Posts tagged: cigarettes
Tobacco company misrepresented danger from cigarettes, study suggests
A new 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, study says.
Life after cigarettes: 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 to smoke. That's according to new research by Dr. Megan Piper, from the University of Wisconsin School ...
Influencing craving for cigarettes by stimulating the brain
Targeted brain stimulation increases cigarette cravings, a new study has found, which may lead to new treatments. Cues such as watching someone else smoke, elicit craving and may provoke relapse. There are many methods that smokers use in an attempt to reduce their craving for cigarettes, including efficacious pharmacologic treatments ...
Smoking cigarettes simulates cystic fibrosis
If you smoke cigarettes, you have more in common with someone who has cystic fibrosis than you think. A new research report shows that smoking cigarettes affects the lungs in a way that is very similar to cystic fibrosis, a life threatening disease affecting the lungs and other organs.
Big Tobacco knew radioactive particles in cigarettes posed cancer risk but kept quiet, study suggests
Tobacco companies knew that cigarette smoke contained radioactive alpha particles for more than four decades and developed "deep and intimate" knowledge of these particles' cancer-causing potential, but they deliberately kept their findings from the public, according to a new study.
Some smokers successfully switch to electronic cigarettes
While electronic cigarettes may be a long-term alternative to the real thing for some smokers, researchers suggest medical providers should continue to encourage more traditional smoking cessation methods.
New Nicotine Inhaler: A Safer Alternative to Cigarettes?
A British inventor has come up with a device that delivers the nicotine, as well as the psychological effects, of a real cigarette. Is his nicotine inhaler the future of quitting?
Menthol Cigarettes Marketed In ‘Predatory’ Pattern
Tobacco companies increased the advertising and lowered the sale price of menthol cigarettes in stores near California high schools with larger populations of African-American students, according to a new study from the Stanford School of Medicine.Although cigarette makers have denied using race or ethnicity to target customers, the lead researcher ...
Menthol cigarettes marketed in ‘predatory’ pattern, study shows
Tobacco companies increased the advertising and lowered the sale price of menthol cigarettes in stores near California high schools with larger populations of African-American students, according to a new study.
Cigarettes Get Slapped with Tougher, Bigger Warning Labels
But will it work?
Cigarettes Get Slapped with Tougher, Bigger Warning Labels
But will it work?