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Carcinogens
Found In Babies' Urine If Their Parents
Smoke
When mom or dad puffs on a cigarette, their
infants may inhale the resulting second-hand
smoke. Now, scientists have detected
cancer-causing chemicals associated with
tobacco smoke in the urine of nearly half
the babies of smoking parents.
Mothers Use
Evasive Action To Protect Sick Children From
Smoking Fathers
Most non-smoking mothers recognise the need
to protect sick children from smoking
husbands, but persuading their spouse to
quit isn't always an option, according to
research published in the latest Journal of
Advanced Nursing.
Smokers Seven
Times More Likely To Receive Jolt From Heart
Devices
If some patients with heart disease don't
take their doctor's advice to quit smoking,
they are probably going to get "shocking"
reminders.
Mothers Use
Evasive Action To Protect Sick Children From
Smoking Fathers
Most non-smoking mothers recognise the need
to protect sick children from smoking
husbands, but persuading their spouse to
quit isn't always an option, according to
research published in the latest Journal of
Advanced Nursing.
New Kind Of
Drug Could Increase Number Who Quit Smoking
Smokers who try to quit using existing
medications, such as nicotine patches or
Zyban, are about twice as likely to succeed
as those who don't use medication or are
prescribed placebos during clinical trials.
Non-smokers
With Lung Cancer Respond Better To Treatment
Than Smokers, Study Says
Smoking history contributes to poor outcomes
in the treatment of
lung cancer,
according to a new study. Non-small cell
lung cancer
(NSCLC)
lung cancer
patients who have never smoked before in
their life have better overall survival
rates and respond better to chemotherapy
than current or former smokers.
New Hope For
People Trying To Quit Smoking
In the first study of its kind, University
of Pittsburgh psychologist and professor
Saul Shiffman has discovered that people who
are trying to quit smoking by wearing the
nicotine patch are less likely to spiral
into a total relapse if they keep wearing
the patch, even if they've "cheated" and
smoked a cigarette.
Researchers
Discover Link Between Expectancy, Visual
Cues And The Desire To Smoke
In a study recently published in the journal
Neuropsychopharmacology, researchers at the
Montreal Neurological Institute (MNI) and
the Department of Psychology at McGill
University found that when people expect to
smoke in the near future, external cues such
as watching someone smoke affects their
brain more than their level of craving or
how long they have gone without a cigarette.
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