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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... 
Why celebrities smoke cigarettes?
Is it true that celebrities really desist from endorsing cigarettes of all hues? Is it because they are conscious of their social responsibilities? Pictures of celebrities smoking appear glamorous and civilized, regardless of the context of the scene in a movie and thus... 
FDA Finds Toxic Chemicals In Electronic Cigarettes
7/22/2009 Alida Antonia Cornelius The FDA is notifying healthcare professionals, patients, and consumers about their laboratory testing of the ingredients from cartridges from two leading brands of electronic... 
created by Art_By_Alida | 24 wks ago | updated 24 wks ago
413 views | 5 recommendations | 11 comments
413 views | 5 recommendations | 11 comments
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...
Tax chocolate says Scottish doctor
A family doctor from Scotland has called for a tax to be set on chocolate to help pay for the fight with obesity and type 2 diabetes. The doc thinks a system should be set-up similar to cigarettes and alcohol.... 
Cigarette Butts, Packaging, Make Up 90% of All Litter
It seems that cigarettes don't just add to air pollution, they make up the majority of street pollution as well. An experiment conducted in Nova Scotia, Canada, identified cigarette butts and cigarette... 
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Cigarette Machines, Tobacco Displays to be Banned in Scotland
In an effort to curb child smoking in Scotland, cigarette vending machines and tobacco displays in shops will be banned under proposed legislation. Retailers would also have to partake in a registration... 
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... 
Butting Out: The Slow Death of Smoking in Canada
Barry Artiste Op/Ed This story and the links tells you virtually everything you wanted to know about smoking from the cradle to the grave. Pretty insightful. "Butting Out: The Slow Death of Smoking in Canada Not...
Fire Safe Cigarettes Mandated in 5 More US States
As of January 1 2009, 5 US more states put into effect a mandate which requires that stores sell only fire-safe cigarettes from now on. " Delaware, Iowa, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania and Texas on Thursday joined 17...
created by Terri Potratz | 1 year ago | updated 50 wks ago
2069 views | 18 recommendations | 12 comments
2069 views | 18 recommendations | 12 comments
First Nations, the anti-Tobacco agenda, and Extraterrestrials
Tobacco used to be appreciated as both a medicine and as something of a great spiritual significance. You may have, for example, heard of the use of the Peace Pipe among First Nations. Now, through cigarettes, it has become synonymous with a nasty habit, and a... 
Smoking hasn't been cool since the Clinton clan rolled into town
Smoking, in America has not been cool since the Clinton clan rolled into the White House.
Instead smokers have been pushed to the back burner, cornered, boxed in, ostracized and finally knocked of the... 
created by mr.zoltanblack | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
173 views | 12 recommendations | 1 comment
173 views | 12 recommendations | 1 comment
The Great American Smokeout 2008: Quit Smoking Today
Today is the day to quit smoking - for 24 hours, anyway. The Great American Smokeout was launched in 1997 by the American Cancer Society in an effort to encourage smokers to butt out for at least 24...
created by Terri Potratz | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
432 views | 9 recommendations | 3 comments
432 views | 9 recommendations | 3 comments
UK cigarettes to be sold under the counter
The UK government has passed unprecedented legislation to force shopkeepers to keep cigarettes under the counter rather than display them. New restrictions on cigarette vending machines are also to go into force.... 
created by Dave Keating | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
470 views | 14 recommendations | 3 comments
470 views | 14 recommendations | 3 comments
13 year-old girl rewarded with cigarettes
Sex, drugs and rock and roll. 13 year-old Sam Holt does all that, and more, with her mother's knowledge and support. In cases when the young teenager does something right, her mother rewards her with cigarettes....
created by Jason Sanders | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
401 views | 2 recommendations | 7 comments
401 views | 2 recommendations | 7 comments
