April 7th, 2014
Tobacco Advertising Targets Youth
One of the most serious threats to an adolescent is tobacco. More than $15 billion is spent per year on advertising through the media for this deadly substance. In the 21st century, digital media- like twitter and instagram- is becoming an open market for tobacco advertising. Research has also ...
February 18th, 2014
CVS Quits Tobacco
Pharmacy giant CVS today announced that their stores and pharmacy locations will no longer have the sale of tobacco products after October 1, 2014. Their announcement was accompanied by the statement that cigarettes are “inconsistent with their mission” for health. Tobacco addiction is a ...
January 6th, 2014
Listen Up Smokers: Ear Acupuncture Could Help Kick Addictions
The beginning of a new year brings many different resolutions. Some may vouch to eat healthier and exercise more, others may hope for a new job or lover sometime in the next 12 months. Still, others deem 2014 to be the year when they finally quit smoking. Perhaps their addiction has begun ...
October 9th, 2013
No More Menthol Cigarettes, Says European Union
As part of the European Union’s most recent attempt to decrease smoking among women and young adults, the European Parliament has approved larger health warnings on cigarette packs and a ban on menthol cigarettes. The legislators also put a ban on selling cigarettes in packets of ten and agreed ...
September 11th, 2013
Russian Chimp Sent to Rehab for Alcohol and Cigarette Addiction
A chimpanzee named John has been successfully treated for alcohol and nicotine dependency , reports the The Daily Mail. After observing and replicating the habits of gamblers while working as a mascot at Space, one of the biggest casinos in Russia, the chimp continued his high rollers taste at ...
August 26th, 2013
Doctors Today Keep Smoking Away
Pediatrician intervention has always been recommended when it comes to adolescent smoking, but evidence of its efficiency has only been confirmed by the U.S. Preventative Services Task Force in a news release today. The organization tracked statistics and data that demonstrated that primary ...
April 16th, 2013
Replacing Your Cigarette Addiction
Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable deaths globally. Quitting smoking is incredibly difficult, with more than 90% of attempts resulting in relapse—a rate surpassed only by heroin. The good news is that, despite the frequency of relapse and the adverse public health effects, ...
July 11th, 2011
Smokeless Tobacco Addiction: an Interview with Greg of KillTheCan
AllTreatment conducted an interview with Greg, co-founder of KillTheCan.org –http://www.killthecan.org/– a website dedicated to helping people quit smokeless tobacco. KillTheCan has a quitter community with a membership of over 8,000, 2 blogs, a live chat, social media presence ...
April 28th, 2011
E-Cigarettes To be Regulated as Tobacco
After two years of deliberation, the Federal Drug Administration has decided to regulate Electronic Cigarettes as a tobacco product. The suit began in 2009, when Sottera, a manufacturer of e-cigarettes based in Arizona, sued the FDA after they determined that e-cigarettes were “unapproved ...
January 31st, 2011
Dr. Mintz on E Cigarettes
Previously we interviewed Brad Rodu (which you can find here). However, e cigarettes are relatively new, and thus opinions from the medical community on them vary. Because of this, we tracked down Dr. Mathew Mintz, an expert on repertory disorders, and asked him about his opinion on the ...
January 25th, 2011
E Cigarettes According to Professor Brad Rodu
As E Cigarettes become a more prevalent alternative to smoking, we sought out expert in the field of tobacco products Brad Rodu, to shed some light on the matter. As well as being a well qualified expert in his feild, Brad runs Tobacco Truth, an interesting blog based on scientific studies and ...
January 18th, 2011
Interview with Angela Barrus on Hypnotherapy and Quitting Smoking
For many smokers, traditionally methods of quitting smoking just don’t seem to work, however the practise of hypnotherapy has garnered success where other methods have failed. We tracked down licensed hypnotherapist Angela Barrus to learn more about this method, how it works, and who should ...
