Drug trends among American teens
...2th-grades. The continuing decline in cigarette smoking among the younger teens was some other favorable news, according to the investigators. [Those findings are reported in detail in a separate press release.] On the negative side of the ledger, the use of MDMA ("ecstasy"), which is one of the so-ca......igh adherence rates. They also have high rates of smoking and alcohol use and are less likely to exercise re...th lifestyle changes (except for very low rates of smoking and alcohol use). Group D members are least likely to take medication, most likely to change or sto......han whites? It's one of the major curiosities in smoking behavior -- why one smoker is content with one or two cigarettes a day but another craves a pack a day or more. New research from Rachel Tyndale, MD, and her colleagues at the University of Toronto indicates that people with defects in the CYP2A6 gen...New quit strategy offers smokers more pleasure, less risk
...escribing new findings in the metabolic aspects of smoking and drug abuse. Sellers' research has focused on t...t can be the first step to quitting." Most current smoking cessation methods reduce withdrawal symptoms by replacing nicotine via patches, gum, inhalers or vap...Tobacco chemical protects against Parkinson's disease
...earchers at Virginia Tech. The association between smoking and Parkinson's disease has been known for more th...at tobacco contains an MAO inhibitor suggests that smoking also may reduce depression - another reason why smokers find it so difficult to quit....Drug that curbs nicotine craving may do same for cocaine
...rs have successfully used to help some people quit smoking may also help curb cocaine cravings, according to ...researchers expect mecamylamine to be approved for smoking cessation sometime this year. Co-authors of the Duke study include Rose, Tonya Mead, Amir Rezv...Smoking in later life linked to impaired intellect
...hiatry. Some previous studies have suggested that smoking may protect against Alzheimers disease and dementi... age, people should be actively encouraged to stop smoking to stave off mental decline....Castagnolis discover compound in tobacco that may protect against Parkinson's disease
...y of new avenues of research, "No one should start smoking based on these results," Kay Castagnoli said, "and... smoking. There's no evidence that the benefits of smoking will ever outweigh the risks." "The finding that smoking decreases the risk for Parkinson's diseas......who use nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) to quit smoking will significantly enhance their chances of succes...staying smoke-free. "When a person decides to quit smoking using nicotine replacement therapy, in this case Nicorette® nicotine gum, having personalized se...Study finds marijuana ingredient promotes tumor growth, impairs anti-tumor defenses
...munity suppresser. The authors also suggest that smoking marijuana may be more of a cancer risk than smoking tobacco. The tar portion of marijuana smoke, compared to that of tobacco, contains higher concentrat...Smokers more likely to be disabled in later life
... of time spent with a disability. Men who gave up smoking could expect to live 2.5 years, and women just und... pronounced. The authors conclude that giving up smoking not only lengthens lifespan and increases the length of time lived without a disability, but also co...Analysis of study looks at why quitters return to smoking
... on the challenges faced by people who try to quit smoking but subsequently return to it, a common problem fo...he approximately 23 million people who try to quit smoking each year in the U.S. The analysis, presented at the 11th World Congress on Tobacco or Health, foun...Passive smoking at work increases rate of sick leave among employees
...ese were women. Non-smoking men exposed to passive smoking at work for more than a year were twice as likely ...d true even after accounting for levels of passive smoking at home. Trends among women were similar but the numbers were too small to show significant results....Investigational drug study may determine if lung cancer is preventable in cigarette smokers
...years and have at least one failed attempt to quit smoking in the past three years. The number of cigarettes smoked per day must be fairly constant for three months prior to entering the study....Smoking among teen-agers increases risk for anxiety disorders
...nt Sinai Medical Center provide evidence that teen smoking may lead to anxiety disorders in late adolescence and early adulthood. An association of teen smoking with anxiety disorders has been known for some time, but whether anxious teens are simply more likel...New antipsychotic drugs combined with nicotine patch help schizophrenics quit smoking
... patch had nearly triple the success rate quitting smoking as schizophrenics taking more traditional anti-psy...hrenic patients smoke. Researchers have found that smoking may enhance cognitive function and reduce movement disorder symptoms in schizophrenics, which they s...Heart attack help: Program helps boost use of key therapies in hospitals
... were more likely to have gotten drug therapy, and smoking cessation and rehabilitation advice. Now, the team is studying how well patients did in staying with those important treatments up to 18 months post discharge, and provided its faculty, nurses and doctors-in-training with an annual "report card" that...Landmark school-based 'social influences' smoking-prevention program found not to work
...g a social-influences approach can keep youth from smoking throughout and beyond high school. The social-infl...fort to address the increasing prevalence of daily smoking in youth. If the current trend is not reversed, an estimated 5 million of today's youth will die pre...Smoking restrictions in restaurants are not bad for business
...ng legislation regulating employee tobacco use and smoking in restaurants. Altogether 600 firms and 401 resta...gislation required the establishment of designated smoking areas, with direct evacuation of smoke outside the building in all firms and restaurants except bars......r employee for year-round programs that range from smoking cessation programs to lessons in warding off stress. The cost: 1 percent-2 percent of the typical medical care costs. Work-place wellness programs have caught on. They are more than a trend, more than an experimental program of employers who know ...