The distinction between smoking, which is a habit, and nicotine addiction often becomes
blurred in the article by Schultz and colleagues1 and in the responses to it. That health …

The distinction between smoking, which is a habit, and nicotine addiction often becomes
blurred in the article by Schultz and colleagues1 and in the responses to it. That health …

In their recent study, Frolkis and colleagues1 attempt to determine by chart review how often
patients with acute myocardial infarction are counseled to quit smoking and encouraged to …

Tobacco use is the common denominator in 40% of all cardiovascular disease cases (1) and
accounts for 480,000 deaths each year as the leading cause of preventable death in the …

Anti-smoking activists say a new bar for protecting children from the harmful effects of
tobacco was raised in Wolfville, Nova Scotia, when the municipality became the first in …

Tobacco smoking has devastating effects on health. The smoke damages the lungs,
resulting in a diminished ability of oxygen to enter the body. Smoke long enough and …

Tobacco smoking has devastating effects on health. The smoke damages the lungs,
resulting in a diminished ability of oxygen to enter the body. Smoke long enough and …

It takes only two questions to assess a patient's nicotine dependence: How soon after you
wake up do you smoke your first cigarette? How many cigarettes do you smoke per day …

In this issue of Circulation, Bartecchi and colleagues1 describe a reduction in
hospitalizations for acute myocardial infarction in Pueblo, Colo, after the implementation of a …

January 11, 2014, marks the 50th anniversary of a significant milestone in our nation's public
health. It was on this date in 1964 that US Surgeon General, Dr. Luther Terry, courageously …