As part of our Special Series on Addiction and Homelessness, ASHES reviews a study examining the relationship between housing status and
use of tobacco cessation counseling services among US veterans with PTSD.
Not exact matches
Stephanie Campbell, acting executive director
of FOR - NY, likened the proposed tax to fees acquired from
tobacco companies and
used to fund smoking prevention and
cessation programs.
Since smoking after treatment
of prostate cancer increases the risk
of cancer recurrence and second cancers, primary care clinicians should assess for
tobacco use and offer or refer survivors to
cessation counseling and resources.
To examine available clinical data about e-cigarette
use and
cessation among cancer patients, Jamie Ostroff, PhD,
of the Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center in New York City, and her colleagues studied 1074 cancer patients who smoked and were enrolled between 2012 and 2013 in a
tobacco treatment program within a comprehensive cancer center.
Utilizing census counts, national health and
tobacco use surveys, and published literature, Soneji's team calculated the expected years
of life gained or lost from the impact
of e-cigarette
use on smoking
cessation among current smokers, and transition to long - term cigarette smoking among never - smokers.
«Because
tobacco is one
of the most common substances
used during pregnancy — and it's legal for adults to
use — these results indicate the tremendous importance
of bolstering efforts to ensure that women
of childbearing age and pregnant women have increased access to evidence - based
tobacco smoking
cessation programs,» said study first author Ruth Rose - Jacobs.
You are only entitled to non-smoker rates if, on the date your application is received by Manulife, you have not
used any form
of tobacco,
tobacco cessation products or marijuana in the past 12 months and you meet our health standards.
So even though smoking
cessation products ostensibly help you quit smoking, they still fall under the category
of tobacco use.
«Since most
of the smoking
cessation products still contain some sort
of nicotine delivery, that still qualifies for
tobacco use rates.»
Buying term life insurance when you reveal a history
of smoking
tobacco,
using smoking
cessation products or smoking marijuana, is possible but you will need to know what life insurance underwriters are looking at and just how to take advantage
of your application timing to lock in the best rates possible.
Home visitors facilitate smoking
cessation through education, support, and connections to treatment; measuring how many mothers quit
using tobacco will allow states to gauge the efficacy
of these efforts.