Pfizer Updates CHANTIX(R) (varenicline) Labeling In The United States
Pfizer Inc announced that it has updated the U.S. product labeling for CHANTIX® (varenicline), a prescription aid to smoking cessation treatment, to communicate important safety information in a boxed warning as well as in revised warnings and precautions. These updates are based on post-marketing reports and are being made in agreement with the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Pfizer is making this information available immediately to U.S.
New Study Shows Many Unplanned Quit Smoking Attempts Are Successful
Data published in the journal, Nicotine and Tobacco Research, shows that many U.S. quit attempts are unplanned and can be a successful route to cessation. In the study, almost 40 percent of subjects reported that their most recent quit attempt started without any advance planning, suggesting that for some smokers, setting an advance quit date may not be as necessary as once thought.
Possible Benefit From Online Genetic Testing For Lung Cancer
As scientists continue to decode the human genome and the information becomes publicly available, private companies that offer online genetic testing are multiplying. Scientists at the National Institutes of Health were concerned that perhaps these tests posed a risk. They evaluated responses to an online test among smokers who did or did not have a common genetic variant associated with risk for lung cancer.
FDA Seeks Public Input On Tobacco Regulation
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced that it is seeking public input on the implementation of its historic new authority overseeing tobacco products in the United States. In a Federal Register notice, the agency invites the public to provide information and share views on a wide range of topics, from product content to advertising and marketing. All public comments will be posted online.
Using The Internet To Help Young Smokers Quit
Many young smokers want to quit but don't know what methods work. The University of Illinois at Chicago is leading a $2.9 million National Cancer Institute project to increase demand for evidence-based, Internet-based smoking cessation treatment among young adults.
Secondhand Smoke Threatens Casino Workers' Health
New research suggests that casino workers face a higher risk of heart disease and lung cancer because they work in buildings filled with tobacco smoke. By one scientist's calculation, six of every 10,000 nonsmoking casino employees in Pennsylvania will die each year because of exposure to secondhand smoke. The estimate does not rely on the tracking of individual casino workers over time, nor does it compare them to workers who have not had smoke exposure.
DOD, VA, Congress Should Take Stronger Steps Toward Eliminating Tobacco Use In Military Populations, VA Medical Centers
Because tobacco use impairs military readiness, harms the health of soldiers and veterans, and imposes a substantial financial burden on the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs, these agencies should implement a comprehensive strategy to achieve the Defense Department's stated goal of a tobacco-free military, says a new report from the Institute of Medicine.
AMA: Further Support For Prevention Needed, Australia
The AMA has written to Federal MPs and Senators urging them to support a number of key policy measures to reduce preventable health problems linked to excessive alcohol use, obesity and smoking. The AMA has taken this step in anticipation of the blueprint for national prevention that the National Preventative Health Taskforce will soon provide to Health Minister Nicola Roxon.
Superfood Soy Linked To Reduction In Smoker's Lung Damage Risk
People who eat lots of soy products have better lung function and are less likely to develop the smoking-associated lung disease COPD (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease). A study published in BioMed Central's open access journal Respiratory Research has shown that consumption of a wide variety of soy products can be associated with a reduction in the risk of COPD and other respiratory symptoms. Dr.
Smoking More Than Five Cigarettes A Day Provokes Migraine Attacks
Tobacco acts as a precipitating factor for headaches, specifically migraines. This is indicated in a study which shows that smokers have more migraine attacks and that smoking more than five cigarettes a day triggers this headache. The work has appeared in The Journal of Headache and Pain. The influence of tobacco as a precipitating, non-causal factor of migraine attacks has produced contradictory data in scientific literature.
Experts: Big Tobacco Dead By 2047, Possibly Sooner
President Barack Obama's signature on a bill this week to grant the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulatory authority over tobacco was historic, and represents a step in the march to eliminate tobacco use in this country by 2047, two national tobacco experts said recently (June 25).
Nicotine Dependence Remains Prevalent Despite Recent Declines In Cigarette Use
Despite recent declines in cigarette use in the U.S., nicotine dependence has remained steady among adults and has actually increased among some groups. The finding by researchers at Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health suggests that public health initiatives have been far more successful in preventing Americans from taking up smoking than in persuading hard-core smokers to stop.
