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 Weight concerns spur women to smoke again after pregnancy
Weight gain worries may help drive women who quit smoking during their pregnancy to start up again after delivery.U.S. researchers interviewed 119 pregnant women in their third trimester who had smoke..
 Media savvy teens are less likely to smoke
Making teens more media savvy about the subtle pro-smoking messages in movies and other media may reduce their likelihood of smoking, new research suggests.
Media literacy may represent a "promisin..
 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.
According to..
 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..
 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..
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 Nicotine withdrawal occurs in just 30 minutes
Within about 30 minutes of a smoker’s last cigarette, the first signs of nicotine withdrawal appear, a U.S. study finds.The study included 50 people who smoked a pack of cigarettes a day. Half of them..
 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..
 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..
 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..
 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..
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