Menthol Cigarettes Attract Young Smokers and Hold ...

A report released by researchers at the Harvard School of Public Health stated that tobacco companies have been using menthol in their products to keep older smokers and to attract young ones. Nearly 500 internal tobacco-industry documents were reviewed from 1985 to 2007, with the results showing that tobacco companies researched how levels of menthol could increase cigarette sales. It was concluded that young smokers...

Quitting Abruptly May be Better than Gradually

According to one study, it is not a good idea to reduce your cigarettes to half, by replacing them with nicotine gum. The same applies to quitting cold turkey and using tobacco replacements without tapering off on cigarettes. 314 adults were studied by Dr. Jean-Francois Etter at the University of Geneva in Switzerland, on average the subjects smoked 15 cigarettes a day. Half of the smokers were told to use nicotine gum 4...

Smoking is Not the Only Problem

Mental health and substance abuse reports show that though the number of people quitting smoking has increased, the use of drugs and alcohol has remained on the same level. The report was released by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, and it had a double message to reveal, as it has also become apparent that problems differ across the United States. For example, in Iowa the rate of substance abuse...

Smoking Rate Takes a Huge Drop in Arizona

The number of smokers in Arizona has taken a large drop. The decline is attributed to a higher cost of cigarettes and laws limiting smoking. Nearly 170,000 adult residents of Arizona kicked their habit from 2007 to 2008 according to a federal study. The number of active smokers in Arizona now stands at 15.9 percent, dropping from 18.9 percent in 2007. This information is said to be "unprecedented" by researchers as...

Smoking More Dangerous for Women

We are all aware of the fact that smoking is not a good habit to follow. But it seems that if you are a female smoker there is research to show that you are really in trouble. This growing body of research has show that smoking has a more damaging effect on the lungs for women than for men. On Monday the American Thoracic Society held a meeting in San Diego, where it was shown by this study that women were more likely to...

Do Smoking Bans Really Cause Job Losses?

According to one new study, job losses are not a consequence of smoking bans in bars and restaurants. Employment trends were studied in eight Minnesota cities by Liz Klein, a professor at Ohio State University. Each city had different kinds of policies on clean air and two of the cities had no bans on smoking. Some Ohio bar owners claimed they had to go out of business or have seen their business decline because of newly...