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| | Pregnancy and Smoking- Health Encyclopedia and Reference |
 | | Babies of smoking mothers are more likely to suffer from apnea (breathing lapses) and are twice as likely to die of SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome, or crib death) as babies of nonsmokers. | | | There is also strong evidence that an expectant mother's smoking adversely affects her baby's development in the uterus. | | | You should promptly seek professional medical care if you have any concern about your health, and you should always consult your physician before starting a fitness regimen. |
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| | Tobacco smoking - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Numerous studies have suggested that passive smoking can be harmful to human health, however the level of harm is controversial with research from alternative sources suggesting that the risk may not be as high as otherwise predicted. | | | Smoking and health: physician responsibility; a statement of the Joint Committee on Smoking and Health. | | | In the 1930s Nazi medical and military leaders became concerned that tobacco might prove a hazard to human health, concluding that the "extraordinary rise in tobacco use" was "the single most important cause of the rising incidence of lung cancer". |
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| | SMOKING |
| | Smoking has as part of its appeal the sense of individualism and personal choice. | | | Smoking can be the classic "crutch" in times of discomfort. | | | The person continues to smoke as Zyban therapy is started. |
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| | Over the long term, smoking leads people to develop health problems like cancer, emphysema (breakdown of lung tissue), organ damage, and heart disease. | | | The consequences of smoking may seem very far off to many teens, but long-term health problems aren't the only hazard of smoking. | | | And people with certain health conditions, like asthma, become more sick if they smoke (and often if they're just around people who smoke). |
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| | SMOKING |
| | Ex-smokers who have not smoked for many years are less likely to die of chronic lung diseases, such as emphysema, than those who continue to smoke. | | | After 15 years of abstinence, the risk is similar to that of persons who have never smoked. | | | People who quit smoking also are more likely to exercise regularly. |
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| | Smoking: A Social Poison |
| | This smoke is inhaled into the chest and then exhaled from the nose and mouth as a thick white smoke. | | | Therefore, they conclude, smoking is not prohibited, but is only makruh (disliked). | | | Only few of those addicted to smoking are able to stop it. |
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| | ACS :: Questions About Smoking, Tobacco, and Health |
| | When an ex-smoker smokes a cigarette, even years after quitting, the body reacts in the same way as when the person was smoking, which can cause the person to want to smoke again. | | | The younger a person is when he or she begins to smoke, the more likely he or she is to develop nicotine addiction. | | | Students who smoke are also more likely to use other drugs, get in fights, carry weapons, attempt suicide, and engage in high-risk sexual behaviors. |
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http://www.cancer.org/docroot/PED/content/PED_10_2x_Questions_About_Smoking_Tobacco_and_Health.asp
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| | Smoking Stinks! |
| | When people try smoking for the first time, they often cough a lot and feel pain or burning in their throat and lungs. | | | He or she may be interested in learning more about the dangers of smoking. | | | That means that if you start to use nicotine, your body and mind will become so used to it that you'll need to have it just to feel OK. |
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| | Women who smoke pose a greater danger not only to their own reproductive health but, if they smoke during pregnancy, to their unborn child. | | | The effects of second-hand smoke, or passive smoking, has been debated and widely studied, but they are still not entirely clear. | | | About 15% of all people who smoke develop lung cancer, with the risk varying depending on the duration of the addiction and the number of pack years. |
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| | Smoking: Steps to Help You Break the Habit -- familydoctor.org |
| | Smoking causes changes in your body and in the way you act. | | | How you feel when you stop depends on how much you smoked, how addicted your body is to nicotine and how well you get ready to stop smoking. | | | To help you understand your smoking habit, keep a diary of when and why you smoke. |
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| | If you smoke your first cigarette within 30 minutes of waking, then you are particularly likely to benefit from nicotine replacement therapy. | | | Stopping smoking may relieve the symptoms of angina so much that previously planned surgery may no longer be necessary. | | | For men and women who smoke, the risks from CHD, lung cancer; chronic bronchitis and emphysema, and other smoking-related lung diseases are similar. |
