Wellington, June 1 : Smoking can increase depression risk, according to a new Kiwi study.
The study, conducted by Otago University, suggests nicotine-dependent people are more than twice as likely to get depressed as those who don’t smoke.
Researchers from the university’’s Christchurch Health and Development Study quizzed over 1000 people about their smoking habits and symptoms [...]
Washington, May 12 : A group of researchers has developed a novel tea filter to treat cigarette addiction and have discovered the molecular mechanism behind the smoking cessation effect.
Professor Zhao Baolu and his group from the State Key Laboratory of Brain and Cognitive Science, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences identified theanine as the [...]
Washington, May 8 : A new study has suggested that adolescents aged 12 to 17 living with mothers who are current smokers or who have had a major depressive episode in the past year, are more likely to smoke.
The study was sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) as part of [...]
Washington, May 4 : Electronic cigarettes, or ”E-cigarettes”, are generally used to kick the butt, say researchers.
Writing in the open access journal BMC Public Health, the researchers polled 81 users and former users of the devices, finding that although the majority was happy with them, several concerns remain unaddressed.
Jean-François Etter, from the University of Geneva, [...]
London, April 26 : For some smokers, quitting the habit could be especially difficult because their dependence may be explained in part by genetics, says a new study.
Scientists have identified genetic variants associated with key smoking behaviors that have a significant impact on health.
Helena Furberg, and Patrick Sullivan, from University of North Carolina at Chapel [...]
Washington, Apr 15 : One of the strongest protective factors for reducing the risk of experimenting with smoking in early adolescence is how often fathers talk with their children about ”things that matter”, scientists have pointed out.
Dr James White from Cardiff University’’s School of Medicine undertook a three-year-study, involving some 3,500 11 to 15 year-olds, [...]
Washington, April 14 : A study has found that in countries and states that have introduced policies that restrict smoking in public, people are being exposed less to second-hand smoke.
And a reduction in the number of people who have heart attacks, as well as an improvement in other indicators of health, has also been noticed.
“Taken [...]
Washington, Apr 14 : Any beneficial effect of drinking moderate amounts of alcohol on stroke may be counteracted by cigarette smoking, says a new study.
The research will be presented as part of the late-breaking science program at the American Academy of Neurology’’s 62nd Annual Meeting in Toronto, April 10 – 17, 2010.
To reach the conclusion, [...]
Washington, Apr 8 : Smoking may increase the risk of multiple sclerosis (MS) in people who also have specific established risk factors for MS, a new study has shown.
The research is published in the April 7, 2010, online issue of Neurology, the medical journal of the American Academy of Neurology.
It involved 442 people with MS [...]
Washington, Apr 2 : Young men who smoke are likely to have lower IQs than their non-smoking peers, a new study has determined.
The study led by Prof. Mark Weiser of Tel Aviv University’’s Department of Psychiatry and the Sheba Medical Center at Tel Hashomer Hospital tracked 18- to 21-year-old men enlisted in the Israeli army.
The [...]