Healthline Blogs
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Outcomes of tobacco treatment in rural USA
I’ve previously talked about the outcomes of our tobacco treatment services here in New Jersey and also in the UK. But New Jersey is the most densely populated state in this country, and so I was interested to see a paper that examined the outcome...
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How does your state or country tackle tobacco?
There is very good evidence that adopting a strategy of comprehensive tobacco control can be effective at reducing the number of people smoking. “Comprehensive tobacco control” means a combination of strategies including mass media campaigns, smok...
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Health effects of Tobacco Smoke Pollution
Tobacco smoke pollution (TSP), also known as, “environmental tobacco smoke (ETS)” or “secondhand smoke (SHS)” is the tobacco smoke that enters the environment as a result of (a) sidestream smoke, that comes directly from the burning tip of the tob...
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Become an Ex
On previous posts I’ve talked about good websites for helping smokers quit:Can smoking cessation internet sites help you to quit? 4/21/07http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/04/can-smoking-cessation-internet-sites.htmlThere are q...
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Do you use NRT temporarily in smoke-free places?
Nicotine replacement therapies (NRTs: patch, gum, lozenge, nasal spray and inhaler) are intended to be used to help smokers to quit smoking completely. But an international report was recently published, finding that of the 17% of smokers who had ...
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Make yours a smoke-free home
My previous two posts focused on the harmful effects of exposure to tobacco smoke pollution (ETS or SHS). It is clear that inhaling air contaminated by smoke from other people’s tobacco smoke can harm your health. As always, the risk is related to...
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Facts and fiction on stopping smoking
One of the reasons I decided to write this blog was that over the years I’ve seen a lot of nonsense written by so-called experts on smoking, and I felt that the public could do with some accurate information for a change.So just now I’m sitting at...
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Combining varenicline and bupropion
I recently received the following comment on my April/15/2007 post:Chantix: how does this new stop smoking medicine work? 4/15/07http://www.healthline.com/blogs/smoking_cessation/2007/04/chantix-how-does-this-new-quit-smoking.html“I have been sear...
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Effects of smoking during pregnancy
The harmful effects of smoking during pregnancy have been known for many years and in 2001 the US Surgeon General summarized the effects as follows:-Smoking during pregnancy is associated with increased risk for premature rupture of membranes, abr...
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Safety of nicotine: the smoke causes the harm
A study was published in the journal, Nicotine and Tobacco Research by Dr Stephanie Smith of the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Princeton University, showing that the public still has major misunderstandings about the harmfulness of nicotine a...
