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Category: Smoking cessation

  • Mentally Quitting Smoking

    Originally posted on 123MyMD: There is no doubt that it is tough to kick the habit when it comes to cigarette smoking. If you ask 100 people how they stopped, the odds are quite strong you will get 100 different answers. But there is usually one consistent comment that comes across. It goes something like…

  • K-Hits Cares! Have You Quit Smoking Yet?

    K-Hits Cares! Have You Quit Smoking Yet?

  • eCigarettes: A Smoking Gun?

    Originally posted on Relief for your Nose: This week’s announcement that CVS pharmacies will stop selling cigarettes is welcome news to us. Aside from undisputed concerns about smoking leading to death and disease, our resident allergy and sinus expert often lectures patients about the allergic reactions smokers and their nearby victims can experience. The chemicals…

  • Run training with copd

    Originally posted on COPD ATHLETE : With 10 weeks to go its time to crank up our run training, while most people training for Melbourne Ironman would probably be well on the way to having their run sorted we have only been running 1-2 times a week. Main reason for this is that at best…

  • Electronic Cigarettes: Nicotine Comes Around Again

    Originally posted on More@MedLetter: The next issue of The Medical Letter includes an article on electronic cigarettes, which have lately received considerable space in the popular press. With LED bulbs at their tips and flavors like chocolate, it becomes easy to forget that what they bring to the table is nicotine, which has caused…

  • Graphic cigarette labeling ruled illegal–what do you think?

    Because smoking has such an impact on respiratory health, I’m always interested in your feedback on articles that appear in USA Today on health.  What do you think about graphic advertising discouraging the use of cigarettes? Too graphic? Should scare people more? It really doesn’t change behavior? The full article is listed here:  gory details

  • Don’t light up! Is This Your New Year’s Resolution?

    This is a New Year’s resolution you love to hate.  Success rates for smokers may not look all that great, but you triple your chances of being a “quitter” if you use medications combined with counseling.  This article has lots of quotes that I left as is.  Despite the known dangers of smoking, about 20…

  • The More Ya Know, the Less Ya Know!

    I have just returned from the Annual Meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and Immunology held in Boston from Nov 3-8.  Sure the meeting was good, but the food was even better.  Consider the oldest “active” restaurant in America, Union Oyster House–the stew was delightful and if you’re bored with allergies, peruse the…