"What are the main causes which make teenagers to take up smoking? Unfortunately nobody especially adults can’t explain that. And so, concentrating on one single risk factor is not likely to help adolescents abstain peer pressure to smoke, or help improvement the...
opinion by steluta | 2 wks ago 82 views | 8 recommendations | 4 comments
Labels on alternative tobacco products that state they are no safer than regular cigarettes are simply not true.That's what one senior doctor told us in an interview on the electronic cigarettes, alternative tobacco products and the upcoming tobacco bill.Any increased risk of...
created by inijames | 28 wks ago 157 views | 1 recommendation | 0 comments
A debate is raging over whether electronic cigarettes, the latest alternative to smoking, are a healthy alternative to cigarettes - or even whether they are healthy at all. Supporters of tobacco harm reduction like...
created by inijames | 33 wks ago | updated 33 wks ago 943 views | 0 recommendations | 2 comments
Aggressive health campaigns banning smokers from lighting up at work and bars have had the desired effect of decreasing the percentage of smokers in the UK.Officials now state that 21% of residents are smokers, down...
created by Karenke4 | 41 wks ago | updated 40 wks ago 520 views | 1 recommendation | 2 comments
Lung cancer is still the leading cause of death by cancer with 9 out of 10 cases directly due to one factor - smoking. As New Year approaches health promotion agencies across the world have one message - if you...
Business looks for any opportunity to exploit a new market and smokers affected by the smoking ban that many countries have brought in are being targeted by this new 'cigarette drink' that manufacturers claim can...
Tobacco use is the single largest cause of preventable death worldwide, contributing to 5.4 million deaths from heart disease, stroke and other disease annually. world health organisation warned against...
Recently, I came across a post in which a corporate blogger addressed the question of what might happen to a person who tried to “light up” an electronic cigarette, cigar or pipe while aboard a commercial airliner as a passenger. As the spouse of a flight attendant,...
Wow, Faux - bacco Cigarettes, whats next? Inflatable Women?"SMOKELESS BUZZU.S. entrepreneur Ron Macdonald hopes his 'faux-bacco' electronic cigarettes will help those jonesing for a nicotine fix in the new world...
Adolescents after their first cigarette very soon can experienced a loss of autonomy over tobacco according to a family health and community medicine specialist at the University of Massachusetts Medical School in Worcester. The specialist who studies tobacco dependence,...
created by affleap | 1 year ago 241 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
""In accordance with data issued by Indonesia Tobacco Control Network (ITCN), the proportion of young smokers continues to increase, followed by even younger smokers of 5-9 yeas old in which the percentage was up from 0.4 percent in 2001 to 1.8 percent in 2004," Prof Dr Veni...
created by uusjio | 1 year ago 211 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
Did you know that inhaling cigarette smoke causes several immediate
adverse responses within the heart and blood vessels? The heart rates
begin to rise within a minute of starting to smoke and the blood
vessels become narrower. Smoking not only causes coronary...
created by affleap | 1 year ago 259 views | 0 recommendations | 0 comments
i know this is old news, but I find it strange and new, and thought I'd share it with you."ROME (AP) -- Researchers may have figured out what makes la vita so dolce in Rome. A report from Italy's National Research...
More and more of these drugs previously approved by the FDA are getting warnings and recalls. It has us wondering about how many of these products were quickly were pushed out for profit without regard to the...
created by comoms | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 7165 views | 11 recommendations | 15 comments
What do you do when more than 50 nations ban the use of your product in public places? Make one that's half an inch shorter, apparently:"NIPPING out for a quick smoke is about to become even quicker. Philip...
created by jordan | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago 419 views | 5 recommendations | 2 comments