Global Survey Highlights Need For Cancer Prevention Campaigns To Correct Misbeliefs
Many people hold mistaken beliefs about what causes cancer, tending to inflate the threat from environmental factors that have relatively little impact while minimizing the hazards of behaviours well established as cancer risk factors, according to the first global survey on the topic.
8 Of Every 10 Spanish Adolescents Who Play A Sport Do Not Smoke, And More Than 40% Do Not Practice Any Physical Activity
Sports and tobacco consumption are directly related, according to a study carried out by researchers of the University of Granada, the Spanish National Research Council- CSIC, the Universities of Murcia, Zaragoza and Cantabria, and the Nuestra Señora de la Consolación School of Granada. This work has proved that those Spanish adolescents who play a sport do not smoke usually (8 of every 10), and more than 40% of the adolescents aged between 13 and 18 do not practice any physical activity.
Health Care Costs Reduced By California Tobacco Control Program
Tobacco control programs can reduce smoking, and when successful, they reduce personal health care costs, according to a study released on August 25, 2008 in the open-access journal PLoS Medicine. The study specifically tracks the California Tobacco Control Program, which was established in 1989 with the goal of changing social norms surrounding tobacco use.
Tobacco Industry's Marketing Linked To Youth Smoking
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) has released a report, co-edited by University of Minnesota professor Barbara Loken, that reaches the government's strongest conclusion to date that tobacco marketing and depictions of smoking in movies promote youth smoking.
BJOG Release: Using Nicotine Replacement Therapy During Pregnancy
Smoking during pregnancy is known to increase the risk of stillbirth and pregnancy complications. To assist in smoking cessation, nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) is commonly prescribed but there is little information about the effects of NRT on a pregnant woman and her baby. New research to be published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology examines whether NRT is safe to use during pregnancy.
Lung's Protective Response Against Tobacco Smoke Blocked By Infection
An infection that often goes undetected can block the lung's natural protective response against tobacco smoke, according to researchers at National Jewish Health. The findings, recently published online and scheduled to appear in the October issue of Infection and Immunity, suggest one mechanism that may cause smokers to develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
Link Between Low Level Cadmium Exposure And Lung Disease
New research suggests that cadmium is one of the critical ingredients causing emphysema, and even low-level exposure attained through second-hand smoke and other means may also increase the chance of developing lung disease. The University of Michigan School of Public Health study suggests that higher cadmium levels in the body as much as double the risk of developing a pulmonary disease diagnosis such as emphysema or chronic bronchitis.
Confusion About Nicotine May Stop Smokers From Kicking The Habit
Over two thirds of smokers incorrectly believe that nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) products, like NiQuitin, are just as harmful as cigarettes, and this misconception may even be stopping them from getting the support they need to give up smoking. Quitting smoking cold turkey can be quite a shock to the body and can make quitters more likely to fail than if they were to use a product with therapeutic nicotine, like NiQuitin.
Smokers More Likely To Hemorrhage After Throat Surgery
According to a report in the August issue of Archives of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, patients who undergo a surgical procedure that removes excess tissue from the throat (uvulopalatopharyngoplasty or UPPP) along with a surgical tonsil-removing procedure (tonsillectomy) have an increased rate of hemorrhage (bleeding) if they are smokers. However, smokers do not have an increased rate of bleeding if they undergo tonsillectomy alone.
Medicare Support Pays Off For Senior Smokers Trying To Quit
New research suggests that Medicare could help seniors stop smoking by providing nicotine patches and a telephone hotline to those who want to quit. Nearly 20 percent of seniors who tried that approach managed to quit smoking for a year, according to a study designed to gauge how much smoking-cessation efforts will cost Medicare.
Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Feature Highlights Recent Blog Entries
While mainstream news coverage is still a primary source of information for the latest in policy debates and the health care marketplace, online blogs have become a significant part of the media landscape, often presenting new perspectives on policy issues and drawing attention to under-reported topics.
FDA Should 'Quickly' Determine The Effects Of Menthol-Flavored Cigarettes, New York Times Editorial States
"There is ample reason to suspect that menthol may be harmful to many smokers and disproportionately harmful to black Americans," to whom "[m]entholated cigarettes have been marketed aggressively," a New York Times editorial states. More than 70% of black smokers prefer menthol brands, compared with 25% to 30% of whites, according to the Times.
BJOG Release: Stop Smoking If You Are Pregnant
New research to be published in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology examines the results of maternal smoking on birth outcomes. Previous studies have focused on the consequences of smoking during each pregnancy, in isolation. This new study analysed outcomes according to whether women continued to smoke in successive pregnancies, or managed to give up smoking after their first pregnancy.
