Free From Tobacco

Recognizing November 20th as the 33rd Great American Smokeout sponsored by the American Cancer Society, the National Community Pharmacists Association House of Delegates has approved a resolution asking its pharmacist members consider refraining from selling tobacco products in their pharmacies. "Community pharmacies are renowned for helping their patients to maintain good health and the use of tobacco products is an unhealthy and potentially deadly habit," said Bruce T.

The Massachusetts Department of Veterans' Services (DVS) and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) today announced a nicotine patch giveaway for Massachusetts veterans, their family members, and survivors who want to quit smoking.

The cancer preventive properties of broccoli and other cruciferous vegetables appear to work specifically in smokers, according to data presented at the American Association for Cancer Research’s Seventh Annual International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research.

The City Council’s decision to suspend a ban on smoking in Atlantic City casinos threatens the health of the people who work in them.

Scientists have identified a relationship between two proteins in the brain that has links to both nicotine addiction and autism. The finding has led to speculation that existing drugs used to curb nicotine addiction might serve as the basis for potential therapies to alleviate the symptoms of autism.

Canadian researchers are trying to answer why some smokers develop lung cancer while others remain disease free, despite similar lifestyle changes. Results were presented at the American Association for Cancer Research's Seventh Annual International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more people die from lung cancer than any other cancer type.

Researchers who have been following the health of more than 120,000 residents of the Netherlands for more than two decades have found that smoking is associated with two forms of esophageal cancer as well as a form of stomach cancer, and that drinking alcohol is strongly linked to one form of esophageal cancer.

A new UCLA School of Nursing study is the first to reveal the devastating consequences of smoking on the nursing profession. Published in the November-December edition of the journal Nursing Research, the findings describe smoking trends and death rates among U.S. nurses and emphasize the importance of supporting smoking cessation programs in the nursing field.

Gender has a moderating role in the association between body weight and both smoking and mental health, a new study concludes. Researchers found that relative to their healthy-weight counterparts, overweight or obese men were less likely to smoke, whereas overweight women were more likely to smoke. Data were collected from a statewide Minnesota telephone survey with a sample size of 16,289.

If you smoke, quitting can save you money as well as your life. However, where you live can help or hurt your ability to quit. According to a new report,