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Quitting smoking stops lung decline

...ers, "non smokers, past smokers and (intermittent) quitters had significantly lower total mortality than continuous smokers." According to Dr.Pelkon, the advantage of even a temporary cessation of decline in lung function is encouraging, since the process of quitting requires several attempts before the habi...

Direct To Home: Television Provides Powerful Fillip to Smoking Cessation Campaigns.

... such ads are spontaneously recalled by successful quitters as the ones instrumental in their success provides confirmation for previous studies that noted the superior effectiveness of emotionally arousing ads…." ...

Smokers are Prone to Weight Gain After Quitting

...ies overlooked key personality differences between quitters and smokers — such as general concern for health o.... The authors of the 1998 study had estimated that quitters gained nearly 12 pounds. Using a complex statistical method that allowed them to compare apples to...

Want To Quit Smoking? Exercise Could Help

...gazine WebMD. At the same time, half the would be quitters enrolled in an exercise programme. The nicotine treatment worked pretty well. Just over half the smokers on nicotine replacement alone were able to quit, the researchers said. Exercise plus nicotine worked even better. Eighty percent of those who m...

Public Places in England Go Smoke Free

...ing. The market for products to help prospective quitters will this year cross the 100-million-pound level, a 40 percent increase since 2002, according to the market research firm Mintel, and will grow to 140 million pounds in 2011. Along with the traditional smoking patches and chewing gum, other anti-sm...

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