Friday, August 8, 2008

question 5

5) what the goverment should do to overcome this problem ?

question 4

4) how to reduce addiction of smoking?

question 3

3) how does smoking affecting secondary smoker?

question 2

2) how does smoking affecting our health ?

question 1

1) is smoking dangerous to our health?

Objective :

Objective :

1) to know types of drugs
2) to know how drugs affects our health

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

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The Freedom Patch is an anti-smoking herbal formulation. The patch is nicotine-free and contains natural ingredients (e.g. Lobelia Inflata, Nux Vomica) that help the person cope with the symptoms of nicotine withdrawal by cleansing the system of nicotine and other toxins. The active ingredients get into the bloodstream through the skin and produce a sensation similar to that of nicotine intake in that they keep the person calm and relaxed. Simultaneously, the formula detoxifies the blood and creates the feeling of disgust to the tobacco taste and smell. Typically, nicotine cravings drop drastically within the first 10-15 days of use.

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Quit Smoking Products

Nicocure Health Supplement is a herbal anti-smoking treatment. The product’s formula includes a combination of plants and roots that help reduce nicotine craving. Lobelia Inflata, Licorice Root and Passion Flower work to calm the person and reduce the stress of the nervous system; Mullein Root improves the function of the respiratory tract; bioflavonoids found in Hawthorne Berries promote enhanced cardiac action. Nicocure Health also contains Bioperine®, which ensures effective bioavailability of the product’s herbal ingredients.

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A Solution For Smokers

mokers may eventually have another available tool—an oral nicotine solution that can be added to their favorite beverage—to help them kick the habit, according to Eric C. Westman, assistant professor in the department of medicine at Duke Medical Center.
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Tips on how to quit smoking
Westman and colleagues said the nicotine solution can be added to coffee, tea, soda, beer, lemonade, or other beverages and consumed orally several times a day in lieu of smoking. The solution was patented in April. After conducting a successful study of twenty-five smokers who used the solution, the researchers are seeking a pharmaceutical company to fund larger clinical trials.
“One of the advantages of the oral solution is that it involves a hand-to-mouth action, similar to that of smoking,” Westman says. “Also, the nicotine is metabolized fairly rapidly, providing a quicker nicotine boost than is provided by a nicotine patch. And unlike nicotine gum, which comes in regular, mint, and orange flavors, the oral solution can be flavored in almost any way the smoker chooses to flavor it.”
Results of the small pilot study will be published later this year.
Smokers in the study chose a “smoking quit date” and were given vials of the solution to mix into their beverages with instructions to use it as needed for smoking urges during a twelve-week period. The taste of the solution is masked by the beverage that is used. Participants consumed anywhere from 2.5 milligrams to 10 milligrams of the solution per drink. Three milligrams consumed orally is close to the one milligram amount of nicotine typically acquired by smoking a cigarette.
Westman says abstinence rates reported by the participants at four weeks, three months, and six months were 28 percent, 24 percent, and 20 percent, respectively. He says these rates are typical of most of the smoking-intervention tools currently available. Participants received only minimal behavioral counseling during the study.
Side effects from using the oral solution were minimal in the twenty-five participants studied. The only participant to drop out of the study complained of a burning sensation at the site of dental work.
“Nicotine-replacement therapy is the most widely used pharmacologic treatment for smoking cessation,” according to Westman. “It is thought to work by reducing withdrawal symptoms, or by separating the rewarding aspects of nicotine from the behavior of smoking.” Besides the patch and nicotine gums, the other forms of nicotine replacement available are the nasal spray, oral inhaler, a lozenge, and sublingual tablets.
“There are 435,000 deaths per year in the United States from cigarette smoking,” he adds. “Obviously, we must continue to research various methods of smoking cessation to provide as much assistance as we can to help people quit.”
Early research has shown that nicotine also may be useful for patients with ulcerative colitis, attention deficit disorder, and Alzheimer’s disease. If further research supports the benefits of nicotine in these patients, having a variety of methods for administering nicotine will be helpful, Westman says.

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