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Cessation

Just One Year's Research Shows Why

The listing below is of research concluded between the November, 2008 and November, 2009 Great American Smokeouts. It is not a complete list, but representational.

Smoking and Maternity

Newborns Exposed To Maternal Smoking More Irritable, Difficult To Soothe (12/2/08) The Miriam Hospital funded by National Institutes of Health
High Levels Of Prenatal Smoking Exposure Affect Sleep Patterns In Preterm Neonates (12/9/08) American Academy of Sleep Medicine
Harm Reduction (Light/Low Yield) Cigarettes More Toxic Than Traditional Cigarettes-Adversely Affect Prenatal Development (12/12/08) University of California-Riverside
First Trimester Smoking Linked to Oral Clefts (Cleft Palates) (12/23/08) journal Epidemiology
Smoking During Pregnancy Fosters Aggression In Children (1/9/09) Journal Development & Psychopathology

Children Whose Mothers Smoked During Pregnancy and Early Childhood More Like To Smoke As Adults (5/21/09) American Thoracic Society

Non-Whites Experience More Adverse Pregnancy Effects Than Do Whites From Smoking and Secondhand Smoke Exposure (1/27/09) American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Researchers Investigate Prenatal Smoking Link With Antisocial Behavior In Children (2/10/09) Proceedings of National Academy of Science

Women Who Do Not Quit Smoking by 15 Weeks Are Three Times As Likely To Give Birth Prematurely (3/21/09) British Medical Journal

Maternal Smoking May Alter Arousal Process Of Infants, Increasing Their Risk For SIDS (4/7/09) SLEEP – Journal for the American Academy of Sleep Medicine & Sleep Research Society

Cigarette Smoke May Rob Children of Needed Antioxidants (5/7/09) University of Rochester Medical Center

Children Whose Mothers Smoked During Pregnancy and Early Childhood More Like To Smoke As Adults (5/21/09) American Thoracic Society

Low Birth Weight Linked To Long-Term Respiratory Problems- Smoking Key Risk Factor For Low Birth Weight (7/14/09) American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Changes In DNA Patters Are Linked To Prenatal Smoke Exposure (8/27/09) American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine

Smoking During Pregnancy Puts Children At Higher Risk Of Developing Psychotic Symptoms In Teen Years (10/1/09) British Journal of Psychiatry

Maternal Smoking May Increase Newborns’ Discomfort (10/21/09)

Children Of Smokers (Adolescents) Tend To Be More Impulsive (11/2/08) Nationwide Children’s Hospital

Mom’s Smoking Linked to Increased Risk Of Birth Defects (11/5/08) Journal of Pediatrics

Living With Smokers May Be Associated With Inadequate Access To Healthful Food (11/6/08) JAMA and Archives Journals

Teen Smoking And Secondhand Smoke Exposure

Adolescents Are At The Greatest Risk of Smoking When Their Parents Began Smoking At An Early Age (11/24/08) journal Health Psychology

Parents Play Key Role In Whether Teen Tobacco Use Becomes Habit (9/2/09) University of Washington

Teenagers Do Listen To Their Parents When It Comes To Smoking (3/3/09) BMC Public Health

Team Sports Participation Reduces Likelihood Of Youths Becoming Established Smokers; Seeing Smoking In Movies Increases The Risk (1/7/09) Archives Pediatric Adolescent Medicine / JAMA and Archives

Both Good & Bad Movie Characters Who Smoke Influence Teens To Do The Same (7/3/09) Journal Pediatrics

Improving Education May Cut Youth Smoking (5/12/09) International Journal for Equity in Health

Parental Guidelines, Consequences, May Be Why Fewer Black Teens Smoke Than Whites (5/14/09) University of Washington

Rates Of Secondhand Smoke Exposure High Among College Students (7/22/09) Wake Forest University

Teen Girls Smoke Now, Pay Later With Larger Waistlines As Adults (1/6/09) Center For Advancement Of Health

Smoking-cessation Research Highlights Difficulty College Smokers Experience In Quitting Smoking And Support Importance of Keeping Teens From Smoking (6/7/09) Wake Forest University

Teen Attitudes Toward Smoking Linked To Likelihood Of Drinking And Using Drugs (10/3/09) Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse

Smoking and Health – General

Smokers See Decline In Ability To Smell, Rise In Laryngitis, And Upper Airway Issues (11/9/08) American Academy of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery Foundation

Three Esophageal, Stomach Cancer Subtypes Linked To Smoking (11/30/08) American Assoc. for Cancer Research

Harm Reduction Cigarettes (Light/Low Yield Cigarettes) Are More Toxic Than Traditional Cigarettes (12/12/08) University of California-Riverside

Smoking Associated with Increased Risk for Colorectal Cancer and Death (12/18/09) JAMA / Archives Journal

Smokers With Stroke In Family Six Times More Likely To Have Stroke Too (1/8/09) Neurology - Journal of the American Academy of Neurology)