Smoking More Than 5 Cigarettes A Day Provokes Migraine Attacks
Tobacco acts as a precipitating factor for headaches, specifically migraines. This is indicated in a study which shows that smokers have more migraine attacks and that smoking more than five cigarettes a day triggers this headache. The work has appeared in the Journal of Headache and Pain. The influence of tobacco as a precipitating, non-causal factor of migraine attacks has produced contradictory data in scientific literature.
Obese And Overweight Young Adults At Greater Risk Of Pancreatic Cancer
UA scientists looking at the link between BMI over a lifetime and the risk of developing pancreatic cancer found that overweight and obese young adults are more likely to develop the disease, and also that older adults with pancreatic cancer who are obese have a lower overall survival rate.
Rhode Island Dept. Of Health Applauds New Tobacco Law, USA
The Rhode Island Department of Health (HEALTH) recognizes and applauds the significant public health achievement of The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act being signed into law. This new law gives the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) the authority to regulate tobacco products. "This is a major milestone in the tobacco control movement," said Director of Health David R. Gifford, MD, MPH.
Protect Children From The Allure Of Smoking, Say Doctors
BMA Scotland has warned that children who smoke face years of tobacco addiction that can lead to life-threatening diseases and premature death. The association also called on MSPs to support the proposals contained in the Tobacco and Primary Medical services (Scotland) Bill in order to reduce children's exposure to tobacco products.
New Research Discovers Link Between Smoking And Brain Damage
New research which suggests a direct link between smoking and brain damage will be published in the July issue of the Journal of Neurochemistry. Researchers, led by Debapriya Ghosh and Dr Anirban Basu from the Indian National Brain Research Center (NBRC), have found that a compound in tobacco provokes white blood cells in the central nervous system to attack healthy cells, leading to severe neurological damage.
American Medical Association Stands With President Obama At Historic Bill Signing On Tobacco Regulation
Statement attributable to: J. James Rohack, M.D. AMA President "As long-time advocates for strong regulation of the tobacco industry, the AMA is honored to stand with President Obama today as he signs the historic tobacco law. Today's historic bill signing is a victory for public health over Big Tobacco. "More than 400,000 Americans die needlessly every year as a direct result of tobacco use.
Smoking Linked To Brain Damage, New Study
Research led by scientists in India suggests there is a direct link between smoking and brain damage whereby a compound in tobacco that turns into a cancer-causing chemical once it has been through the body's metabolism, triggers white blood cells in the brain's immune system to attack healthy brain cells.
Statement By HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius And HHS Agencies On The Signing Of The Family Smoking Prevention And Tobacco Control Act
Today, President Obama took historic action to save lives, reduce health care costs, and help reduce suffering from heart and lung diseases, cancer, and other tobacco-related illnesses. These illnesses kill hundreds of thousands of Americans every year, and the new law gives us the tools to effectively address this major public health issue. This is a key step forward and an important part of health reform.
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364,000 are admitted to NHS hospitals each year
due to diseases caused by smoking. 1000 die every day.
In 1997/98 cig smoking caused 480,000 to consult their Gp’s
heart disease, 20,000 of which were for strokes
50% of all teenagers who currently smoke will die of diseases
caused by tobacco
Between 1950-2000 6 million Brits. Died of smoking
114,000 die from smoking each year
Passive smoking is a now a major killer
Smoking is Britain’s biggest killer
Smoking causes 1 in 3 deaths in Oxfordshire (source article by
Oxford Mail Nov 13th 2004)
One of the reasons hypnotherapy is so effective is that it utilises readiness
for change. The facts above are one of the reasons why people decide to give up
and are read to change.
Unless otherwise stated, the statistics above are courtesy of
www.ash.org.uk.
Please use the calculator below to work out how much you spend a month on
cigarettes, and then compare it to the cost of stopping smoking using our Stop Smoking hypnotic track. You might be
surprised at how quickly you start saving money.
As an online product we wish to be able to reach as many areas as possible outside of the Oxfordshire practice area, to help people to Stop Smoking in a cost effective way by use of our HypnoticTracks Download or CD.
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