How To Stop Using Tobacco Without Using Nicotine Replacement

Now more than ever, we are well aware that using tobacco is a really serious detriment to your overall health. Thanks to secondhand smoke, it’s bad for the folks surrounding you as well. There are many ways to say no to smoking cigarettes, and a popular technique is the utilization of nicotine replacement therapy, or NRT. NRT has its positive points, but it should also be stated that alternative tactics also have their own advantages.

New Lung Delivery Technology to help people Quit Smoking

A new technology for delivering nicotine to the lungs may soon help smokers in quitting the habit. When compared to the traditional nicotine vapor delivery system used in the Nicotrol/Nicorette inhaler, the new lung delivery technology proved more effective at delivering nicotine to the blood stream. As a result, it provides immediate relief of withdrawal [...]

Blood Pressure control in Infants and Smoking Mothers

Newborns of women who smoked during pregnancy show signs of circulatory dysfunction in the first few weeks after birth, which get worse throughout the first year, a team of Swedish researchers reports in Hypertension: Journal of the American Heart Association. According to the researchers, the blood pressure response to tilting the infants upright during sleep, [...]

Herbal Cigarettes are as harmful as normal Cigarettes

Enjoying herbal cigarettes? Think once again! Because, the findings of a new research published in the December issue of Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention suggests that herbal cigarettes are in no way healthier than their normal counterparts. The researchers have found that Chinese "herbal" cigarettes that combine medicinal herbs with tobacco are just as addictive [...]

Study finds high Nicotine levels in Children exposed to Secondhand Smoke

The findings of a new research published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, shows that nicotine level is higher in children exposed to secondhand smoke in home. Specifically, hair nicotine concentrations were higher in children exposed to secondhand smoke at home, and the younger the children, [...]

Outdoor Second-hand Smoke creating a new hazard : Study

Smoking not only harms the smokers, but also the non-smokers exposed to cigarette smokes. In scientific terms, it is called second-hand smoke. Indoor smoking bans have forced smokers at bars and restaurants onto outdoor patios, but a new University of Georgia study in collaboration with the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention suggests that these [...]

Cigarettes carry many harmful Bacteria : Study

Need some more reasons to quit smoking? Read this. Cigarettes are "widely contaminated" with bacteria, including some known to cause disease in people, concludes a new international study conducted by a University of Maryland environmental health researcher and microbial ecologists at the Ecole Centrale de Lyon in France. So, when you are smoking, you are [...]

Smokers with SLE disorder are at higher risk for Skin Damage

Need some more reasons to quit smoking? Researchers at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC) have just found another reason for smokers to quit! A study led by Dr. Christian A Pineau, Co-Director of the Lupus and Vasculitis clinic at the MUHC, has clearly linked skin damage and rashes to smoking [...]

Smoking during Pregnancy increases risk of Psychotic Symptoms

We all know that smoking during pregnancy is harmful. Now, a new research published in the October issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry proves that there is a link between maternal tobacco use and psychotic symptoms. According to the study, mothers who smoke during pregnancy put their children at greater risk of developing psychotic [...]

Heart attack rate drops after Smoking Bans

One year after smoking bans, communities in North America and Europe had 17 percent fewer heart attacks compared to communities without smoking restrictions, and the number of heart attacks kept decreasing with time, according to a report in Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association.
The report is a meta-analysis of 13 studies in which researchers [...]

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