Hospitalized patients make a great captive audience for smoking cessation efforts, according to a new systematic review. The researchers found that when smokers become hospital inpatients, regardless of the reason for admission, they are receptive to efforts to help them to quit smoking after discharge and more likely succeed in the long run.
Summer is a challenging time for parents of teens and pre-teens. Gone are the daily structure and routine of the school year–giving teens more time to pursue other interests, or activities that may get them into trouble.
The AARC is on board with legislation forming in the U.S. Senate to raise the cigarette tax by 61 cents per pack.
Some people have a genetic variation that makes them more susceptible to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease if they smoke tobacco, according to new research from Wake Forest University School of Medicine and colleagues.
Smoking rates among military personnel are up, but an innovative Wisconsin program is helping them quit smoking or chewing tobacco.
Smoking rates among Canadian youth are at their lowest ever, the most recent Canadian Tobacco Use Monitoring Survey shows.
A pooled analysis of data from previous studies suggests that cigarette smoking appears to be associated with a reduced risk for developing Parkinson’s disease, with long-term and current smokers at the lowest risk, according to a report in the July issue of Archives of Neurology, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.
British Columbians will learn about the benefits of a healthy lifestyle and physical activity through an interactive, activity-oriented tour launched today by Premier Gordon Campbell and Gordon Hogg, Minister of State for ActNow BC.
The 146 Parties to the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) decided unanimously this week to begin negotiating a protocol on illicit trade of tobacco products and adopt guidelines that stipulate 100% smoke-free public places and workplaces.
A Beijing-based law professor has dragged a tobacco company and one of its sales agent to court, accusing them of producing or selling cigarettes which turned his teeth yellow.