Smoking Cessation’s Quiet Design Failure
The gap between how nicotine use has evolved and how cessation treatment has evolved is a meaningful part of why quit rates have plateaued.
Scientists are actually collaborating with tobacco companies to build a “healthier” e-cigarette
Scientists are joining tobacco companies to share knowledge about the FDA and other things that will help in creating the best e-cigarette as possible in efforts to reduce use of regular, cancer-causing cigarettes.
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Inside an Automated Healthcare Practice: Redesigning Care Around People, Not Paperwork
By reducing administrative burden and redesigning workflows around human needs, it creates space for what matters most: connection between clinicians and patients.
E-cigarette use in teens has tripled; should Dr. Oz go from Columbia University? (Morning Read)
Dr. Oz gets a lot of heat when it comes to his credibility, and now some doctors are boycotting his position at Columbia University.
Turns out e-cigarettes are delivering a hefty dose of formaldehyde
Gotta say, this isn’t exactly shocking. The formaldehyde part of it is, but of course there was going to be something unhealthy or unsafe about e-cigarettes. That’s pretty much what always seems to happen with new (not federally regulated) health “fixes.” But it isn’t clear how dangerous it might be, according to the researchers at […]
Even non-smokers are fighting for the right to light up in a Massachusetts town
In Westminster, Mass. things have heated up in the debate about whether or not tobacco products should be outlawed entirely – which would make it the first town to make such a drastic effort. A proposal by the local Board of Health is trying to forbid anyone from buying cigarettes, e-cigarettes, cigars and chewing tobacco. […]
Camel employees can’t light up at work
If you’re a smoker who works for Reynolds American, Inc., the maker of Camel cigarettes, you can head right over there to your private indoor area because you’re no longer welcome to smoke in the corporate office. “We’re well aware that there will be folks who see this as an irony, but we believe it’s […]
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