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News: February 14, 2012
Quitting Smoking May Halve Risk of Oral Health Problems
TUESDAY, Feb. 7 (HealthDay News) -- Adult smokers are twice as likely to develop oral health problems as those who have kicked the habit, researchers from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have found. Compared to people who never...
How to Make Your Quit-Smoking Resolution Stick
MONDAY, Dec. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Quitting smoking is one of the most common New Year's resolutions, but it's easier said than done, with six of 10 smokers requiring multiple attempts before successfully kicking the habit, according to the Ameri...
1 in 5 American Workers Still Smokes: CDC
THURSDAY, Sept. 29 (HealthDay News) -- Almost 20 percent of American workers are smokers, particularly the least educated, poorest, youngest and uninsured, a new government report finds. Of workers without a high school education, more than 28 per...
Exercise Ups Kids' Quit-Smoking Success Rate
MONDAY, Sept. 19 (HealthDay News) -- A program that combines counseling with physical activity may offer teens a more effective way to stop smoking. Less than 5 percent of those who were assigned to a brief smoking cessation intervention had quit ...
Menthol May Make It Tougher to Stop Smoking
MONDAY, Aug. 15 (HealthDay News) -- Menthol cigarettes make it more difficult for smokers to quit, especially blacks and Puerto Ricans, a new study indicates. Researchers at the Cancer Institute of New Jersey and the UMDNJ-School of Public Health ...
Stop-Smoking Drug Chantix Ups Risk of Heart Problems: Study
MONDAY, July 4 (HealthDay News) -- The quit-smoking drug Chantix may increase the risk of heart attacks and strokes by as much as 72 percent in smokers who take it, even those without heart disease, researchers say. The new study comes just over a...
Smoking-Cessation Drug Chantix Linked to Heart Problems
THURSDAY, June 16 (HealthDay News) -- The quit-smoking drug Chantix may lead to a small but increased risk of heart problems in people with cardiovascular disease, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Thursday. In a study of 700 smokers with...
Nearly 20% of Lung Cancer Patients Keep Smoking
FRIDAY, April 8 (HealthDay News) -- Many patients diagnosed with lung cancer -- as well as their family caregivers -- continue to smoke even though doing so may jeopardize their recovery and long-term health outcome, says a study sponsored by the ...
Nicotine Raises Blood Sugar Levels in Lab
SUNDAY, March 27 (HealthDay News) -- Smoking is damaging to everyone's health, but the nicotine in cigarettes may be even more deadly for people who have diabetes. In lab experiments, researchers discovered that nicotine raised blood sugar levels,...
First Lady Says President Obama Has Quit Smoking
TUESDAY, Feb. 8 (HealthDay News) -- President Barack Obama has kicked the smoking habit for almost one full year, First Lady Michelle Obama told the press on Tuesday. As the old saying goes, "Giving up smoking is easy. I've done it hundreds of tim...
Odds of Quitting Smoking May Be Clear on Scans
MONDAY, Jan. 31 (HealthDay News) -- Brain scans can predict a smoker's chances of being able to quit, according to a new study. It included 28 heavy smokers recruited from a smoking cessation program. Functional MRI was used to monitor the partici...
40 States Get an 'F' in Tobacco Prevention From New Report Card
THURSDAY, Jan. 20 (HealthDay News) -- A new report card gives the U.S. government relatively high marks for advances in treating people with tobacco-related illnesses, but gives low or failing grades to most states as their anti-smoking programs f...
'Stop Smoking' Ads That Target Emotions Seem to Work Best
FRIDAY, Nov. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Television ads that encourage people to quit smoking are most effective when they use a "why to quit" strategy that includes either graphic images or personal testimonials, a new study suggests. The three most c...
States Urged to Fill Gap in Helping Smokers Quit
TUESDAY, Nov. 9 (HealthDay News) -- The U.S. health care reform law offers help to the majority of smokers who are trying to quit, but states need to bridge coverage gaps to ensure that all smokers have access to smoking cessation treatments, a ne...
Can Fruits, Veggies Help Ward Off Lung Cancer?
TUESDAY, Aug. 31 (HealthDay News) -- Eating a wide variety of fruits and vegetables may help protect some smokers from lung cancer, a new European study suggests. But, the researchers stressed that quitting smoking will do far more to reduce risk ...
Not Smoking After Bone Surgery May Speed Healing
THURSDAY, June 10 (HealthDay News) -- Smokers recover better from surgery to repair a broken bone if they quit smoking, according to Swedish researchers. The new study included daily smokers who underwent emergency surgery for an acute fracture an...
Does Mom Need Help to Stop Smoking?
SUNDAY, May 9 (HealthDay News) -- If your mother is a smoker, you might consider giving her a Mother's Day gift that could help her kick the habit and live a longer, healthier life, suggests the American Lung Association. Freedom From Smoking Onli...
Tailored Therapy May Help More Stop Smoking
TUESDAY, April 20 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that a set length of time for using the nicotine patch may not work for all smokers trying to kick the habit. Researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have already...
