Smoking is Bad

Agency to relax relaxing some label restrictions for nicotine gum, patches and lozenges

BUILDERS, workmen and members of the general public can get free advice on stopping smoking at a hardware store.

Asbestos is a known cancer-causing agent. It was banned in the United States in the 1970s, but can still be found in old insulation and other building materials. People who have been exposed to asbestos are at higher risk of respiratory diseases, including lung cancer.

Kristin Kirkpatrick, a Cleveland Clinic registered nurse says, “The foods that are going to make cigarettes taste bad are milk, water, fruits and vegetables. When they surveyed smokers, they said when they had these foods before having a cigarette, they didn’t want the cigarette anymore.”

Teenage smokers who exercise for twenty minutes a day are more likely to be able to cut down on their smoking habit, according to a new study of 233 participants.

Yale Cancer Center experts in collaboration with the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) are calling on physicians to routinely recommend that patients stop smoking after a diagnosis of cancer. Their call to action took place in a policy statement released at the AACR Annual Meeting 2013, …

People who have quit smoking have a lower chance of suffering a heart attack or stroke than current smokers – even if they put on a few extra pounds in the process, according to a new study.

The advisory recommendations are passed by the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice). The advisory also recommended the hospitals to multiply their efforts to convince the patients and their relatives to quit smoking