Helping smokers quit with Twitter A new study has found that subjects in one of the first real-time, fully-automated, Twitter-based smoking intervention programmes – Tweet2Quit – were twice as successful at kicking the habit as…
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Youth in well-off nations smoke, drink less than in 2010
The number of teenagers trying alcohol or cigarettes before they turn 14 has dropped, especially among girls, according to a World Health Organization study of 42 well-off nations. From 2010 to 2014, the percentage of…
You won’t believe what this 112 year old granny credits her old age to!
A chain smoking granny aged 112 says her 30 cigarettes-a-day habit is the secret to her long life. Batuli Lamichhane – who was born in March 1903 – picked up her first cigarette 85 years…
#DidYouKnow: Smoking bad for pets, study shows
Smoking is bad for pets too, the University of Glasgow said Tuesday, citing an ongoing study into the effects of second-hand smoke on dogs and cats. Research under way at the Scottish institution has found…
E-cigarettes contain dangerous ‘popcorn lung’ chemicals
Three in four e-cigarettes were found to use a flavored liquid that has been linked to severe respiratory disease, US researchers said Tuesday. Electronic cigarettes are battery-powered devices that heat a nicotine-containing liquid, which is…
Passive smoking causes behavioural problems in children
Children whose mothers smoke during pregnancy — and even those born into smokers’ homes — are nearly twice as likely to develop behavioural problems, researchers said Tuesday. A study of some 5,200 French primary school…
Can smoking drive you mad? Study suggests it might
People who suffer from psychosis are about three times more likely to be smokers, but scientists have long scratched their heads over which one leads to the other. On Friday, research suggested daily tobacco use,…
#HealthyHeart : 16 worst habits that put your heart in danger
Don’t just sit there and assume that you are perfectly ok because you don’t have Cardiovascular disease history in your family. You could bring the “heartache” on yourself . Well, according to health.com these count…
Raising legal age to 21 would cut cigarette smoking
If people could not get cigarettes until the age of 21, lives would be saved because fewer people would start smoking, said a report by the Institute of Medicine on Thursday. Most smokers begin their…