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That’s what the Cochrane Collaboration, an international organization that evaluates medical research, wanted to find out. So they did a systematic review of 17 relevant studies that had taken place in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia.
These studies had used mostly monetary incentives to help encourage participants to quit smoking.
Incentives such as […]
In a study set to be published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Thursday, researchers have found that quitting smoking is more often a group decision, rather than individual. What kind of group, you ask? A social group.
That’s right, according to the study, smokers tend to quit more in groups, or clusters, rather […]
Remember this line ‘Mirror, Mirror on the wall, who’s the fairest of them all?’
Well, it turns out the mirror is now on the web and while it doesn’t offer an answer to the above rhyme, it can show you a glimpse of the future.
Good Morning America correspondent Andrea Canning recently checked out this new technology […]
Can what you eat help you give up smoking ?
Yes, according to Duke University psychologist F. Joseph McClernon. Based at the Duke Center for Nicotine and Smoking Research, McClernon “… kept hearing smokers say that certain foods and beverages made their cigarettes taste much better. He began to wonder exactly which foods these were — […]
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Liz has done an outstanding job with her marijuana series this week, hasn’t she? (Bravo, Liz). Alas, there is one more thing I’d like to add to the Pot is Not your Friend List, if I might:
Heavy cannabis use raises your risk for gum disease.
And who wants gums and teeth like those above? Ick.
It’s […]
So what are the health effects of using marijuana?
Do you know ?
Want to test your knowledge ?
Which of the following are true and which are false ?
1. Marijuana causes memory loss
2. Marijuana causes birth defects
3. Marijuana causes sterility
4. Marijuana can cause schizophrenia
5. Marijuana causes depression
6. Marijuana causes lung cancer
The answers are on the next page…
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Smoking bans are becoming the norm. And everywhere you turn, there are articles and quit smoking campaigns explaining why and how you should give up. Giving up is definitely worth it, as Wade Meredith highlighted in his great article a couple of years back - What Happens to Your body if you stop smoking Right […]
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We’ve all heard about Occupational Job Hazards, but could little ‘ol bloggers be next in line to suffer a work-related mishap?
Maybe so.
You see, on December 28, a very well-known and highly-respected tech blogger by the name of Om Malik (of GigaOm fame) suffered a heart attack that some theorized may have been caused […]
You might be surprised to know that alcohol is far more dangerous than both Big Puff and Puff the Magic Dragon. Check out this graphic guide to the most dangerous substances humanity ingests (and imbibes, snorts, shoots and sniffs).
Get It While It’s Hot:
All About Alcoholism
Unusual Addictions: If this is your biggest problem, you’re all […]
Another Reason to Hate the Office Printer
Not only are those demonic peripherals known as “printers” eternally problematic, they are also destructive to health. Up to one-third of printers pollute the office air with toner chemicals that are just as destructive as cigarette smoke. You know, I’m just not surprised. Printers are evil. You could tell […]
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