http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. After a major review of scientific information, six leading tobacco research and policy experts have concluded that a nicotine reduction strategy should be an urgent research priority because of its potential to profoundly reduce the death and disease from tobacco use. Their findings were published today in the journal Tobacco Control. http://phys.org/news205156528.html Medicine & Health Fri, 01 Oct 2010 13:10:01 EST news205156528 The large Nordic twin study investigating the heritability of subarachnothe role of genetic factors underlying the development of SAH suggests that the role of genetic factors underlying the development of SAH is less than previously believed. http://phys.org/news204197216.html Medicine & Health Mon, 20 Sep 2010 10:40:01 EST news204197216 A new study released today by the American Lung Association, and conducted by researchers at Penn State University, finds that helping smokers quit not only saves lives but also offers favorable economic benefits to states. The study, titled Smoking Cessation: the Economic Benefits, provides a nationwide cost-benefit analysis that compares the costs to society of smoking with the economic benefits of states providing cessation (quit-smoking) coverage. The study comes at an important time, as important cessation benefit provisions are being implemented at the federal and state levels as a result of healthcare reform legislation. http://phys.org/news203698070.html Medicine & Health Tue, 14 Sep 2010 16:00:01 EST news203698070 Smokeless tobacco products should not be used as an alternative to cigarettes or for smoking cessation due to the risk of addiction and return to smoking, according to an American Heart Association policy statement. http://phys.org/news203614618.html Medicine & Health Mon, 13 Sep 2010 16:37:06 EST news203614618 A study led by researchers in the Oregon Health & Science University Smoking Cessation Center may change the way clinicians make treatment decisions for their patients who smoke. http://phys.org/news202574547.html Medicine & Health Wed, 01 Sep 2010 15:43:32 EST news202574547 Canada should follow the lead of Quebec, Australia and the United Kingdom by publicly funding smoking cessation pharmacotherapies, states an editorial in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). http://phys.org/news202390356.html Medicine & Health Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:32:49 EST news202390356 (AP) -- Even though they've lived with the health warnings much of their lives and doubtless seen the ill effects on friends, relatives and even themselves, about 4.5 million older Americans continue to smoke. http://phys.org/news202190509.html Medicine & Health Sat, 28 Aug 2010 05:03:03 EST news202190509 The script for two research teams inducted today into the American Chemical Society (ACS) scientific "hall of fame" ― the ACS Heroes of Chemistry ― is a tale of two pills. One team invented a medication that helps people with diabetes control their blood sugar levels. The second team invented a medicine that helps people stop smoking, an addiction that experts regard as today's single greatest preventable cause of death worldwide. http://phys.org/news201758884.html Chemistry Mon, 23 Aug 2010 05:20:01 EST news201758884 Nicotine patches and gum are common -- and often ineffective -- ways of fighting cigarette cravings, as most smokers have discovered. Now a new study from Tel Aviv University shows why they're ineffective, and may provide the basis for more successful psychologically-based smoking cessation programs. http://phys.org/news198250272.html Medicine & Health Tue, 13 Jul 2010 15:00:01 EST news198250272 (PhysOrg.com) -- A personalized approach to smoking cessation therapy is quickly taking shape. New evidence from Duke University Medical Center and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) suggests that combining information about a smoker's genetic makeup with his or her smoking habits can accurately predict which nicotine replacement therapy will work best. http://phys.org/news198241844.html Medicine & Health Tue, 13 Jul 2010 12:20:01 EST news198241844 It is well known that smokers are at an increased risk for post-surgical complications such as infections and poorly healing wounds. Likewise, smoking can contribute to lowered survival and delayed healing. http://phys.org/news197730839.html Medicine & Health Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:10:01 EST news197730839 A personalized approach to smoking cessation therapy is quickly taking shape. New evidence from Duke University Medical Center and the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) suggests that combining information about a smoker's genetic makeup with his or her smoking habits can accurately predict which nicotine replacement therapy will work best. http://phys.org/news197290016.html Medicine & Health Fri, 02 Jul 2010 11:57:03 EST news197290016 (PhysOrg.com) -- Many healthcare providers are quick to advise patients to quit smoking, but few follow up with programs, plans or prescriptions to help them break the habit, new research from UC Davis has found. http://phys.org/news195840803.html Medicine & Health Tue, 15 Jun 2010 17:30:01 EST news195840803 If more women quit smoking before they became pregnant, it would save infant lives, concludes a new study from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). http://phys.org/news195297779.html Medicine & Health Wed, 09 Jun 2010 11:00:01 EST news195297779 While researchers have done a good job documenting health problems associated with the high prevalence of smoking among Americans who have HIV/AIDS, it's now time to focus on how to get these smokers to kick the habit, Saint Louis University School of Public Health research finds. http://phys.org/news194788039.html Medicine & Health Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:47:49 EST news194788039 Smokers who refrain from using tobacco during the six-week period following emergency surgery for an acute fracture heal more quickly