On 10.01.12, In Continuing Education, QUIT, Resources for Your Patients, Therapeutics and Clinical Research, by CPhAQuitAdmin
Breathers United is a movement created by the Ontario Lung Health Alliance to give Ontarians a voice to help make lung health a priority in our province. The goal of the campaign is to increase the profile of lung health in the province and to encourage Ontario to make lung health a priority. Specifically, the [...]
Heart & Stroke Foundation and BC Lung Association BC TOBACCO CONTROL REPORT CARD 5 BC Tobacco Control Report Card 2012 Topic Grade Comments Tobacco Use Rates A Keep up the good work! Just remember that while BC has the lowest per capita rate, more than 550,000 British Columbians continue to smoke. Tobacco Tax Rates C [...]
On 08.31.12, In QUIT, by CPhAQuitAdmin
Many water pipe smokers and physicians believe that smoking from a water pipe (also known by other names such as hookah, shisha) is safer than smoking cigarettes because the tobacco is filtered. However, a recent study suggests that water pipe smoking is just as harmful on the respiratory system as cigarette smoking. Respiratory function of water pipe smokers, deep inhalation smokers, [...]
The Australian Government is helping people with a mental illness to quit smoking and is raising awareness of this issue. In a joint effort with the national mental health organization, SANE Australia, a variety of tools have been made available. These include: Guide to a Smoke-free Life: a brochure designed for people with mental illness Supporting someone [...]
QUIT Tobacco info.ca, a magazine for a smoke-free Canada, recently published its August 2012 issue. One of the articles discussed the graphic image of an eye pried open with wires being displayed on cigarette packs. The objective is to provide smokers with a grim reality of the potential vision complications associated with smoking. The [...]
On 08.21.12, In QUIT, by CPhAQuitAdmin
MK Industry published a report summarizing some of the top reasons for the failure of smoking cessation. 1. Quitting smoking without adequate mental preparation and physical preparation, and quitting smoking began a whim thought. This is a thought of underestimating the enemy. In this case, smoking cessation, most likely to fail. The correct approach is [...]
