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 Exercise helps smokers quit smoking
Want to quit smoking? Hit the gym.A study released on Tuesday by the American College of Chest Physicians found smokers who combine exercise with nicotine gum or transdermal patches are more likely to..
 Women smokers have a greater risk of rheumatoid arthritis
Smoking nearly doubles the odds of rheumatoid arthritis in women who don’t have genetic risk factors for the disease, a U.S. study says.
Researchers compared 115 postmenopausal women with rheumatoi..
 Be a smoking quitter
Smokers and tobacco users trying to quit will soon have a potent ally — fellow smokers. The “Quit Now” Challenge a new initiative featuring the inspirational stories of people who want to quit smoking..
 Depressed smokers help - kicking the smoking habit
Staged smoking cessation interventions can help smokers who are receiving outpatient psychiatric treatment for depression quit smoking, a study shows.
"The mental health system has been reluctant t..
 Drug combo gives new hope against lung disease
A treatment involving two common medications is the first drug intervention to prolong life for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD), a major new trial confirms.
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 Any tobacco use raises heart attack risk
All types of tobacco use or exposure -- smoking, chewing, or secondhand smoke -- boost a person’s risk for heart attack, Canadian researchers say.
Researchers at McMaster University in Ontario anal..
 Imaging study makes smoking cessation treatments more effective
Results of a new imaging study, supported in part by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), National Institutes of Health, show that the nicotine received in just a few puffs of a cigarette can..
 Drug therapy may help women to quit smoking
Women -- but not men -- hoping to kick the smoking habit may be helped in the short-term by taking an opiate blocker drug in conjunction with standard nicotine patch treatments and counseling, new res..
 Mental ills impede smoking cessation in pregnancy
Depression and other psychiatric problems may make it tougher for women to quit smoking during pregnancy, according to a new study.
About one in four women stop smoking on their own when they find th..
 Movie trailers expose youth to tobacco abuse
Even though tobacco advertising on television has been banned in the United States since 1971, many American children still see images of smoking in televised ads for movies, a new study finds.
The..
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