News tagged with 'Cigarette Smoking'

What if, a urine test could detect smokers at highest risk for developing lung cancer? While it may be years before such a test is made available, if it works, urine-screening may give added motivation to some smokers that have not been able to kick the habit.

Lawmakers are planning again to try to pass legislation that would require government regulation of cigarettes and other tobacco products.

He may jog and play basketball but President-elect Obama has not only the nation's health care to fix but his own personal health challenge. Like one in five Americans, he smokes cigarettes and quitting has proven elusive over the years.

A new plan released this week by the National Working Group for ACTTION says by 2020, all cigarette smokers will have access to smoking cessation treatments. But for now, start by joining Smokeout 08 and quit for a day, then quit for life, urges the American Cancer Society.

The number of Americans who smoke cigarettes has fallen below 20 percent, for the first time since the mid-1960s, according to a new report by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). While this is good news, deaths related to cigarette smoking are still on the rise.

The Medicines and Healthcare products Regulator Agency (MHRA) has issued an update linking Chantix sold as Champix (in the UK), to reports of depression and suicide related events.

A new study by The Tumor Sequencing Project (TSP) consortium identified 26 genes that are frequently mutated in lung adenocarcinoma — an achievement that more than doubles the number of genes known to be associated with the deadly disease.

Increased exposure to second-hand smoke, both in cars and homes, has been linked to an increased likelihood of nicotine addiction in children - even though, they had never smoked a cigarette, a new study finds. Lung cancer claims more lives each year than all major cancers combined.

Matchbook covers with grisly pictures of the impact of smoking on a body are all part of the latest anti-smoking campaign in NYC. The messages on the side of cigarette packs haven't changed in 20 years. Other countries put the grisly pictures on the pack.

An estimated 2.4 million tobacco-related cancers that were diagnosed in the United States between 1999 and 2004, according to a new report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

A new study uncovers a gene that increases a person's risk of becoming addicted to tobacco after their first smoke. People that have this gene variant, likely had a positive first time smoking experience.

Expect to see a more aggressive anti-smoking campaign if the FDA regulates the tobacco industry. That came one step closer Wednesday when the House passed the measure. The White House promises a veto. You'll never guess which side of the issue Philip Morris is on.

The Bush administration "strongly” opposes the effort to give the Food and Drug Administration regulatory authority over tobacco. The bill is supported by both US Chambers; however, if the legislation passes both House and Senate, the Bush administration is most likely to veto it.

Tobacco companies use menthol to make some cigarette brands more appealing to young smokers, by making them taste less harsh, say researchers at Harvard School of public Health in the US.