Despite a ban on it, smoking continues to claim thousands of lives in India each year. But in a small village in India's Haryana state a folk tradition helps people shun smoking and stay healthy. ...
Smoking is a bad habit. Even for snakes. He should be out catching mice or maybe hibernating."the three-year-old reptile from Taipei in Taiwan has become hooked on nicotine, thanks to his owner Sho Lau's 20-a-day...
An anti-smoking vaccine may soon be available to finally help smokers quit for good. The drug has been developed by GSK (Glaxosmithkline) who will be working with Nabi Pharmaceuticals who will develop the...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
created by Paul Conneally | 3 years ago | updated 3 years ago 267 views | 5 recommendations | 5 comments
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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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,...
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""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...
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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...
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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...