No Explanation for why Teenagers Smoke

"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...

Alternative Tobacco Products are Safe Says Senior Doctor

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...

E-Cigarettes: Controversy Surrounds Smoking Alternative

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...

Lowest Number Ever of Smokers in UK

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...

Smoking : Still the Biggest Killer, by Far

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...

Cigarette drink aims to beat smoking ban

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...

Electronic cigarettes IS not a escape route :WHO

 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...

Should the FAA Allow Electronic Cigarettes in the Sky?

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,...

Canada: Smokless Cigarettes Hit The Market !

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 Can Easily Be Addicted To Tobacco

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,...

Over 80 pct of RI`s smokers are under 19

""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...

Cardiovascular Disease Is Reduced By Quitting Smoking

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...

Most Cocaine, Pot in Rome's Air found near University

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...

Chantix Warning - Stop Smoking Prescription Drug Warned by FDA

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...

Shorter and Stronger: A Cigarette for Today's World

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...

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