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The best-known North American contribution to the world drug trade has always been tobacco. Tobacco pipes have been found among the earliest Aztec and Mayan ruins. “Drinking” the smoke of tobacco leaves was an established New World practice long before European contact.


In 1964, the Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health laid out the case for the long-term ill effects of nicotine quite effectively—and millions of people quit smoking. A stubborn minority did not, and many of them still have not. Nicotine, the active ingredient in tobacco, is highly addictive. Addicted smokers drink more and have poorer health than non-smokers. Smoking cessation sites, such as Smoking Cessation 101, and Stop Smoking Timeline, are common in the blogosphere. 

Zyban was the first successful anti-smoking drug, when combined with nicotine replacement therapy like nicotine patches and nicotine gum. Chantix was okayed by the FDA as a second drug for the treatment of nicotine addiction.

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  • The Great American Smokeout: Will you be trying to quit smoking?


    BlogHer - Health & WellnessAuthority Authority: 144
    The Great American Smokeout happens every year on the third Thursday in November, and it has been going on each year since 1977.  This is a day that smokers all across the country are encouraged to not smoke, or at least cut back on their smoking for one day.  Each year millions of smokers participate in the ...
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  • Smokers have options other than quit or die


    Letters to the EditorAuthority Authority: 141
    The letter from Matthew Kuhlenbeck of the Missouri Foundation for Health (Nov. 7) offers help to smokers who want to quit. Unfortunately, he failed to mention the most helpful option for most of those smokers: switching to a low-risk nicotine product.…
    7 hours ago
  • GlaxoSmithKline signs smoking vaccine licensing agreement with Nabi


    DailyFinanceAuthority Authority: 797
    Filed under: Company News , GlaxoSmithKline Not two months after the Swiss start-up Cytoss experimental anti-smoking vaccine failed in a mid-stage study, Nabi Biopharmaceuticals ( NABI ) and GlaxoSmithKline ( GSK ) have signed a licensing agreement for Nabis own anti-smoking vaccine, NicVAX . The deal, which ...
    7 hours ago
  • When You Stop Smoking Without NRT


    Health & Fitness BlogAuthority Authority: 166
    When you understand what makes quitting smoking so difficult you can figure out how to stop smoking without NRT. Nicotine replacement therapy can be beneficial for some, but for others even just the idea of keeping a constant level of nicotine in the system seems counterintuitive. It doesnt always work, especially for ...
    8 hours ago
  • Can You Stop Smoking Without NRT Or Is It A Fake?


    Naked NewsAuthority Authority: 173
    When you stop smoking without NRT you manage to keep the nicotine that your body craves out of your system for a much longer period of time. This way, when you finally find that you are on your own you are well past the physical addiction that makes nicotine so incredibly difficult to break away from. With nicotine ...
    8 hours ago
  • Classy High-End Water Pipe Is What Design Nerds Use to Smoke [Smoking]


    GizmodoAuthority Authority: 896
    Only college kids smoke out of hand-blown bowls with swirly colors. Adults spend their hard-earned money on well-designed products made of stainless steel, acrylic and leather. This thing is the...
    9 hours ago
  • Classy High-End Water Pipe Is What Jonny Ive Uses to Smoke [Smoking]


    GizmodoAuthority Authority: 896
    Only college kids smoke out of hand-blown bowls with swirly colors. Adults spend their hard-earned money on well-desined products made of stainless steel, acrylic and leather. This thing is the perfect compliment to the Volcano. [ Yanko via Fast Company ]
    9 hours ago
  • Hypnosis has real brain effect | Herald de Paris


    Hypnosis MagazineHypnosis MagazineAuthority Authority: 151
                                                                                                                            Hypnosis has a “very real” effect that can be picked up on brain scans, say Hull University researchers.An imaging study of ...
    10 hours ago
  • Fourteen Days To A Whiter Smile


    cVillainAuthority Authority: 132
    With many in the bar scene grumbling over the smoking ban going into effect December 1st, and the inevitably approaching winter temps (although 70* today does provide some hope), we have to wonder if such a die-hard group of drinkers will shift to accommodate establishments which cater to the new requirements for ...
    10 hours ago
  • Classy High-End Water Pipe Is What Design Nerds Use to Smoke [Smoking]


