<rss xmlns:cm="http://choicemedia.com/content/1.0" version="2.0"><channel><title>StopSmokingConnection.com - Latest Stop Smoking News</title><link>http://www.healthcentral.com/stop-smoking/</link><description>Latest Stop Smoking News from StopSmokingConnection.com</description><language>en-us</language><ttl>60</ttl><image><title>StopSmokingConnection.com</title><width>120</width><height>19</height><url>http://www.healthcentral.com/images/hc_logo_sm.gif</url><link>http://www.healthcentral.com/stop-smoking/</link></image><item><pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 03:00:00 EDT</pubDate><title>Smokers Quit in Droves, Not Isolation</title><link>http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/news-252510-31.html</link><description>Healthy behavior has cascade effect, but trend marginalizes those
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safer, study finds</description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/news-251926-31.html</guid></item><item><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 10:26:03 EDT</pubDate><title>Marijuana may up heart attack, stroke risk: study</title><link>http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/news-251733-66.html</link><description>Heavy marijuana use can boost blood levels of a particular protein,
perhaps raising a person's risk of a heart attack or stroke, U.S.
government researchers said on Tuesday.</description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/news-251733-66.html</guid></item><item><pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 10:00:00 EDT</pubDate><title>Health Tip: Can You Quit Smoking Without Weight Gain?</title><link>http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/news-251728-22.html</link><description>Suggestions to stay smoke-free and healthy</description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/news-251728-22.html</guid></item><item><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 17:26:04 EDT</pubDate><title>A new wrinkle in smoking enforcement</title><link>http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/news-251694-66.html</link><description>Cigarette vending machines in Japan may soon start counting
wrinkles, crow's feet and skin sags to see if the customer is old
enough to smoke.</description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/news-251694-66.html</guid></item><item><pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 15:26:05 EDT</pubDate><title>Hookah smoking popular with the college crowd</title><link>http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/news-251666-66.html</link><description>A sizable percentage of college students have tried smoking
waterpipes, often under the false impression that they offer a
"safer" way to smoke, a new study suggests.</description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/news-251666-66.html</guid></item><item><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 17:00:00 EDT</pubDate><title>Training Student Leaders Cuts Peers' Smoking Rates</title><link>http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/news-251582-31.html</link><description>U.K. study finds overall 25% drop in those who take up the habit</description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/news-251582-31.html</guid></item><item><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 08:26:04 EDT</pubDate><title>Peer-led program helps keep teens smoke-free</title><link>http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/news-251528-66.html</link><description>Smoking rates among teenagers can be cut by training influential
peers to spread anti-smoking messages in everyday conversations
with their friends and peer group, according to research published
in The Lancet medical journal.</description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/news-251528-66.html</guid></item><item><pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 03:00:00 EDT</pubDate><title>Women Who Quit Smoking Lower Heart Risks Quickly</title><link>http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/news-251347-31.html</link><description>Study saw significant declines in several death risks within 5
years of stopping</description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/news-251347-31.html</guid></item><item><pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 02:26:05 EDT</pubDate><title>Some smoking-related risks cut soon after quitting</title><link>http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/news-251323-66.html</link><description>Deaths from vascular disease due to smoking are substantially
reduced in women within 5 years after they quit smoking, according
to findings from the Nurses' Health Study.</description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/news-251323-66.html</guid></item><item><pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 02:26:03 EDT</pubDate><title>Frequent headache linked with smoking risk in
teens</title><link>http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/news-251094-66.html</link><description>Adolescents who have frequent headaches appear to be at increased
risk of becoming daily smokers, Dr. Karen E. Waldie of the
University of Auckland, New Zealand, told Reuters Health.</description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.healthcentral.com/migraine/news-251094-66.html</guid></item><item><pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 14:27:00 EDT</pubDate><title>Ontario moves to ban smoking in cars with children</title><link>http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/news-250944-66.html</link><description>Smokers in the Canadian province of Ontario will be fined C$250
($247) for lighting up in their cars in the presence of children,
if a new law introduced on Wednesday is passed.</description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/news-250944-66.html</guid></item><item><pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 14:27:01 EDT</pubDate><title>Low-dose pot eases pain while keeping mind clear</title><link>http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/news-250814-66.html</link><description>Giving carefully calibrated doses of smoked marijuana to people
with neuropathic pain, which can be difficult-to-treat and
extremely painful, can ease their pain without clouding their
minds, California researchers report.</description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/news-250814-66.html</guid></item><item><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:26:04 EDT</pubDate><title>Nordic scientists start trial on nicotine vaccine</title><link>http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/news-250736-66.html</link><description>Nordic scientists have launched a trial on a vaccine designed to
help smokers kick the world's deadliest habit by depriving them of
one of its chief pleasures, the firm that owns the vaccine said on
Tuesday.</description><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.healthcentral.com/heart-disease/news-250736-66.html</guid></item></channel></rss>