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American Family Physician
November 1, 2002 |
Heart Disease and Smoking: Why You Need to Stop Smoking Why do I need to stop smoking?... Why is it so hard to stop smoking?... What about nicotine replacement products or medicine to help me stop smoking?... How do I get support and encouragement?   |
American Family Physician
August 1, 2000 |
Do I Want to Quit Smoking? Questionaire about quitting smoking and what you can do about nicotine withdrawal |
American Family Physician
July 15, 2006 |
Tips to Help You Quit Smoking A patient's guide: What can I do to quit smoking?... Get Ready... Make a Quit Plan... Plan Ahead... etc. |
American Family Physician
September 15, 2000 |
Using Tobacco: Why You Need to Quit Why do I need to stop using tobacco?... Why is it so hard to stop smoking?... How can I stop smoking?... How do I get ready to stop smoking?... What will happen when I stop smoking?... What is nicotine replacement?... What is bupropion (Zyban)?... |
American Family Physician
June 1, 2001 |
Using the Nicotine Patch, Nicotine Gum, Nicotine Nasal Spray or Nicotine Inhaler When you are ready to quit smoking, you may want to use nicotine replacement therapy to help you give up cigarettes... |
AskMen.com
October 1, 2003
Steve Richer |
How To: Quit Smoking Are you a regular smoker? Have you been trying to kick the habit for a while now? Have you unsuccessfully tried to quit in the past? Whether you're a social or regular smoker, these tips may encourage you to quit smoking today. |
The Motley Fool
March 23, 2006 |
Dollars Up in Smoke Is it time to quit smoking? What would you say to better health... and $218,000? |
AskMen.com
Kristen Armstrong |
Stop Smoking Remedies As with most other challenges in life, there are many products and promises out there that are aimed at making your journey toward a smoke-free life easier. Here's a list of some of the more common stop smoking remedies on the market. |
American Family Physician
March 15, 2002
Robert Mallin |
Smoking Cessation: Integration of Behavioral and Drug Therapies Family physicians should take advantage of each contact with smokers to encourage and support smoking cessation. Once a patient is identified as a smoker, tools are available to assess readiness for change... |
AskMen.com
March 16, 2003
Mike Davison |
Light Smokers Still Run Cancer Risk Significantly reducing the number of cigarettes you smoke a day may not be as helpful or as healthy as once thought. |
American Family Physician
September 15, 2000 |
Smokeless Tobacco: Tips on How to Stop Compared with cigarettes, smokeless tobacco puts more nicotine into your bloodstream. For this and other reasons, people who chew or dip tobacco regularly say that quitting smokeless tobacco is even harder than quitting cigarette smoking. But many smokeless tobacco users have quit successfully--and so can you. |
American Family Physician
August 1, 2000
Terry A. Rustin |
Assessing Nicotine Dependence ...Family physicians can diagnose, evaluate and treat nicotine dependence within the limited time frame of an office visit. This article describes several assessment strategies... |
American Family Physician
July 15, 2006
Okuyemi et al. |
Interventions to Facilitate Smoking Cessation Family physicians, who see many tobacco addicted patients in their offices every year, have an important opportunity to decrease smoking rates with office-based interventions. |
Nurse Practitioner
April 2012
Chaney & Sheriff |
Evidence-based treatments for smoking cessation Smoking addiction is both physical and mental. The etiology of tobacco dependence is multidimensional and includes physiological, psychological, and social/behavioral factors. |
American Family Physician
April 1, 2001 |
Preventing Heart Attacks: What Women Need to Know Heart disease is the leading cause of death in women in the United States. American women are four to six times more likely to die of heart disease than of breast cancer. Here are some ways you can lower your risk of having a heart attack... |
Salon.com
July 13, 2000
Jennifer Hatala |
I am a mom and I smoke How does this diminish my fitness as a parent? |
The Motley Fool
April 30, 2004 |
Investments Up in Smoke Smoking isn't just bad for your health, it costs you a lot of money too. How much could you save if you quit? |
The Motley Fool
March 19, 2007
Michael P. Cecil |
Pfizer's Newest Blockbuster? Will Chantix help Pfizer cure its ailing stock price? |
Chemistry World
July 2007
Lisa Melton |
There's More to Quitting Than Nicotine As England joins the growing list of nations to ban smoking in enclosed public places, this article explores the medicinal arsenal that could help to kick the habit |
The Motley Fool
June 7, 2005 |
Quit Smoking, Get Rich There are thousands of reasons to quit -- and many are dollar bills. |
The Motley Fool
January 14, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Quit Smoking, Get Rich Don't let thousands go up in smoke. |
Reactive Reports
Issue 67
David Bradley |
No Munchies with Cannabinoid Antagonist Cannabinoid receptors in the brain are normally stimulated by natural chemicals in the body but also, as the name might suggest, by compounds in cannabis and in tobacco smoke. |
American Family Physician
August 15, 2001 |
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease What is chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (also called COPD)?... Who gets COPD?... How can I find out if I have COPD?... How is COPD treated?... I know I have COPD. Now what will happen?... |
American Family Physician
May 15, 2004 |
Chronic Bronchitis An overview on chronic bronchitis. |
