Top o' the Morning, Everybody! I hope this Month is providing all of you lots of reasons to enter Spring Smoke FREE! There's something about green grass and trees, flowers and natural renewal that just doesn't live comfortably with killing ourselves one puff at a time but does fit comfortably with Nicotine Recovery! One of the most important tools in my Quit Tool Box is KNOWLEDGE! That's why every Monday when health permits I publish this series of current tobacco related articles. I find that reading them enhances my Quititude!
Take the article about Third Hand Smoke! WOW! It makes you think twice about the Third hand smoke we're exposed to each and every day - let alone Second Hand Smoke!!!! What a hazard to all people of all ages and the health care costs that all of us are paying! Something to open your eyes this morning....
So get comfortable, grab you cup of coffe or tea and learn more about tobacco and smoking!
SMOKING CESSATION
Photo smoking warnings studied
http://www.daventryexpress.co.uk/news/health/photo-smoking-warnings-studied-1-4062372
The ills of smoking
People with mental illness and nicotine addiction struggle to kick the habit
http://scienceline.org/2013/03/the-ills-of-smoking/
Who Has the Real Power to Stop Smoking? Hint: Not Smokers
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/scout-phd/quitting-smoking_b_2582247.html
Association between use of contraband tobacco and smoking cessation outcomes: a population-based cohort study
http://www.cmaj.ca/content/early/2013/03/04/cmaj.111861
SECOND HAND SMOKE
Secondhand Smoke Riskier than Cholesterol
http://www.medpagetoday.com/Cardiology/Atherosclerosis/37750
Studies find that toxicity caused by second-hand smoke remains long after a smoker leaves the premises
http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-toxicity-second-hand-smoker-premises.html
Mount Sinai Study Demonstrates Connection Between Secondhand Tobacco Smoke and Coronary Artery Calcification in “Never Smokers”
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2013/3/prweb10512961.htm
SMOKING AND GOVERNMENT
FDA's New Tobacco Scheme, And Its Legislative Underpinnings, May Go Up In Smoke
http://www.forbes.com/sites/scottgottlieb/2013/03/08/fdas-new-tobacco-scheme-and-its-legislative-und...
Legislator Grills NIH Over Tobacco Grant
http://news.sciencemag.org/scienceinsider/2013/03/legislator-grills-nih-over-tobac.html
What does it take to tackle inequalities in the burden of tobacco-related harm?
http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2013/03/11/what-does-it-take-to-tackle-inequalities-in-the-burden...
SMOKING AND YOUR FAMILY
Smoking during pregnancy harms mother, child
http://www.kjonline.com/opinion/letters/smoking-during-pregnancy-harms-mother-child_2013-03-09.html
‘Care’ and ‘cure’ for tobacco!
http://www.thehindu.com/opinion/open-page/care-and-cure-for-tobacco/article4491960.ece
TOBACCO AND BUSINESS
Harmon’s takes tobacco products off shelves
http://fox13now.com/2013/03/08/harmons-takes-tobacco-products-off-shelves/
