Latest Health effects of tobacco Stories

Statement by Legacy President and CEO, Cheryl G. Healton, DrPH WASHINGTON, June 21, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) unveiled the most significant changes made to cigarette labels in 25 years with new graphic warnings covering 50 percent of cigarette packaging. The new labels are intended to make crystal clear to anyone who picks up a pack of cigarettes what the health risks are with tobacco consumption. While the general public knows some...

truth® youth smoking prevention campaign kicks off annual summer tour WASHINGTON, June 20, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- truth, the nation's largest smoking prevention campaign for youth, will begin its 12th annual nationwide summer tour on Friday, June 24, with a stop in Dallas, Texas. Traveling throughout the United States this summer, truth continues its life-saving mission to educate young people about the health effects, addictiveness and social consequences of tobacco use. Young...

Comprehensive Smoke-Free Laws and Tobacco Tax Increases Could Reduce the Number of Smokers by 2.5 Million, Avert Nearly 2 Million Deaths, and Save Nearly $2 Billion in Health Care Costs WASHINGTON, June 15, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Two new reports from the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network (ACS CAN) released today measure the dramatic health and economic benefits of implementing strong tobacco control policies in the states. The results provide new evidence that...

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Smokers may die young, but they also die thinner than non-smokers. Scientists have discovered exactly how nicotine suppresses the appetite, and these findings suggest it might be possible to develop a drug that would help smokers and non-smokers stay thin.Nicotine activates a small set of neurons in a part of the hypothalamus that tells the body it's had enough to eat. Nicotine accomplishes this by activating a different set of receptors on the surface of neurons aside...

PHOENIX, June 10, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Smokers' lives are organized around their nicotine addiction. Forfeiting control to addiction is at the root of a new, original program to stop Arizona youth from smoking and an 'on-the-ground' extension of the public service campaign, http://www.venomocity.com. Today and tomorrow, June 10 and 11, the Bureau of Tobacco and Chronic Disease (BTCD) will immerse more than 200 youth from across the state, ages 13-17, into the 2011 anti-smoking youth...

Latinos looking to quit smoking are more successful when they have a significant other and partner support, say researchers from The Miriam Hospital's Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine. According to the study, published in the May/June issue of the American Journal of Health Promotion, this support can also buffer the demonstrated negative effect that depression can have on smoking cessation.Latinos are the largest, fastest growing minority population in the country, based on...

The World Health Organization (WHO) said on Tuesday that tobacco will kill about six million people this year, including 600,000 nonsmokers. The WHO said since there is often a lag of many years between when people start smoking and when it affects health, the epidemic of tobacco-related disease and death has just begun.  The organization said the annual death toll could reach 8 million by 2030. The United Nations health body urged more governments to sign up to and implement its tobacco...

Where you live, how old you are and whether you're male or female all affect your chances of giving up smoking. These are the findings of a study which suggests that while NHS stop smoking services are effective in supporting some smokers to quit there are significant differences in the longer term success rates for specific groups who are trying to give up smoking.The study, commissioned by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and undertaken by the UK Centre for...

Smokers, their families and all Ontarians need to understand that smoking is an addiction To view the Social Media Release, click here: http://smr.newswire.ca/en/ontario-lung-association/abolish-the-word-habit TORONTO, May 26, 2011 /PRNewswire/ - Today, the Ontario Lung Association is calling for a new type of ban when it comes to smoking - a ban on the word "habit" - to combat the attitude that smoking is simply a matter of choice and to increase understanding of the true nature of...

Panelists Agree Strategy Must Include Low Dose CT Screening for Those Most at Risk for Lung Cancer WASHINGTON, May 17, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A united call for a comprehensive plan to address lung cancer by leading public health and medical experts was the result of a national forum entitled, "Out of the Shadows: Lung Cancer and Screening", co-hosted by Lung Cancer Alliance (LCA) and Legacy® on May 9th, at the Kaiser Family Foundation in Washington, DC with support from leading...