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Remember These Facts the Next Time You Can’t Sleep
Sleep is vital for good health, but most of us don’t get enough of it. At least 60 million Americans are affected by insomnia, and two-thirds of chronic pain patients have sleep issues. Even those who...
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Are Unhealthy Diets a Greater Threat Than Tobacco?
The office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has boldly stepped into the food wars, claiming that an unhealthy diet is a greater global health risk than tobacco. The statement...
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Asia’s Smoking Epidemic Linked to 2 Million Deaths
Tobacco smoking has been linked to approximately 2 million deaths among adult men and women in Asia in recent years, according to a new study that predicts the death toll will continue to rise. Roughly...
View ArticleCity Wins Tobacco Lawsuit
New York City prevailed in a big tobacco lawsuit against the city’s coupon ban, according to a court ruling Wednesday. “This is a huge victory for the City’s comprehensive efforts to reduce tobacco...
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Smoking May Contribute to Suicide Risk
Cigarette smokers are more likely to commit suicide than people who don’t smoke, studies have shown. This reality has been attributed to the fact that people with psychiatric disorders, who have higher...
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How Wall Street Tobacco Deals Left States With Billions in Toxic Debt
Politicians wanted upfront cash from a legal victory over Big Tobacco, and bankers happily obliged. The price? A handful of states promised to repay $64 billion on just $3 billion advanced. This story...
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Tracing the Bones of a Healthy City
This year, Washington was deemed America’s healthiest city—thanks to a low smoking rate and a strong presence of joggers and cyclists. The American College of Sports Medicine based their ranking on...
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Obese or Overweight Teens More Likely to Become Smokers
A study examining whether overweight or obese teens are at higher risk for substance abuse finds both good and bad news: weight status has no correlation with alcohol or marijuana use but is linked to...
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Smoking Costs California $18 Billion Every Year
LOS ANGELES—Tobacco smoke contains more than 7,000 different chemicals, hundreds of which are toxic, and about 70 that are linked to cancer, according to the Centers for Disease and Prevention (CDC)....
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How to Quit Smoking Naturally
By Kali Sinclair, Organic Lifestyle Magazine Smokers are adept in compartmentalized thinking. All the expense, the fuss, the mess, the smell, the frustration of addition, and the very real fear of...
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Great American Smokeout: Smoking Is Major Factor in Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer’s disease, a severe form of dementia, affects an estimated 5.2 million Americans, according to 2013 statistics. Approximately 7.7 million new cases of dementia are identified every...
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Brain Scans Predict If Smokers Can Quit
Changes in the brain’s working memory may accurately predict who is more likely to quit smoking. Researchers say the findings—which go above and beyond current clinical or behavioral tools for...
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Smoking Still Causes Large Proportion of Cancer Deaths in the United States
A new American Cancer Society study finds that despite significant drops in smoking rates, cigarettes continue to cause about three in ten cancer deaths in the United States. The study, appearing in...
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Healthier Lifestyles Could Prevent 4 in 10 Cancer Cases (Video)
Around 40 percent of cancer cases could have been prevented by leading a healthier lifestyle, according to new statistics from Cancer Research UK. And the top lifestyle change suggested shouldn’t...
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Nicotine Patch Works Best for ‘Slow’ Smokers
How quickly your body breaks down nicotine may determine if a pill or a patch will be the most effective way to quit smoking. “In this new trial, we’ve shown that it is possible to optimize quit rates...
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Smoking Thins the Brain, and That’s Not a Good Thing
Smoking tobacco is the leading cause of preventable death, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control. Now there’s evidence of another negative side affect: thinning of the very important cortex...
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Women Smokers Concerned About Weight Are Less Likely to Try to Quit
Women who believe smoking helps them manage their weight are less likely to try quitting in response to anti-smoking policies than other female smokers in the United States. The study, published online...
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Want to Quit Smoking? Switching to E-cigarettes Won’t Help
A study published today in the leading journal Addiction might just change everything for electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes). The study of 1,473 English smokers found those who didn’t use...
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E-Cigarettes Can Draw People Away From Cigarette Smoking
Dear Editor, I came across the article “Young People and E-Cigarettes: What We Know So Far” in Epoch Times’ Southeast Asia edition. The U.K. Department of Health recently came out with a report which...
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6 Natural Ways to Quit Smoking
The scent of black pepper essential oil helps reduce the craving for cigarettes. It’s one of the hardest things to do, but quitting smoking isn’t impossible–and it’s the single most important step...
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