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| | Independence from Smoking |
| | Smoking can increase your risk for heart disease, heart attack, stroke, osteoporosis (thinning or weakening of your bones), and cancers other than lung cancer. | | | Maternal smoking is associated with early weaning: Study of Breastfeeding Duration and Perinatal Cigarette Smoking | | | Smoking harms nearly every organ in your body. |
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| | MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Smoking and smokeless tobacco |
| | Nicotine acts as both a stimulant and depressant on your body. | | | Most people who have been able to successfully quit smoking made at least one unsuccessful attempt in the past. | | | Try not to view past attempts to quit as failures, but rather as learning experiences. |
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| | MedlinePlus: Smoking |
| | Smoking and Bone Health (National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases) | | | Relationship of Smoking Behavior and Death in Persons 40 to 70 Years of Age (03/21/2006, American College of Physicians) | | | Smoking and Infertility (American Society for Reproductive Medicine) - Links to PDF |
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| | The Quit Smoking Coach - Daily Email and Quit Smoking Coaching Services |
| | There is no other such program on the Internet that provides this personal one-on-one interaction and it's the key to its success and high success rates. | | | I can help make your quitting smoking experience both a positive and rewarding one. | | | Quitting Smoking is the Single Most Important Positive and Healthy |
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| | Technorati Tag: smoking |
| | Magical Smoke Relief - Smokeless Ashtray Smoking need not be disturbing to others. | | | Because the story goes, that the photo is doctored, of course. | | | Cigarrest to Stay Smoke Free for Life Try the original Cigarrest to quit smoking and to remain smoke-free for life. |
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| | CDC - Health Topic: Smoking and Tobacco Use |
| | Surgeon General’s 2004 Report: The Health Consequences of Smoking on the Human Body | | | Surgeon General’s 2004 Report: The Health Consequences of Smoking | | | What is Needed to Reduce Smoking Among Women |
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| | WhyQuit - the Internet's leading cold turkey quit smoking resource |
| | Submit your question to Ask Joel and have it answered by a professional smoking cessation counselor with more than 30 years of full time experience | | | Nicotine - the sine qua non of smoking | | | A highly focused single-minded program, all applicants must be 100% nicotine clean to join and any nicotine relapse - even one puff - permanently revokes group posting privileges. |
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| | HHS - Tobacco Cessation - You Can Quit Smoking Now! |
| | The Health Consequences of Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General, 2004 | | | The Health Consequences of Smoking: A Report of the Surgeon General | | | The latest information to help people quit smoking, and to help health care professionals treat tobacco use and dependence. |
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| | Dr. Bob's Quit Smoking Page |
| | Helpful facts and tips on how and why to quit smoking prepared by Dr Bob, a physician trained in both Internal Medicine and Psychiatry | | | Read a concise guide to the strict minimum the busy primary care physician should do and why for the patient who smokes!!! | | | Tobacco and Health Links galore about health issues, smoking and children and secondhand smoke!! |
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| | Health Hazards of Smoking Introduction |
| | Smoking has the dubious distinction of affecting all the systems from head to foot. | | | Smoking is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. | | | Smoking still remains one of the leading cause of preventable death. |
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| | BBC NEWS Health Smoking ban proposed for England |
| | Shadow Health Secretary Andrew Lansley said the Tories would achieve more and do it more quickly by working with the industry to achieve a "smoke-free environment in the great majority of pubs and restaurants and public places." | | | Smoking will still be allowed in pubs which limit their food sales to snacks such as crisps, rather than prepared meals. | | | Deborah Arnott, of Action on Smoking and Health (Ash), said the proposals might be unworkable. |
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| | Guardian Unlimited Special reports Special report: smoking |
| | Find out how cigarettes affect different parts of your body. | | | Report of the scientific committee on smoking and health, 1998 | | | March 23: Men who smoke a pack of cigarettes a day are 40% more likely to be impotent than non-smokers, according to new research. |
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| | Smoking Cessation: Information from WebMD |
| | To help you quit smoking, you'll find in-depth information here on successful smoking cessation techniques, nicotine patches, and other products. | | | Erectile dysfunction may be more common among men who smoke cigarettes than among nonsmokers. | | | Smoking May Hinder Alcoholism Recovery (Friday, March 17, 2006) |
