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Addiction So Strong Even Cancer Won't Make them Quit?

February 01, 2012 6:51 PM by janicem

Janice Milliman, Quit Coach, Service Delivery Smoking is so addictive that many patients continue to smoke even after being diagnosed with lung cancer. I’ve talked with several participants wh... [More]

Tags: tobacco addiction, nicotine addiction, cancer, lung cancer, chronic disease, smoking, quit smoking

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Study Links Weight Bias, Negative Self Image to Viewing 'The Biggest Loser'

January 25, 2012 10:15 AM by samaras

Samara Serotkin, PsyD, Clinical Psychologist Reality shows like “The Biggest Loser” are popular entertainment. You might think that it could be enjoyable, even educational, to watch peop... [More]

Tags: weight loss, Weight Talk, Biggest Loser, reality tv, behavior change, nutrition, weight bias, weight loss myths

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States Fall Short of Helping Smokers Quit

January 23, 2012 8:04 AM by kenw

Ken Wassum, Associate Director, Clinical Development & Support, Tobacco Funding for quit smoking programs has fallen to the lowest level since 1999. States across the country are doing a lousy j... [More]

Tags: tobacco tax, tobacco revenue, Master Settlement Agreement, American Lung Association, nicotine, tobacco cessation

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What You See is What You Eat? A Look at the New Study on Ghrelin

January 17, 2012 2:28 PM by jenniferl

Jennifer Lovejoy, PhD, Vice President, Clinical Development & Support: Have you ever found yourself sitting in front of the TV in the evening and getting hungry, even though you ate a satisfyin... [More]

Tags: Nutrition, ghrelin, hormones, hunger, food ads, Max Planck Institute of Psychiatry

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DASH Diet Ranked Best Nutritional Plan for Weight Loss

January 16, 2012 10:11 AM by sandik

Sandi Kaplan, MS, RD, Associate Director, Clinical Development & Support It’s mid-January and most people are hanging on to their weight loss resolutions by their finger tips. So it's good... [More]

Tags: New Years Resolution, weight loss, diet, DASH diet, US News & World Report

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Is Nicotine Replacement Therapy Still Effective?

January 11, 2012 9:54 AM by kenw

Ken Wassum, Associate Director, Clinical Development & Support, Tobacco: Nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) has been used for decades to help smokers quit. This week’s newspapers and onlin... [More]

Tags: nicotine replacement therapy, nicotine patch, nicotine gum, NRT, Harvard study

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A Little Bit of Holiday Weight May Stick With You Forever

January 09, 2012 10:24 AM by reedd

Reed Dunn, Senior Recruitment Marketing Manager I was among the millions of Americans who ate far too many treats and carbs – almost an entire pan of baked macaroni and cheese in two days, for... [More]

Tags: holiday weight, nutrition, behavior change, running, marathon, half marathon

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Do You Live in a Quit Friendly State?

January 04, 2012 11:26 AM by janicem

Janice Milliman, Quit Coach, Service Delivery The American Lung Association released in December its annual publication “Helping Smokers Quit: Tobacco Cessation Coverage 2011,” which hig... [More]

Tags: tobacco cessation, state government, cigarettes, Medicaid, military, pregnant smokers

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Sheila Quit. So Can You.

January 03, 2012 9:51 AM by reedd

Reed Dunn, Senior Recruitment Marketing Manager Sheila Woods was no stranger to quitting tobacco. A smoker for more than three decades, Sheila had tried to quit several times in the past. But she a... [More]

Tags: Steelcase, testimonial, Quit For Life Program

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Tobacco Industry Forms Smokers’ Rights Organization

January 02, 2012 5:52 PM by kenw

Ken Wassum, Associate Director, Clinical Development & Support, Tobacco In an apparent attempt to leverage the help of tobacco users on regulatory issues like smoke-free policies and tobacco tax... [More]

Tags: Big Tobacco, Philip Morris, US Tobacco, John Middleton, smokeless tobacco, tobacco, tobacco advertising

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