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4 hrs ago | MediLexicon

Help For Smokers With Schizophrenia

A 200,000 pound grant has been awarded to researchers at Queen's to help establish why people with schizophrenia are three times more likely to smoke than the general population.

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Health, Schizophrenia, Medication

Wed Jul 23, 2008

KFMB-TV San Diego

Tech Awards Go To Plane De-icing Goo, Headlights

Camera flashcubes of the 1960s, high-definition TVs and the Nicoderm quit-smoking patch have at least one thing in common: Each found a place over the years on R&D Magazine's annual list of the 100 most ...

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Rockaway, NJ

PrimeNewswire

Nabi Biopharmaceuticals Announces Positive Interim Results of NicVAX Immunogenicity Study

Nabi Biopharmaceuticals announced today positive interim results from its Phase 2 NicVAX schedule optimization immunogenicity study to assess the antibody response and safety of a 400 microgram, six dose ...

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Related Topix: Biotech, Medicine, Nabi Biopharmaceuticals, Healthcare Industry, Medication, Rockville, MD, Smoking, Health

Tue Jul 22, 2008

1010Wins

N.Y. Bans Smoking by People Fighting Addictions

Many drug addicts, problem gamblers and alcoholics will find it harder to kick their habits in New York than anywhere else in the country now that smoking will be banned in all public and private recovery ...

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Related Topix: Medicine, Alcoholism, Health, Drugs, New York, Smoking, Medication

WisInfo

Editorial: Elect those who will ban smoking in the workplace

A report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention should be required reading for incoming members of the Wisconsin Legislature.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Medication, Smoking, Health, Wisconsin Government, Wisconsin, Opinion

Hindustan Times

Now, a drug claims to aid smoking cessation

Here is good news for those who want to kick the smoking habit as a new drug claims to help smokers overcome their addiction.

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Health, Medication

Mon Jul 21, 2008

About.com

When it Comes to Motivating a Person to Quit Smoking...

The idea that money could ever speak louder than the destruction and death that smoking causes as a motivational tool for smoking cessation seems crazy.

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Medication

Technology Marketing

GlaxoSmithKline Merges Anti-Smoking, Anti-Obesity Marketing

GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare is consolidating its anti-smoking and anti-obesity brands under a single marketing unit in Parsippany, N.J. - a move that will trigger layoffs.

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Related Topix: Biotech, GlaxoSmithKline, Parsippany, NJ, Marketing, Medicine, Medication, Nicorette, Nicotine Gum (generic), Smoking, Health

Windows File of the Day

Anti-Smoking Vaccine Might Stop The Crave

A trial vaccine is currently being tested on citizens of 3 undisclosed Scandinavian countries to eliminate the need for nicotine in smokers.

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Health, Medication

Sun Jul 20, 2008

PR-inside.com

Menthol Manipulation Killing Cigarette Bill // 'Racist' Loophole Encourages Black Kid's Addiction

Because the bill would ban the use of all other flavoring additives but permit the use of menthol, and since menthol is overwhelming used by African American smokers -- including Black children -- it has ...

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Food and Drug Administration, Healthcare Law, Law, African-American, Morris (University of Minnesota System)

Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph

When the Government Does It, It's Not Fraud

The Federal Trade Commission has proposed withdrawing its blessing from the tar and nicotine yields included in cigarette advertisements because these machine-generated numbers are not good indicators of what ...

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Health, Medication, Healthcare Law, Law

MediLexicon

Nurses Can Help Patients By Taking A Stand Against Smoking

Main Category: Nursing / Midwifery Also Included In: Smoking / Quit Smoking Article Date: 19 Jul 2008 Nicotine is one of the most heavily used addictive drugs in the United States, and more than one in five ...

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Nursing, Smoking, Health

Sat Jul 19, 2008

Medical News Today

Premera Partners With American Cancer Society To Offer Tobacco...

Main Category: Smoking / Quit Smoking Article Date: 19 Jul 2008 - 1:00 PDT To help its members regain control of their health, Premera Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alaska is partnering with the American Cancer ...

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Charitable Organizations, Smoking, Health

Reuters

VIDEO: Anti-smoking vaccine on trial

Jul 19 - Swedish scientists begin human trials on a shot intended to stop nicotine reaching the brain.

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Health, Medication

Health News Digest

Tobacco Industry Systematically Manipulated Cigarette Menthol...

Boston, MA - Menthol cigarette brands have been rising in popularity with adolescents, and the highest use has been among younger, newer smokers.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Smoking, Health, African-American

Fri Jul 18, 2008

US Pharmacist

Smoking-Cessation Options for Adolescents

US Pharm. 2008;33 :HS-4-HS-10. It is estimated that at least 4.5 million U.S. adolescents are cigarette smokers.1 Most adolescent smokers will become adult smokers with serious health problems.2 The ...

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Related Topix: Family, Adolescents and Pre-Teens, Smoking, Medicine, Health, Drugs, Medication

KWWL-TV Waterloo

Smokers turn to battery cigarettes

Iowa's state wide smoking ban is less than 3 weeks old and already people are finding ways around it.

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Related Topix: Iowa, Smoking, Medicine, Health, Medication

Medical News Today

Menthol Used To Attract Young Smokers, Study

Featured Article Main Category: Smoking / Quit Smoking Also Included In: Public Health Article Date: 17 Jul 2008 - 0:00 PDT A new study by US researchers who examined internal industry documents, market and ...

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Related Topix: Boston, MA Metro, Family, Teenagers, Medicine, Medication, African-American

Thu Jul 17, 2008

EurekAlert!

Smoking cessation therapies more effective than placebos

Six treatments for smoking cessation perform better than placebos - including varenicline , recently approved for use in Canada - states a team of researchers from McGill University and the University of ...

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Related Topix: Smoking, Medicine, Health, The College of New Jersey, The College of Wooster, The College of Idaho, The University of Findlay, Medication

HealthCentral

Gene Mutation Puts Some Kids at Risk for Tobacco Addiction

People with certain common genetic variations that affect their nicotine receptors seem to be at higher risk for becoming life-long nicotine addicts if they begin smoking before they turn 17, a new study says.

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Related Topix: Medicine, Medication, Genetics, Biology, Science, University of Utah, Madison (University of Wisconsin System), University of Wisconsin System

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