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NIH-Funded Game Will Pay You To Quit Smoking

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[ad_1] The game, QuitBet, allows players to bet on themselves to stop smoking and earn real money. Hennepin Healthcare researchers investigate a smoking cessation game The Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute is evaluating a novel method of quitting smoking by allowing participants to wager on themselves and earn real money. It is a part of a brand-new game called QuitBet, which is supported by a National Institutes of Health (NIH) research grant that is being administered by scientists at Hennepin Healthcare. Players bet $30 on themselves, which is added […]

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“Quit smoking weapons of mass distraction”

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[ad_1] Likely the most critical smoking cessation cross-examination ever.  What if 73% of successful quitters found it “quite easy’ or “very easy” to stop smoking, if 41% reported quitting “easier than expected,” and if the vast majority who succeeded had quit unassisted, most going cold turkey? If true, why is such inspiring news kept hidden from smokers? Entitled “Quit Smoking Weapons of Mass Distraction,” a new book by Professor Simon Chapman shouts that quitting on your own isn’t nearly as difficult as those pushing approved products, e-cigarettes, […]

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Cigarette Smoking, Quitting, and the Risk of Heart Failure With Preserved and Reduced Ejection Fraction

[ad_1] For a study, researchers sought to measure the relationship between cigarette smoking and smoking cessation and the prevalence of HFpEF and HFrEF. They used multivariable Cox models to assess the associations of several established cigarette smoking parameters (smoking status, pack-years, intensity, duration, and years since cessation) with physician-adjudicated incident acute decompensated HF in 9,345 ARIC (Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities) study White and Black participants without a history of HF at baseline in 2005 (age range 61-81 years). There were 1,215 incident HF patients with a median […]

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