Combine Nicotine Patch, Lozenges to Quit Smoking, Researchers Say
A study comparing five pharmaceutical approaches to quitting smoking found that mixing nicotine patches and lozenges was the most effective, in part because it seemed to best duplicate the highs and lows of nicotine addiction faced by smokers. 11/6/2009

Smoking During Pregnancy May Predispose Kids to Behavioral Problems
Women who smoked during pregnancy were more likely to report having children with behavioral problems, and researchers think the reason could be fetal brain damage. 11/5/2009

Company Designs Filter to Remove Some Cigarette Toxins
A Hong Kong biotech firm has designed a filter that removes some of the toxic chemicals from cigarette smoke but leaves the tobacco flavor intact. 11/5/2009

Address Drinking, Smoking to Raise Life Expectancy: WHO
About one in four premature deaths worldwide can be traced to five preventable health factors -- alcohol use, poor childhood nutrition, unsafe sex, bad sanitation and hygiene, and high blood pressure -- according to the World Health Organization (WHO). 11/4/2009

U.K. Drug Czar Fired for Saying Illegal Drugs Less Harmful Than Alcohol, Cigarettes
U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown has fired his drug czar after David Nutt said that LSD and ecstasy are less dangerous drugs than alcohol or tobacco. 11/4/2009

Smoking May Hinder Arthritis Treatment
Several recent studies have found that smoking cigarettes may trigger rheumatoid arthritis (RA) or hinder the treatment of RA. 11/4/2009

Researchers Probe Smokeless Tobacco's Relative Safety
The National Cancer Institute (NCI) and academic researchers are examining whether smokeless-tobacco products can potentially be viewed as a safer alternative to smoking. 11/3/2009

Light Smoking Impairs Arterial Health, Study Finds
Young smokers suffer reduced cardiovascular function even if they smoke only a few cigarettes per day, according to research from Stella Daskalopoulou at the McGill University Health Center. 11/2/2009

Federal Government Pushes Development of Addiction Vaccines
The federal government wants to leverage interest and investment in vaccine development to get pharmaceutical companies to develop drugs that could "inoculate" people against addiction to cocaine, nicotine, and other substances. 11/1/2009