Healthline Blogs
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Smoking after cancer diagnosis: Comment by Patrick Swayze’s doctor on CNN’s Larry King
Many people were saddened to hear of the recent death of the actor Patrick Swayze, after an almost two year battle with pancreatic cancer. Patrick Swayze was a very successful actor, most noted for his leading roles in the hit movies, Ghost and Di...
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A Recovering Smoker Speaks to Her Former Lovers
Carrie here again!! Awhile back I asked Miss Ellie Spence to share a poem she wrote about smoking, as well as an essay that accompanies the poem. Miss Ellie is a retired 8th grade teacher, who currently teaches at the Marin County Jail. She writes...
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Lung Cancer, Spiral CT and Tobacco Industry Funding
An interesting article was published in the New York Times yesterday, revealing that one of the studies reporting the most positive effects on the potential of spiral CT in detecting early stage lung cancer, was funded by the tobacco industry. The...
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Benefits of quitting smoking early in pregnancy
It is widely known that smoking during pregnancy is harmful to the developing baby as well as to the health of the mother. However, last week a new study was published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) which clarified some of the health risks t...
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Cigarette Brand Preferences: start young and focus on 3 brands.
When you look at the cigarette counter at a supermarket or even a chain pharmacy you will typically see a wall of cigarettes and advertising placards touting dozens of types of cigarettes. However, although there are actually hundreds of different...
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Wearing the patch prior to quitting may help
If you buy a box of nicotine patches, you will notice that the instructions for use and warnings advise against wearing the patch while taking nicotine from any other source. Many smokers interpret this as implying that something terrible will hap...
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Reader Comments on “Freedom From Smoking”
I’m afraid I just found out there has been another glitch affecting readers’ comments on my blog. I just received a copy of a bunch (over 50) of readers’ comments, and when I checked most had not been posted to the site as they should have. The s...
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Coping with alcohol after quitting smoking
Around the world many different cultures are into their “holiday season”. And whether it is Christmas, Hannukah, New Year or Kwanza, many of us like to kick back, have some good food and some alcohol. But many ex smokers find that having a drink…...
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Combination NRT gets higher quit rates: new study
A new study published this month in the journal “Archives of General Psychiatry” aimed to compare the effectiveness of some of the main medicines for stopping smoking and their combinations. The study, by Dr Megan Piper and colleagues at Universit...
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Do you butt out?
With the increasing cost of a pack of cigarettes (in New Jersey it's around $8 per pack) and the worsened economy, many smokers have changed their smoking habits because they can no longer afford to smoke a pack per day.The simplest way people adj...
