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Stop Smoking :: Help and advice articles and resources
There are many challenges faced when trying to quit smoking. We hope that you are able to gain excellent help and advice form the resources that we have provided.
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Campaign Encourages Smokers To "Talk With Your Doctor" For Help Quitting
Advice and help from doctors can more than double odds smoker will quit successfully Because a doctor's advice and assistance more than doubles the odds that a smoker will quit successfully, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is partnering with five national physician groups on the new "Talk With Your Doctor" campaign to encourage smokers to ask a doctor for help...
Fri, 24 May 2013 02:00:00 PDT
| Tobacco Warning Images Proposed By The European Commission Should Be Reviewed As They Do Not Achieve The Desired Level Of Impact
The warning images Brussels proposes to include on tobacco packages in order to reduce consumption do not make the desired impact on smokers because they only find some of them really unpleasant. So, if the European Commission wants to improve the efficacy of its anti-smoking campaigns, it should produce a new set of images that make a stronger emotional impact...
Fri, 24 May 2013 00:00:00 PDT
| Children Exposed To Secondhand Smoke Likely To Be More Aggressive
Children who are exposed to secondhand smoke in early childhood are more likely to grow up to physically aggressive and antisocial, regardless of whether they were exposed during pregnancy or their parents have a history of being antisocial, according to Linda Pagani and Caroline Fitzpatrick of the University of Montreal and its affiliated CHU Sainte-Justine hospital...
Thu, 23 May 2013 01:00:00 PDT
| The Interactive Effects On Neurocognition Of Alcohol Consumption, Smoking And Age
Treatment for alcohol use disorders works best if the patient actively understands and incorporates the interventions provided in the clinic. Multiple factors can influence both the type and degree of neurocognitive abnormalities found during early abstinence, including chronic cigarette smoking and increasing age...
Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 PDT
| Smoking During Pregnancy Raises Daughter's Risk Of Gestational Diabetes And Obesity
Women who smoke while pregnant are at a higher risk of having daughters who become obese and/or develop gestational diabetes, according to a new study published in Diabetologia. The fact that smoking is harmful during pregnancy has long been known, however, studies that examined possible adverse effects that last until adulthood are scarce and outcomes have been inconsistent...
Tue, 21 May 2013 00:00:00 PDT
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US NRT smoking cessation aids market benefiting from positive growth in lozenger sales
Current value sales within the US NRT smoking cessation aids market grew by 1% through 2012, to reach a value of US$855 million. Despite the fact that US smokers are quitting at steadily higher rates,.......
Wed, 22 May 2013 17:00:00 -0700
| Research and Markets: Smoking Cessation Partnering 2007-2013
Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Smoking Cessation Partnering 2007-2013" report to thei
Tue, 14 May 2013 10:06:00 -0700
| New smoking cessation tool: Your doctor
A new anti-tobacco campaign is urging smokers to turn to their physicians for help in quitting. The campaign -- "Talk With Your Doctor" -- also encourages clinicians to ask patients whether they smoke and to offer them assistance giving up cigarettes. ...
Thu, 23 May 2013 07:28:56 -0700
| Smoking cessation clinic ceases services
The health ministry’s biggest smoking cessation clinic in Dubai has discontinued its services due to shortage of medicine and staff.
Sun, 28 Apr 2013 20:25:41 -0700
| Art Therapy Effective Tool for U.S. Air Force Veteran in Both Smoking Cessation and Pain Reduction
WINCHESTER, Calif., May 24, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Vietnam veteran David Hartman of Mound, Minnesota is lucky to be alive. He survived an overseas battlefield, exposure to Agent Orange and, after returning ...
Fri, 24 May 2013 12:11:00 -0700
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