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According to a new scientific research, published by experts at the Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health, despite recent progress with programs designed to reduce the number of smokers in the United States, the prevalence of the habit has remained high, and has actually increased among specific groups.... |
4 July 2009
05:40 GMT |
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Many adults around the world, who have become aware of the effects of tobacco over the years, and also have begun to experience the negative effects, are constantly trying to quit the habit. While some of them have succeeded through sheer will power, others find it very difficult, and may use some help from professio... |
26 May 2009
10:50 GMT |
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African Americans may be more predisposed to developing nicotine addiction than their paler-skinned peers, a new scientific study has determined. The paper also reveals the fact that obtained darker skin, as in that obtained from prolonged sun exposure, and not through genetics, from mother to infants, is especially ... |
9 May 2009
06:55 GMT |
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A new research shows that a lot of college women do not want to quit smoking, because they think this habit keeps their weight under control. Popular belief has it that, when you kick the habit, your weight spirals out of control, and most of the college-aged girls between 18 and 24 years old who smoke do not even wa... |
26 April 2009
03:01 GMT |
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Researchers at the University of California in Irvine (UCI) have recently conducted a scientific experiment aimed at understanding how people's anger response changes when they consume nicotine. The fact that smoking eases stress is well-known, but exactly how nicotine influences the brain has remained a mystery... |
24 April 2009
16:01 GMT |
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Quitting smoking, just like with any addiction, can be a difficult and, most of the times, frustrating process. Given the fact that many smokers find the nicotine-replacement therapy (NRT) helpful, researchers at the University of Birmingham have set out to determine just how successful NRT is in terms of the smokers... |
6 April 2009
09:54 GMT |
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Scientific opinions on nicotine are a bit contradictory at the moment, with some researches showing that the compounds found in tobacco are linked to lung cancer, and others arguing that some of the chemicals in the stuff may actually have a bright side too. Now, a new study from experts at the Brown University comes... |
6 April 2009
04:45 GMT |
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Scientists from the Research Institute for Sustainable Humanosphere at the Kyoto University in Japan have managed to identify the main gene responsible for carrying nicotine produced in the roots of the tobacco plants to its leaves. The team says that a new variety of the plant could be synthesized, one that would no... |
22 January 2009
12:11 GMT |
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Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, say that women can quit smoking just as easily as men, but that they require a different kind of support than men do in order to succeed. Though the scientists have found no relevant differences between the numbers of men and women that managed to stay free of s... |
17 December 2008
03:30 GMT |
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A new scientific study proved that families in which only the fathers smoke are more exposed to the effects of nicotine, the active substance in tobacco, than similar ones, where adults do not smoke at all, or where the father takes it outside. The survey, published in the November 15th issue of the American Journal ... |
21 November 2008
09:28 GMT |
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It has always been marketed and believed that light cigarettes only deliver smaller quantities of nicotine to the brain receptors than the regular ones. A recent study proves otherwise, specifically that the nicotine impact of the two cigarette types is sensitively similar.A new UCLA research has proved that the fact... |
29 September 2008
05:03 GMT |
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Age and certain genetic variations could greatly affect one later in life whether or not one becomes a heavy smoker, says a study conducted by the University of Utah in collaboration with researchers of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, again bringing to attention the dangers to which the young are exposed while s... |
14 July 2008
04:35 GMT |
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5.4 million people die annually because of diseases caused by tobacco smoking, which means about one person every 8 seconds. On top of that, the number of these deaths is increasing in low-income countries. Tobacco smoke contains tar, a mix of about 4,000 chemicals. 43 of these molecules are known to cause cancer, li... |
30 April 2008
10:18 GMT |
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A cigarette for calming you before going to bed? Bad news: a new study reveals that smokers are 4 times more exposed than non-smokers to sleep impairment, experiencing less of the resting deep sleep, especially in the early stages of sleep. This may be connected to a nicotine withdrawal experienced each night. "It is... |
6 February 2008
06:15 GMT |
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Quitting smoking is as tough as renouncing no matter what drug: the nicotine craving is deeply wired to your neurons. When Chantix entered the market in 2006, it appeared as a miracle drug devoid of side effects. "The pill took care of the actual addiction, the physical part of it. The other thing was just the habit ... |
4 December 2007
05:49 GMT |
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Smoking is not exactly the healthiest thing to do, neither for the actual smoker nor for the persons around him/her. And while, after all, smoking is a question of personal choice, the fact of the matter is that people that are unavoidably found in the close vicinity of a smoker should not be subjected to the dangers... |
18 September 2007
13:21 GMT |
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Smoking mothers are themselves responsible for this: nicotine in their breast milk shortens baby's sleep time, as found by a new research made at the Monell Chemical Senses Center. "Infants spent less time sleeping overall and woke up from naps sooner when their mothers smoked prior to breastfeeding," said lead ... |
5 September 2007
06:06 GMT |
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The invisible villain attaches to your brain cells while you're smoking. But how does the state of high invade a smoker's brain? It appears that sugar is the cause. A new research made at University of Southern California reveals the role of sugar as the hinge that opens a gate in the cell membrane and info... |
23 July 2007
02:58 GMT |
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Smoking is a sexy gesture, you're so attractive with the cigarette in your mouth! Many smokers struggle for many years to quit without any success and if you think you can play with smoking, look what has just found out a new research: 10 % of youth that got hooked, became tobacco addicted within two days from f... |
5 July 2007
08:59 GMT |
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If your health does not matter as much to you as to make you quit smoking, if the fact that the smokers' sperm can produce malformed children does not affect you, at least the fact that smoking really affects the health of your children should worry you. A team of researchers from University of Leicester Medica... |
19 June 2007
06:04 GMT |
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With tobacco restrictions or bans taking effect in 33 countries (and rising), smokers face the truth: to "make" smoke, or not to "make" smoke. Nicotine patches or nicotine gums are products that are trying to help smokers quit. Well, what if you can smoke without actually polluting the atmosphere? Here's a smoki... |
18 March 2007
03:06 GMT |
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