Smoking Linked to Faster Cognitive Decline in Men

February 15, 2012 – 9:42 pm

Middle-aged men who smoke suffered more rapid cognitive decline than peers who have never smoked or who have been ex-smokers for at least 10 years, researchers reported Monday in the Archives of General Psychiatry.

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Iraq Parliament Bans Smoking in Public

February 4, 2012 – 3:05 pm

The Iraqi parliament passes an anti-smoking law based on Article 33 of the constitution, which says that ‘every individual has the right to live in safe environmental conditions’.

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Patterns of Cognitive Dissonance-Reducing Beliefs among Smokers: A Longitudinal Analysis from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Four Country Survey.

January 31, 2012 – 1:21 am

Part of the conclusions of a recently released paper says, “Smokers are motivated to rationalize their behavior through the endorsement of more positive beliefs about smoking, and these beliefs change systematically with changes in smoking status.”

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Another reason to kick the habit: A hospital in Pennsylvania won’t hire smokers and screens for nicotine

January 3, 2012 – 12:47 am

As a Pennsylvania hospital announced that it will be screening potential employees for traces of nicotine, applicants now have another reason to kick the habit.

Geisinger Health System in eastern Pennsylvania hopes that the health of their patients and their employees will benefit from the proposed ban.

Read the entire article at DailyMail.co.uk

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Fewer Young Teenagers are Smoking

December 24, 2011 – 6:47 pm

Smoking among young teenagers has fallen to its lowest level since records began almost 30 years ago.

The Scottish Schools Adolescent Lifestyle and Substance Use Survey showed levels among 13 and 15-year-olds, while fluctuating over time, had dropped to a new low in 2010.

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Smokers Turned Off Detectors – Fire Leaves 93 Dead

December 13, 2011 – 3:48 pm

The 93 persons who suffocated to death in the blaze at Kolkata’s AMRI hospital on Friday may well have been saved if insensitive smokers, including doctors and staffers, had not turned off the smoke alarms before puffing away.

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Patches, Counseling, Persistence Can Help Smokers Quit

December 2, 2011 – 2:52 pm

Quitting smoking isn’t easy for most people but medication and counseling can help them succeed, according to the results of two new studies.

'Keep working at it' could be key to success, studies suggest

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Smoking in Cars Should be Banned: Doctors

November 22, 2011 – 6:02 pm

There is now strong evidence that smoking in vehicles exposes non-smokers to high levels of second hand smoke which is known to be damaging to heath, the BMA said.

Because of the small enclosed space inside a car, smoking creates 23 times more toxins than found in a smoky bar, it was claimed.

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Smokers Turn to E-cigs to Quit

November 14, 2011 – 2:17 pm

One of the things the researchers of this study learned was that most of the people who used e-cigarettes had quit smoking and had switched completely to the electronic product.

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Study Says Nicotine Primes the Brain to Embrace Cocaine

November 7, 2011 – 4:12 pm

Nicotine appears to be a potent “gateway” drug that enhances the effects of cocaine and possibly boosts the chances of becoming addicted, researchers reported Wednesday in a landmark paper on drug addiction.

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