    RSS fabriekAuthority Authority: 463
    Only college kids smoke out of hand-blown bowls with swirly colors. Adults spend their hard-earned money on well-designed products made of stainless steel, acrylic and leather. This thing is the perfect compliment to the Volcano. [ Yanko via Fast Company ]
    10 hours ago
  • The Inalienable Right to Smoke [Smoking]


    GawkerAuthority Authority: 863
    Several large NYC landlords are moving to ban smoking inside their own apartment complexes, and on the sidewalks outside them, as well. Clearly, this violates our just-made-up list of Places People Can Always Smoke, No Takebacks. Your Own Apartment: You cant smoke in your own apartment? Get the fuck outta here. ...
    10 hours ago
  • Yves saint Laurents Black Model Fix


    Au Courant Blog | International + Caribbean Fashion, Shopping, etc.Authority Authority: 126
    Watch this mini-clip of dear YSL musing over his black model fix. I can almost see that Gorge Martiniquan model , Mounia, slinking along in an early version of Le Smoking ... LMN Harris
    11 hours ago
  • A Starkville miracle


    Jacob GrierAuthority Authority: 473
    Speaking of heart attack miracles, a new one has been discovered to justify a possible statewide smoking ban in Mississippi: A ban on indoor smoking has paid big dividends for the health of Starkville residents. In the three years after the ban was enacted in 2006, Starkville had 27 percent fewer heart attacks ...
    11 hours ago
  • Moron of the Week #14


    The Constant ComplainerAuthority Authority: 119
    Please help me congratulate Joshua Basso of Tampa, Florida.  He is the recipient of this week’s “Moron of the Week Award.”  I’d also like to thank readers Leo Nevoli and John for bringing this story to my attention. Joshua was arrested on November 11 th and charged with misuse of the 911 system (a ...
    12 hours ago
  • RTI Global Survey: 87% Employers Want Workplace Smoke-Free


    BASIL & SPICEAuthority Authority: 136
    Smokers Worldwide Support Workplace Smoking Bans, Study Finds RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.—The majority of smokers worldwide support smoking bans in the workplace, according to a new study by RTI International and Harris Interactive. The study , published in the International Journal of Public Health ...
    12 hours ago
  • Landlords Tell Tenants to Butt Out, Or Else


    Curbed NYAuthority Authority: 683
    In-apartment smoking has been a feuding matter for NYC residents for a while now, but landlords are finally getting in the game. The Times reports that Related , landlord at The Caledonia and other buildings, will ban smoking this month at some of its downtown properties because of secondhand smoke worries. ...
    14 hours ago
  • Honestly, I Am Not Ignoring You!


    Akira The DonAuthority Authority: 137
    So, last night, I realised that for the past week or so none of my text messages have sent. I had 87 text messages in the outbox. So if youlve texted me, and I havent replied, that is why. I thought I did. No wonder my girl was feeling unappreciated! Damn! So, phone is a bit crap for communicated right now. Go with ...
    14 hours ago
  • Federal Excise Taxes on Tobacco are Increasing


    ::the open end::Authority Authority: 134
    On February 4th, 2009, the Federal Government enacted legislation to fund the expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program ( SCHIP ) that increased excise taxes on tobacco by: 158% on cigarettes 158% on smokeless tobacco 155% on large cigars I remember this was big news on NPR. Some highly-qualified ...
    14 hours ago
  • Smoking Laws are on the Rise and so is Cigarette Smoke


    Alternative Health, Natural, Environmental & Organic News BlogAuthority Authority: 127
    To think that cigarette smoking among adults is on a steady decline and has been since the 70’s or 80’s is actually false. Check out some of this new data: For the first time in 15 years, cigarette smoking slightly rose this year. About 21% of U.S. adults said that they smoked. This report comes from a survey by ...
    15 hours ago
  • USA TODAY: Researchers looking at whether vaccines can treating smoking addiction


    BLOGGING via TYPEWRITER.Authority Authority: 713
    USA TODAY: Researchers looking at whether vaccines can treating smoking addiction: Researchers are...
    16 hours ago

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