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Smokeless Tobacco Substitutes Save Lives
published on February 21st, 2012 at 03:35 AM
Substituting smokeless tobacco products can save smokers' lives, and there is a scientific foundation that proves it. That is the message Brad Rodu, D.D.S...
Less Addictive Cigarettes Preferred By Smokers
published on February 20th, 2012 at 03:35 AM
Results from an International Tobacco Control (ITC) United States Supplemental Survey, published recently in the journal BMC Public Health , reveal that smokers strongly favor decreasing the addictiveness of cigarettes...
Risk Of Heart Attack And Early Death Increases With Cellular Aging
published on February 18th, 2012 at 03:35 AM
Every cell in the body has chromosomes with so-called telomeres, which are shortened over time and also through lifestyle choices such as smoking and obesity. Researchers have long speculated that the shortening of telomeres increases the risk of heart attack and early death...
Smoking Zaps Healthy Bacteria In The Mouth, Welcomes Pathogens
published on February 17th, 2012 at 03:35 AM
According to a new study, smoking causes the body to turn against its own helpful bacteria, leaving smokers more vulnerable to disease. Despite the daily disturbance of brushing and flossing, the mouth of a healthy person contains a stable ecosystem of healthy bacteria...
Do Smoking Bans Make People Smoke Less At Home? Probably
published on February 17th, 2012 at 03:35 AM
A study of four European countries with smoke free legislation, published online in Tobacco Control, revealed that smoking bans do not encourage smokers to smoke more at home...
Man's Face Burns From Exploding Electronic Cigarette
published on February 16th, 2012 at 03:35 AM
A Florida man's electronic cigarette exploded while he was using it, knocking out some front teeth and causing severe burns on his face, according to officials from North Bay Fire Department. Joseph Parker, Fire Department Chief, said he believes the device's battery blew up while he was inhaling from it. Parker said it was as if a rocket had ignited in the victim's mouth...
Varenicline For Smoking Cessation Also Makes Drinking Less Enjoyable
published on February 16th, 2012 at 03:35 AM
Varenicline is an effective smoking-cessation medication that may also reduce drinking. However, the means by which it might reduce drinking is unclear. A study of the effects of varenicline on subjective, physiological, and objective responses to low and moderate doses of alcohol among healthy social drinkers has found that varenicline may reduce drinking by increasing alcohol's aversive effects...
Important Target Playing Role In Tobacco-Related Lung Cancers Discovered By Researchers
published on February 13th, 2012 at 03:35 AM
Researchers at Moffitt Cancer Center in Tampa, Fla., have discovered that the immune response regulator IKBKE (serine/threonine kinase) plays two roles in tobacco-related non-small cell lung cancers. Tobacco carcinogens induce IKBKE and, in turn, IKBKE induces chemotherapy resistance. The study was published in a recent issue of Oncogene...
Male Smoking Leads To Faster Cognitive Decline
published on February 10th, 2012 at 03:35 AM
Findings of a report published Online First in the Archives of General Psychiatry, one of the JAMA/Archives journals shows that men who smoke seem to be linked with a more rapid cognitive decline. According to background information, smoking is more and more renown as a risk factor for dementia in the elderly...
In Smoking Cessation, Low Dopamine Levels During Withdrawal Promote Relapse
published on February 10th, 2012 at 03:35 AM
Mark Twain said, "Giving up smoking is the easiest thing in the world. I know because I've done it thousands of times." Many smokers would agree that it's difficult to stay away from cigarettes. A new study in Biological Psychiatry this month now suggests that low dopamine levels that occur as a result of withdrawal from smoking actually promote the relapse to smoking...