Blue-collar workers report less peer pressure to quit smoking
...by the fact that they report less pressure to quit smoking and less social support to quit than do other work...tifies social support as an effective component of smoking cessation intervention, say the researchers....Tanning lamps may increase risks of skin cancers
...ency for sunburn, previous radiation treatment and smoking history. Participants included more than 800 men and women who were newly diagnosed with the two skin cancers: 603 with basal cell carcinoma and 293 who with squamous cell carcinoma; and 540 who were free of skin cancer. Overall, people who reported...Tanning devices may contribute to incidence of common skin cancers
...ncy for sunburn, previous radiation treatment, and smoking history. The participants were between the ages of 25 and 74 and were residents of New Hampshire. The authors found that people who reported any use of tanning devices were 2.5 times more likely to develop squamous cell carcinoma and 1.5 times more l...Stroke news tips for Friday, Feb. 8, 2002
...ctors named were high blood pressure (32 percent), smoking (29 percent), and physical inactivity (26 percent)...steine levels, independent of age, alcohol use and smoking history. The researchers note that additional study is needed to determine the role nutrition may h...Limiting adolescents' exposure to R-rated movies may help prevent early use of alcohol and tobacco
...ee times less likely to report that they had tried smoking or drinking than children with no limits on watchi...ons on viewing R-rated films, 35 percent had tried smoking and 46 percent had tried alcohol. Of those with complete restrictions on viewing R-rated films, two ...Effective Clinical Practice, Jan/Feb. 2002 Highlights
...ents aged 10 to 14 found that 18 percent had tried smoking and 23 percent tried alcohol. After controlling for age, personality, parenting and peer factors, students completely restricted from viewing R-rated movies were three times less likely to have tried either cigarettes or alcohol than students with no...Restricting R-movies linked to decreased teen smoking, drinking
... parents who give their child a clear message that smoking is not acceptable run the risk of having that mess...and Brain Sciences, will continue their adolescent smoking studies with an additional $3.6 million grant from the National Cancer Institute. The award will fun...Tax increases can cut the number of habitual teen smokers
...who smoke every day. Teenagers who experiment with smoking or smoke only infrequently are unlikely to be diss...dy is limited by the fact that they did not assess smoking intensity above a pack a day and so could not determine how price affected teenagers who were heavie......p smoking, the number of adults attempting to quit smoking significantly increased to nearly 40 percent, acco...ely impacted U.S. public health. Of course, other smoking cessation efforts are certainly part of this success story, as well. Its a win-win situation for al...Nicotine withdrawal woes shown to be similar to inflammatory response
...irst time, that heavy or moderate smokers who stop smoking have symptoms similar to those experienced by pati...smokers, ages 18 to 35, were taken while they were smoking freely and after they had stopped smoking for 24 hours. Blood samples were also taken from 22 non-s...Study shows weight loss with an antidepressant medicine in combination with lifestyle intervention
...opion HCl) Sustained-Release Tablets, as an aid to smoking cessation treatment. Bupropion SR has not been approved by FDA for weight loss and has not been studied extensively in obese patients. Study Design This multi-center, double-blind, randomized study compared the changes in weight in patients receivi...Younger age explains why smokers more likely to survive heart attacks
... Of the 297,458 patients included, 24 percent were smoking at the time of their heart attack, while 76 percent had either quit smoking or had never smoked. Analysis of patient data revealed that smokers are only half as likely as nonsm...Mayo Clinic study finds heart disease burden shifting toward women, elderly
... are likely involved in the shift. "More cigarette smoking among women is undoubtedly a factor," says Dr. Roger. "With more women entering the workforce, less time for a healthy lifestyle may also play a part. A third factor may be that prevention efforts have typically been targeted at middle-aged men becau...Smokers disillusioned and over-optimistic about quitting
Most smokers are disenchanted with smoking and would not smoke if they had their time again, ...ress of smokers reaching the age at which the main smoking related diseases are becoming noticeable in themselves and among their peers, suggest the authors. T...Lethal heart condition traced to cocaine use
...y after drug use, and one developed symptoms while smoking crack, says primary researcher Priscilla Y. Hsue, M.D., division of cardiology, San Francisco General Hospital. Cocaine use causes an increase in stress hormones that can cause blood pressure to quickly rise. This may tear the lining of the vessel, ...Study succeeds in closing gaps in heart attack care
..., and the rates at which they received aspirin and smoking cessation counseling upon discharge. Medicare pati...d patients to open or go around blocked arteries; smoking cessation counseling (smoking doubles the long-term risk of another heart attack) diet counseling, ...Obesity, stress among factors predicting high health care costs
...of the subjects were current smokers, so cigarette smoking was not used as a potential predictor of health care utilization or costs in the study. In short, the researchers conclude, it appears that businesses with employees that live healthy lifestyles will benefit by lower health care utilization and costs...Lack of inhibition strengthens nicotine addiction
...ot quit smoking, despite widespread awareness that smoking causes cancer, heart disease, stroke, emphysema, b... new target for drugs designed to help people stop smoking by interfering with nicotine's effects, say the authors....Alcohol and nicotine: A deadly duo
Alcohol consumption and cigarette smoking often go hand in hand. A rodent study has found th... considered a major risk factor for relapse during smoking cessation. Similarly, smoking is believed to increase the pleasurable effects of alcohol, and may b......tal, these patients return to risky habits such as smoking or bad diet, or more likely they cannot afford the medications prescribed for them to treat their heart disease. Their findings raise important health-care policy issues, the researchers say, since most of the very poor tend to be elderly. In the...