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Most Recently Shared on January 26, 2010 at 3:46 am By:
Smoking Pack Years Calculator http://bit.ly/8qfjww /via @ianmcnicoll
It is calculated that Po-210 may be independently responsible of 4 lung cancers every 10,000 smokers. The carcinogenic risk/one year lifetime of a smoker of 20 cigarettes per day is equivalent to that of undertaking 300 chest x-rays | GreenMedInfo | Artic
greenmedinfo.com — “This toxicological article on GreenMedInfo.com concerns - [Polonium: the radioactive killer from tobacco smoke].” View full resource at greenmedinfo.com
Most Recently Shared on March 22, 2012 at 10:59 pm By:
Judge blocks FDA rule requiring graphic images on cigarette packs of the dangers of smoking - The Washington Post
washingtonpost.com — “RICHMOND, Va. — A judge on Wednesday blocked a federal requirement that would have begun forcing U.S. tobacco companies to put large graphic images on their cigarette packages later this year to show the dangers of smoking and encouraging smokers to quit lighting up.” View full resource at washingtonpost.com
Most Recently Shared on February 29, 2012 at 9:52 pm By:
eyeonfda Pharma and Health Lawyer
Judge blocks FDA rule requiring graphic images on cigarette packs of the dangers of smoking http://t.co/GoI4p2Mg
Want to Save $3,300 Per Year? Quit Smoking
newswise.com — “American smoking rate down from 42 percent to 20.8 percent but needs to go lower says Loyola University Health System integrative medicine physician. At $7 to $9 a pack for cigarettes, annual smoking budgets can run from $2500 to more than $3300, not including doctor visits and lost days from work due to poor health.Nov. 17 is Great American Smokeout and that one day of abstinance can help kick the habit.” View full resource at newswise.com
Most Recently Shared on November 8, 2011 at 8:49 pm By:
Hi5living.org Health Organization
RT @focusedonhealth: Want to save $3,300 per year? Quit smoking. http://t.co/GCVKVVaZ
St Luke's of Cedar Rapids :: Lung Check
stlukescr.org — “Screening for men or women between the ages of 55 and 74 who have smoked at least one pack a day for 30 years or more or two packs per day for 15 years.” View full resource at stlukescr.org
Most Recently Shared on November 2, 2011 at 3:44 pm By:
St. Luke’s knows the best chance of a cure 4 lung cancer is early detection. That’s y we’ve developed Lung Check . http://t.co/SzK0yPwF
Changes in Forced Expiratory Volume in 1 Second over Time in COPD | Now@NEJM
blogs.nejm.org — “You see a 50-year-old woman for the first time in your office. She tells you she’s still smoking a pack per day. She’s trying to cut down, but it’s hard.” View full resource at blogs.nejm.org
Most Recently Shared on September 29, 2011 at 12:45 pm By:
Perhaps outlook for lung function in #COPD is not as bleak as thought: NOW@NEJM blog post looks at ECLIPSE study. http://t.co/zYPOBuVZ
Early detection the aim of new Lung Center - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
pittsburghlive.com — “Jeannette Magil of North Huntingdon was worried her lungs had been affected by her pack-a-day, 25-year smoking habit.” View full resource at pittsburghlive.com
Most Recently Shared on September 10, 2011 at 8:17 am By:
Early detection the aim of new Lung Center: Jeannette Magil of North Huntingdon was worried her lungs had been a... http://t.co/4XkdTCv
Drop in US smoking has slowed, despite public health efforts - The Boston Globe
boston.com — “The decline in smoking in the United States has slowed dramatically over the past five years, according to a federal report released yesterday, despite national and state efforts to raise tobacco taxes, increase awareness of cigarettes’ health risks, and ban smoking in public places. The number of heavy smokers fell substantially, while the number of light smokers, who smoked half a pack a day or less, increased. In 2010, an estimated 19.3 percent of Americans smoked, down from 20.9 percen” View full resource at boston.com
Most Recently Shared on September 7, 2011 at 4:27 pm By:
Drop in US smoking has slowed, despite public health efforts http://t.co/q9uahfo via @BostonUpdate by @debkotz2 Let's speed it up again!
