Finding out about smoking and health

I’ve now been writing this blog for over six months and have noticed that some questions keep coming up that have been covered on a previous post. The site allows you to search for things and has a listing by month of topics, but I thought it might be helpful to post a full up-to-date list, with links attached. Most of these posts also have links to additional sources of information on the internet.

Jonathan Foulds’ posts on: www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/

Introducing Dr Jonathan Foulds, 2/16/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/02/introducing-dr-jonathan-foulds.html

How bad is smoking for your health? 2/18/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/02/how-bad-is-smoking-for-health.html

3. Do women find it harder to quit smoking? 2/24/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/02/do-women-find-it-harder-to-quit.html

Tobacco industry found guilty of racketeering. 2/25/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/02/tobacco-industry-found-guilty-of.html

Why “lights” are just as deadly. 2/28/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/02/why-lights-are-just-as-deadly.html

What is nicotine withdrawal syndrome? 3/6/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/03/what-is-nicotine-withdrawal-syndrome.html

Ten tips for coping with nicotine withdrawal. 3/7/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/03/ten-tips-on-coping-with-tobacco.html

Cold Turkey – 1. 3/18/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/03/cold-turkey-1.html

Cold Turkey – 2. 3/18/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/03/cold-turkey-2.html

“Lost” and FDA regulation of tobacco. 3/22/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/03/lost-and-fda-regulation-of-tobacco.html

Quitting smoking while living with a smoker. 3/25/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/03/quitting-smoking-while-living-with.html



Nicotine addiction: how it can trick you into “absent-minded” smoking. 4/13/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/04/nicotine-addiction-how-it-can-trick.html

Chantix: how does this new stop smoking medicine work? 4/15/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/04/chantix-how-does-this-new-quit-smoking.html

How about quitting smoking with someone else? 4/15/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/04/what-about-quitting-smoking-with.html

Telephone quitlines: do they help smokers to quit? 4/19/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/04/telephone-quitlines-do-they-help.html

Can smoking cessation internet sites help you to quit? 4/21/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/04/can-smoking-cessation-internet-sites.html

17. How to tell if a smoking cessation aid works. 4/29/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007_04_01_smoking_cessation_archive.html

18. Facing the tobacco industry. 5/12/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/05/facing-tobacco-industry.html

19. Facing the tobacco industry -2. 5/18/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/05/facing-tobacco-industry-2.html

20. How addicted are you to cigarettes? (1) 5/19/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/05/how-addicted-are-you-to-cigarettes-1.html

21. How addicted are you? (2) 5/19/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/05/how-addicted-are-you-2.html

22. Is there such a thing as a safer cigarette? 5/23/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/05/is-there-such-thing-as-safer-cigarette.html



23. Institute of Medicine Report: Ending The Tobacco Problem -1. 5/26/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/05/is-there-such-thing-as-safer-cigarette.html

24. Institute of Medicine Report: Ending The Tobacco Problem -2. 5/27/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/05/institute-of-medicine-report-ending_27.html

25. The nicotine reduction strategy. 5/28/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/05/nicotine-reduction-strategy.html

26. Effects of alcohol on smoking cessation – 1. 5/29/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/05/effects-of-alcohol-on-smoking-cessation.html

27. Effects of alcohol on smoking cessation – 2. 5/29/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/05/effects-of-alcohol-on-smoking-cessation_29.html

28. Think you don’t really smoke for nicotine? 6/2/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/06/think-you-dont-really-smoke-for.html

29. Marlboro Snus: what is it? 6/10/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/06/marlboro-snus-what-is-it.html

30. Why did Philip Morris’s new smokeless tobacco product (“Taboka”) deliver almost no nicotine? 6/12/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/06/why-did-philip-morriss-new-smokeless.html

31. Get rid of all your tobacco. 6/16/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/06/get-rid-of-all-your-tobacco.html

32. Nicotrol Nasal Spray: an effective treatment for the heavy smoker. 6/16/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/06/nicotrol-nasal-spray-effective.html

33. Can quitting smoking trigger depression? 6/16/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/06/can-quitting-smoking-trigger-depression.html


34. Its time for pictorial warnings on cigarette packs. 6/18/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/06/its-time-for-pictorial-warnings-on.html

35. Which nicotine replacement therapy? 6/19/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/06/which-nicotine-replacement-therapy.html

36. Whats the problem with Accomplia/rimonabant (Zimulti), the weight-loss drug that helps you quit smoking? 6/20/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/06/whats-problem-with-accompliarimonabant.html

