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 New avenue opens for ill and highly addicted smokers
Bupropion, an antidepressant that can help the general population of smokers quit tobacco, also boosts smoking-cessation rates in smokers with mild to moderate chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (C..
 Pot smoking is not best choice to treat chemo side-effects
The recent US Supreme Court decision that the prohibition against marijuana has no exemption for medical use is only one of several important reasons why smoking marijuana to lessen side effects from..
 Family genetics and tobacco linked to higher breast cancer risk
Smoking may put women with a family history of breast and ovarian cancers at greater risk of developing breast cancer themselves, according to a study published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Pr..
 South africa’s anti smoking law
Shortly before he left office, former President Nelson Mandela of South Africa signed into law a measure banning smoking in all public places, including the workplace. The law also prohibits all tobac..
 Smoking linked to skin cancer
Tobacco use, especially cigarette and pipe smoking, has been identified as a distinct risk factor for at least one type of skin cancer, according to a study in the Jan. 1 issue of the Journal of Clini..
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 Doctors fail to help pregnant smokers kick the habit
At least 90% of surveyed obstetrician-gynecologists in Alabama follow the first two steps in the National Cancer Institute’s (NCI) guidelines for treating pregnant women: asking if they smoke, and, if..
 Fda tobacco oversight unites society, farmers
The American Cancer Society (ACS) yesterday endorsed the final report of a Presidential Commission tasked with developing recommendations on how to address economic changes in tobacco-growing communit..
 Smoking may increase cervical cancer risk
Smoking can increase a woman’s risk of developing cervical neoplasia, the precursor to cervical cancer, according to researchers who published their findings in the British Journal of Cancer (Vol. 82,..
 Smoking may increase anxiety in young smokers
Teens who smoke may greatly increase their risk of developing several kinds of serious anxiety disorders, according to a study published in the November 8 issue of The Journal of the American Medical..
 Spending tobacco settlement money
States have won key battles to ensure they can spend their share of the approximately $240 billion tobacco settlement any way they see fit -- even if the funds don’t go to public health programs aimed..
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