The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke: A Report of the Surgeon General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke: A Report of the Surgeon General, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services: "The Health Consequences of Involuntary Exposure to Tobacco Smoke: A Report of the Surgeon General
June 27, 2006
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BioMed Central | Full text | Relation between awareness of circulatory disorders and smoking in a general population health examination

BioMed Central Full text Relation between awareness of circulatory disorders and smoking in a general population health examination: "Background
Little is known about proportions of smokers who maintain smoking after they are aware of a circulatory disorder. The goal was to analyze the extent to which the number of circulatory disorders may be related to being a current smoker.
Methods
Cross-sectional survey study with a probability sample of residents in Germany investigated in health examination centers. Questionnaire data of 3,778 ever smoking participants aged 18 � 79 were used, questions included whether the respondent had ever had hypertension, myocardial infarction, other coronary artery disease, heart failure, stroke, other cerebrovascular disease, peripheral vascular disease, and venous thrombosis. Logistic regression was calculated for circulatory disorders and their number with current smoking as the dependent variable, and odds ratios (OR) are presented adjusted for physician contact, inpatient treatment, smoking cessation counseling, heavy smoking, exercise, overweight and obesity, school education, sex and age.
Results
Among ever smokers who had 1 circulatory disorder, 52.1 % were current smokers and among those who reported that they had 3 or more circulatory disorders 28.0 % were current smokers at the time of the interview. The adjusted odds of being a current smoker were lower for individuals who had ever smoked in life and had 2 or more central circulatory disorders, such as myocardial infarction, heart failure or stroke, than for ever smokers without central circulatory disorder (2 or more disorders: adjusted OR 0.6, 95 % confidence interval, CI, 0.4 to 0.8).
Conclusion
Among those with central circulatory disorders, there is a substantial portion of individuals who smoke despite their "

Une découverte française ouvre une nouvelle voie thérapeutique à l'addiction au tabac.

Une découverte française ouvre une nouvelle voie thérapeutique à l'addiction au tabac.

PAGE RÉALISÉE PAR MARTINE BETTI-CUSSO ET PHILIPPE DOUCET 17 juin 2006, (Rubrique Figaro Magazine)

Des chercheurs français viennent de bouleverser l'approche des mécanismes d'addiction, ouvrant la voie à de nouvelles thérapies à la dépendance aux produits psychoactifs, et en particulier au tabac. Comparable à celle d'une drogue, la dépendance à la cigarette semblait avoir pour seule responsable la nicotine.

Les travaux menés par le neurobiologiste Jean-Pol Tassin, directeur de recherche à l'Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale (Inserm) dans le cadre du Collège de France, montrent aujourd'hui que les choses sont un peu plus complexes.

Constatant que les fumeurs présentaient une baisse significative de leur taux de monoaminoxydase (mao), le chercheur et son équipe ont mis en évidence que l'addiction au tabac se fondait sur la perturbation de trois neurotransmetteurs (ou neuromodulateurs) : la noradrénaline, la dopamine et la sérotonine, réagissant surtout à un inhibiteur de la monoaminoxydase (i-mao) contenu dans la cigarette et entrant ensuite en synergie avec la nicotine.

Ce n'est pas tout. Jean-Pol Tassin a mis en lumière que ce déséquilibre induisait un processus de dérégulation de cellules nerveuses gérant ces neurotransmetteurs. Et, plus précisément, un découplage entre l'action de cellules traitant des informations produites par notre métabolisme et d'autres cellules gérant des informations déclenchées par une cause extérieure pouvant avoir pour origine la prise d'un psychoactif. «On peut supposer que pour ne plus avoir envie de fumer, il faudrait retablir le couplage entre ces deux types de cellules dans l'état où il se trouvait avant sa dissociation», explique Jean-Pol Tassin. Pas si simple : «La résistance au découplage varie énormément selon les individus, précise-t-il. Ce qui explique que certaines personnes peuvent vite retrouver leur "équilibre cellulaire" après l'arrêt du tabac (ou de tout autre produit addictif), et n'auront plus envie de fumer, alors qu'un paquet de cigarettes se trouve peut-être encore dans leur poche. Tandis que d'autres mettront des mois, voire des années, avant de le recouvrer.»

Cette petite révolution n'en est qu'à ses débuts. Elle devrait se poursuivre avec la mise au point de remèdes facilitant ce retour à l'équilibre de notre travail cellulaire perturbé par le tabac, mais également par d'autres substances, dont l'alcool. «Nous y travaillons», confirme Jean-Pol Tassin.

If It's Good for Philip Morris, Can It Also Be Good for Public Health?

If It's Good for Philip Morris, Can It Also Be Good for Public Health?

By JOE NOCERA (NY Times. referred by Maria Inês Reinert Azambuja)

"We don't make widgets," Steve Parrish likes to say, and that acknowledgment strikes me as a good place to start this story. Parrish, whose title is senior vice president for corporate affairs, is a highly paid executive at Altria Group, a New York-based holding company that is the 10th-most-profitable corporation in America. If the name of the company doesn't strike you as terribly familiar, that's because a few years ago the company changed its name. It used to be called Philip Morris, a name that still attaches to two of its holdings, Philip Morris USA and Philip Morris International. (Altria also owns Kraft Foods.) So, yes, let's stipulate right up front: Steve Parrish represents the country's leading tobacco company, whose best-known brand, Marlboro, is so dominant it accounts for 4 out of every 10 cigarettes smoked in the United States. Last year, Philip Morris USA alone made $4.6 billion in profits. What was it that Warren Buffett once said? "You make a product for a penny, you sell it for a dollar and you sell it to addicts." They most certainly don't make widgets./.../

Facial Wrinkling in Smokers Underlines Increased COPD Risk

Facial Wrinkling in Smokers Underlines Increased COPD Risk - CME Teaching Brief - MedPage Today: "DEVON, England, June 14 — Middle-age smokers with heavily wrinkled faces are five times likelier to develop chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) than smooth-faced smokers, according to researchers here.

It is well known that smoking ages the skin and that most cases of COPD are caused by smoking. But not all smokers develop the airway disease, said Bipen Patel, M.D., of the Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust here, and colleagues, in a report published online by Thorax."

Será Possível (Fumo Zero) ?

Sim, é possível!
Fumo Zero: parece uma idéia delirante, mas é possível sim!
Assim como levou tempo para incorporar em nossa cultura a introdução de fumaça pelas vias aéreas - queimando individualmente produtos tóxicos junto à boca - é compreensível que a sua restauração leve algum tempo e seja trabalhosa./.../