News tagged with quitline
Will Asian-language smokers use a tobacco quitline?
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 ...
Mar 19, 2010 |
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Apartment-dwelling children in nonsmoking units still exposed
Children living in apartments are exposed to secondhand smoke even when no one smokes inside their own unit. This study, released online today by the journal Pediatrics, strongly suggests that housing type contributes to chi ...
Dec 13, 2010 |
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Smokers with depression less likely to stay tobacco free
Depressed smokers want to quit the nicotine habit just as much as non-depressed smokers, but a new study suggests that depression can put a kink in their success.
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Dec 07, 2010 |
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Puffing in public housing poses serious health risks to tenants
In an effort to protect children from harmful tobacco smoke exposure, health and medical professionals are pushing for a ban on smoking in public housing in a report appearing in this week's New England Journal of Medicine.
Jun 17, 2010 |
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Study: More can be done more to help smokers quit
(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.
Jun 15, 2010 |
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CDC: Cigarette taxes rose in 14 states last year
(AP) -- Fourteen states, the nation's capital and the federal government hiked their cigarette taxes last year, but health officials worry that tobacco company discounts are keeping prices down.
Apr 08, 2010 |
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Studies show huge health disparities among Asian-Americans, native Hawaiians, Asian immigrants
Although Asian Americans have long been portrayed as a "model minority" with few major problems, data released online today in the American Journal of Public Health (AJPH) reveal that distinct groups of Asian Americans, Na ...
Mar 18, 2010 |
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Quitline messages that stress benefits of quitting may improve smoking cessation
Smokers who received gain-framed messaging from quitline specialists (i.e., stressing the benefits of quitting) had slightly better cessation outcomes than those who received standard-care messaging (i.e., potential losses ...
Jan 07, 2010 |
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Acculturation influences smoking cessation by Latino men
Latino men who are more adapted to U.S. culture are more likely to quit smoking than their less-acculturated counterparts, according to research by scientists at The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center published ...
Dec 03, 2009 |
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Evidence supports use of Web- and computer-based programs to help adults quit smoking
Available evidence supports the use of online or other computer-based smoking cessation programs for helping adults quit smoking, according to a meta-analysis of previously published studies appearing in the May 25 issue ...
May 25, 2009 |
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Technology improves treatment options for drug users
Australia's leading scientific journal in the substance use area, the Drug and Alcohol Review - published by Wiley-Blackwell, has released a special issue on the use of new technologies in the treatment of drug problems. The is ...
Jan 21, 2009 |
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