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Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Tobacco-Free Hiring in Workplaces - NYTimes.com

Smokers now face another risk from their habit: it could cost them a shot at a job.
More hospitals and medical businesses in many states are adopting strict policies that make smoking a reason to turn away job applicants, saying they want to increase worker productivity, reduce health care costs and encourage healthier living.
The policies reflect a frustration that softer efforts — like banning smoking on company grounds, offering cessation programs and increasing health care premiums for smokers — have not been powerful-enough incentives to quit.
The new rules essentially treat cigarettes like an illegal narcotic. Applications now explicitly warn of “tobacco-free hiring,” job seekers must submit to urine tests for nicotine and new employees caught smoking face termination.

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Wednesday, April 27, 2011

7 Things Your Doctor Might Not Explain You

Visiting a doctor periodically for a check-up and getting tested alone does not prevent you from illnesses or risks. You have to get your medical examiner to be open and honest with you about the risks that you are facing if you do not commit to the said lifestyle changes, if there is a need for doing so.

1. The Facts Behind 'Quit Smoking'

Any doctor is not going to be an alarmist and so the general advice would be to 'Quit smoking'. What he might not be telling you are the facts and the benefits behind quitting smoking. For instance, research has established that even a man who has been smoking for more than 20 years can reduce his risk of suffering a stroke hardly a year after quitting smoking. After a full year, your risk of suffering a heart attack will be equal to that of a non-smoker. It is up to you to decide if your health and your family’s happiness are as important to you as the 2.5 inches of nicotine rush or not.

2. The Truth Behind 'Exercise and Workout'

Typically whether you weigh the right amount for your age and height or not, your doctor is prone to advise you to 'Exercise and Work out'. If you are fit and exercise regularly, he is likely to ask you to keep it up. On the other hand, if you are overweight and do not exercise, he is going to insist that you start on an exercise regime immediately and keep pushing yourself just a little bit harder outside your comfort zone for best results. But what he might not tell you is that just three strenuous workouts a week are enough for you to show significant results in your overall health. But remember, not to exert yourself too much as it will have an adverse effect on your health.

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Thursday, April 21, 2011

No-smoking laws: Most U.S. states could have them by 2020 - Health Key

No-smoking rules will be everywhere by 2020, predicts the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, if the rate of new laws banning smoking in restaurants, bars and private worksites continues.
Already, 25 states and the District of Columbia have bans in those locations, up from zero states in 2000. So in the next 10 years, the other half of the country seems likely to join them. But maybe not the South.
The CDC writes in its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report:
“Regional disparities remain in policy adoption, with no southern state having adopted a smoke-free law that prohibits smoking in all three venues.”
Some Southern states are close—Florida and Louisiana have restrictions in worksites and restaurants but not bars. And North Carolina has bans in restaurants and bars but not worksites.

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Sunday, April 10, 2011

Common Smoking Triggers - smoking - Health.com

Conquer your cravings

The physical withdrawal symptoms of nicotine are notoriously difficult to overcome, but the psychological cravings for cigarettes can be even worse.
According to addiction medicine specialist Michael Miller, MD, smoking is hard to shake partly because it’s such a repetitive habit. “Smokers light up so often that they make associations with it—driving, for instance, or talking on the phone or drinking a cup of coffee,” he says.
To successfully quit smoking, it’s important to know the triggers that send you looking for a cigarette and figure out ways to defuse them.

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15 Ways Smoking Ruins Your Looks - Page 1 - MSN Health & Fitness - Quit Smoking

If you smoke, you already know you need to quit. It's bad for your heart, lungs, brain, and even your sex life.
But let's face it: You'd have kicked the habit yesterday if smoking's ill effects were a bit more obvious. What if each cigarette created a black pockmark on your face, for instance?
Well, smoking does damage your looks. Discover 15 ways smoking is ruining your appearance.
Bags under your eyes
Don't you hate it when you can't get a good night's sleep—and it shows on your face?
If you smoke, you're four times as likely as nonsmokers to report feeling unrested after a night's sleep, according to Johns Hopkins study.
Why the lack of shut-eye? It's possible that nightly nicotine withdrawal could be causing you to toss and turn. And unfortunately, poor sleep doesn't equal pretty.

