Y! Health Smoking Cessation News http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/ Y! Health Smoking Cessation News, updated continuously. en-us Wed, 09 Dec 2009 04:00:52 PST Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. 5 Yahoo! Health 142 18 http://health.yahoo.com/ http://us.i1.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/i/us/he/b/he_144.gif WHO: Smoking kills 5 million every year (AP)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/ap/eu_med_smoking_report.htmlyahoo/health/news/ap/eu_med_smoking_reportWed, 09 Dec 2009 01:20:30 PSTAP - Tobacco use kills at least 5 million people every year, a figure that could rise if countries don't take stronger measures to combat smoking, the World Health Organization said Wednesday.Asthmatics Who Quit Smoking May Reverse Lung Damage (HealthDay)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/healthday/asthmaticswhoquitsmokingmayreverselungdamage.htmlyahoo/health/news/healthday/asthmaticswhoquitsmokingmayreverselungdamageMon, 07 Dec 2009 20:49:56 PSTHealthDay - MONDAY, Dec. 7 (HealthDay News) -- People who have asthma and who also smoke could reverse some of the damage to their lungs by saying no to cigarettes, new Dutch research suggests.Waterpipes no safer than cigarettes: study (Reuters)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/reuters/us_waterpipes_study.htmlyahoo/health/news/reuters/us_waterpipes_studyMon, 07 Dec 2009 10:17:55 PSTReuters - If you thought that smoking tobacco through a waterpipe was safer than cigarettes, think again: Compared to cigarette smoking, a waterpipe -- also called a hookah or shisha -- delivers more deadly carbon monoxide and roughly the same amount of addictive nicotine, according to a new study.Water Pipes No Safer Than Cigarettes (HealthDay)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/healthday/waterpipesnosaferthancigarettes.htmlyahoo/health/news/healthday/waterpipesnosaferthancigarettesFri, 04 Dec 2009 20:49:36 PSTHealthDay - FRIDAY, Dec. 4 (HealthDay News) -- Water pipes are no safer than cigarettes for smoking tobacco, researchers say.WHO launches campaign to halt smoking in Africa (Reuters)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/reuters/us_smoking_africa.htmlyahoo/health/news/reuters/us_smoking_africaFri, 04 Dec 2009 13:35:35 PSTReuters - The World Health Organization launched a campaign on Friday to try to stop what could become a health catastrophe caused by rapidly rising levels of smoking in Africa.Chinese smoking deaths seen doubling in 10 years (Reuters)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/reuters/us_china_tobacco.htmlyahoo/health/news/reuters/us_china_tobaccoFri, 04 Dec 2009 13:26:03 PSTReuters - Smoking deaths in China, home to the world's largest smoking population, will double to two million a year by 2020 if the country does not do more to reduce tobacco use, health experts predict.Lung Cancer's Racial Gap Narrowing (HealthDay)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/healthday/lungcancersracialgapnarrowing.htmlyahoo/health/news/healthday/lungcancersracialgapnarrowingThu, 03 Dec 2009 20:50:54 PSTHealthDay - THURSDAY, Dec. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Efforts to prevent teens from smoking have helped narrow the racial disparity in lung cancer incidence and death rates among adults in the United States, researchers say.Movies May Tempt Teens to Smoke (HealthDay)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/healthday/moviesmaytemptteenstosmoke.htmlyahoo/health/news/healthday/moviesmaytemptteenstosmokeThu, 03 Dec 2009 20:50:48 PSTHealthDay - THURSDAY, Dec. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Seeing movie characters smoke cigarettes increases the risk that Mexican-American teens will try smoking, according to a new study that calls for movies with smoking scenes to receive an R-rating.Smoking Exposure Now Linked to Colon, Breast Cancers (HealthDay)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/healthday/smokingexposurenowlinkedtocolonbreastcancers.htmlyahoo/health/news/healthday/smokingexposurenowlinkedtocolonbreastcancersThu, 03 Dec 2009 20:50:47 PSTHealthDay - THURSDAY, Dec. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Add colorectal cancer to the list of malignancies caused by smoking, with a new study strengthening the link between the two.Early Morning Smokers May Be More Dependent on Nicotine (HealthDay)http://us.rd.yahoo.com/health/news/rss/search/*http://health.yahoo.com/news/healthday/earlymorningsmokersmaybemoredependentonnicotine.htmlyahoo/health/news/healthday/earlymorningsmokersmaybemoredependentonnicotineThu, 03 Dec 2009 20:50:46 PSTHealthDay - THURSDAY, Dec. 3 (HealthDay News) -- Do you like a cigarette first thing in the morning? If so, take note: A new study suggests that those who rise and smoke inhale more nicotine than other smokers.