Quit Smoking Support:
Quit smoking and stop the habit, cigarette smoking hazards, help and support to quit smoking and tips.
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Aug 18th, 2009
The Louisville Metro Department of Public Health and Wellness is now offering free nicotine replacement patches to those who enroll in Cooper/Clayton stop smoking classes now through October 20.
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Aug 17th, 2009
Contrary to some notions, chewing tobacco and using snuff is more harmful than previously known. Avoidance of inhaling tobacco smoke is no better than smoking cigarettes has been further explored by researchers.
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Aug 12th, 2009
Sales of tobacco to underage youth (those younger than age 18) have continued to decline, and have in fact reached historic lows under the Synar Amendment program – a federal and state partnership program aimed at ending illegal tobacco sales to minors.
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Aug 5th, 2009
Iloprost, a drug used regularly to treat high blood pressure in the lungs, significantly improves lung damage in former smokers.
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Aug 1st, 2009
A new study - designed to understand why people smoke and help develop more effective quitting programmes for smokers - has revealed that only half of smokers say enjoyment and coping with stress were reasons why they smoke.
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Jul 28th, 2009
Smoking has once again been implicated in the development of advanced cancer.
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Jul 24th, 2009
FDA announced that a laboratory analysis of electronic cigarette samples has found that they contain carcinogens and toxic chemicals such as diethylene glycol, an ingredient used in antifreeze.
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Jul 23rd, 2009
In a new release yester, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration warned that e-cigarettes may contain carcinogens. According to the announcement laboratory analysis of electronic cigarette samples has found the e-cigarettes contain carcinogens and toxic chemicals such as diethylene glycol, an ingredient used in antifreeze.
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Jul 17th, 2009
Prohibiting tobacco use at home could reduce adolescent smoking rates, but the practice might be less common in black families than in white ones.
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Jul 10th, 2009
Roll-your-own (RYO) cigarettes expose smokers to similar levels of cancer-causing chemicals as manufactured cigarettes.
