Albany County launches grant program to combat youth tobacco use
The Albany County Legislature, in partnership with the Albany County Department of Health and the Albany County Executive's ...
Android app targets Hispanic smokers and uses anxiety exercises to increase quitting success
University of Houston researchers have created a first-of-its-kind, Spanish-language Android app called Impacto, designed ...
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Most US Adults Who Quit Smoking Now Use Nicotine Products to Do So—Typically Vapes
Despite years of negative public messaging, 41 percent who quit cigarettes used vapes, a new study based on 2022 data reveals ...
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Top supermarkets running 'prohibited' tobacco ads
Sainsbury's and Morrisons are displaying adverts for tobacco products in their stores which Trading Standards says are against the law. Video screens and posters promote devices that deliver ...
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Health Ministry hosts review meeting on tobacco cessation clinics
THE Ministry of Health’s Chronic Diseases Unit convened a Review Meeting on Tobacco Cessation Clinics on Friday at the Ministry of Health Boardroom in Brickdam. The meeting brought together healthcare ...
Lung failure: Association gives Georgia lowest grades in U.S. for tobacco policies
American Lung Association's State of Tobacco Control analyzed every state's policies around smoking. Georgia was one of a few that got all F's.
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Cessation and knowledge-building messaging are associated with e-cigarette cessation intentions among youth and young adults in the USA
Both knowledge-building and cessation messaging focused on educating youth about the negative health effects and risks of nicotine use. Knowledge-building messaging aimed to educate youth and young ...
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Office Spirometry for Lung Health Assessment in Adults: A Consensus Statement From the National Lung Health Education Program
Finally, the risk of an adverse effect caused by the intervention for COPD (smoking cessation) is very small. The side effects of over-the-counter nicotine replacement are minimal. Successful ...
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Newton City Council approves a 'generational ban' on tobacco products
Newton city councilors voted to approve an ordinance Tuesday night that bans the sale of tobacco or e-cigarette products to anyone born on, or after, March 1, 2004. Adults who are currently 21 or ...
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Tobacco Giant Advocates for Science-Based Policies to Reduce Smoking Rates
Imperial Tobacco Canada is appealing for a coordinated effort between government, health organizations, academics and the private sector to develop what it calls “pragmatic, science-based policies to ...
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Can rewards help people quit smoking, and do they work in the long term?
Overall, our conclusion from this latest review update remains that there is high-certainty evidence that incentives improve smoking cessation rates at long-term follow-up in mixed population studies.
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Risk of psychotic disorder appears to decline with time following cannabis use cessation
Their analysis found that the risk of psychosis declines following the cessation of cannabis use with the risk being less for those who have ceased use for longer. Ex-users who had only recently ...