Showing posts with label smoking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label smoking. Show all posts

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Quitting is hard

More than two-thirds of American smokers say they want to quit but only a fraction actually do, according to a government report released Thursday, suggesting people would benefit from more help in kicking the habit. Of the nearly 69% of adult smokers who wanted to quit in 2010, more than half tried but only 6.2% succeeded, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Those who try can double or triple their chances with counseling or medicine, but most of those who tried to quit last year didn't use either. Nor did they receive advice to quit from a doctor.

Saturday, February 28, 2009

Tabaco: o ataque continua

Fonte: aqui.

Cigarette sales in Scotland will be further restricted after ministers announced plans today to outlaw cigarette vending machines and ban shops from openly displaying tobacco.

Friday, January 02, 2009

Vitória contra o tabaco

Quase assistimos à perseguição dos fumadores, desde a introdução da nova Lei do Tabaco. Contudo, fumar faz mal, e é preciso combater esse vício, de todas as formas possíveis.

Os resultados deste combate recente são bons: Num balanço sobre os primeiros 10 meses desde a entrada em vigor da Lei do Tabaco, o director-geral de saúde revelou um estudo que indica que o número de cigarros vendidos em Portugal sofreu uma queda de 13,5 por cento.

A Direcção Geral de Impostos é que não deve estar a gostar da brincadeira!

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Obama’s Efforts to Quit

Fonte: aqui.

Franklin D. Roosevelt smoked cigarettes, and John F. Kennedy and Bill Clinton occasionally smoked cigars. Gerald R. Ford preferred a pipe.

Tuesday, October 07, 2008

Wednesday, October 01, 2008

Fumar ou morrer de susto?

Fonte: aqui.

Starting Wednesday, smokers in Britain will be greeted with a startling new warning when they pick up their regular pack of cigarettes. A graphic new ad campaign aims to show smokers, in no uncertain terms, the fate that might await them if they continue their habit.

Thursday, April 10, 2008

Obesidade: a doença do Século XXI

Quando uma parte ainda significativa do mundo ainda não consegue alimentar-se convenientemente, as sociedades mais desenvolvidas esbanjam alimentos. O pior não é o efeito de desperdício e de perversidade que este contrasenso gera, é que comer demais é já uma doença epidémica, que até em termos económicos tem efeitos catastróficos.

Está a decorrer uma Conferência nos EUA, em que se avalia esta nova epidemia: Obesity Costs U.S. Companies as Much as $45 Billion a Year, The Conference Board Reports.

Impressionante. Vejamos mais detalhes sobre esta temática que nos fornece esta Conferência:
  • The rate of obesity in the United States has doubled in the last 30 years, and those extra pounds weigh on companies' bottom lines, according to a new report from The Conference Board. Today, 34 percent of American adults fit the definition of "obese." Obese employees cost U.S. private employers an estimated $45 billion annually in medical expenditures and work loss.
  • Obesity is associated with a 36-percent increase in spending on healthcare services, more than smoking or problem drinking. More than 40 percent of U.S. companies have implemented obesity-reduction programs, and 24 percent more said they plan to do so in 2008.
  • Employers need to weigh the risks of being too intrusive in managing obese employees against the risks of not managing them. There is evidence that as weight goes up, wages go down. Employers should be fully aware of any potential discrimination risk before addressing employees' weight, whether for the employee's own good or that of the company.

Por cá, o problema não será tão grande, mas já é um problema de dimensões relevantes. Seria preciso olhar para a obesidade com tanta ou maior atenção como em relação ao tabaco ou ao alcool.

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

O fumo dos carros e o fumo do tabaco

Não fumamos, mas somos contra o imenso fundamentalismo que por aí vai contra quem fuma. Se é assim tão mau fumar, proiba-se a venda de tabaco! Não se persiga quem fuma e paga imenso de impostos, que o Estado não rejeita.

Lemos esta notícia: City pollution from car exhausts could be causing heart damage, say scientists, who have also found increasing evidence linking smoke from fires and tobacco to heart attacks, cardiovascular disease and clogged arteries.

Ou seja, o fumo do tabaco faz mal. O fumo originado nos automóveis faz também muito mal. Será que a Direcção Geral de Saúde (DGS) vai proibir a circulação de automóveis, também!

Vejamos mais dados daquela notícia:
  • "In rapidly modernising regions, environmental regulations are frequently avoided in the interest of improving economic growth," said Matt Campen, of the Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute in Albuquerque, New Mexico. "Thus, the global cardiovascular health burden from air pollution is likely to escalate dramatically over the coming decades."
  • PAHs are produced when substances such as coal, tobacco, or wood are burned, and many of the larger types are carcinogenic. The smallest PAH molecules have normally been ignored but Incardona's research shows these chemicals, found in oil, are toxic to the developing hearts of zebrafish, a standard model for the effects of chemicals on human hearts.

Pronto, a DGS e a ASAE não vão permitir a circulação automóvel e a utilização de lareiras!

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Sunday, October 28, 2007