Smoking Linked To Most Male Cancer Deaths – Analysis Links Smoking to More Than 70% of All Cancer Deaths Amongst Men (1/21/09) BMC Cancer / University of California-Davis

Tobacco Smoke & Alcohol Harm Liver Worse As Combo (2/4/09) University of Alabama at Birmingham

Younger Men With Erectile Dysfunction At Double Risk Of Heart Disease (2/8/09) Mayo Clinic (men who smoked more than 20 cigarettes/day had 60% higher incidence of erectile dysfunction-webmd.com)

Effects Of Smoking Linked To Accelerated Aging Protein (2/9/09) University of Iowa

Smokers Would Rather Give Up For Their Pets’ Health Rather Than Their Own (2/10/09) BMJ British Medical Journal

Young Smokers Increase Risk For Multiple Sclerosis (3/1/09) American Academy of Neurology

Patients Who Gave Up Smoking Before Surgery Had Half As Many Complications Afterwards (3/17/09) journal Anaesthesia

Smokers May Have Increased Risk Of Acute and Chronic Pancreatitis (3/28/09) Archives of Internal Medicine

Cigarette Smoke May Alter Immune Response in Those With COPD-Weaken Ability To Fight Bacterial Infection (4/14/09)

American Thoracic Society

Urine Test May Determine If Smoker At Risk Of Lung Cancer (4/20/09) American Association for Cancer Research

Smoke From Cigarettes Shift Male Cardiovascular System Into Overdrive (4/21/09) American Physiological Society

Study Reaffirms That Cigarette Smoking Is Directly Associated With Bladder Cancer Incidence and Mortality Rates (4/30/09) University at Buffalo

Smoking, High Blood Pressure and Being Overweight are The Leading Preventable Risk Factors For Premature Mortality In The US (4/30/09) PLoS Medicine / Harvard School of Public Health

Women More Vulnerable To Tobacco Carcinogens (5/7/09) European Society for Medical Oncology

“Tremendous” Impact Of Smoking On Mortality and Cardiovascular Disease, Norway Finds (5/8/09) European Society of Cardiology

Reduction in Serum Cholesterol, Smoking, Blood Pressure Lead To 80% Decrease In Coronary Deaths In Iceland (5/8/09) European Society of Cardiology

US Researchers Learn Why Smokers May Be More Prone To Gum Disease (5/13/09) Environmental Microbiology

Smoking Interferes With Recovery From Alcohol-Related Brain Damage (5/15/09) Alcoholism Clinical and Experimental Research

Women More Susceptible To Harmful Effects Of Smoking (5/19/09) American Thoracic Society

Genes And Smoking Play Role In Rheumatoid Arthritis (6/2/09) journal Arthritis and Rheumatism

Alcohol and Smoking Are Key Causes for Bowel Cancer(6/4/09) The George Institute for International Health

Binge Drinking Increases Risk Of Lung Cancer In Smokers (6/10/09) Academy of Finland

Study Redefines Roles of Smoking, Alcohol in Risk For Pancreatitis (6/11/09) Archives Internal Medicine

Scientists Learn Why Smoking Increases Risk Of Heart Disease And Stroke: Nicotine Promotes Pre-Diabetic Condition Associated With Greater Cardiovascular Disease Risk (6/12/09) Charles Drew University of Medicine & Science

Smokers’ Muscles Tire More Quickly (6/17/09) VU University Amsterdam

Smoking Linked to Brain Damage (6/23/09) Journal of Neurochemistry

Smoking Associated With Progression of Multiple Sclerosis (7/14/09) Harvard School of Public Health

Smoking Associated With More Rapid Progression of Multiple Sclerosis (7/14/09) Archives Neurology / JAMA and Archives

Smoking Increases Potential For Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer (7/30/09) Thomas Jefferson University

Healthy Lifestyle Habits – Never Smoking, Healthy Weight, Diet & Exercise Associated With Reduction In Chronic Disease By As Much As 80% (8/12/09) Archives of Internal Medicine/JAMA

Multiple Sclerosis Patients Who Smoke Show More Brain Atrophy, More Lesions, Than MS Nonsmokers (8/18/09)

Smoking Increases Risk Of Developing Active TB (8/24/09) American Thoracic Society

Smokers Who Quit/Start Nicotine Replacement Therapy Before Surgery Can Halve Their Risk Of Poor Wound Healing (9/4/09) Institute For Quality and Efficiency in Healthcare (Germany)

Breast Cancer: Risk Increases For Smokers and Overweight Women (9/4/09) Journal of Cancer Epidemiology

Smoking, Obesity, and Alcohol Consumption Increase Risk Of Second Breast Cancer (9/10/09) Journal of Clinical Oncology

Cigarettes, Not Swedish Snuff Linked To Increased Risk of Multiple Sclerosis Indicating That Nicotine Is Not Responsible (9/13/09) Neurology – Journal of American Academy of Neurology

