Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, comes in two forms, emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Smoking is by far the most likely cause of these conditions. Persistent cough is the hallmark of chronic bronchitis. Smoking causes a progressive, inexorable destruction of the lungs in susceptible people, and the only way to halt its progress is to quit smoking. Apart from quitting smoking, people with COPD can get help with other therapies.
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The dramatic decline in tobacco use among California high school students appears to have flattened, and a new national study provides one possible explanation: Students continue to be saturated with pro-tobacco messages at convenience stores, in magazines and on the Internet.
Despite decades of efforts to keep the tobacco industry away from children, tobacco companies are successfully promoting their products to nine out of 10 middle and high school students in the U.S., according to the study by researchers at the Centers for Disease Control.
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Noninvasive stimulation of an area of the brain linked to addiction seems to temporarily ease smokers' cravings for nicotine, a preliminary study finds.
The technique, called transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS), is already approved in the United States as a treatment for major depression. In the new study, reported in a recent issue of the journal Biological Psychiatry, researchers tested the effects of the treatment on 16 smokers' craving for nicotine.
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In December 2012, the EU’s executive, the European Commission, announced its proposals to revise the Tobacco Products Directive (TPD), originally passed in 2001, to take account of ‘significant scientific, market and international developments’ that have taken place since. But far from improving Europeans’ health, the proposals as they stand could well lead to many thousands, perhaps millions, of unnecessary early deaths.
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A California woman who slapped a police officer to get arrested got her wish. She wanted to go to jail in hopes she can quit smoking there.
Etta Mae Lopez pleaded no contest Thursday to smacking Sacramento County sheriff's Deputy Matt Campoy earlier this week after he left the main jail at the end of his shift.
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Over the past decade, we have seen an increase in the number of places where smoking is banned -- bars, restaurants, clubs and so on. The days when smoking was allowed on airplanes seems like ancient history. Now we are seeing the trend of "smoke-free workplaces" across the country -- including here at Yale-New Haven Hospital. And these measures seem to be helping: Studies in the U.K. showed far-reaching effects of these bans, from improvements in asthma to reducing hospital admissions due to heart attacks.
If this is so helpful, should we just ban smokers?
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More than 45 million people smoke, about 19 percent of all adults in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Public health campaigns have tried to reduce that number through dire warnings and scary ads. And many cities and states have made cigarettes less appealing — at least financially — by adding on hefty taxes.
But in Eugene, Ore., they’re trying something new — something they think hasn’t been done anywhere else. Beginning this July, they’re paying pregnant women to quit smoking.
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