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iPhone App “My QuitLine”, Helping Smokers Kick the Habit

Admin — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:39:42 +0000

Teatime Media has recently released an App for the iPhone that will help smokers kick their habit. The App, “My QuitLine” is one of the most simple Apps available for the iPhone. When you first open the App, you get a single sentence stating; “My QuitLine helps you quit smoking by putting you in touch [...]

Tobacco Control in the USA: Raising Legal Smoking Age to 21

Admin — Mon, 05 May 2008 00:34:07 +0000

Tobacco Control in the USA: Raising Legal Smoking Age to 21…according to Medical News Today, the Louisiana Legislature has proposed a bill to raise the age of legal tobacco use from 18 to 21 years old. If House Bill 240 passes in the 2008 Regular Session, it will be illegal for anyone under the age of [...]

Best Days to Quit Smoking

Admin — Thu, 01 May 2008 20:12:20 +0000

Best Days To Quit Smoking… We often go about random tasks, that are not routine, like quitting smoking, very arbitrarily. Maybe there is a better alternative. While leafing through a Farmers Almanac, noticed was the fact that they have a list of the best days of the month to do these random tasks, astrologically. Included [...]

Computerized Program Helps Teens Quit Smoking

Admin — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 20:05:18 +0000

Computerized Program Helps Teens Quit Smoking… Medical News Today reported that according to a new study by Deborah J. Fritz, PhD, smoking cessation programs are helping youths stop smoking. According to the CDC, 22% of high school students and 10% of middle school children smoke in America. The habit is considered an epidemic. Fritz and [...]

National No Smoking Day 2008

Admin — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 22:39:52 +0000

National No Smoking Day 2008…National No Smoking Day 2008. Today March 12th. A day that will hopefully lead millions of smokers to put them down for good. If not for good, at least for one day. If you are a smoker today is the day to lay the cigarettes down. Even quitting for a day, [...]

Best Days To Quit Smoking

Admin — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 03:53:00 +0000

Smoking Is Major Risk Factor For Stroke In China

Admin — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:32:47 +0000

Smoking Is Major Risk Factor For Stroke In China, accounting for about one in seven strokes in men, researchers reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association. “This study shows that smoking prevention and cessation could be an important approach to reducing the societal burden of stroke,” said Jiang He, M.D., Ph.D., senior author of [...]

It’s Never Too Late To Quit

Admin — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 07:28:22 +0000

It’s Never Too Late To Quit… Medical News Today reported an interesting article. Many people spend a lifetime trying to give up smoking, but there is good news for older smokers from research carried out at the Peninsula Medical School in South West England. A study by Dr. Iain Lang and his colleagues has revealed that [...]

March 9th, 2008 No Smoking Day in the U.K.

Admin — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 03:12:36 +0000

March 9th, 2008 No Smoking Day in the U.K…. March 9th marks this year’s day for going smoke-free in the U.K. It is only one day, but if everyone quit smoking for just the one day, some of them might see, they can quit…forever! Simple idea really, pick a random day out of the year [...]

Stem Cells Prevented From Becoming Cartilage By Toxins In Cigarette Smoke

Admin — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 20:58:58 +0000

Stem Cells Prevented From Becoming Cartilage By Toxins In Cigarette Smoke… reported originally by Medical News Today. A toxic pollutant spread by oil spills, forest fires and car exhaust is also present in cigarette smoke, and may represent a second way in which smoking delays bone healing, according to research presented at the annual meeting of the Orthopaedic [...]