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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.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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.

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.

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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.