Boosting cigarette taxes can cause smoking rates to plummet among people struggling with alcohol, drug and/or mental disorders, new research suggests. The study authors found that raising the price of cigarettes by just 10 percent translates into more than an 18 percent drop in smoking among such individuals. ... read more >>
Posts Tagged ‘quit smoking’
Certain Smokers More Apt to Quit Over Price Hikes
Thursday, June 10th, 2010
Struggling to quit smoking? Now you can blame your genes
Wednesday, April 28th, 2010
Smokers who find it hard to cut down or quit may be at the mercy of their genes. Scientists identified three genetic mutations that increase the number of cigarettes people smoke a day. Several also appear to be associated with taking up smoking, and one with being able to quit. The findings could lead to more personalised – and ultimately more effective – treatments that help people stub out their cigarettes. ... read more >>
Smokers who find it hard to cut down or quit may be at the mercy of their genes. Scientists identified three genetic mutations that increase the number of cigarettes people smoke a day. Several also appear to be associated with taking up smoking, and one with being able to quit. The findings could lead to more personalised – and ultimately more effective – treatments that help people stub out their cigarettes. ... read more >>
Nicotine replacement products backed in study
Thursday, March 18th, 2010
Smokers have given the thumbs up to two nicotine replacement products which may become more commonly available, following research from the University of Otago. The products come in small sachets which smokers keep in their mouth, allowing nicotine – the addictive ingredient in tobacco – to be rapidly released. ... read more >>
Smokers have given the thumbs up to two nicotine replacement products which may become more commonly available, following research from the University of Otago. The products come in small sachets which smokers keep in their mouth, allowing nicotine – the addictive ingredient in tobacco – to be rapidly released. ... read more >>
Door-to-door program helps quit smoking
Friday, March 5th, 2010
U.S. researchers found offering door-to-door counseling helped new moms cut down on smoking. Brad Collins of Temple University in Philadelphia and colleagues offered Philadelphia Family Rules for Establishing Smoke-free Homes — a 16-week intensive one-on-one counseling program. Previous research had found 40 percent of new moms in North Philadelphia either smoked currently or had smoked late into their pregnancies, and were increasing their babies’ risks of sudden infant death syndrome, asthma, lung or ear infections. ... read more >>
U.S. researchers found offering door-to-door counseling helped new moms cut down on smoking. Brad Collins of Temple University in Philadelphia and colleagues offered Philadelphia Family Rules for Establishing Smoke-free Homes — a 16-week intensive one-on-one counseling program. Previous research had found 40 percent of new moms in North Philadelphia either smoked currently or had smoked late into their pregnancies, and were increasing their babies’ risks of sudden infant death syndrome, asthma, lung or ear infections. ... read more >>
Using Nicotine Patch Longer Boosts Efforts to Quit
Thursday, February 4th, 2010
Extended use of nicotine patches improves the likelihood that smokers will be able to kick the habit and reduces the risk that they’ll start smoking again, a new study has found. The study included 568 adults who smoked 10 or more cigarettes a day for at least the past year. The smokers who used nicotine patches for the entire 24 weeks of the study (extended therapy) were about twice as likely to quit smoking as those who used nicotine patches for eight weeks and then received placebo patches for the remainder of the study. Standard therapy — as recommended by manufacturers — is eight weeks. ... read more >>
Extended use of nicotine patches improves the likelihood that smokers will be able to kick the habit and reduces the risk that they’ll start smoking again, a new study has found. The study included 568 adults who smoked 10 or more cigarettes a day for at least the past year. The smokers who used nicotine patches for the entire 24 weeks of the study (extended therapy) were about twice as likely to quit smoking as those who used nicotine patches for eight weeks and then received placebo patches for the remainder of the study. Standard therapy — as recommended by manufacturers — is eight weeks. ... read more >>
Smokers More Prone to Long-Term Prescription Painkiller Use
Thursday, January 28th, 2010
Smoking, as well as the medicinal use of opioid painkillers such as oxycodone, are independent predictors of longer-term opioid pain medication use among patients with chronic back pain caused by lumbar spine conditions, a new U.S. study finds. The study included over 2,100 patients recruited from 13 spine specialty centers in 11 states. Of those patients, 42 percent said they used opioids for their back pain and one-third said they take opioids every day. ... read more >>
Smoking, as well as the medicinal use of opioid painkillers such as oxycodone, are independent predictors of longer-term opioid pain medication use among patients with chronic back pain caused by lumbar spine conditions, a new U.S. study finds. The study included over 2,100 patients recruited from 13 spine specialty centers in 11 states. Of those patients, 42 percent said they used opioids for their back pain and one-third said they take opioids every day. ... read more >>
Mick Jagger Orders Joss Stone to Quit Smoking
Wednesday, January 27th, 2010
Mick Jagger is giving health tips to singer Joss Stone – he keeps ordering her to quit smoking. The Rolling Stones frontman is pals with the “You Had Me” hitmaker and frequently expresses his concern over her tobacco habit, telling her off when she is snapped with a cigarette. ... read more >>
Mick Jagger is giving health tips to singer Joss Stone – he keeps ordering her to quit smoking. The Rolling Stones frontman is pals with the “You Had Me” hitmaker and frequently expresses his concern over her tobacco habit, telling her off when she is snapped with a cigarette. ... read more >>
6 Common Smoking Triggers—and How to Fight Them
Monday, January 25th, 2010
Conquer your cravings ... read more >>
Conquer your cravings ... read more >>
Cold Turkey At Christmas? Not If You Quit Smoking With Quitline
Wednesday, December 23rd, 2009
Around 54,000 people signed up with the Quitline this year to give up smoking – double the total from four years ago. Figures for the year also show: Quitline advisors received thousands more calls from people asking for additional help. Advisors made 106,000 outbound calls to support people in their quit attempts (35% up on 2007). ... read more >>
Around 54,000 people signed up with the Quitline this year to give up smoking – double the total from four years ago. Figures for the year also show: Quitline advisors received thousands more calls from people asking for additional help. Advisors made 106,000 outbound calls to support people in their quit attempts (35% up on 2007). ... read more >>
Our view: This would cut costs
Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009
Here’s an easy way for Alaska to save money on the state’s health care bills: Make a stronger push to encourage people on Medicaid, the health coverage for low-income residents, to quit using tobacco. Tobacco — smoking or dipping snoose — is the number one cause of preventable disease in the country. ... read more >>
Here’s an easy way for Alaska to save money on the state’s health care bills: Make a stronger push to encourage people on Medicaid, the health coverage for low-income residents, to quit using tobacco. Tobacco — smoking or dipping snoose — is the number one cause of preventable disease in the country. ... read more >>
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