Smoking

Marijuana Smoke Can Alter DNA And Lead To Cancer
by eNotAlone.com
Smoking the cannabis plant (also known as pot, marijuana and ganja), can damage DNA and increases the risk of developing cancer, discovered researchers from England and Sweden.

Online Programs Effectively Help Smokers To Quit
by eNotAlone.com
It is not a secret to anyone how hard it is to quit smoking. However, not everyone might know that the best solution for the problem might be as close as a keyboard of the computer. A new analysis by scientists at the University of California, Berkeley

The Body-Image Therapy Helps Women Quit Smoking
by eNotAlone.com
Scientists at Temple University have found that body-image therapy can be more effective than an exercise plan to help women not only keep their pounds at bay, but also to stay smoke-free.

Antidepressant Drug Helps Pregnant Smookers To Quit
by eNotAlone.com
Pregnant women who are substance-dependent and also smoke cigarettes may be successfully treated with certain anti-depressant drugs, suggest preliminary results of a new study by U.S. researchers. In particular

Secondhand Smoking Causes Major Depression
by eNotAlone.com
Non-smokers who are being exposed to cigarette smoke, not only experience its harm physically, but are twice more likely to suffer from major depression, compared to people who are not exposed to black clouds, a large federal study reports.

Cash Reward Helps Smokers Quit Bad Habit
by eNotAlone.com
Smokers who are paid to quit are about three times more likely to give up a bad habit and not have another cigarette than those who get no cash reward, a new study reports. Smoking is one of the nation's biggest causes of premature death

Why Is It So Hard To Quit Smoking?
by eNotAlone.com
"It's easy to quit smoking. I've done it a hundred times," said Mark Twain when he tried to quit smoking his cigar back in 1800s. But as it turns out - it is always easier to say than to do it in reality.

Dangers of Smoking During Pregnancy
by eNotAlone.com
Australia's New South Wales Cancer Institute in its study has come to the conclusion that pregnant women who smoke greatly increase the risk their child will develop a life-threatening cancer, such as leukemia (cancer of the blood or bone marrow).

The Curse and the Cure of Strong Drink
by T. S. Arthur
When we consider the almost universal use of tobacco, especially in the form of smoking, among our male population, it is not to be wondered at that this powerful poison has come to be regarded as an innocent and almost necessary vegetable production

Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine
by George M. Gould, M.D., Walter L. Pyle, M.D.
O'Neill a gives the history of a farmer's wife, aged forty, who wounded her leg against a sewing-machine, and by lay advice applied a handful of chopped wet tobacco to it, from which procedure, strange to say, serious nicotin-poisoning ensued.

Chantix: New Drug to Help Quit Smoking
by Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
The drug received a priority review because of its significant potential benefit to public health. Chantix was reviewed in six months rather than the regular review time of 10 months, says Curt Rosebraugh, M.D., M.P.H., deputy director of the FDA's Office

Alcohol and Tobacco Use Prevention: Life Skills Training
by National Institute of Health
Rates of drinking and smoking increase among high school students as they age. Therefore, prevention programs that target youth either before or during junior high school may help prevent alcohol, tobacco, and other drug (ATOD) use during high school.

The Effects of Tobacco Use During and After Pregnancy
by National Institute of Health
Alcohol and tobacco use during pregnancy have both been associated with a number of adverse effects on the growth, cognitive development, and behavior of the exposed child.

Alcohol Dependence and Habitual Smoking : Risks
by National Institute of Health
Smoking and alcohol dependence frequently occur together, and both behaviors are determined in part by genetic influences. The Collaborative Study on the Genetics of Alcoholism (COGA), which is investigating the genetic factors contributing to alcohol

Smoking and Drinking: Sociocultural Influences
by National Institute of Health
Numerous research studies have shown that sociocultural factors influence the initiation and continued use of alcohol and tobacco among adolescents and adults. Few studies have examined the effects of sociocultural factors on the tendency of smokers

Smoking and Drinking Link: Behavioral Mechanisms
by National Institute of Health
Many people use both alcohol and nicotine (cigarettes and other tobacco products). The behavioral effects of these two drugs differ, and they do not act on the same target sites in the brain, although they may share, or partly share, certain properties.

Smoking and the Genetic Contribution to Alcohol-Dependence
by National Institute of Health
Genes influence a person's risk of becoming a smoker as well as the risk of alcohol dependence. Because substantially higher rates of smoking are observed in alcoholics than in control groups, uncovering the mechanisms underlying this association

Alcohol and Tobacco Use: Patterns of Co-Occurring Consumption and Dependence
by National Institute of Health
Epidemiologists have conducted nationwide surveys, such as the National Household Survey on Drug Abuse (NHSDA) and the National Comorbidity Survey (NCS), to estimate the prevalence of either the individual or the concurrent consumption of and dependence

Smoking : Breaking the Addiction, Secondhand Smoke
by National Institute on Aging
Smoking is a strong addiction for both your body and mind. That is why it is so hard to stop. But, people do succeed. Since 1965 over 40 million Americans who used to smoke have quit. There is help.

What Smoking Does, Nicotine Is a Drug, Addiction
by National Institute on Aging
If you quit smoking, you are likely to add years to your life, breathe more easily, and have more energy. You will have extra money for spending or saving, and food will taste better. When you quit smoking, you join over a million people who stop smoking