Šalje: QuitSmokingSupport.com [support@quitsmokingsupport.com] Poslano: 6. svibanj 2001 20:17 Prima: List Member Predmet: QuitSmokingSupport Newsletter - Volume 4 Number 21 QuitSmokingSupport.com - http://www.quitsmokingsupport.com --------------------------- ListBot Sponsor -------------------------- Get greater financial power with NextCard(r)Visa(r) Transfer balances to an APR as low as 2.99% Intro or 9.99% Ongoing. 24-hour online account management and Rewards Points for every dollar you spend. APPLY NOW! http://www.bcentral.com/listbot/NextCard ---------------------------------------------------------------------- .................................................................... Sunday May 6, 2001 *** Volume 4 Number 21 *** .................................................................... ...IN THIS ISSUE... 1 What's New on QuitSmokingSupport.com 2. Foods rich in vitamin E may lower smoker's lung-cancer risk ** 3. 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Join over a million smokers who have chosen LIFESIGN as their QUIT SMOKING program. BUY NOW. http://quinst.com/c.jsp?area=konikimansurougedo -------------------------------------------------------------------- ========> 1. What's New on QuitSmokingSupport.com Thinking about quitting smoking? Get some of the most interactive online support available on QuitSmokingSupport's bulletin board at: http://network54.com/Hide/Forum/76750 The support is awesome and many people who use the bulletin board on a regular basis say that it was instrumental in helping them to quit smoking and to remain a non-smoker! Be sure to check out our excellent selection of quitting smoking books in our Amazon.com Bookstore : http://www.quitsmokingsupport.com/amazon.htm Be sure to register for our Dieting, Exercise and Fitness bulletin board at: http://network54.com/Hide/Forum/77034 Normally people who quit smoking gain 5-15 pounds. This is an excellent forum to get motivated to keep those extra pounds off! Visit our "Questions About Smoking & Your Health" section at: http://www.quitsmokingsupport.com/questions.htm ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ========> 2. Foods rich in vitamin E may lower lung-cancer risk! Deseret News WASHINGTON (AP) ? Smokers who eat a diet rich in vitamin E foods may lower their risk of lung cancer by about 20 percent, a new study says, but experts stress that the best health advice is still to quit smoking. In a report published Wednesday in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute, researchers say a study of more than 29,000 male smokers in Finland shows that those with high blood levels of a form of vitamin E reduced their risk of lung cancer by 19 percent to 23 percent. The benefits were most dramatic, the study found, among men under age 60 and among light smokers who had been using cigarettes for less than 40 years. The reduction in lung cancer risk in these groups was from 40 percent to 50 percent. But despite the encouraging finding, said Dr. Demetrius Albanes of the National Cancer Institute, the most beneficial health action smokers can take is still the same: Stop smoking. "We have to emphasize that not only for lung cancer, but for oral cancer, pancreas cancer, kidney cancer and a bunch of other cancers, stopping smoking is crucial," said Albanes. Although the new study involved only lung cancer, earlier studies have shown that healthy levels of vitamin E give some protection against heart disease, stroke and some other types of cancer. Albanes said the proven benefits came only from a balanced diet that included food rich in vitamin E, he said. The researchers drew no conclusions about the effect of vitamin pills taken by some of the men in the study. In effect, he said the proven benefits of vitamin E come from eating the right foods, not from popping vitamin pills. "We need more studies to compare supplements with natural diet sources of vitamin E," he said, adding that there are still uncertainties about the comparative value of vitamin pills versus nutrients absorbed naturally from foods. For instance, some studies have shown that beta carotene, an antioxidant found in foods such as carrots, can help prevent some forms of cancer. Yet, when beta carotene pills were given to the group of Finnish smokers, the rate of lung cancer actually increased by 16 percent. Albanes said vitamin E-rich foods include soybean oil and other seed oils; nuts, particularly almonds, filberts, hazelnuts and walnuts, sunflower seeds and whole grains, including wheat germ. Copyright Š 1999, Deseret News Publishing Corp. ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` ========> 3. Nicotine Equals Stress Relief? Not So Fast, Experts Say Smoking Rituals Themselves May Ease the Pressure By Sean Martin - WebMD Washington Correspondent Reviewed by Dr. Tonja Wynn Hampton (Chicago) -- Reaching for a cigarette to relieve stress? Of course! It's widely believed that nicotine helps calm you down. Speaking at a tobacco and health conference here, Alan Leshner, PhD, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, cited the substance's effect against anxiety. But some experts at the conference weren't so sure that nicotine should get the credit. It's actually a "muddled picture" whether nicotine genuinely relieves stress, according to Jon Kassel, PhD, a psychologist at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Laura Straud, a postdoctoral fellow at Brown University School of Medicine, said that available human research does not suggest that nicotine has a direct biological effect against stress. And pharmacologist and Harvard Medical School instructor Carol Paronis noted that numerous studies with animals have not shown that nicotine provides anxiety relief. So why do so many people smoke to escape stress? If nicotine is not responsible, "the behaviors that accompany smoking probably have a big effect," Paronis said. The "ritual" of lighting the flame and ashing a cigarette may be calming, she said. And ironically enough, tougher workplace smoking rules may make the act of smoking more pleasant; Paronis noted that individuals can leave the pressures of their job for free moments outside. In addition, Kassel tells WebMD that his research suggests that whether someone is in the presence of "pleasant distractions" determines whether nicotine and smoking reduce anxiety. Kassel explains, "If you're anxious and you smoke in the presence of pleasant distractions, nicotine induces a state such that your attention is drawn [there] and away from the [thoughts] that would otherwise be fostering anxiety." On the flip side, Kassel says, "If you're nervous and you're smoking in your home alone, with nothing to distract you, your attention almost becomes more focused on the unpleasant things." In fact, he reports from some of his research, that individuals' anxiety increased when they smoked. Meanwhile, Straud tells WebMD that naturally stressed individuals may be primed to be more likely to feel relief from drugs such as nicotine, since stress acts through similar brain pathways. This phenomenon hasn't been explored yet in humans, but Straud hopes to look into it in future studies. ```````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` The contents of this newsletter do not necessarily reflect the opinions of QuitSmokingSupport.com. 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