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Marijuana Use and Quitting Smoking: Do Risks Outweigh Benefits?
A very common question from people trying to quit smoking is: “Will smoking marijuana help or hurt as I try to quit smoking cigarettes?” Whether marijuana will relieve side effects or withdrawal symptoms is dubious. But the risks of using any tobacco product and of smoking pot are unmistakable.
Marijuana has been used as a medical treatment for thousands of years. Marijuana was listed as an approved drug in the United States until the 1940s, when probably due to political pressure, t...
Expert & Community Posts
Did using street drugs give me bipolar disorder?
By Dan Haupt, M.D. , Health ExpertIt is very common for people who have used street drugs to wonder if the drugs may have caused... Read more »
Smoking and Marijuana: How to Fight Multiple Addictions, Part III
By Anne Mitchell , Health ExpertCan people successfully quit smoking cigarettes if they continue to smoke marijuana? There are some... Read more »
Generalized Anxiety Disorder and Smoking
By Eileen Bailey , Health ExpertIt is well known that smoking increases the risk for lung cancer and heart disease, but yet,... Read more »
Michael Bloomberg and Bill Gates to Fund Global Tobacco Control Plan
By Carol Southard , Health Expert...control policies are extremely effective at reducing smoking rates, exposure to secondhand... Read more »
The influence of celebrities and smoking, part III
By Anne Mitchell , Health ExpertPhotographs of celebrities smoking in public used to be an unusual sight – movie studios would... Read more »
Health Guide
Stop Smoking: Breaking the Emotional Addiction
One of the aspects of quitting smoking that was the most difficult for me to deal with was the emotional attachment that I had developed to the habit. Smoking was what I turned to when I was... Read more »Smoking Increases Osteoporosis Risk
A joint US-China study concluded that exposure to second-hand smoke increased the risk of osteoporosis in pre-menopausal women by a factor of three. The results of the trial, which were presented at... Read more »Meet Anne Mitchell
...than 25 years and tried to quit hundreds of times before finding long-term success. Having started smoking and drinking alcohol as a teenager, Anne said she, “found confidence and solace in... Read more »Stress Part 9: Can Bad For You Be Good For You?
...early and had a chance to walk the grounds. Everywhere, I encountered notices that thanked me for not smoking.What is wrong with this picture?Eighty percent of individuals with schizophrenia and... Read more »Smoking is a Major Risk Factor for Vascular Disease
The impact of smoking on cancer has been widely promoted, but its relationship to vascular disease is less known by the public. Veins and arteries make up the vascular system that carries life... Read more »Images
Medications
...(NICK-oh-teen)Uses This medication can help you quit smoking by replacing the nicotine in... Read more »
This medication is used in combination with a stop-smoking program (e.g., support group,... Read more »
This medication is used in combination with a stop-smoking program (e.g., support group,... Read more »
...(NICK-oh-teen)Uses This medication can help you quit smoking by replacing the nicotine in... Read more »
...(NICK-oh-teen)Uses This medication can help you quit smoking by replacing the nicotine in... Read more »
Related News
Never too Late to Kick the Habit
May 15, 2008(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- A new study proves it is never too late to quit smoking and gain back health benefits. The study finds women who quit smoking... Read summary »
Pregnant Smoking Moms Raise Kids' Risk of Heart Attack
March 07, 2007(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Women who smoke while they're pregnant may be doing permanent damage to their children's arteries, putting them at increased... Read summary »
Smoking Moms Leads to Smoking Kids
June 05, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire)-- It's no secret kids pick up the bad habits of their parents ? including smoking. But you would think mothers could avoid the... Read summary »
Smoking Linked to Brain Damage in MS Patients
September 14, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- People with multiple sclerosis (MS) who smoked for as little as six months during their lifetime exhibited more destruction of... Read summary »
Get Aggressive to Beat Smoking
April 16, 2009(Ivanhoe Newswire) ? Doctors who really want to help their patients kick the habit need to get aggressive. That's the take home message from two... Read summary »
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