Šalje: QuitSmokingSupport.com [support@quitsmokingsupport.com] Poslano: 20. ožujak 2001 2:13 Prima: List Member Predmet: QuitSmokingNewsletter - Volume 4 Number 12 QuitSmokingSupport.com - http://www.quitsmokingsupport.com --------------------------- ListBot Sponsor -------------------------- Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/links/joinlb ---------------------------------------------------------------------- .................................................................... Sunday March 18, 2001 *** Volume 4 Number 12 *** .................................................................... ...IN THIS ISSUE... 1 What's New on QuitSmokingSupport.com 2. Gargle Away That Nasty Habit 3. New Evidence on the Benefits of Quitting Smoking ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` A MESSAGE FROM OUR SPONSORS: Quit Smoking with the help of an artificial cigarette. 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Visit our Amazon.com bookstore at: http://www.quitsmokingsupport.com/amazon.htm Over 15 excellent quitting smoking books to help you to quit smoking! ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ========> 2. Gargle Away That Nasty Habit New Mouth Rinse May Help Smokers Quit -- and Keep Breath Minty Fresh By Jim Morelli WebMD Medical News March 12, 2001 -- Combat smoker's breath and work toward quitting at the same time. That might be the future pitch for a new mouthwash that currently is being tested. The solution, created by an unnamed inventor, contains a copper compound that interacts with something in tobacco smoke to make the latter taste unbearably bad and hopefully rinse away the urge to light up. "The advantage to a product like this is that people use mouth sprays and breath sprays routinely," researcher Sebastian Ciancio, DDS, tells WebMD. "It's about the same idea as chewing gum." Ciancio is professor and chair of the department of peridontology at the University of Buffalo School of Dental Medicine in New York. But if Ciancio is referring to nicotine gums, this product is not the same at all. The new mouthwash would appear to do nothing to treat one of the main problems with smoking cessation: symptoms of withdrawal. "With nicotine-replacement or Zyban (a prescription drug used for smoking cessation), a person wakes up and doesn't have such a powerful urge to smoke. It's treating the basic desire or craving and lessening it," says Jack Henningfield, PhD, an associate professor of behavioral biology at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and vice president of research and health policy at Pinney Associates in Bethesda, Md., a consulting firm on antismoking products. But Henningfield explains that the mouthwash does not lessen the desire or craving to smoke. It does add a step that gives a couple of hours support. "Then you're back to, 'Boy, I really want a cigarette,'" he says, adding that a strong behavioral program built around the mouthwash might overcome some of the problems. Ciancio agrees that the mouthwash may not be the only answer to quitting smoking. "The important thing is no one gimmick is going to work if there's also not a motivational component," he tells WebMD. "There's no magic bullet." Still, he points out that studies with hard-core smokers demonstrate the product can be effective. After using the mouthwash, even a single puff from a cigarette repulsed them, he says. And the effect lasts for about two to three hours. Tests show it can be dosed with few side effects for up to five times a day, though it does interact with some prescription drugs. "The only side effect is if a person is taking antibiotics they can get a black pigment on the tongue," Ciancio says. "So we'd suggest not taking it if you are on antibiotics." Other advantages to the mouthwash include good taste and a beneficial effect on the gums and teeth. And a new mouth spray version -- obviously more convenient for several-times-a-day dosing -- is testing out to be even more effective at helping smokers, he says. "I'm not trying to be overly pessimistic or discouraging," Henningfield says. "I encourage a diversity of therapies [for smoking cessation]." But the key to helping smokers quit, he emphasizes, is to curb symptoms of withdrawal. "Otherwise, there's a real shortfall," he says. "[The mouthwash] does nothing for urges, withdrawal symptoms, and weight gain." And those are some of the strongest reasons people keep on smoking. ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ========> 3. New Evidence on the Benefits of Quitting Smoking By THOMAS H. MAUGH II You've heard plenty about the health benefits of quitting smoking. Now British researchers have provided more compelling evidence of just how significant those benefits can be. Researchers at Oxford University found that people who quit smoking before age 35 can reduce their risk of developing lung cancer by more than 90%. And giving up smoking even late in life eliminates most of the risk. While previous studies of quitting have shown the effect on lung cancer rates can be dramatic, the Oxford report in Saturday's British Medical Journal (http://www.bmj.com) gives the clearest evidence yet. The project, led by Sir Richard Peto, also provides the first prediction of the number of tobacco-related deaths that will occur worldwide in the next 100 years if smoking patterns persist--1 billion deaths, contrasted with 100 million in the last century. Peto's research found there already are 1 billion smokers in the world and that, by 2030, another billion or so young adults will have started to smoke. If current smoking patterns continue, tobacco-related deaths worldwide will rise from 4 million a year now to about 10 million a year around 2030, an increase of about 100 million a decade, he estimated. If trends continue, he predicted that about 15% of all adult deaths worldwide in the second half of the 21st century will be due to tobacco. No matter how early in life a smoker quits, some of the damage done is irreversible and the risk of lung cancer never declines to normal. Recent research has shown that starting smoking before age 18 is particularly harmful to the lungs. The Oxford study found that only 2% of those who quit by age 30 developed the disease by age 75, compared to a 0.4% chance for people who have never smoked. It also found that 10% of those who quit at 60 will die of lung cancer, and that continuing to smoke into old age results in a 16% risk. *The Associated Press contributed to this report ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` The contents of this newsletter do not necessarily reflect the opinions of QuitSmokingSupport.com. We want this newsletter to be the best one around. If you have suggestions, ideas, or feedback about this newsletter, feel free to email us at support@quitsmokingsupport.com Please feel free to pass this newsletter along to anyone you know who may benefit from it! To unsubscribe to this newsletter, please go to http://www.listbot.com/ (c) Copyright 1995-2001 QuitSmokingSupport.com Take care and have a great week! Blair support@quitsmokingsupport.com QuitSmokingSupport.com http://www.quitsmokingsupport.com ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to nosmoke-unsubscribe@listbot.com