A federal appeals court upheld the right of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to use a report written by an advisory committee that concluded menthol cigarettes pose a greater public health risk than non-menthol cigarettes.
The court's ruling overturned an order by District Court Judge Richard...
Aberdeen University hosts talk on e-cigarettes
Dr Steve Turner
Researchers at Aberdeen University will host a discussion on the pros and cons of e-cigarettes next week.
At the first Cafe Med event of 2016, research fellow Heather Morgan and senior clinical lecturer Dr Steve
Turner will present findings on the rise in e-cigarette use alongside...
Kids overexposed to ‘cool’ cigarettes in their video games, study finds
Hundreds of video games come out every year. Avid gamers have at least 326 new ones to look forward to in 2016.
If previous years are any indication, many of these games will contain images of cigarettes and tobacco use. Experts worry they could lead young people, who clock hours a day playing video...
Turkmenistan forces shops to stop selling cigarettes in 'mass eradication'
The Caspian nation has banned the sale of tobacco productstai chang hsien/Flickr
Turkmenistan authorities have banned the sale of tobacco products, according to reports. State anti-narcotics officials have been scouring the capital city Ashgabat in recent days forcing shop owners to remove cigarettes...
Study: E-cigarettes don't help smokers quit
A customer puffs on an e-cigarette at the Henley Vaporium in New York City in this file photo taken
Electronic cigarettes are widely marketed as a way to help smokers quit traditional cigarettes, but a large new analysis finds they may actually have the opposite effect.
In fact, the...
Getting help to quit smoking
Getting help to quit smoking increases chances of keeping New Year resolutions
Source: Homecare Medical
[Statements from Quitline - comments can be attributed to Quitline Team Manager Willie Unuka]
Made the resolution to quit smoking in 2016? Prompted by the tax increase? Get in touch with...
B.C. gov’t makes quit-smoking help more accessible
The program is adding more nicotine replacement choices for people trying to quit. Available products include gum, patches, lozenges, or a combination tailored to meet individual needs. “I have seen friends and family struggle to break their awful addiction to cigarettes”. The program helped to...
RESOLVED TO QUIT SMOKING? AN ASSOCIATION SHARES SOME TIPS
A resolution that many people are committed to in 2016: Quitting smoking. The American Lung Association has some tips to help them achieve success.
With the countdown to the new year comes the inevitable list of easily broken New Year’s resolutions from losing weight to spending more time...
Your resolution maker: How to quit smoking
Curbing the cigarettes boils down to managing addiction, breaking a habit and controlling emotional triggers.
We talked to: Quitline Team Manager Willie Unuka and Robyn Bern from Homecare Medical.
Where to begin?
It starts with mindset: the mental determination, the will to quit, and the...
How To Quit Smoking
NEW ORLEANS – Each new year, one resolution that consistently appears at the top of many lists is “quitting smoking.” Louisiana currently ranks 46 (44 in 2014) out of 50 states for tobacco use according to the recently released 2015 America’s Health Rankings® Report from the United Health Foundation....
The next smoking ban?
A chara, – The anti-smoking legislation being introduced in Tasmania that Robert Carty mentions sounds very interesting (December 21st). A rolling ban prohibiting “the sale of tobacco products to anyone born after the year 2000” in an effort to create a “tobacco-free generation” seems quite sensible....