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Teatime Media has recently released an App for the iPhone that will help smokers kick their habit. The App, “My QuitLine” is one of the most simple Apps available for the iPhone. When you first open the App, you get a single sentence stating; “My QuitLine helps you quit smoking by putting you in touch with FREE expert advice from counselors at the National Cancer Institute Quitline.” Below this sentence is 2 buttons. The first button calls the National Quitline. The second button takes you to your browser to start a live chat session.

With the recent success of the Apple iPhone, this enables millions of users to have this resource avalaible at their fingertips. This could potentially help a very large number of smokers who would like help, but are unsure how to get it. This is an excellent use of technology and for such uses, the publisher of the App is to be commended on a job well done. “My QuitLine” was developed by the The George Washington University’s School of Public Health and Health Services (SPHHS) and the National Tobacco Cessation Collaborative (NTCC), with support from the National Cancer Institute (NCI).

Dr. Lorien Abroms, assistant research professor in the Department of Prevention and Community Health at The George Washington University, studies how new media technologies can be applied for smoking cessation. She designed the app with feedback from the NTCC, after reading an NTCC report about the lack of iPhone apps that link smokers to proven therapies. “Quitline counseling has been shown to double a person’s chance of quitting smoking. It is important to make sure that in these new media environments, people still receive information about what has been proven to work in quitting smoking, and get access to tools that are based on these proven therapies,” said Dr. Abroms.

If you do not have access to the Apple iPhone, you may still access the National Cancer Institute Quitline at 1 (877) 448-7848.

The professionals at the National Cancer Institute Quitline are available Monday – Friday, 9:00am – 4:30p.m.

Tobacco Control in the USA: Raising Legal Smoking Age to 21…according to Medical News Today, the Louisiana Legislature has proposed a bill to raise the age of legal tobacco use from 18 to 21 years old.

If House Bill 240 passes in the 2008 Regular Session, it will be illegal for anyone under the age of 21 to buy or possess any tobacco products.

Walker Hines, D-New Orleans, said he proposed House Bill 240 to reduce health care costs for the state and prolong the lives of Louisiana residents. Louisiana would be the first state to change the age to 21 if the bill passes.

This is a huge step for tobacco control, possibly saving millions of lives if passed. Hopefully, the bill will pass and the remaining states will follow with the same bill.  view source

Best Days To Quit Smoking… We often go about random tasks, that are not routine, like quitting smoking, very arbitrarily. Maybe there is a better alternative. While leafing through a Farmers Almanac, noticed was the fact that they have a list of the best days of the month to do these random tasks, astrologically. Included was the best days of the month to quit smoking.

Best days to quit smoking in May: 3, 4, 22, 23, 26, 27, 30, 31

If you know someone on the fence about quitting, let them know about these days, maybe it will help them kick the habit. It could very well save lives.

Computerized Program Helps Teens Quit Smoking… Medical News Today reported that according to a new study by Deborah J. Fritz, PhD, smoking cessation programs are helping youths stop smoking. According to the CDC, 22% of high school students and 10% of middle school children smoke in America. The habit is considered an epidemic. Fritz and her co-authors report in the January-February 2008 issue of Pediatric Nursing, that the Computerized Adolescent Smoking Cessation Program (CASCP) is effective in getting teenagers to quit, inexpensive, and easily implemented in schools.

With use of this program they found that 1 month after the intervention, 20% of the experimental group quit smoking. This is a great step in the fight against tobacco. As well, this shows how well cessation programs can work. “The encouraging results show the CASCP program does work and that such programs should be implemented in schools whenever possible.”, says Fritz. Nurses play a key role in recruiting adolescents into smoking cessation programs and/or referring them to agencies such as the American Lung Association for help. view source

National No Smoking Day 2008…National No Smoking Day 2008. Today March 12th. A day that will hopefully lead millions of smokers to put them down for good. If not for good, at least for one day. If you are a smoker today is the day to lay the cigarettes down. Even quitting for a day, the dangers of secondhand smoke are eliminated from the lungs of your loved ones, also giving your lungs a chance to start to repair themselves. If you are thinking about quitting, know this, your lungs start repairing themselves the instant you quit smoking. Do yourself, your friends and family, and the whole world a favor, quit smoking and help someone else quit too. Have a wonderful National No Smoking Day 2008 from NoMoreTobacco.com !!

Best Days To Quit Smoking… We often go about random tasks, that are not routine, like quitting smoking, very arbitrarily. Maybe there is a better alternative. While leafing through a Farmers Almanac, noticed was the fact that they have a list of the best days of the month to do these random tasks, astrologically. Included was the best days of the month to quit smoking. 

BEST DAYS TO QUIT SMOKING IN March : 1, 2, 5, 6, 21, 22, 28, 29

If you know someone on the fence about quitting, let them know about these days, maybe it will help them kick the habit. It could very well save lives.

Smoking Is Major Risk Factor For Stroke In China, accounting for about one in seven strokes in men, researchers reported in Stroke: Journal of the American Heart Association.

“This study shows that smoking prevention and cessation could be an important approach to reducing the societal burden of stroke,” said Jiang He, M.D., Ph.D., senior author of the study. 

Many studies in western populations have shown that cigarette smoking is a strong and independent risk factor for stroke. But the relationship between cigarette smoking and stroke hasn’t been well-studied in Asian populations – including China, where stroke is the second leading cause of death.

“The study findings were consistent with reports from other populations, but in China this risk creates a huge public health problem,” said He, the Joseph S. Copes Chair and professor of epidemiology at Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine in New Orleans, La. “In addition to being the world’s most populous nation, China is the world’s leading producer and consumer of cigarettes.” reported originally by Medical News Today. view source

It’s Never Too Late To Quit… Medical News Today reported an interesting article. Many people spend a lifetime trying to give up smoking, but there is good news for older smokers from research carried out at the Peninsula Medical School in South West England. A study by Dr. Iain Lang and his colleagues has revealed that the point of retirement is one of the most effective times to try to give up smoking. view source