smoking, cigarettes, smoking cessation, Healthy, birth, birth outcomes, pregnant, educator, age, reports, care, intervention, clients, self-help, smoke.
Despite reports of the adverse effects, many women continue to smoke while pregnant.
Consequently, smoking cessation programs are being implemented to deter maternal cigarette use.
Findings show that individual counseling along with tailored self-help materials have been associated with a reduction in cigarette use among pregnant women.
This study presents an analysis of such a program that has been implemented by the Healthy Start Coalition of Pinellas, in which 341 women received cessation counseling along with the manual "A Pregnant Woman's Self-Help Guide to Quit Smoking".
The results of this intervention did not detect a significant impact on birth outcomes, however a statistically significant impact was seen on the women's smoking behavior.
Smoking_and_oral_health http://www.cdha.ca/content/oralcare_centre/Smoking_and_oral_health.pdf
smoking, gum, oral health, oral cancers, disease, quitting, tobacco, quit, cigarette, risk, teeth, Deep Breathing, smoker, death rate, loss.
As part of your assessment, you oral health professional will ask you a series of lifestyle-related questions, including whether you are a smoker, and if so, how long you have been smoking.
Dental hygienists are trained to advise you on the hazards of tobacco use, to show you the effects of smoking and support your decision to stop smoking.
Whichever way you choose, pick a memorable date to quit, preferably during a time of low stress.
Deep Breathing -- Take a "deep breath break" instead of a cigarette break -- Take 10 deep breaths and hold the last one while lighting a match.
Ex-smokers have a decreased risk of heart disease, respiratory illnesses, strokes and many cancers.
WS Spring03
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With apologies to David Letterman, however, here are ten significant and perhaps surprising reasons to stop smoking today: #10 You could be saving the lives of your children, spouse, co-workers and friends.
The legislation goal is to bridge the gap in health insurance coverage of Montana's more than 171,000 uninsured individuals.
The new plans will be offered to Montana residents between the ages of birth and 64 who have not had prior health insurance coverage during the past six months.
SARS has killed more than 670 people worldwide and infected at least 7,900 since it emerged in southern China just six months ago.
nomination http://www.colorado.edu/humres/wellness/nomination.pdf
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SAVE A LIFE, HELP YOUR CO-WORKERS/FRIENDS TO QUIT SMOKING!
Nominations for the classes are now being accepted by the Boulder Campus Wellness Program in Organizational & Employee Development.
Here is how it works: Fill out the bottom half of this form with your friend's name, pertinent information and why you want him/her to quit.
Send one copy to your friend and send one copy to Margi Resch in Employee Development (see below).
Margi will send the nominee an informational packet along with the dates of the upcoming smoking cessation classes.
To show your commitment to help your friend, please fill in your information and you will be invited to the closing session.
ypguide
smoking, cigarette, craving, friends, smoke, support, quit, feeling, deep breaths, helpline, chewing gum, habit, Freephone, sugar-free mints, exercise.
Craving and missing the cigarette: Try breathing in slowly (whilst counting to 10 if you can!) Hold for a few seconds then breathe out slowly.
Just think how many cigarettes you didn't smoke and carry on from there.
Phone or visit a friend or phone a helpline who will support you.
Relax, cut down on caffeine (such as cocoa-cola) coffee tea; drink more fruit juice and water; take deep breaths.
Phone or visit a friend who is sympathetic to your situation, or phone a helpline.
The mood swings will pass, explain to your friends the reason for your behaviour and hopefully they will be supportive.
smoking
quit, cigarettes, doctor, tobacco products, Prevention, smoking, first time, fail, medicines, ashtrays, rid, friends, doctor/clinical setting, plan, smoke.
Cigarettes and other tobacco products hurt your lungs and your heart and also cause cancer.
Cigarettes and other tobacco products stain your teeth, cause wrinkles, and make your breath and hair stink!
Children who live with smokers have more ear infections, asthma, and pneumonia.
If you smoke, ask yourself when you would like to quit.
Make a plan and set a date to quit.
Tell your friends and family that you are going to quit.
Get rid of your cigarettes and ashtrays.
Ask your doctor about new medicines that can make it easier to quit smoking.
If you fail the first time, don't give up.
Newsletter_Spring_1999
acupuncture, treatment, Dee Ann, therapy, insurance, client, pain, medicine, needle, care, Texas, jaw, TMJ, health, appointments.
Dee Ann just finished her two year term as Texas Acupuncture Association [TAA] President [1996-98] and she was reelected by the TAA general membership to serve two more years on the TAA Board of Directors.
Some of the companies that we know of that do cover acupuncture are: Worker's Compensation insurance policies, the City of Austin.
At the time of her first treatment, the pain was the worst it had ever been.
With these repeat visits, only one treatment each time was necessary to return to a low or zero pain level.
Except for these two flare-ups, she has been able to control her TMJ pain completely with the intradermal home care therapy.
nlt992
reactions, reports, patients, drug, receiving, tolcapone, treatment, hepatitis, adverse reactions, therapy, bupropion, risk, monitoring, gingival overgrowth, newsletter.
