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Smokers ‘salivate’ to cigarettes: The physiological reactions to associated images

January 11, 2012
It is commonly known that, much like Pavlov's dogs salivating in response to hearing the bell they associate with dinner time, smokers feel cravings and have physiological reactions to pictures they associate with smoking. New research published in BioMed Central's open access journal BMC Neuroscience has shown that a smoker's ...

Study Finds Tobacco Company Misrepresented Danger From Cigarettes; Toxicity Levels Obscured, Increasing Risks Of Heart Disease, Cancer

January 9, 2012
A new UCSF analysis of tobacco industry documents shows that Philip Morris USA manipulated data on the effects of additives in cigarettes, including menthol, obscuring actual toxicity levels and increasing the risk of heart, cancer and other diseases for smokers. Tobacco industry information can't be taken at face value, the ...

Tobacco company misrepresented danger from cigarettes: study

January 6, 2012
A new UCSF analysis of tobacco industry documents shows that Philip Morris USA manipulated data on the effects of additives in cigarettes, including menthol, obscuring actual toxicity levels and increasing the risk of heart, cancer and other diseases for smokers.

Tobacco company misrepresented danger from cigarettes

January 6, 2012
A new UCSF analysis of tobacco industry documents shows that Philip Morris USA manipulated data on the effects of additives in cigarettes, including menthol, obscuring actual toxicity levels and increasing the risk of heart, cancer and other diseases for smokers. Tobacco industry information can't be taken at ...

New e-cigarettes affect users’ airways

January 6, 2012
(Medical Xpress) -- E-cigarettes, or electronic cigarettes, are promoted as a safer alternative to smoking. However, a new study published in the journal Chest, shows that these e-cigarettes cause immediate changes in the airways and may not be a as safe as they are promoted to be.

Tobacco company misrepresented danger from cigarettes

January 6, 2012
(University of California - San Francisco) A new UCSF analysis of tobacco industry documents shows that Philip Morris USA manipulated data on the effects of additives in cigarettes, including menthol, obscuring actual toxicity levels and increasing the risk of heart, cancer and other diseases for smokers.

Life After Cigarettes Is Happier: Study

December 17, 2011
By Randy Dotinga HealthDay Reporter FRIDAY, Dec. 16 (HealthDay News) -- Not only does their health improve, but people who quit smoking get a boost in their quality of life, new research finds. "Quitting is hard, but if ...

Life After Cigarettes

December 14, 2011
Compared with those who continue to smoke, quitters are both happier and more satisfied with their health. Life without cigarettes is not all doom and gloom. In fact, successful quitters are more satisfied with their lives and feel healthier, both one year and three years afterwards, than those who continue ...

Life after cigarettes

December 13, 2011
Life without cigarettes is not all doom and gloom. In fact, successful quitters are more satisfied with their lives and feel healthier, both one year and three years afterwards, than those who continue to smoke. That's according to new research by Dr. Megan Piper, from the University of Wisconsin School ...

Life after cigarettes

December 13, 2011
Life without cigarettes is not all doom and gloom. In fact, successful quitters are more satisfied with their lives and feel healthier, both one year and three years afterwards, than those who continue to smoke. That's according to new research by Dr. Megan Piper, from the University of Wisconsin School ...

Life after cigarettes

December 13, 2011
(Springer) Life without cigarettes is not all doom and gloom. In fact, successful quitters are more satisfied with their lives and feel healthier, both one year and three years afterward, than those who continue to smoke. That's according to new research by Dr. Megan Piper, from the University of Wisconsin ...

Cigarettes, diet, alcohol and obesity behind more than 100,000 cancers

December 7, 2011
(Medical Xpress) -- More than 100,000 cancers – equivalent to one third of all those diagnosed in the UK each year – are being caused by smoking, unhealthy diets, alcohol and excess weight, according to new research from Queen Mary, University of London.