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Smoking is one of the most important modifiable risk factors for heart disease, stroke, respiratory problems and lung cancer. Cigarette smoke not only injures the smokers but also those around them who inadvertently inhale the smoke. Passive smoking is associated with asthma and other breathing problems. If you have decided to quit, we must say, you have made an extremely important and wise decision. Many people have successfully quit smoking for good and so can you. Knowing your options for nicotine replacement, support from your friends and family and some counseling from you healthcare professional will help you succeed in your effort to quit
Articles related to Smoking
Quit Smoking
Cigarette smoking kills nearly about 420,000 people a year, making it more lethal than AIDS, accidents, homicides, suicides, drug overdoses, and fire. Smoking accounts for 28% of all cancer deaths, and responsible for 85% of lung cancers.
Effects of Smoking
Smoking is a dangerous to health. Head to toe - smoking effects can be seen on each part of your body. Let's go step by step and find out the dangerous smoking effects on your body
Drugs used in quitting smoking
These drugs are called stop smoking products. The drugs used are nicotine patches, nicotine gums, nicotine sprays, nicotine lozenge, Bupropion, Varenicline
Two sides of Smoking
A lot has been said about the negative effects of smoking. But maybe there are different ways of looking at it..
Boxed Warnings for Smoking Cessation Drugs
Health care professionals who prescribe Chantix and Zyban should monitor patients for any unusual changes in mood or behavior after starting these drugs. Patients should immediately contact their health care professional if they experience such changes.
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Community Questions on Smoking
Smoking
hello doctor,
This is Sandesh from India. I am 28 Year Old. I have Bad habit to Chewing tobaco & Smoking Cigrate. Now I want to quit this habit. Please Suggest.
Smoking??????
Don't you think that smoking should be against the law?
smoking??....?
i am 16 and have never tried a cigarette before...i really want to try ..not because of peer pressure at all i just want to try...but my mum !!! she would kill me
any tips so she wont find out?
Smoking or Non-smoking ?
Has anyone noticed that a year ago a ban on smoking in pulic ? During interviews today to commemorate this event, and publicise the ban coming into effect in England shortly, 90-99% of those interviewed in the pubs were non-smokers in the first place. Is it just a way of getting the public to do what a vociferous group wants without regard to what is wanted by the majority?
Also last week pubs and breweries in Scotland were bemoaning the fact...
Passive smoking?
I would just like to know that is passive smoking as dangerous as active smoking? Do passive smokers have the same level of danger as active smokers?
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Health Tips related to Smoking
Quit smoking
It's never too late to quit smoking. Once you stop smoking, your risk of heart disease is cut by half in only one year.
Stop the urge for smoking
To stop craving for smoking, try orange juice with no added sugar. In many cases, it delays the urge for smoking
Quit smoking Simple Steps
Trying to quit smoking: Change your smoking routines, Keep your cigarettes in different places, smoke with your other hand, smoke outdoors only, drink a glass of water instead of smoking. These simple steps are good enough to start.
Smoking causes wrinkles
Smoking can cause wrinkles at an earlier age as it reduces blood flow to the skin and damages collagen and elastin fibers.
Smoking can cause wrinkles
Smoking can cause wrinkles at an earlier age as it reduces blood flow to the skin and damages collagen and elastin fibers.
Drugs related to Smoking
Nicotine
Adjunct with behavioral modification in smokers wishing to give up the smoking habit. Is considered only as an initial aid, with the ultimate goal being abstention from all forms of nicotine. Most likely to benefit are individuals with the following characteristics:
a.smoke brands of cigarettes containing more than 0.9 mg nicotine;
b.smoke more than 15 cigarettes daily;
c.inhale cigarette smoke deeply and frequently;
d.smoke most frequently during the morning;
e.smoke the first cigarette of the day within 30 min of arising;
f.indicate cigarettes smoked in the morning are the most difficult to give up;
g.smoke even if the individual is ill and confined to bed;
h.find it necessary to smoke in places where smoking is not allowed.