The most commonly reported adverse reactions in association with interferon alfa are flu-like symptoms such as fever, fatigue, myalgia, joint pain, and headache.
Eleven patients had depression alone, four had depression and suicidal ideation or attempt and there were four additional reports of suicidal attempts.
It has been authorised by the European Commission in August 1997 for the adjuvant treatment of Parkinson's disease, in combination with levodopa/ benserazide or levodopa/carbidopa, especially in patients with motor fluctuations (end-of-dose phenome-non) who cannot be stabilised by these associations.
The EMEA considered that tolcapone could no longer be safely used in clinical practice, given the inability to prevent the development of severe (and even fatal) adverse hepatic reactions by frequent liver function monitoring, and the possible occurrence of neuroleptic malignant-like syndrome and rhabdomiolysis, which had meanwhile also been reported.
committoquit
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Ask a friend to help you quit smoking by being your support buddy during the three weeks (preferrably a non-smoker or ex-smoker).
Drop by our Survival Station locations and pick up FREE support materials including tips on how to quit and stress management.
If you have significantly reduced your smoking, you are eligible for other prizes which include sports gear, dinners for two, movie passes, aerobics classes, a cholesterol screening, and other prizes.
Music, door prizes and light refreshments will be available.
BHFall02
health, sugar, cold, medications, medicine, infections, carbs, carbohydrates, soda, foods, fruit, bacteria, calories, urinary tract, smoking.
Medications break down over time, and they may lose the ability to control a medical problem.
Restock essential medicines in the fall to get ready for the winter cold and flu season.
Pop contains "empty" calories from sugar that have no value beyond quick energy.
to Hana has so many hairpin turns because they force a driver to concentrate only on the section of road at hand.
If we approach each day of our lives in that same manner of enjoying the moment without constantly looking ahead, then each day gets our full attention and each moment---whether joyful or sorrowful---is better understood as an intricate part of our entire journey on this earth.
With that under-standing comes the appreciation that each day is a gift from God to be treasured and lived to its fullest.
pubs_acove_facts_enscreening
vaccine, risk, flu, cancer, disease, health, doctor, screening, pneumonia, medications, smoking, adults, alcohol, drinking, prevention.
If you have a question relating to your health, you should consult your doctor or other healthcare provider.
We don't always know the cause of disease; however, we do know that unhealthy daily habits and family history are important.
Some risk factors, such as age, heredity, gender, and race, cannot be changed.
Vaccination can protect you from getting pneumonia and the flu.
Drinking too much alcohol increases the risk of high blood pressure and probably increases the risk of diabetes, breast cancer, head and neck cancer, and hip fracture.
Since the flu vaccine takes about 1 to 2 weeks to reach maximum protection, the best time to receive the vaccine is October through the middle of November.
Tobacco http://www.health.ri.gov/chic/statistics/Tobacco.pdf
Rhode Island, cigarettes, tobacco, smokers, smoking, survey, students, age, female, male, GRADE, nationwide, school, health, report.
This summary highlights selected information on tobacco use behaviors which affect health risks among Rhode Island high school students, based on results of Rhode Island's 1997 Youth Risk Behavior Survey (YRBS).
Nationally 36% of teens are current smokers.
60% of current Rhode Island teen smokers reported trying to quit smoking in the past.
One-half of all smokers begin smoking before the age of 15.
Though 30% of current Rhode Island teen smokers reported they usually obtained their cigarettes through direct purchase from a store, 21% reported they usually had omeone else purchase cigarettes for them, and 30% obtained cigarettes by borrowing them.
ba101 http://outreach.missouri.edu/henry/web adobe/HES/ba101.pdf
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In a recent report issued by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, nearly one half of high school seniors reported current use of cigarettes.
Missouri had the second highest teen smoking rate in the nation in 1995 and tobacco use has been on the rise throughout the 90's, with the largest increases occurring among females.
Youth who smoke are more likely to move on to more dangerous substance use, including alcohol and illegal drugs.
Gateway drugs are the substances kids tend to try first when they start using drugs.
Nicotine, alcohol and marijuana are called "gateway drugs" because they are the "gateway" or "point of entrance" that can lead to the use of other substances.
Econ Letters 6-13 http://www.public.iastate.edu/~dmonchuk/Econ Letters 6-13.pdf
cigarettes, Quest, smoking, nicotine, smokers, auction, preferences, quit smoking, bid, consumers, brand, economics, low-nicotine cigarettes, field experiment, purchase.
From a field experiment to estimate consumer preferences for reduced-nicotine cigarettes, our results suggest younger adult smokers who want to quit smoking are most likely to purchase low-nicotine cigarettes.
A new cigarette brand, Quest, has recently been created which could help people quit smoking by allowing them to reduce nicotine intake while still smoking.
For 95% power to detect a $0.20 difference in bid prices within our field experiment, we needed a sample of at least 82 people (given a standard deviation of $0.50), which we surpassed with our sample of 112 participants.
Table 1 shows the demographic characteristics of the auction participants.
For legal and ethical reasons, we did not conduct experiments with people younger than age 18.