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Thursday, April 7, 2011

Secondhand smoke may affect kids' mental health | Reuters

Breathing secondhand smoke could increase a child's risk of mental and behavioral disorders, including attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), suggests a new study.

The study adds to evidence suggesting that kids of mothers who smoked while pregnant may be more likely to have behavioral problems. Secondhand smoke exposure has also been linked to heart and breathing problems in kids.
"It's time for us to begin to prevent children's exposure to (secondhand smoke) if we are serious about preventing these diseases," Dr. Bruce Lanphear, who heads the Cincinnati Children's Environmental Health Center, told Reuters Health.

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Friday, April 1, 2011

Babies Who Sleep in Smokers' Rooms Face 'Thirdhand' Smoke - US News and World Report

Levels of nicotine in the hair of infants who sleep in the same room with parents who smoke are three times higher than in babies who sleep in another room, a new study finds.

The nicotine is from cigarette smoke particles that impregnate the parents' skin, clothes and hair, which is known as "thirdhand smoke," the Spanish researchers explained.
The investigators analyzed hair samples from 252 babies younger than 18 months and interviewed their parents about their smoking habits. Seventy-three percent of the parents said they smoked or allowed smoking in their homes, and 83 percent of the babies' hair samples showed high levels of nicotine.

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Thursday, February 10, 2011

Tobacco-Free Hiring in Workplaces - NYTimes.com

Smokers now face another risk from their habit: it could cost them a shot at a job.

More hospitals and medical businesses in many states are adopting strict policies that make smoking a reason to turn away job applicants, saying they want to increase worker productivity, reduce health care costs and encourage healthier living.
The policies reflect a frustration that softer efforts — like banning smoking on company grounds, offering cessation programs and increasing health care premiums for smokers — have not been powerful-enough incentives to quit.
The new rules essentially treat cigarettes like an illegal narcotic. Applications now explicitly warn of “tobacco-free hiring,” job seekers must submit to urine tests for nicotine and new employees caught smoking face termination.
This shift — from smoke-free to smoker-free workplaces — has prompted sharp debate, even among anti-tobacco groups, over whether the policies establish a troubling precedent of employers intruding into private lives to ban a habit that is legal.
“If enough of these companies adopt theses policies and it really becomes difficult for smokers to find jobs, there are going to be consequences,” said Dr. Michael Siegel, a professor at the Boston University School of Public Health, who has written about the trend. “Unemployment is also bad for health.”

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Thursday, January 13, 2011

Nurses to Help Thousands of Smokers Butt Out During National Non-Smoking Week - Nursing Link

When nurses intervene, smokers quit. That’s the message the Registered Nurses’ Association of Ontario (RNAO) wants to spread when National Non-Smoking Week (January 16 – 22, 2011) gets underway next week.

“Smoking is one of the most important public health threats of our time. We know that 37,000 deaths a year in Canada are linked to tobacco use. Research shows that reaching out to people is one of the most important steps in determining a smoker’s willingness to quit,” explains Irmajean Bajnok, an RN and Director of RNAO’s Best Practice Guidelines (BPG) program in Toronto.

“Nurses who spend as little as three minutes having conversations with smokers about quitting can make a difference,” says Bajnok adding arming nurses with the best available evidence from the RNAO’s Smoking Cessation BPG is the key to reducing smoking rates.

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Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Tobacco-Free Hiring in Workplaces - NYTimes.com

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

7 Things Your Doctor Might Not Explain You

1. The Facts Behind 'Quit Smoking'

2. The Truth Behind 'Exercise and Workout'

Thursday, April 21, 2011

No-smoking laws: Most U.S. states could have them by 2020 - Health Key

Sunday, April 10, 2011

Common Smoking Triggers - smoking - Health.com

Conquer your cravings

15 Ways Smoking Ruins Your Looks - Page 1 - MSN Health & Fitness - Quit Smoking

Thursday, April 7, 2011

Secondhand smoke may affect kids' mental health | Reuters

Friday, April 1, 2011

Babies Who Sleep in Smokers' Rooms Face 'Thirdhand' Smoke - US News and World Report

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Tobacco-Free Hiring in Workplaces - NYTimes.com

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Nurses to Help Thousands of Smokers Butt Out During National Non-Smoking Week - Nursing Link

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