Lung-Cancer Mortality and Low-Dose CT Screening | Now@NEJM
blogs.nejm.org — “A 65 year-old man comes to your office. Let’s call him Joe. He is former smoker, but quit 10 years ago after smoking one pack daily for 35 years. He has” View full resource at blogs.nejm.org
Most Recently Shared on August 5, 2011 at 12:22 am By:
Paul Abramson MD Doctor, Active Health Library, CAM, Family Medicine Doctor, Integrative Physician, and Physician
Should former smokers get lung CT scans to live longer? Maybe: see http://ow.ly/5VECv but many false positives, via @nejm
Health Choices and Centenarians - storify.com
storify.com — “Dr. Nir Barzilai and his team released a study in the online edition of Journal of the American Geriatrics Society that finds centenarians as likely as the rest of population to smoke, drink and pack on pounds. Watch Dr. Barzilai talk about the research and check out the reaction to this study from around the Web.” View full resource at storify.com
Most Recently Shared on August 4, 2011 at 11:55 pm By:
David Flores - Einstein College of Medicine Medical School
What you're saying about the not-so-healthy lifestyles of those who live to 100 | @Storify. http://ein.st/okiX4U
Lung-Cancer Mortality and Low-Dose CT Screening | Now@NEJM
blogs.nejm.org — “A 65 year-old man comes to your office. Let’s call him Joe. He is former smoker, but quit 10 years ago after smoking one pack daily for 35 years. He has” View full resource at blogs.nejm.org
Most Recently Shared on August 4, 2011 at 7:15 pm By:
On Now@NEJM blog, should we be CT screening all high-risk lung cancer patients based on NLST results? http://nej.md/r156NG
Lung-Cancer Mortality and Low-Dose CT Screening | Now@NEJM
blogs.nejm.org — “A 65 year-old man comes to your office. Let’s call him Joe. He is former smoker, but quit 10 years ago after smoking one pack daily for 35 years. He has” View full resource at blogs.nejm.org
Most Recently Shared on August 3, 2011 at 9:01 pm By:
Thomas Loarie, Jr Health Advocate
@NEJM Lung-Cancer Mortality and Low-Dose CT Screening http://bit.ly/pCW38Z #medical #journal
Addiction researcher optimistic about new, highly visual labels that show ill effects of smoking
medicalxpress.com — “By presenting the concrete reality of what will happen as a result of smoking, the new anti-smoking warnings that will show up on packs of cigarettes next year have a good chance of discouraging smoking, said Warren Bickel, professor at the Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute.” View full resource at medicalxpress.com
Most Recently Shared on June 27, 2011 at 12:21 pm By:
PhysOrg Health News Health News
Addiction researcher optimistic about new, highly visual labels that show ill effects of smoking http://tw.medicalxpress.com/228381680
Former Smoker Reflects On Quitting After FDA Releases New Cigarette Warning Labels : NPR
npr.org — “This week the FDA released the final warning labels to hit cigarette packs next year in hopes of further communicating the dangers of smoking. NPR intern Lacey Mason isn't sure if the new warnings will work, but she's glad to have already kicked the habit.” View full resource at npr.org
Most Recently Shared on June 24, 2011 at 11:20 pm By:
From @NPRnews: Stubbing out cigarettes for good: An intern's tale: http://n.pr/kzrrPz #timetoquit
Government Chooses Nine Graphic Images for Cigarette Packs - NYTimes.com
nytimes.com — “Nine images — one of a corpse and another of a man with a tracheotomy opening in his neck — are to appear on cigarette packages next year.” View full resource at nytimes.com
Most Recently Shared on June 21, 2011 at 2:26 pm By:
Dont view while eating-really only look if you/some1 you care abt smokes: US Releases Graphic Images to Deter Smokers http://nyti.ms/lUKYbX
Quit Smoking Without Gaining Weight
health.yahoo.net — “Smokers tend to be thinner than non-smokers—and fear of packing on pounds frequently deters smokers from kicking a deadly addiction that causes more than 440,000 preventable deaths a year in the” View full resource at health.yahoo.net
Most Recently Shared on June 16, 2011 at 7:55 pm By:
Lisa Collier Cool Health Communicator
New ways to quit smoking w/o weight gain http://t.co/G1VgTFI
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