Tag: smokers
Tobacco-free month: can rewarding pregnant smokers encourage them to quit smoking?
News Published on 12/11/2022 at 7:07 p.m. Updated 12/11/2022 at 7:07 p.m. Reading 3 mins. An experiment was conducted between 2016 and 2018 in France with pregnant women who smoke,…
France: Tobacco Free Month returns in November
News Published on 11/03/2022 at 1:38 p.m. Updated 11/03/2022 at 1:38 p.m. Reading 1 min. The “Month without tobacco”, a public health operation carried out each November in France to…
Bronchodilators do not improve respiratory symptoms in smokers
News Published on 09/06/2022 at 3:38 p.m. Updated 09/06/2022 at 3:38 p.m. Reading 2 mins. Inhalers that help with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) would be totally useless on people…
Researchers uncover the circuitry of tobacco addiction
News Posted 1 day ago, Reading 2 mins. Following a stroke that has caused brain damage, some patients, addicted to nicotine, spontaneously quit smoking. Why not all? It was by…
Councilor wants to ‘change attitudes’ about smokers tossing cigarette butts
Brantford city Coun. John Utley wants to put a stop to cigarette butts being tossed onto streets, in parks and into local waterways. Utley, a long time proponent of action…
Why don’t most smokers get lung cancer?
News Posted 2 days ago, Reading 2 mins. Although tobacco is responsible for the vast majority of lung cancers, some heavy smokers seem to be spared from the disease. According…
Makes it easier for smokers! smoking weed
It has been claimed that black cumin, which smokers use to quit smoking, also reduces the need for cigarettes in fasting smokers during Ramadan. Orhun Özfidancı, a herbalist in Sivas,…
Why don’t most smokers get lung cancer?
Tobacco is an important risk factor for lung cancer. The harmful substances contained in cigarettes promote the appearance of DNA mutations. However, heavy smokers do not necessarily carry more mutations…
Lung cancer: first screening experiment in smokers
News Posted on 02/01/2022 at 7:10 p.m., Reading 2 mins. For the High Authority for Health, the establishment of a small-scale experiment in screening for lung cancer in smokers is…
For smokers and non-smokers, this sensor monitors the level of nicotine in the air
Even non-smokers can be affected by the fumes of nicotine in the smoke of vapers. Until now, it has been difficult to assess the concentration of this substance in the…