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| | Cigarette Smoking and Cardiovascular Diseases |
| | See the Related Items box above for links to the Cardiology Patient Page in Circulation, Journal of the American Heart Association: | | | Smoking also increases the risk of recurrent coronary heart disease after bypass surgery. | | | Many studies detail the evidence that cigarette smoking is a major cause of coronary heart disease, which leads to heart attack. |
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| | Tobacco.org: Welcome |
| | We think [our initiative] accomplishes two different things: It protects children against secondhand smoke and continues to ensure our livelihood as a tourist economy. | | | SCOTLAND: Complete smoking ban goes into effect with little travail. | | | We want Beaumont to be at the forefront, not the last community to respond to what has become a significant public heath issue. |
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| | Encyclopedia of Smoking and Tobacco — www.greenwood.com |
| | Description: Here's a comprehensive reference guide that gives readers the entire story about the volatile issue of smoking in North America from the 1600s to the present. | | | This exceptionally comprehensive, objective, and clearly written resource will be helpful to the general public, high-school and college students, and activists....Running heads provide quick access, cross-references lead to other articles, and a number of pertinent illustrations enhances understanding. | | | This book would appeal to non-smokers and smokers alike, from students to health-care professionals. |
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| | Quit Smoking - American Lung Association site |
| | Find out more about how smoking has affected you community, see | | | Smoking-related diseases claim an estimated 430,700 American lives each year. | | | Give us your feedback on the content in this index! |
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| | BBC NEWS Health Medical notes Smoking |
| | Smoking also increases the risk of having a stroke. | | | Another health problem associated with tobacco is emphysema, which, when combined with chronic bronchitis, produces chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. | | | Although the health risks of smoking are culmulative, giving up can yield health benefits regardless of the age of the patient, or the length of time they have been smoking. |
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| | Smoking (food) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Smoke is a decent antimicrobial and antioxidant, but smoke alone is insufficient for preserving food in practice. | | | The buccan is a smoking device used by some American Indians. | | | "Cold smoking" is an hours- or days-long process in which smoke is passed by food which is held in a separate area from the fire. |
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| | SMOKING KILLS. |
| | Reports from 1993 state second-hand smoke causes lung cancer and respiratory diseases. | | | The same findings have been concluded by a hundred other major studies, and still the tobacco industry says the results are flawed. | | | Their goal is to slow the antismoking movement and keep people smoking—to get more profits. |
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| | Smoking Overview - Page 1 - HeartCenterOnline: |
| | Such “involuntary” smoking is responsible for approximately 3,000 lung cancer deaths annually among non–smokers and 300,000 respiratory tract infections among children. | | | Furthermore, people who smoke other products (e.g., “light” cigarettes or clove cigarettes) are also facing serious health risks. | | | Because of the many dangers of smoking, people are encouraged to speak with their physician about strategies that are available to help them quit. |
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| | Studies have shown that cigarette smoking is an important risk factor for stroke. | | | Evidence also indicates that chronic exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (secondhand smoke, passive smoking) may increase the risk of heart disease. | | | Cigarette smoking is the most important preventable cause of premature death in the United States. |
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| | Smoking News |
| | Lung-cancer patients who use nicotine supplements such as patch or gum to help them quit smoking may undermine their chemotherapy. | | | John Mellencamp strolled onto the stage Friday night like he owned the place. | | | Smoking a cigarette and dressed in a dark blue-collared shirt, the place he owned wasn't just the sold-out Elliott Hall at Purdue... |
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| | CBC News Indepth: Smoking |
| | Columbus had no idea what they were, but his sailors watched the locals smoking the tobacco and tried it themselves. | | | There is anecdotal evidence that ingesting tobacco in any form was grounds for execution in ancient Mongolia, decapitation in China. | | | Smoking is a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black, stinking fume thereof, nearest resembles the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless. |
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