Stop Smoking - Cigarette Smoke May Contribute To Lung Inflammation Through A New Chemical Pathway

Cigarette smoke shuts off a key enzyme in airways that regulates the body's response to inflammation, according to findings from the University of Alabama at Birmingham published online at Science Express...

Stop Smoking - Early Alcohol, Tobacco Use Might Delay Puberty In Girls

The list of possible health effects from an early introduction to alcohol and tobacco use has just gotten longer. A new study suggests that early drinking and smoking might delay onset of puberty in girls but the operative word is "might." Puberty can start as early as age 7 or 8, but most girls start to develop breasts, the first sign of sexual development, between ages 9 and 13...

Smoke Stop - Medications Used To Treat Neurologic And Psychiatric Conditions Increase Smokers' Nicotine Metabolism

UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School researchers have determined that carbamazepine and oxycarbamazepine, medications commonly used to treat neurologic and psychiatric conditions, increase nicotine metabolism in smokers...

Stop Smoking - Tobacco Recommendations Will Improve Health And Reduce Inequalities - New Zealand Medical Association

Recommendations made by the Maori Affairs Select Committee's inquiry into tobacco are strongly endorsed by the New Zealand Medical Association (NZMA) which says that adopting the proposals would have a dramatic effect on improving public health and reducing health inequalities. "Tobacco is our greatest preventable cause of death and illness, killing 5000 every year...