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Mobile Phone Services Help Smokers Quit
November 13, 2012 — Support for quitting smoking via text and video messages can help smokers kick the habit according to a new review. The authors of the review found that people were more likely to stay away from ... > full story -
A Smoker's License: Too Radical for Tobacco Control?
November 13, 2012 — In an innovative move to help reduce the damaging health effects of tobacco, the radical proposal of introducing a ''smoker's license'' is debated by two experts in this week's PLOS ... > full story -
Pictures Effective in Warning Against Cigarette Smoking
November 13, 2012 — Health warning labels (HWLs) on cigarette packages that use pictures to show the health consequences of smoking are effective in reaching adult smokers, according to the results of a new study. New ... > full story -
Smoking Parents Often Expose Children to Tobacco Smoke in Their Cars
November 12, 2012 — A new study suggests that parents may not recognize the dangers of smoking in their cars with a child ... > full story -
Gene Variations Linked to Lung Cancer Susceptibility in Asian Women
November 11, 2012 — An international group of scientists has identified three genetic regions that predispose Asian women who have never smoked to lung cancer. The finding provides further evidence that risk of lung ... > full story -
Why Nicotine in Cigarettes Can Relieve Anxiety in Smokers
November 8, 2012 — Preclinical data suggests inactivation of a specific sub-class of nicotinic receptors may be an effective strategy to help smokers quit without feeling anxious, according to ... > full story -
Anti-Tobacco Policies Responsible for Brazil's Big Success in Reducing Smoking Rates
November 6, 2012 — Smoking rates in Brazil have dropped by half over the past two decades thanks to strict tobacco control policies, according to a study by US and Brazilian ... > full story -
Study Examines Smoking by Inpatients During Hospital Stay
November 5, 2012 — A study of smokers admitted to a large urban teaching hospital in Massachusetts found that 18.4 percent reported smoking during their ... > full story -
Smoking Causes Asthma in Second Generation Offspring, Study Shows
October 30, 2012 — The dangers of smoking on smokers and their children are widely known but new research demonstrates that nicotine exposure also causes asthma in the smoker’s grandchildren. Asthma is a major ... > full story -
Smoking and Hyperactivity Share Common Genetic Risk Factor
October 29, 2012 — A variation of a particular gene may link the behaviors typical of childhood attention hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD for short, and those associated with smoking, suggests new ... > full story
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