Topic: Neal Benowitz

If smoking cessation seems to require superhuman effort, that's because it does! In 2000, Reuters cited a report by doctors who said, "Nicotine is a powerful addictive substance on a par with heroin and cocaine and should be controlled like a ...

Secondhand smoke raises TB risk: study

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Smoking has long been known to boost tuberculosis risk, and a new study from Hong Kong suggests that being exposed to someone else's tobacco smoke also increases the likelihood of contracting the disease.Dr. Chi C. Leung ...
Report finds workplace, restaurant smoking bans reduce nonsmokers' risk of heart attacksA major report confirms what health officials long have believed: It's an immediate threat to your life," declared Dr. Neal Benowitz of the University of California, San Francisco, who co-wrote ...

Could We Possibly Want Obama to Sneak a Cigarette in a Crisis?

With Barack Obama readying himself to take on what will be quite a high-stakes and stressful job, are we sure we actually want him to quit smoking? But it got us thinking about what the impact might be if Obama resisted an ...
Scientists are reporting the first successful strategy to reduce smokers’ nicotine dependence while allowing them to continue smoking. The study provides strong support for proposals now being considered in Congress to authorize FDA regulation of cigarette smoking, according to the research team ...

Nicotine-Reduced Cigarettes Could Boost Quitting

11/14/2007 Print E-mail Providing smokers with cigarettes of gradually decreasing levels of nicotine over a number of weeks can help cut their nicotine addiction, a U.S. study finds.. The study, conducted by researchers at the University of California, San ...
The research was carried out by scientists at UCSF and San Francisco General Hospital Medical Center and is reported in the November 14 issue of the journal "Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention. Benowitz is a UCSF professor of medicine, psychiatry and biopharmaceutical sciences ...