and experience fewer complications than patients who continue to smoke during the healing process, according to a study published in the June 2010 issue of The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS). http://phys.org/news194628022.html Medicine & Health Tue, 01 Jun 2010 16:40:01 EST news194628022 In a study published today in the journal Addiction, researchers have determined that treatment for smoking dependence is as effective among people with severe mental illnesses as it is for the general population. Importantly, they also found that offering such treatments does not appear to cause deterioration in mental health. http://phys.org/news193573745.html Medicine & Health Thu, 20 May 2010 11:40:01 EST news193573745 Recent changes to the NHS community pharmacy contract in England and Wales have led to a range of services, like smoking cessation and supervised methadone administration, which were once the reserve of general practitioners but which will now be provided through a private market dominated by large corporations. http://phys.org/news192877067.html Medicine & Health Wed, 12 May 2010 09:58:06 EST news192877067 The tobacco addiction epidemic is a major public health problem worldwide. Professor Zhao Baolu and his group from the State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Science, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences set out to tackle this problem. After 20 years of innovative research, they have developed a novel tea filter to treat cigarette addiction and have discovered the molecular mechanism behind the smoking cessation effect. They identified theanine as the active ingredient in the tea filter that inhibits nicotine addiction. Their work entitled "The cessation and detoxification effect of tea filters on cigarette smoke" was published in the X. edition Science of China in 2010. http://phys.org/news192804646.html Medicine & Health Tue, 11 May 2010 14:10:02 EST news192804646 (PhysOrg.com) -- Health care providers and educators nationwide who run youth smoking cessation programs now have access to a free toolkit to improve their programs. http://phys.org/news191600977.html Medicine & Health Tue, 27 Apr 2010 15:30:09 EST news191600977 (PhysOrg.com) -- In a paper published in the journal Nature Genetics, a UNC team reported that three genetic regions were associated with the number of cigarettes smoked per day, one region was associated with smoking initiation and one variant was associated with smoking cessation. http://phys.org/news191513117.html Medicine & Health Mon, 26 Apr 2010 15:30:04 EST news191513117 For women smokers worried about their weight, combining cognitive behavioral therapy addressing weight concerns with the medication bupropion appears more effective than counseling alone to help them quit smoking, according to a report in the March 22 issue of Archives of Internal Medicine. http://phys.org/news188497815.html Medicine & Health Mon, 22 Mar 2010 17:50:01 EST news188497815 Telephone counseling programs for smoking cessation, popularly known as "quitlines," are an increasingly common way for smokers to quit. Every state in the U.S. now has one. However, most of them provide counseling services in English and Spanish only. The only quitline so far to offer counseling in multiple Asian languages is the California Smokers' Helpline. Since 1993, the Helpline has counseled smokers in Chinese (both Mandarin and Cantonese dialects), Korean and Vietnamese, in addition to English and Spanish. http://phys.org/news188229794.html Medicine & Health Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:30:01 EST news188229794 Although many smokers try to quit by selecting a 'quit day' and going cold turkey, a new Cochrane review finds that quitting gradually might work just as well. http://phys.org/news188064499.html Medicine & Health Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:00:01 EST news188064499 (PhysOrg.com) -- Nicotine takes much longer than previously thought to reach peak levels in the brains of cigarette smokers, according to new research conducted at Duke University Medical Center. http://phys.org/news187282353.html Medicine & Health Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:00:03 EST news187282353 In underserved areas like North Philadelphia, existing research shows a nearly 10 percent higher smoking rate than in the general population, with a lower quit rate to boot. The consequences of this public health problem are magnified for new mothers that smoke, as they also expose their babies to the ill effects of second-hand smoke. http://phys.org/news186686454.html Medicine & Health Mon, 01 Mar 2010 19:10:02 EST news186686454 A novel technology for delivering nicotine to the lungs may soon give smokers a new way to kick the habit. http://phys.org/news186502167.html Medicine & Health Sat, 27 Feb 2010 14:30:06 EST news186502167 Asthma is the most common chronic illness affecting Latino children in the United States, and secondhand smoke is a serious contributing factor. Now a new study from The Miriam Hospital's Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine and Brown University suggests that clinically-based smoking cessation programs may not be enough to help Latino smokers with asthmatic children kick the habit. http://phys.org/news185634193.html Medicine & Health Wed, 17 Feb 2010 13:50:01 EST news185634193 With the national trend toward quitting smoking flat, psychologists are finding some success with treatments aimed at helping smokers from underserved groups, including racial and ethnic minorities and those with psychiatric disorders. http://phys.org/news185198706.html Medicine & Health Fri, 12 Feb 2010 12:20:01 EST news185198706 Health authorities should emphasize the positive message that the most successful method used by most ex-smokers is unassisted cessation, despite the promotion of cessation drugs by pharmaceutical companies and many tobacco control advocates. http://phys.org/news184921101.html Medicine & Health Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:58:31 EST news184921101