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 >>
Posts Tagged ‘quit smoking’
Door-to-door program helps quit smoking
Friday, March 5th, 2010
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 >>
Coupons, deals, health: so many good reasons to quit smoking
Monday, December 14th, 2009
Don’t wait for a New Year’s resolution. Take advantage of offers for nicotine replacements. Although smoking cessation tends to be a New Year’s resolution sort of thing, trying to quit now could save you some money. ... read more >>
Don’t wait for a New Year’s resolution. Take advantage of offers for nicotine replacements. Although smoking cessation tends to be a New Year’s resolution sort of thing, trying to quit now could save you some money. ... read more >>
John Mellencamp’s Son Starts Facebook Group to Convince Dad to Stop Smoking
Monday, December 7th, 2009
John Mellencamp’s son Speck has taken to Facebook in an effort to convince his Rock & Roll Hall of Fame father to quit smoking. “I made a deal with my dad that if I get a 1,000,000 to join this group he will quit smoking,” Speck writes on the Facebook group page. That means it’ll only take a platinum plaque’s worth of fellow Facebookers to get Mellencamp to ditch the nicotine and live a healthier lifestyle. It’s been written that Mellencamp used to smoke four packs a day, and while he’s since cut down that number significantly, he remains a smoker to this day. ... read more >>
John Mellencamp’s son Speck has taken to Facebook in an effort to convince his Rock & Roll Hall of Fame father to quit smoking. “I made a deal with my dad that if I get a 1,000,000 to join this group he will quit smoking,” Speck writes on the Facebook group page. That means it’ll only take a platinum plaque’s worth of fellow Facebookers to get Mellencamp to ditch the nicotine and live a healthier lifestyle. It’s been written that Mellencamp used to smoke four packs a day, and while he’s since cut down that number significantly, he remains a smoker to this day. ... read more >>
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