To mark the WHO’s World No Tobacco Day tomorrow, Tuesday 31st May, MeeDoc – Europe’s largest telemedicine provider – is offering free GP consultations to help Irish smokers kick the habit for good. Anyone who requests a ‘Quitting Smoking’ consultation through the MeeDoc app tomorrow can use the code SMOKEFREE to receive a consultation free of … [Read more...] about Smokers Offered Free GP Consultations to Mark World No Tobacco Day
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Back of pack health warnings make little impact on teen smokers
Pictures better than text, but are less visible, which curbs their effectiveness [Adolescents’ response to pictorial warnings on the reverse panel of cigarette packs: a repeat cross-sectional study Online First doi 10.1136/tobacccontrol-2013-050999] Back of pack picture or text warnings depicting the dangers of smoking, make little impact on teen smokers, particularly those … [Read more...] about Back of pack health warnings make little impact on teen smokers
Plain packaging seems to make cigarettes less appealing and increase urgency to quit smoking
Early findings from Australia indicate that policy has an impact—at least in the short term [Introduction effects of the Australian plain packaging policy on adult smokers: a cross sectional study doi 10.1136/bmjopen-2013-003175] Plain packaging for cigarettes seems to make tobacco less appealing and increase the urgency to quit smoking, suggest early findings from Australia, … [Read more...] about Plain packaging seems to make cigarettes less appealing and increase urgency to quit smoking
Fun Fitness
In this day and age of technology and progress, most of us are cooped up indoors. Kids are stuck in front of their TVs and gaming consoles. Teenagers can't get off their laptops because they can still reach their friends without having to step out of their bedroom door. Desk jobs have most adults boxed in offices the whole day. The demands of school or work take up so much … [Read more...] about Fun Fitness
myQuitTime an iPhone app that helps smokers to quit
Do You Want Stained Fingers, or a Flat Screen TV? Tell a smoker that they are going to die because of their addiction and they will reach for a cigarette; Tell them that they could afford a 42” flat screen TV in less than 2 months if they quit, and they might not. Tús Nua Designs, a mobile app development business based in Foxford, Co. Mayo, have developed the myQuitTime app, … [Read more...] about myQuitTime an iPhone app that helps smokers to quit