Bi-polar Disorder and Smoking Increase Suicide Ris...

Smokers who suffer from bi-polar disorder might have an increased risk of experiencing suicidal behavior. According to a new study, this could be due to the fact that they are more at risk of acting impulsively. Better known as manic depression, bipolar disorder causes large changes in mood, from depression to euphoria. It has already been proven that patients with bipolar disorder who smoke are more prone to suicidal...

Smoking Lighter Cigarettes Will Not Help in the Pr...

Researchers say that smokers who try to quit by smoking a milder cigarette or one with low tar levels, will not see much success. In fact, it has been found that smokers who have chosen this method have 50% lower chance of kicking the habit. Dr Hilary Tindle from the University of Pittsburgh said, "It may be that smokers thing that a lighter brand is better for their health and is therefore an acceptable alternative to...

Smoking Can Create Damage Right from the First Puf...

New research shows that taking only a few puffs from a cigarette start doing damage to a young people who are otherwise healthy. Researcher Stella Daskalopoulou, MD, of the McGill University Health Center, says that the damage escalates as time passes, and isn't possible to reverse it. Smokers aged 18-30 were tested, they smoked a cigarette after doing a treadmill exercise, and it was found that the arteries of an...

Heart Attack Rates Greatly Reduced With Indoor Smo...

A report done by US health experts has confirmed that indoor smoking bans have lowered the risk of heart attack, even among nonsmokers, because exposure to secondhand smoke has been reduced. The report was produced by the Institute of Medicine for the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and it shows that since smoking has been banned from workplaces, restaurants and bars the rate of cardiovascular-related health...

Psychotic Episodes in Children Affected by Mothers...

A new study suggests that mothers who smoke during their pregnancy could put their children at risk of having delusions, hallucinations or other psychotic symptoms. A survey of 12-year olds in the UK showed that those whose mothers had smoked were about 20% more likely to face such issues. The link was even more pronounced at 84%, if the mother smoked 20 or more cigarettes a day. Though further study of the issue is required,...

Chantix May not Induce Suicidal Behavior

According to a new British study the smoking cessation drug varenciline (Chantix) does not increase the risk of suicidal tendencies or depression. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration recently mandated that a "black box warning" be carried by the drug's packaging, which would indicate to users that by using the drug they were at risk of experiencing "serious neuropsychiatric symptoms." This includes...