American Family Physician
March 15, 2004 |
Substance Abuse Questions and answers on substance abuse. |
Smithsonian
April 2007
Eric Jaffe |
The Nic Fix Put down your lighters and pick up your health care cards -- nicotine vaccines are in the works |
American Family Physician
May 15, 2004 |
Chronic Cough: Causes and Cures On overview on chronic coughs, their causes and cures. |
American Family Physician
May 15, 2005 |
Treating My Child's Asthma An informative hand-out aimed at the primary care-giver of an asthmatic child. |
Chemistry World
July 12, 2012 |
Drawing on drugs to kick the habit While pharma companies stand accused of giving up on drugs to help people stop smoking, tobacco firms are looking at controversial nicotine replacement products. Anthony King surveys an area that is problematic on all sides. |
American Family Physician
March 15, 2004 |
Alcohol Withdrawal Syndrome Questions, answers, and recommendations on alcohol withdrawl syndrome. |
Chemistry World
March 2010
Bibiana Campos Seijo |
Editorial: Smoking kills What we didn't realise until now is that nicotine residues absorbed on indoor surfaces (carpets, wallpaper etc) react with gases in the air to produce even more cancer-causing carcinogens. |
American Family Physician
February 1, 2006 |
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: What You Should Know An informative patient guide: What is COPD?... What causes COPD?... How do I know if I have COPD?... What can I do about my COPD?... |
The Motley Fool
September 29, 2004
Charly Travers |
Nabi Stamps Out Smoking A nicotine vaccine looks to help smokers kick the habit. |
American Family Physician
April 15, 2003 |
Coronary Artery Disease: Reducing Your Risk What is coronary artery disease?... What causes CAD?... What can I do to lower my risk of CAD? |
American Family Physician
September 15, 2000 |
The Nicotine Patch How do I use the patch?... What do I need to tell my doctor before I use the patch?... My skin tingles under the patch. Is that normal?... Can I wear the patch in the shower?... What if the patch falls off?... |
American Family Physician
December 1, 2004 |
Heart Failure-What Do I Need to Know About It? A patient bulletin discussing what heart failure is, its most common causes, treatment options, ways to prevent the disease, etc. |
Managed Care
December 2007
Martin Sipkoff |
Smoking Cessation Coverage May Be Worth Plans' Effort Programs that include a pharmacology benefit reap rewards for the health plan and the member. So why isn't there 100% buy-in? |
Managed Care
March 2004 |
Smoking-Cessation Efforts Set Cost-Effectiveness Bar The recent 40th anniversary of the surgeon general's report on smoking brought some staggering statistics to the public's attention |
American Family Physician
May 15, 2004 |
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease An overview of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), a disease that blocks the large and small airways of your lungs. |
The Motley Fool
March 11, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
The Working Class Up in Smoke If you've ever smoked, you know that quitting the habit is no small endeavor. Researchers now tell us, though, that quitting may be more out of reach for some groups than others -- and one factor that seems to play a large part is the smoker's occupation. |
Reason
July 2004
Jacob Sullum |
Miracle in Helena Where's the factual correlation between smoking bans and heart attacks in the small study in Helena, Montana? |
Science News
January 18, 2003
Janet Raloff |
C-Minus -- The Fallout of Parents' Smoking Children who live with smokers may need more oranges and other rich sources of vitamin C, a new study concludes. It finds that exposure to even a little secondhand smoke significantly depresses concentrations of this important vitamin. |
The Motley Fool
February 22, 2008
Selena Maranjian |
Smoking Around the World What if hundreds of millions of people around the world quit smoking? |
American Family Physician
March 1, 2007 |
Asbestosis: What You Should Know A patient guide: What is asbestosis?... Who gets it and why?... How can my doctor tell if I have it?... etc. |
AskMen.com
K. Aleisha Fetters |
E-Cigarette Health Risks Is vaping really safer than smoking? New studies raise concerns. |
BusinessWeek
June 27, 2005
Nanette Byrnes |
Smart Moves for Stopping Smoking Office bans against lighting up, higher taxes, and adult-focused antitobacco ads work well. But the tobacco industry's political power remains strong. |
American Family Physician
June 1, 2003 |
Using an Ambulatory Blood Pressure Monitor What is high blood pressure?... What causes high blood pressure?... Why do I have to control my high blood pressure?... How can I check my blood pressure?... What is an ambulatory blood pressure monitor?... etc. |
American Family Physician
April 15, 2005 |
Why Am I Short of Breath? Shortness of breath can be caused by many things, from a simply cold to heart failure. While these tips should help ease the anxiety, they shouldn't replace a visit to your doctor. |
AskMen.com
March 3, 2001
Joshua Levine |
Addictions And Substance Abuse Advertisements, social pressures, and the human desire for quick fixes to life's difficult problems all contribute to the prevailing attitude that drugs can ease all pain. Unfortunately, using drugs and alcohol can -- and often do -- have serious consequences... |
American Family Physician
October 15, 2006 |
Cardiovascular Disease: What You Should Know A patient guide: What is cardiovascular disease?... How can I tell if I have CVD?... What can I do to prevent CVD?... Where can I get more information?... |