Home Smoking Bans Prevent Teens From Lighting Up
Parents who enforce no-smoking rules at home are less likely to have teens who experiment with cigarettes, a new study finds. "This basic intervention implementing a household smoking ban has the potential to promote antismoking norms and to prevent adolescent smoking," said lead study author Alison Albers, Ph.D., an assistant professor at Boston University School of Public Health.
Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Feature Highlights Recent Blog Entries
While mainstream news coverage is still a primary source of information for the latest in policy debates and the health care marketplace, online blogs have become a significant part of the media landscape, often presenting new perspectives on policy issues and drawing attention to under-reported topics.
International Association Of Fire Fighters Launches Smoking Cessation Campaign With Pfizer
The International Association of Fire Fighters has announced the launch of a new initiative to help fire fighters, family members and friends to quit smoking cigarettes. "Our goal is to help make the IAFF the first smoke-free union," IAFF General President Harold Schaitberger said in his address to delegates at the IAFF 49th Convention. The IAFF is collaborating with pharmaceutical company Pfizer Inc. to promote smoking cessation.
Russian People Favour Much Tougher Curbs On Smoking
Most Russians favour much tougher curbs on smoking, and a substantial number want smoking in restaurants and on public transport to be banned, reveals research published ahead of print in the journal Tobacco Control. Between 1990 and 2000, cigarette consumption increased by an estimated 81% despite a declining population. And since 1991, the number of smokers in Russia has continued to rise steadily, with a more than doubling in the number of women smokers.
Smoking Ban On Navajo Nation Reservations Vetoed
Navajo Nation Tribal President Joe Shirley on Thursday vetoed a ban on smoking and chewing tobacco in public places on the reservation, the Boston Globe reports (Boston Globe, 8/7). The
Study Links Buzz From First Smoke, And Regular Smoking, With Gene
Anyone who has ever tried smoking probably remembers that first cigarette vividly. For some, it brought a wave of nausea or a nasty coughing fit. For others, those first puffs also came with a rush of pleasure or "buzz." Now, a new study links those first experiences with smoking, and the likelihood that a person is currently a smoker, to a particular genetic variation. The finding may help explain the path that leads from that first cigarette to lifelong smoking.
Media- Literate Teens May Be Less Likely To Smoke Cigarettes, Pitt School Of Medicine Study Finds
Adolescents who are skilled in interpreting media messages about tobacco may be less likely to smoke and less likely to start smoking in the future, according to a new study by University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine researchers. The report is now online in the American Journal of Health Behavior. In this study, researchers assessed the media literacy of more than 1,200 adolescents.
State's High School Youth Are Smoking Less
Alabama high school students are getting the message that smoking isn't cool, according to the results of the 2008 Youth Tobacco Survey conducted by the Alabama Department of Public Health's Tobacco Prevention Branch. There was a 17.5 percent decrease in high school students who smoke in 2008 compared to those who said they smoked in 2006, according to the survey. About 22.
Research Reveals Why Some Smokers Become Addicted With Their First Cigarette
New research from The University of Western Ontario reveals how the brain processes the 'rewarding' and addictive properties of nicotine, providing a better understanding of why some people seemingly become hooked with their first smoke. The research, led by Steven Laviolette of the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry could lead to new therapies to prevent nicotine dependence and to treat nicotine withdrawal when smokers try to quit.
New York Times Examines Reaction To Tobacco Regulation Legislation
The New York Times on Sunday examined how smokers are left in the middle of "this maelstrom of debate" on whether menthol-flavored cigarettes should be included in the legislation that would allow FDA to ban flavored additives (Navarro, New York Times, 8/3).
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I had been thinking of trying hypnotherapy but the cost has put me off as did booking appointments etc so when I found your web site I thought...why not? I downloaded the track and listened to it straight away this morning (did giggle to myself a couple of times...well its a funny thing to do when you think about it!). I wasn't sure it had worked at first, I just felt incredibly relaxed afterwards (very nice in its own right!). However, since then I have not wanted a cigarette and even when I did have a very brief thought once I took a deep breath and it was gone! I'ts the first time I feel not as if I have stopped, but that I am a non-smoker!! I seem to have forgotten somehow that I did smoke.
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When I told my friends I was using hypnosis to help me stop smoking they all laughed and pretended to dangle pendulums in front of me.
Anyway I phoned Sam before downloading and he told me to 'forget about the stage nonsense', the tracks will do it for me providing I meant business about giving up. He also told me the track would come with his own personal guarantee and to feel free to ask questions at any time.
So I downloaded and after listening to it stopped smoking. Sam advised me to listen to it a few more times to be on the safe side, and now smoking just does not come into my thoughts at all.
Meanwhile I see these around me who were quick to criticise, on patches, chewing gum, and thinking about smoking all day long. Best of luck to them.
If anyone had told me a few weeks ago I would be using the power of my mind to stop smoking I would have laughed at them."
Sandra Bashford, UK
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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