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8 million lives saved since surgeon general’s tobacco warning 50 years ago

By Guest PostJanuary 13, 2014Healthamerican, american medical association, anti smoking measures, behavior, bombshell, cigarette, clare meernik, cory doctorow, david levy, georgetown university, journal, long term effect, luther terry, public attitude, rafael meza, surgeon general, theodore r holford, tobacco control measure, tobacco warning, united states, us surgeon general

A Yale study estimates that 8 million lives have been saved in the United States as a result of anti-smoking measures that began 50 years ago this month with the groundbreaking report from the Surgeon General outlining the deadly consequences of tobacco use. The Yale School of Public Health-led analysis is published in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

The study used mathematical models to calculate the long-term effect of the seminal report, and subsequent anti-smoking measures, over the past half-century. These cumulative efforts have significantly reshaped public attitudes and behaviors concerning cigarettes and other forms of tobacco, note the researchers. (more…)

Teens Who Smoke and Drink May be More Likely to Abuse Prescription Opioids Later

By Guest PostAugust 27, 2012Culture, Healthabuse, adolescents, alcohol, cigarette, david fiellin, drink, drug use, gateway hypothesis, jeanette tetrault, lynn fiellin, marijuana, medicine, national survey, opioid abuse, prescription opioids, rani hoff, smoke, teens, william becker, yale school, young men, young women

Adolescents who smoke cigarettes or use alcohol or marijuana may be at greater risk for subsequent abuse of prescription opioids as young adults, according to a new study by Yale School of Medicine.

The researchers believe their findings are the first to demonstrate that early alcohol, cigarette, and marijuana use are all associated, to varying degrees, with a two- to-three times greater likelihood of subsequent abuse of prescription opioids. The study appears online in the Journal of Adolescent Health. (more…)

Resolved to Quit Smoking? Brain Scans Predict Likely Success

By Guest PostJanuary 31, 2011Health, Sciencebrain activity, brain scans, carbon monoxide, cigarette, co, danielle whalen, elliot berkman, emily falk, fmri, functional magnetic resonance imaging, heavy smokers, matthew lieberman, medial prefrontal cortex, neural reactions, particular brain region, predict, predict behavior change, quit smoking, resolution, smokers, television ads

ANN ARBOR, Mich.— Brain scans showing neural reactions to pro-health messages can predict if you’ll keep that resolution to quit smoking more accurately than you yourself can. That’s according to a new study forthcoming in Health Psychology, a peer-reviewed journal.

“We targeted smokers who were already taking action to quit,” said Emily Falk, the lead author of the study and director of the Communication Neuroscience Laboratory at the U-M Institute for Social Research and Department of Communication Studies. “And we found that neural activity can predict behavior change, above and beyond people’s own assessment of how likely they are to succeed. (more…)

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8 million lives saved since surgeon general’s tobacco warning 50 years ago

Teens Who Smoke and Drink May be More Likely to Abuse Prescription Opioids Later

Resolved to Quit Smoking? Brain Scans Predict Likely Success