37. Is nicotine replacement therapy effective in the “real world”? 6/21/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/06/is-nicotine-replacement-therapy.html

38. Higher nicotine intake per cigarette among African American smokers: is it a menthol effect? 6/26/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/06/higher-nicotine-intake-per-cigarette-by.html

39. Cigarette brand preferences: start young and focus on 3 brands. 6/26/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/06/cigarette-brand-preferences-start-young.html

40. Reductions in teen smoking. 6/26/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/06/reductions-in-teen-smoking.html

41. Tobacco use around the world. 6/27/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/06/tobacco-use-around-world.html

42. When is the best time to quit smoking? 6/29/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/06/when-is-best-time-to-quit-smoking.html

43. Advice on using over-the-counter nicotine replacement therapy. 6/30/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/06/advice-on-using-over-counter-nicotine.html

44. Wearing the patch prior to quitting may help. 7/1/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/07/wearing-patch-prior-to-quitting-may.html

45. Celebrate your independence from tobacco. 7/4/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/07/celebrate-your-independence-from.html

46. Tobacco and global warning. 7/7/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/07/tobacco-and-global-warming.html

47. A year of smoking takes 3 months off your life. 7/9/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/07/last-friday-july-6th-new-paper-was.html

48. Thanks to grand rounds 3.42. 7/13/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007_07_01_smoking_cessation_archive.html

49. 17th Surgeon General, Dr Richard Carmona, joins Healthline. 7/13/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/07/17th-surgeon-general-dr-richard-carmona.html

50. How many cigarettes does it take to become addicted? 7/20/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/07/how-many-cigarettes-does-it-take-to.html

51. How many medical doctors smoke? 7/22/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/07/how-many-medical-doctors-smoke.html

52. Health insurance coverage for nicotine dependence treatment. 7/22/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/07/health-insurance-coverage-for-nicotine.html

53. Increase cigarette tax to pay for children’s healthcare. 7/27/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/07/increase-cigarette-tax-to-pay-for.html

54. Could smoking reduction improve your health? 7/27/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/07/could-smoking-reduction-improve-your.html

55. Is cannabis smoking more harmful than cigarette smoking? 7/31/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/07/is-cannabis-smoking-more-harmful-than.html



56. Thank you Health Business Blog for grand rounds 3:45. 8/2/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/08/thank-you-health-business-blog-for.html

57. Menthol smokers inhale more toxins. 8/3/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/08/menthol-smokers-inhale-more-toxins.html

58. Health effects of Tobacco Smoke Pollution. 8/6/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/08/health-effects-of-tobacco-smoke.html

59. Sidestream cigarette smoke more toxic than mainstream smoke. 8/8/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/08/sidestream-cigarette-smoke-more-toxic.html

60. Make yours a smoke-free home. 08/10/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/08/make-yours-smoke-free-home.html

61. Chantix and mental illness. 08/12/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/08/chantix-and-mental-illness.html

62. Two new studies of Chantix (varenicline). 08/19/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/08/two-new-studies-of-chantix-varenicline.html

63. Thanks to Grand Rounds 3:47. 08/20/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/08/thanks-to-grand-rounds-347.html

64. Getting through the first few weeks. 08/20/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/08/getting-through-first-few-weeks.html

65. Carcinogens from smoking and smokeless tobacco use (1). 8/27/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/08/carcinogens-from-smoking-and-smokeless.html

66. Smoking, smokeless tobacco and cancer (2). 8/28/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/08/smoking-smokeless-tobacco-and-cancer-2.html



67. Do you (or your kids) hookah? 9/13/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/09/do-you-or-your-kids-hookah.html

68. Stopping smoking effects on drug metabolism. 9/16/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/09/stopping-smoking-effects-on-drug.html

69. Does Chantix cause mental health problems? 9/20/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/09/does-chantix-cause-mental-health.html

70. Does it help to add nicotine gum to bupropion? 9/24/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/09/does-it-help-to-add-nicotine-gum-to.html

71. Tobacco tax to renew insurance for poor kids. 9/24/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/09/tobacco-tax-to-renew-insurance-for-poor.html

72. Effects of smoking during pregnancy. 9/28/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/09/effects-of-smoking-during-pregnancy.html

73. State-specific prevalence of cigarette smoking. 9/30/07
http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/09/state-specific-prevalence-of-cigarette.html