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« Previous EntriesPatients Using Smoking Cessation Treatments May Face Relapses Before Successfully Quitting.
Friday, September 3rd, 2010Source: DIA Daily
The Los Angeles Times (9/2, Roan) “Booster Shots” blog reported that smoking cessation “treatments may take time and some failure before successful quitting is achieved.” Although “patients, and the doctors assisting them, may lose confidence in a treatment cessation strategy if a smoker has not quit by the recommended target date,” researchers at […]
Quitting smoking reduces heart disease risk despite weight gain
Friday, February 5th, 2010Source: MedWire News
Stopping smoking can lead to weight gain and a worsening in some cardiovascular risk factors, Japanese research suggests, but it still markedly reduces an individual’s estimated risk of coronary heart disease.
Notably, levels of high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol increased after quitting smoking, although total cholesterol levels also increased.
The team analyzed survey information from 1995 […]
Continued rise in obesity may outweigh health gains from smoking decline
Thursday, December 3rd, 2009Source: MedWireNews
Recent increases in obesity could outweigh the positive health effects of declining rates of smoking in the US population if left unchecked until 2020, say researchers.
They add that if all adults became nonsmokers of normal weight by 2020 then the life expectancy of an average 18 year old would be forecast to increase by […]
Smoking ban leads to drop in heart attacks: US study
Monday, November 16th, 2009Smoking ban has resulted in a 27% decrease in heart attacks in the city of Starkville in United States, reveals a new study.
Researchers, led by Robert McMillen and Dr Robert Collins, have also recommended a statewide public ban on smoking.
The study-that focussed on Starkville residents in the three-year span after the ban became law, compared […]
Nicotine patch plus lozenge best for quitting smoking
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009Source: CTV News
The first head-to-head comparison of a number of stop-smoking aids available on the market has found that nicotine patches combined with the occasional nicotine lozenge works best of all.
The study, published in the Archives of Psychiatry, was the first large, randomized controlled trial to compare the success rates of the stop-smoking aids. Until […]
