Smoking Cessation
Advice From Leonard Nimoy: Don’t Smoke
Leonard Nimoy, famous for playing the half-Vulcan, super-logical alien Spock on “Star Trek,” died this morning of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), caused by years of smoking tobacco — even ...
The terrifying rate at which smokers die from smoking
Two-thirds of smokers will die early from cigarette-triggered illness -- unless they choose to kick the habit, according to new research from Australia. The study of more than 200,000 people, ...
E-CIGARETTES PRODUCE 10 TIMES MORE CARCINOGENS THAN TRADITIONAL TOBACCO
Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) face increasing scrutiny. Their growing popularity is resulting in more attention being paid to them. Often, the devices are promoted as safer and effective alternatives to ordinary ...
Smoking Is Worse Than You Imagined
The latest surgeon general’s report on the health effects of smoking — issued at the 50th anniversary of the pathbreaking 1964 report — offers astonishing new evidence of just how ...
Half a million die from smoking yearly in U.S.
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Smoking causes half a million deaths each year in the U.S., killing slightly more men than women, new statistics show. The rates of smoking-related deaths ...
Smoke-Free Environments Linked to Less Breast Cancer
FRIDAY, March 18 (HealthDay News) -- Women in smoke-free homes and workplaces are less likely to develop or die from breast cancer, new research shows. U.S. researchers compared rates of ...
Quit smoking in 2011: 5 steps you need to know
If you smoke, quitting the habit is the best New Year’s resolution you could make — and keep — in 2011. That’s true even if you’re just a social smoker. ...
How Can I Quit Smoking
First, congratulate yourself. Just reading this article is a huge step toward becoming tobacco free. Many people don't quit smoking because they think it's too hard to do. They think ...
Smoking May Increase Risk of Breast Cancer
This informations was provided by CancerConsultants.com Researchers from the Mayo Clinic have reported that women who have smoked 100 or more cigarettes in their life have a significantly increased risk ...
Mother’s smoking increases daughter’s pancreatic cancer risk
A woman who smokes during pregnancy and motherhood appears to boost her daughter's odds of developing pancreatic cancer, the deadly disease that will strike an estimated 21,420 women (and 21,050 ...
FDA and Public Health Experts Warn About Electronic Cigarettes
For Immediate Release: July 22, 2009 Media Inquiries: Siobhan DeLancey, 301-796-4668, siobhan.delancey@fda.hhs.gov Consumer Inquiries: 888-INFO-FDA FDA and Public Health Experts Warn About Electronic Cigarettes The U.S. Food and Drug Administration ...
Tobacco Seen Killing 6 Million People Next Year, 2010
Reuters Health Tuesday, August 25, 2009 By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Editor and editing by Alan Elsner WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tobacco use will kill 6 million people next year ...