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Partnership Illustrates the Cause and Effect of Smoking on the Body WASHINGTON and ATLANTA, Nov. 1 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- During November's Lung Cancer Awareness Month, Premier Exhibitions Inc., organizers of BODIES...The Exhibition, and Legacy, creators of the EX campaign, announced a partnership aimed to empower and encourage the more than 46 million smokers throughout the United States to take the first steps to quit and to draw attention to the effects of smoking on the human body....

A new study released today by the American Lung Association, and conducted by researchers at Penn State University, finds that helping smokers quit not only saves lives but also offers favorable economic benefits to states. The study, titled Smoking Cessation: the Economic Benefits, provides a nationwide cost-benefit analysis that compares the costs to society of smoking with the economic benefits of states providing cessation (quit-smoking) coverage. The study comes at an important time, as...

WASHINGTON, July 22 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Legacy and Apperian Inc. have developed an app for iPhone to help smokers who want to quit to "re-learn" their lives without cigarettes on the go with EX®. Research estimates that nearly six million people worldwide will lose their lives to tobacco this year(1), and in the ever-evolving mobile society, innovation in public health education is essential. The Become An EX App provides smokers with a portable version of the comprehensive...

PARSIPPANY, N.J., July 6 /PRNewswire/ -- July 5th is a great day to quit smoking for good. There are more than 806,000 smokers in the state of Wisconsin and every year almost 7,200 of them die from a tobacco-related illness.(1) As of July 5, folks now have an added incentive to quit with the Wisconsin smoke free law that took effect in all restaurants, bars and workplaces.(2) Research shows that policy changes, like the new statewide smoke-free law, may prompt smokers to take an interest...

MENLO PARK, Calif., May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- A recently completed randomized trial compared three ways to deliver a behavioral smoking cessation program using varenicline (Chantix®): by phone, web, or both. Although phone counseling had greater treatment advantage for early cessation and appeared to increase medication adherence, no differences in abstinence outcomes were seen at six months. The findings suggest the three programs are all effective treatment options when combined with...

Partnership Will Support State Resources to Help Smokers BECOME AN EX(R) ALBANY, N.Y., Feb. 24 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- State Health Commissioner Richard F. Daines, M.D., announced today that New York is continuing to work with an innovative national effort to curb smoking by providing smokers with resources specifically designed to help those struggling with quitting. New York State has renewed its membership to the National Alliance for Tobacco Cessation (NATC), a public health...

PROVIDENCE, RI "“ Asthma is the most common chronic illness affecting Latino children in the United States, and secondhand smoke is a serious contributing factor. Now a new study from The Miriam Hospital's Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine and Brown University suggests that clinically-based smoking cessation programs may not be enough to help Latino smokers with asthmatic children kick the habit.In the study, Latino parents with an asthmatic child were more likely to quit...

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- As a new year and decade begin, many Philadelphians have made an important resolution to quit smoking. Wanting to quit is a good first step, but it's not nearly enough. Smoking, we now know, is not just a "habit"; it's a true physical addiction, and, on average, most smokers try at least five times to quit. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20100215/PH54730 ) People who want to quit smoking need all the support they can get - from family...

According to a new study, nicotine-free cigarettes might be as helpful for smoking cessation as nicotine lozenges. The study, which appeared in the journal Addiction, showed that people who used the nicotine-free cigarettes before quitting were just as likely to be smoke-free after six weeks as those who used the lozenges. The nicotine-free cigarettes, which actually have a tiny amount of nicotine in them, were more effective then low-nicotine cigarettes, noted Dr. Dorothy K. Hatsukami of the...

Psychologists study new treatments for smokers from underserved populationsWith the national trend toward quitting smoking flat, psychologists are finding some success with treatments aimed at helping smokers from underserved groups, including racial and ethnic minorities and those with psychiatric disorders.In a special section of this month's issue of the Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, published by the American Psychological Association, researchers report on several...