Cigarette Smoke May Impair Lungs Natural Defense Against Pathogen (10/26/09) American Society for Microbiology

Just One Cigarette Has Harmful Effect Of Arteries Of Young Healthy Adults-Smoking Only One Cigarette Increases Artery Stiffness by Whopping 25% (10/27/09) Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada

Secondhand Smoke

Secondhand Smoke Raises Odds Of Fertility Problems In Women (12/6/08) University of Rochester Medical Center

Legislation to Reduce Passive Smoking Shown To Reduce Population Exposure To Secondhand Smoke(12/8/09) American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Harm Reduction (Light/Low Yield) Cigarettes More Toxic Than Traditional Cigarettes-Secondhand Smoke Effect (12/12/08) University of California-Riverside

Tobacco Smoke Contamination Lingers Even After Cigarette Extinguished (12/31/08) Massachusetts General Hospital

Secondhand Smoke May Cause Dementia And Other Forms Of Cognitive Impairment (2/13/09) British Medical Journal

Bar Workers Who Smoke Also Benefit From Smoking Ban (2/13/09) Occupational & Environmental Medicine

Smokers Putting Their Loved Ones At Risk Of Heart Attacks (2/14/09) Wiley-Blackwell

Majority of US Hospitals to Have Smoke Free Campuses By End Of Year (8/26/09) Business Communications

Secondhand Smoking Results in Liver Disease (9/14/09) University of California-Riverside

Banning Smoking In Public Places and Workplaces Is Good For The Heart – Reduces Risk Of Heart Attacks, Particularly Among Younger Individuals and Nonsmokers (9/22/09) Journal of American College of Cardiology

Smoking Bans Reduce Risk Of Heart Attacks Associated With Secondhand Smoke (10/19/09) Institute of Medicine

Anti Smoking Law Helps Waiters To Quit Smoking (10/20/09) Catalan Institute of Oncology (Catalan, Spain)

Exposure to Cigarette Smoke May Impair Lungs’ Natural Defense Against Pathogen-Bacterial Infection (10/26/09) American Society for Microbiology

Smoking Addiction & Cessation

Just Seeing Someone Smoke Can Trigger Smokers To Abandon Their Efforts To Kick The Habit (1/7/09) Duke University Medical Center

Nicotine Gum Effective For Gradual Smoking Reduction And Cessation (As Well As Sudden Quitting) (1/9/09) American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Menthol Cigarettes Are More Addictive (1/12/09) International Journal of Clinical Practice

Smokers Twice As Likely To Kick Habit If They Use A Support Group (1/26/09) University of Bath

First Brain Study Reveals Benefits of Exercise On Quitting Smoking (2/16/09)

Chantix Side Effects No worse With Depression History, Study Shows (3/2/09) Journal of General Internal Medicine

One Drug May Help People Both Lay Down The Drink And Put Out The Cigarette (3/4/09) Biological Psychiatry

New Drug (Varenicline/Chantix) To Curb Smoking Shows Positive Results (4/3/09) Respirology

Positive Body Image More Effective Than Exercise In Helping Young Women Lose Weight, Quit Smoking (4/25/09) Temple University

Attitudes Toward Tobacco Industry Linked To Smoking Behavior (5/6/09) American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Computer-based Programs Provide Help for Smokers Trying To Quit (5/26/09) Archives of Internal Medicine

Smoking Cessation Drug (Varenicline/Chantix) Not Linked To An Increased Risk Of Self-Harm Or Depression (10/1/09) British Medical Journal

Exercise Makes Cigarettes Less Attractive To Smokers (10/26/09) Journal Addiction

Crushing Cigarettes In A Virtual Reality Environment Reduces Tobacco Addiction (10/28/09) CyberPsychology & Behavior

Smoking and Healthcare Financial / Social

Decline In Smoking Linked to Drop In Cancer Deaths (12/3/08) Journal of Economic Perspectives

Smoking Kills, Irrespective of Social Class And Gender (2/18/09) BMJ-British Medical Journal

Smoking Prevention Campaign (National ‘Truth’ Campaign) Saving Billions In Smoking-Related Healthcare Costs (2/21/09) American Journal of Preventive Medicine

Smoking Behavior Partially Explains Socioeconomic Inequalities in Lung Cancer Incidence (2/24/09) Journal National Cancer Institute

No Significant Difference in Partial Smoking Bans, Complete Bans and No Bans on Number of Employees in Restaurants and Bars (5/18/09) Society for Prevention Research

Is A Society With Smokers Profitable? (7/16/09) Spanish Magazine of Public Health

California Tobacco Control Program Saved $86 Billion in Medical Costs in First 15 Years (8/26/08) PLoS Medicine

Smoking During Pregnancy A Cause Of Social Inequality In Stillbirths (10/21/09) University of Oxford