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HEALTH was one of the major areas that took a hit in last night's federal budget as Treasurer Wayne Swan looked to limit the deficit, with more than $1.7 billion over four years collected through changes to Medicare.
SMOKERS who take multivitamin pills typically fool themselves into thinking it’s ‘okay’ to smoke more because they have made a healthy choice, an experiment suggests.
REPACKAGING old anti-tobacco advertising campaigns can be a successful, cost-effective strategy to promote smoking cessation in younger people. Australian researchers have highlighted two recent examples where old anti-tobacco advertisements were successfully adapted to target younger smokers not familiar with the original ads. The first was the highly successful ‘Sponge’ advertisement, originally aired in 1983, depicting tar being squeezed from the lungs of a heavy smoker. After a new version, aimed at people aged 30 or younger, aired in October 2007, a survey of 453 people found the new Sponge ad achieved high levels of recognition, with ...
PATIENTS who continue to smoke after a diagnosis of early-stage lung cancer have a higher risk of recurrence and all cause mortality compared with those who stop smoking. A review and meta-analysis of 10 studies examining the impact of smoking after lung cancer diagnosis found not quitting was linked to a three-fold increase in all-cause mortality. Five-year survival rates in people who quit smoking were estimated to be around 70-75% compared with 35-40% in those who continued to smoke after a diagnosis of lung cancer. “These findings indicate that offering smoking cessation treatment to patients presenting ...
ASKING patients if they have ever smoked, rather than whether they smoke, might be a more effective way to target patients in need of smoking cessation interventions, researchers say. According to US researchers, those who smoke on a non-daily basis or in social situations are slipping through the net when it comes to smoking cessation advice. Non-daily smokers do not identify as smokers and are consequently being missed by health professionals, they said. Around 25% of smokers are thought to fall into the category of non-daily and social smokers. “Part of the difficulty in treating ...
• MANDATORY PNEUMO JAB FOR US ADULT SMOKERS? PNEUMOCOCCAL immunisation may soon be compulsory for US adult smokers younger than 65, The New York Times reports. The US Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has recommended adult smokers receive the pneumococcal vaccine to protect against pneumonia, meningitis and other illnesses, after evidence showed smokers had a fourfold risk of pneumococcal disease compared to non-smokers. Eleven of the 15 committee members voted to pass the recommendation, with three against, and one member abstaining. Manufactured by Merck & Co, the vaccine has been recommended for all ...