Quit Smoking

New research from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine may help more smokers keep their New Year's resolution by helping them quit smoking. Extended use of a nicotine patch â€

Whether you've already made a New Year's resolution, or want to make a healthy lifestyle change, Saint Louis University family physicians suggests five ways you can do to break the cycle of broken resolutions and improve your health once and for ...

Current projections estimate that the number of tobacco-related deaths in China will increase to 2 million annually by 2025. A new study in the February issue of the journal Anesthesiology looks at whether Chinese anesthesiologists are willing to ...

A new NEJM study from Columbia University Medical Center researchers, has found that the heart's ability to pump effectively is diminished among people with a common lung disease, even in people with no or mild symptoms. The research is the first ...

Physicians warnings ignored by indifferent government. Bidi workers with TB are three times more prone to die. According to the Indian Health Department, bidi crop cultivation occupied 35 percent of the area under tobacco cultivation.

1) Green tea reduced the risk of lung cancer in smokers;

1) Smokers tolerated higher doses of erlotinib; 2) Erlotinib is used as a second-line therapy; 3) Side effects included rash and diarrhea.

Cigarette smoking is a well-known risk factor for type 2 diabetes, but new research from Johns Hopkins suggests that quitting the habit may actually raise diabetes risk in the short term.

Need a little extra incentive to kick the habit? Just in time for New Year's resolutions, a UCLA study finds that even after age 80, smoking continues to increase one's risk for age-related macular degeneration , the leading cause of blindness in ...

Asthmatic smokers may be able to reverse some of the damage to their lungs that exacerbates asthmatic symptoms just by putting down their cigarettes, according to research out of the University of Groningen in the Netherlands.

African American and Hispanic adults who smoke menthol cigarettes may be less likely to quit, a new study by UMDNJ researchers has found. The report, in the December issue of Preventive Medicine, is believed to be the first to use national ...

1) Susceptibility influenced by a mix of peer influence, determination; 2) It is not known what causes experimenting to lead to a habit.

1) Exposure to movie scenes of people smoking predicts smoking onset; 2) Effect was stronger for Mexican-born than American-born youth.

1) Acculturation increases Latinos' likelihood of quitting; no effect on Latinas; 2) Time spent in the U.S., language preference are indicators of quitting; 3) Tobacco control efforts should reach out to underserved populations.

Menthol cigarette use is higher among persons who started smoking in the past year than among longer-term smokers according to a new study by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration .

Latino men who are more adapted to U.S. culture are more likely to quit smoking than their less-acculturated counterparts, according to research by scientists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center published in the December issue ...

1) Reassurance not a spur to relapse; 2) Cessation rates better than general population.

Whether non-smoking Mexican-American adolescents go on to experiment with smoking depends largely on their initial attitude toward the habit, researchers at M. D. Anderson Cancer Center report in the December issue of Cancer Epidemiology, ...

1) Long-term smoking associated with a 30 to 50 percent increased risk; 2) Avoiding smoking is one way to reduce colorectal cancer risk.

1) Immediate results are positive; 12-month results are disappointing; 2) Appalachian women face economic, educational challenges.