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Tips to make healthy lifestyle changes

As January comes to a close, will your New Year's resolution end with it? If you find yourself struggling to keep your resolution, you're not alone, says William Manard, M.D., Saint Louis University assistant professor of family and community medicine.

22 Jan 2010

Pennsylvania Department of Health offers smokers free NRT kits as part of 'Determined To Quit' Week

The Department of Health will provide free nicotine patches to help Pennsylvanians who are trying to quit tobacco starting Monday, Jan. 25. Kits will be offered -- while supplies last -- through the PA Free Quitline at 1-800-QUIT-NOW.

22 Jan 2010

Long-term health effects of e-cigarettes: More research needed

The need for more research into the long-term health effects of electronic cigarettes has been highlighted by scientists in the British Medical Journal.

22 Jan 2010

Study: Heart's ability to pump effectively is diminished among people with common lung disease

A new study from Columbia University Medical Center researchers, has found that the heart's ability to pump effectively is diminished among people with a common lung disease, even in people with no or mild symptoms.

21 Jan 2010

Smoking diabetics more likely to have a heart attack

The Canadian Diabetes Association encourages all Canadians living with diabetes who smoke to take action to quit smoking in the next seven days, during National Non-Smoking Week.

19 Jan 2010

Adverse childhood experiences are associated with increased risk of lung cancer

Adverse events in childhood have been linked to an increase in the likelihood of developing lung cancer in later life. Researchers writing in the open access journal BMC Public Health describe how the link is partly explained by raised rates of cigarette smoking in victims of childhood trauma, but note that other factors may also be to blame.

19 Jan 2010

Health experts calls for smoking cessation programmes among healthcare professionals

Public health experts are calling for urgent steps to reduce the number of healthcare professionals who smoke, after a survey of over 800 new nursing students found that more than half were current or former smokers.

18 Jan 2010

Study results show increase of mortality due to colon cancer in Spain

There are stark geographical contrasts in the incidence of colon cancer worldwide. The new study analyses the causes of these disparities, starting with Spanish trends between 1951 and 2006 in terms of certain changes in consumption (tobacco, alcohol, red and processed meat, fish, vegetables...) and also behaviour (physical exercise, sedentary lifestyles-).

18 Jan 2010

New research shows cutting tobacco smoking reduces cancer deaths in Europe

New research on deaths from cancer in Europe concludes that the key priority for continuing to reduce mortality is cutting tobacco smoking. The study shows that, while deaths for men from lung cancer in the EU have declined overall, by 17 % from 1995 to 2004, they rose by 27% for women over the same period.

17 Jan 2010

Minnesota honored for covering tobacco cessation medications and counseling for its citizens

Minnesota is one of only six states that covers all recommended tobacco cessation medications and counseling for its citizens coved by Medicare, according to an annual "report card" issued today by the American Lung Association. Indiana, Massachusetts, Nevada, Oregon and Pennsylvania are the other states honored with a 'thumbs up,' although no state earned an "A" grade for cessation coverage this year.

13 Jan 2010

ALAC to release annual State of Tobacco Control report card for the state of California

American Lung Association in California (ALAC) joined civic leaders, medical professionals and local residents of the city of Richmond to release its annual State of Tobacco Control report card for cities and counties throughout the state of California.

13 Jan 2010

Law enforcement and community activists join hands to support anti-marijuana cause

With President Obama leading the charge against legalization of marijuana in what he calls a "new era of responsibility," a cultural change is taking place in California as more and more community activists join law enforcement officers, former drug addicts and faith-based leaders in support of the anti-marijuana cause.

13 Jan 2010

Public health experts take steps to reduce number of healthcare professionals who smoke

Public health experts are calling for urgent steps to reduce the number of healthcare professionals who smoke, after a survey of more than 800 new nursing students found that almost half were current or former smokers.

13 Jan 2010

Tobacco control policies of Iowa earn mixed grades

Iowa's tobacco control policies earned mixed grades, with low marks for Tobacco Prevention and Control Spending (F) and Cessation Coverage (F) and average to high marks for Cigarette Tax (C) and Smokefree Air (A) in the American Lung Association's State of Tobacco Control 2009 report released today.

13 Jan 2010

Green tea could modulate smoke-induced lung cancer

Drinking green tea could modulate the effect of smoking on lung cancer. Results of this hospital-based, randomized study conducted in Taiwan were presented at the AACR-IASLC Joint Conference on Molecular Origins of Lung Cancer, held here from Jan. 11-14, 2010.

13 Jan 2010

American Lung Association releases State of Tobacco Control 2009 report

The American Lung Association today released its State of Tobacco Control 2009 report, which grades the strength of federal and state laws to protect citizens from tobacco-caused illnesses.

12 Jan 2010

ALAC to release third annual State of Tobacco Control report card for California

American Lung Association in California (ALAC) will join civic leaders, medical professionals and local residents to release its third annual State of Tobacco Control report card for cities and counties throughout the state of California.

8 Jan 2010

Federal judge upholds key provisions of new law, gives FDA the power to regulate tobacco products

In a significant victory for public health, a federal judge in Kentucky today upheld most key provisions of the new law giving the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the power to regulate tobacco products.

6 Jan 2010

Wisconsin rural hospitals hope for federal money to offset state Medicaid cut

Wisconsin's rural hospitals hope to offset a state Medicaid cut with a tax that would bring more federal money to the hospitals. The proposed tax on the state's 59 'critical access' hospitals, all in rural areas, would prevent the hospitals from closing important services, officials say.

5 Jan 2010

January issue of Chest presents new studies on COPD

A new study shows that poor lung function during adolescence and through midlife may be influenced by several factors, including birth weight, height, and gender.

5 Jan 2010

Cigarette News and Research

Tips to make healthy lifestyle changes

Pennsylvania Department of Health offers smokers free NRT kits as part of 'Determined To Quit' Week

Long-term health effects of e-cigarettes: More research needed

Study: Heart's ability to pump effectively is diminished among people with common lung disease

Smoking diabetics more likely to have a heart attack

Adverse childhood experiences are associated with increased risk of lung cancer

Health experts calls for smoking cessation programmes among healthcare professionals

Study results show increase of mortality due to colon cancer in Spain

New research shows cutting tobacco smoking reduces cancer deaths in Europe

Minnesota honored for covering tobacco cessation medications and counseling for its citizens

ALAC to release annual State of Tobacco Control report card for the state of California

Law enforcement and community activists join hands to support anti-marijuana cause

Public health experts take steps to reduce number of healthcare professionals who smoke

Tobacco control policies of Iowa earn mixed grades

Green tea could modulate smoke-induced lung cancer

American Lung Association releases State of Tobacco Control 2009 report

ALAC to release third annual State of Tobacco Control report card for California

Federal judge upholds key provisions of new law, gives FDA the power to regulate tobacco products

Wisconsin rural hospitals hope for federal money to offset state Medicaid cut

January issue of Chest presents new studies on COPD

Achieving and maintaining ISO/IEC 27001 and BS 10012 certifications

Expanding research and clinical options for children with cancer

Examining how pain could play a direct protective role in the gut

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