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Head and neck cancers respond well to the anti-cancer drug erlotinib when it is administered before surgery and a stronger dose is given to patients who smoke, according to a study presented at the Multidisciplinary Head and Neck Cancer Symposium, ...

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An outpatient clinic founded on evidence-based treatments has opened at the Center for Neurobehavioral Research on Addictions at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston .

In the 2012 edition of the prestigious Annual Review of Public Health, researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine have reviewed the landscape of smoking cessation over the past 20 years. During this time period, there ...

A large population-based study in Sweden indicates that there is no link between smoking during pregnancy and autism spectrum disorders in children.

Large national study shows difference between lung function of cigarette and marijuana smokers; doctors warn against other known complications.

A new UCSF analysis of tobacco industry documents shows that Philip Morris USA manipulated data on the effects of additives in cigarettes, including menthol,obscuring actual toxicity levels and increasing the risk of heart, cancer and other ...

Smokers planning to kick the habit may have more success if they begin using a cessation medication several weeks before they actually try to quit.

With the start of a new year, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute experts are encouraging people to ring in new healthy habits and offer a number of free and low-cost strategies to help people maintain good health and possibly reduce various cancer risks.

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A first-of-its-kind study found adults with aspirin-exacerbated respiratory disease were more than three times as likely to have been exposed to second-hand smoke during childhood as those without the condition. Study results are published in the ...

Nearly 45 percent of Americans will make New Year's resolutions. Unfortunately, many of us will fall off after the first week. If you're one of those individuals, the Monday strategy could increase your odds for success: Make Monday the day to ...

Women who have non-melanoma skin cancers are more likely to have smoked cigarettes compared to women without skin cancer, said researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center, who published study results in a recent issue of Cancer Causes Control.

Frame your behavior changes for the New Year so they become a habit, instead of forgotten until next year.

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Discovering when and why students smoke might lead to the development of better intervention methods, according to researchers at the University of Missouri. In an article published in the journal Substance Use & Misuse, the researchers showed that ...

Mayo Clinic researchers have amassed additional evidence that secondhand smoke kills and smoke-free workplace laws save lives. The study will be presented to the American Heart Association's Scientific Sessions on Monday in Orlando.

Researchers can predict which children are most likely to become obese by examining their mothers' behaviour around their birth, according to a recent University of Montreal study published in the Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine.

American smoking rate down from 42 percent to 20.8 percent but needs to go lower says Loyola University Health System integrative medicine physician. At $7 to $9 a pack for cigarettes, annual smoking budgets can run from $2500 to more than $3300, ...