Healthline Blogs
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Classic paper: health consequences of smoking1-4 cigarettes
The journal Tobacco Control has on its website a list of the top 10 most read articles each month. One paper that has been near the top ever since it was published in 2005, was written by Dr Kjell Bjartveit and his colleague Dr Tverdal, on “Healt...
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Health insurance coverage for nicotine dependence treatment
Last night I went to see the Michael Moore movie “SiCKO” which is an expose of the problems with the U.S. healthcare system, focusing particularly on the problems with health insurance and so-called “Health Maintenance Organizations (HMOs)”. No ma...
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A Classic Study: The lung Health Study
Every now and again I like to pick one of the classic research studies on smoking cessation in order to highlight some of the key findings. Today I’m going to focus on the part of the Lung Health Study.The Lung Health Study is certainly one of the...
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Allen Carr's Easy Way To Quit -2
The Allen Carr method of stopping smoking is widely used throughout the world, and over 10 million of his books, DVDs and videos have reportedly been sold. The method has been associated with some very bold claims. You can find out more about it a...
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Thanks to the Dinosaur for Grand Rounds
Thank you to Musings of a Dinosaur for including my post about “Why Comprehensive Tobacco Control” in this week's edition of Grand Rounds. Grand Rounds is a weekly compilation of posts related to health care compiled by a host, who makes a great e...
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Tobacco industry guilty of fraud and racketeering, again.
Today the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia unanimously upheld the historic decision of U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler that the tobacco industry had and continues to engage in a massive, decades long campaign to defraud the Am...
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Facing The Tobacco Industry – 2
As mentioned in my previous comment, I recently gave a presentation at a tobacco industry conference on the future of tobacco harm reduction. My main message for the industry was that tinkering around with cigarettes will not make them meaningfull...
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Walmart sells smoking cessation medicine for $9.
Last month Walmart announced that it has started selling the prescription-only smoking cessation medicine, bupropion (same drug as brand version, Zyban) at a lower price than any other effective smoking cessation medicine.The starter pack, consist...
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Chantix: How Does This New Quit Smoking Medicine Work?
Chantix is the brand name of the latest quit smoking drug, varenicline. Chantix is a new type of prescription-only medicine that is typically taken as a pill, twice a day. Chantix appears to target the nicotine receptors in the brain that are invo...
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Is There Such a Thing As a Safer Cigarette?
In previous postings I’ve discussed the fact that so-called “light” or “low-tar” cigarettes are no less harmful than “regular” cigarettes. However, in recent years we have seen the launch and marketing of a number of cigarette brands that either d...