Weight Counseling Plus Drug Helps Women Quit Smoking
TUESDAY, March 23 (HealthDay News) -- Behavioral therapy with a focus on weight-counseling combined with the smoking-cessation medicine bupropion (Zyban) is more effective than standard counseling alone in helping women quit smoking, according to ...
Quitting Smoking Doubles Survival in Early Stage Lung Cancer
THURSDAY, Jan. 21 (HealthDay News) -- Quitting smoking after a diagnosis of early stage lung cancer doubles the odds that a patient will live another five years, a new study finds. "The results are quite dramatic. I don't think anybody would have ...
Asthmatics Who Quit Smoking May Reverse Lung Damage
MONDAY, Dec. 7 (HealthDay News) -- People who have asthma and who also smoke could reverse some of the damage to their lungs by saying no to cigarettes, new Dutch research suggests. "We found that exposure to cigarette smoke appears to increase th...
Quitting Smoking Simplifies Surgical Recovery
THURSDAY, Nov. 12 (HealthDay News) -- Want to boost the odds that you'll thrive after surgery and avoid complications? The American Society of Anesthesiologists has a recommendation: Drop that butt.
Nicotine Patch Plus Lozenge Best for Quitting Smoking
MONDAY, Nov. 2 (HealthDay News) -- The first head-to-head comparison of different quit-smoking products finds that a nicotine patch combined with a nicotine lozenge had the most success. More than other methods, including antidepressants, this com...
Smoking Keeps Its Grip on Urban Poor
FRIDAY, Oct. 16 (HealthDay News) -- A full 42 percent of people in Milwaukee's poorest neighborhoods smoke -- more than twice the national U.S. average -- sacrificing $9 on a pack of cigarettes even while most of the households reported earning le...
Phone Counseling Helps Teens Quit Smoking
TUESDAY, Oct. 13 (HealthDay News) -- New research suggests that teens are more likely to quit smoking if they receive telephone counseling to build their motivation and cognitive behavior skills. Researchers developed a telephone-counseling progra...
Stop-Smoking Vaccine in the Works
MONDAY, Oct. 12 (HealthDay News) -- The National Institute on Drug Abuse has given a $10 million grant to a Maryland company to help it in the final phases of research regarding a possible anti-nicotine vaccine. Nabi Biopharmaceuticals of Rockvill...
Study Counters Warnings on Quit-Smoking Drug
FRIDAY, Oct. 2 (HealthDay News) -- The smoking cessation drug varenicline (Chantix) does not increase the risk for self-harm or depression, according to a new British study. In July, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration mandated that the drug car...
Anti-Smoking Drugs Get FDA 'Black-Box' Warning
WEDNESDAY, July 1 (HealthDay News) -- Two drugs prescribed to help people quit smoking, Chantix and Zyban, will now carry "black-box" warnings on the potential risks of psychiatric problems, including depression and suicidal thoughts, U.S. health ...
To Quit Smoking, Try Logging On
TUESDAY, May 26 (HealthDay News) -- Internet- and computer-based smoking cessation programs are a cost-effective alternative to more expensive telephone hotlines or counseling services for smokers who are trying to quit, according to a new study. ...
Doctors Urged to Get Aggressive to Help Smokers
WEDNESDAY, April 8 (HealthDay News) -- To truly help people quit smoking, doctors need to treat the habit as a chronic disease that might require repeated or intensive interventions, including pharmacotherapy and counseling, say two new studies. O...
Nicotine Replacement May Help Smokers Quit Gradually
FRIDAY, April 3 (HealthDay News) -- For smokers who want to cut down on the number of cigarettes they smoke, using nicotine replacement therapy not only helps them smoke less but makes it twice as likely that they will quit altogether, British res...
Many Smokers Don't Tell Docs About Their Habit
THURSDAY, April 2 (HealthDay News) -- More than half of smokers aren't fretting over their personal health, and almost a quarter of those who have health-care providers haven't discussed their tobacco use with that person, a new online survey show...
Newly Pregnant Smokers Have a 15-Week Window to Quit
THURSDAY, March 26 (HealthDay News) -- Pregnant women who quit smoking before the 15th week of pregnancy reduce their risk of premature birth and having small babies to that of nonsmoking women, a new study finds. It's known that smoking during pr...
Social Class, Gender Won't Shield Smokers from Harm
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 18 (HealthDay News) -- Affluent professionals who smoke have higher death rates than low-paid nonsmokers of the same sex, according to British researchers. They conclude that smoking may be a greater cause of health disparities tha...
Promise of Cash Prompts Smokers to Quit
WEDNESDAY, Feb. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Offering hard, cold cash to smokers to spur them to stop their unhealthy habit helps more people give up cigarettes, new research finds. The study, published in the Feb. 12 issue of the New England Journal of...
Kick the Habit
THURSDAY, Jan. 1 (HealthDay News) -- If you plan to kick the smoking habit this New Year, the American Lung Association recommends you start with a solid smoking-cessation plan and be prepared for anything. "Be aware that smokers have different ex...
Quitting Smoking Tougher on Women
FRIDAY, Dec. 19 (HealthDay News) -- Women who quit smoking tend to suffer more intense withdrawal symptoms, such as depression, anxiety, poor concentration and weight gain, a new report says. Whether men or women tend to be more successful at endi...
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