumen to help |
10/23/06 |
| Missouri Tobacco Tax Proposal To Appear On November Ballot |
The Missouri Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled unanimously that a proposed constitutional amendment to raise tobacco taxes should be placed on the Nov. 7 ballot, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports. The ballot measure, Amendment 3, would raise about |
10/19/06 |
| At Least One In Four Hardened Smokers Will Develop Progressive Lung Disease (COPD) |
At least one in four hardened smokers will develop the progressive and incurable lung disease COPD, finds a long term study published ahead of print in Thorax.
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10/19/06 |
| Rapid Improvement In Health Of Bar Workers Associated With Smoking Ban |
Bar workers in Scotland showed significant improvements in respiratory symptoms and lung function within 2 months following a ban on smoking in confined public places, according to a study in the October 11 issue of JAMA.
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10/19/06 |
| Smokers Have A 25% Chance Of Developing Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
If you smoke, your have a 25% chance of developing chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), say British and Danish researchers. COPD is a lung disease in which the lungs become so damaged that it is difficult to breathe - the airways are partly ob |
10/19/06 |
| Nabi Biopharmaceuticals Completes Enrollment In NicVAX Phase IIB 'Proof-of-Concept' Clinical Trial |
Nabi
Biopharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: NABI) today announced it has completed
enrollment for its Phase IIB "proof-of-concept" study for NicVAX(R)
(Nicotine Conjugate Vaccine), the company's novel, innovative and
proprietary investigationa |
10/19/06 |
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