NOTE: Nicotine may be effective in improving the course of difficult-to-treat ulcerative colitis.
Clonidine
Mild to moderate hypertension. A diuretic or other antihypertensive drugs, or both, are often used concomitantly. Treat spasticity. I
Investigational: Alcohol withdrawal, atrial fibrillation, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, constitutional growth delay in children, cyclosporine-associated nephrotoxicity, diabetic diarrhea, Gilles de la Tourette's syndrome, hyperhidrosis, hypertensive emergencies, mania, menopausal flushing, opiate detoxification, diagnosis of pheochromocytoma, postherpetic neuralgia, psychosis in schizophrenia, reduce allergen-induced inflammatory reactions in extrinsic asthma, restless leg syndrome, facilitate smoking cessation, ulcerative colitis.
Epidural: With opiates for severe pain in cancer clients not relieved by opiate analgesics alone. Most effective for neuropathic pain
Phenyepherine
Systemic: Vascular failure in shock, shock-like states, drug-induced hypotension or hypersensitivity. To maintain BP during spinal and inhalation anesthesia; to prolong spinal anesthesia. As a vasoconstrictor in regional analgesia. Paroxysmal SVT. Nasal: Nasal congestion due to allergies, sinusitis, common cold, or hay fever. Ophthalmologic: 0.12%: Temporary relief of redness of the eye associated with colds, hay fever, wind, dust, sun, smog, smoke, contact lens. 2.5% and 10%: Decongestant and vasoconstrictor, treatment of uveitis with posterior synechiae, open-angle glaucoma, refraction without cycloplegia, ophthalmoscopic examination, funduscopy, prior to surgery.
Phenylephrine
Systemic: Vascular failure in shock, shock-like states, drug-induced hypotension or hypersensitivity. To maintain BP during spinal and inhalation anesthesia; to prolong spinal anesthesia. As a vasoconstrictor in regional analgesia. Paroxysmal SVT. Nasal: Nasal congestion due to allergies, sinusitis, common cold, or hay fever. Ophthalmologic: 0.12%: Temporary relief of redness of the eye associated with colds, hay fever, wind, dust, sun, smog, smoke, contact lens. 2.5% and 10%: Decongestant and vasoconstrictor, treatment of uveitis with posterior synechiae, open-angle glaucoma, refraction without cycloplegia, ophthalmoscopic examination, funduscopy, prior to surgery
Guaiphenesin
Dry, nonproductive cough due to colds and minor upper respiratory tract infections when there is mucus in the respiratory tract
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Smoking 'still too common in movies'
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Stuff, Fri, 20 Aug 2010
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The number of movies showing people smoking has declined since 2005, but cigarettes still feature in far too many films and could be influencing young people to take up the habit, according to a new report released.
Smoking is Still Too Common in Movies
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TheCelebrityCafe.com, Fri, 20 Aug 2010
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Youths are being over exposed to the habit of smoking and could be picking it up due to consistently seeing it in films Jessica Sorentino Although smoking in movies has significantly declined since 2005, the amount of cigarettes in films is still relatively high. A report released earlier today suggested the continued viewing of smoking in films could influence younger people to pick up the ...
Smoking Scenes on the Decline in Movies
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New York Times, Fri, 20 Aug 2010
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The number of movie scenes showing smoking fell recently, but more than half of all PG-13 rated films still showed smoking.
Smoking still common in films - study
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The Irish Times, Fri, 20 Aug 2010
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The number of US movies showing people smoking has declined since 2005, but cigarettes still feature in far too many films and could be influencing young people to take up the habit, according to a report released today.
Smoking On Screen Declines, But Half Of Top Films Still Feature Tobacco
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NPR, Fri, 20 Aug 2010
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After peaking in 2005, on-screen smoking in the top movies declined by almost half in 2009. Even so, 49 percent of top-grossing films that year showed some smoking.
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