Healthline Blogs
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Tobacco Harm Reduction
There are a bunch of policy options designed to reduce the harm to health caused by tobacco.Right now, those option focus on reducing exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke pollution, reducing initiation of smoking among young people, and encouragi...
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Effect of extended counseling on smoking cessation
I’ve talked before about the effect of longer duration of treatment (either pharmacological or counseling or both) on success in quitting smoking. Although the evidence is generally consistent with the idea that more is better (including over a lo...
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Nicotine receptors take over a month to normalize after quitting
Nicotine withdrawal symptoms typically peak in the first week of abstinence and return to normal at around 3-4 weeks. It has long been known that certain nicotinic receptors (particularly the beta-2 subtype) are closely involved in nicotine addic...
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Welcome
Welcome to the Freedom From Smoking blog. Whether you are just thinking about quitting or ready to give it a try, we are here to answer your questions, give you the help you need and keep you motivated. We have worked with thousands of people at ...
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Effects of overweight and smoking in late adolescence on mortality
A study was just published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) on the effects of body weight and smoking at age 19 on death over the next 38 years or so. The study by Professor Neovius and colleagues at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden examined...
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Does laser therapy or acupuncture help smokers quit?
I’m frequently asked about the effectiveness of acupuncture for stopping smoking, and more recently these questions have been about “laser therapy”. “Laser therapy” uses “cold lasers” instead of needles in an acupuncture-like treatment.Unfortunate...
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Why have so many New Jersey smokers quit?
On June 13th I wrote about a comprehensive new report on tobacco use and tobacco control activities in each of the United States. As I live and work in New Jersey I was particularly interested in the fact that our cigarette smoking rate has falle...
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Quit smoking in 2010? Yes you can
Most current smokers have already tried to quit on previous occasions. Some may have resigned themselves to continued smoking because of repeated unsuccessful attempts. Others may still be putting off a quit attempt because “its not the right time...
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Immediate and delayed quitting
Last week I attended the 4th annual meeting of the Society for Research on Nicotine and Tobacco (Europe) in Madrid. This is a conference where the top researchers present their latest research findings. As you can imagine a lot of fascinating stuf...
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Planning to quit smoking with Chantix
We are currently approaching the peak “New Year” season for quitting smoking – also a time when people are very busy finishing off their year-end work and participating in the holiday season. As Chantix is the newest medication designed to help pe...
