Posts under ‘Nicotine Addiction’

SCMP - Updated on Dec 23, 2008
Peter Crush (Talkback, December 17) continues to make unsubstantiated statements on smoking which need correction.
He says: “Licensed bars and entertainment places are private premises to which customers are invited at a manager’s discretion and are not public places with right of access.”
Bars are only licensed if they possess a […]

The National Post - Will Dunham | October 29, 2008
Smokers who are seeking medical treatment to give up cigarettes are more highly addicted to nicotine than smokers who sought help two decades ago, U.S. researchers said on Tuesday.
The researchers examined nicotine dependence levels of about 600 smokers who entered […]

ScienceNews - Laura Beil | October 27, 2008
Mimicking the addictive compound’s action in the brain could lead to new drugs for Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s and schizophrenia
First, let’s clear the air: Nicotine invites addiction, and it employs a delivery device that’s been killing people for centuries. But let’s also be honest: Nicotine has […]

JANE SYMONS - The Sun Newspaper | 17 Oct 2008
RUBY WAX gave up smoking 12 years ago but remained hooked on nicotine for another ten years.
The nicotine replacement gum that should have been the solution to her addiction became a bigger problem than cigarettes ever were.
Ruby admits: “I was really addicted. I used the […]

The Scripps Research Institute By Gary Kuhlman and Mika Ono Benedyk - October 8, 2007
Many more people try to quit smoking than succeed in giving up this nicotine-delivering habit. Now, a group of scientists at The Scripps Research Institute has identified one neurobiological mechanism that contributes to nicotine dependence, and to the anxiety and craving […]

Patrick Horan with wires - Herald Sun - AFP, Reuters | September 26, 2008
AN English pub reckons it has the perfect solution to the smoking ban as their winter approaches – an electronic cigarette.
The UK Telegraph reports that the Butler’s Arms near Birmingham is selling the new E.cig, a device that smokes like a real […]

BEN FAWKES - The Dominion Post | Thursday, 25 September 2008
Experts say nicotine is as addictive as heroin or crack cocaine, with most smokers taking close to 20 attempts to stub out the habit.
So when I was offered the chance to try the bioresonance stop smoking treatment - with a reported success rate of between […]

Tobacco Additives – A Study of the Available Literature
Introduction
Tobacco smoking is the most widespread nonpreventable global cause of premature deaths developed by human beings. The harmless looking cigarette is a cocktail of specially tailored chemical additives, which causes immense addiction in the user, and eases the initial phase for the non-smoker to begin smoking.
No aspect […]

UC Continues to Act in Secrecy, Doing Research on Youth Smoking for the Tobacco Industry
By Leland Yee, Ph.D.
Assistant President pro Tem
California State Senate
Earlier this month, the Los Angeles Times uncovered a smoldering controversy regarding tobacco industry funded research at the University of California (UC). It is puzzling how, in good conscience, the UC can accept […]

From the Los Angeles Times
The school accepts money from tobacco giant Philip Morris in its three-year study of nicotine addiction. Teenagers and monkeys are part of the research.
By Richard C. Paddock -Los Angeles Times Staff Writer
9:31 PM PST, February 8, 2008
Here’s a recipe for academic controversy:
First, find dozens of hard-core teenage smokers as young as […]