Phillip Morris Pays Millions To Smoker's Daughter Jodie Bullock

Jodie Bullock, daugter of longtime smoker Betty Bullock who died of lung cancer in 2003, has been awarded $13.9 million in damages by the cigarette company Phillip Morris. The recommendation was made on Monday, in the third trial between Bullock and Phillip Morris. Jodie...

Judge rules that smoker's death was from addiction to cigarettes

A jury in Florida ruled earlier today that a man who died of lung cancer in 1997 at the age of 55, died from his addiction to cigarettes - this could be a major setback for the cigarette company Philip Morris as this...

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...

Study shows: Smokers try to quit, but can't

So I have a friend (he shall remain anonymous) who has a HUGE smoking problem. Everytime we hang out, he would either waste time to go buy some cigarettes, or take 5minutes off from whatever we were doing to...

Bottled Water Causes Wrinkles, Makes you look Old!

Bottled Water Causes Wrinkles and Makes you Look Old! So you want to be hydrated to look young?  Drinking bottled water all day can cause wrinkles around you lips and sourounding areas more than if you were a...

Iron Maiden singer chastises pot smoker at concert

I might just be easily amused, but I thought this was funny. I'm surprised Dickinson takes such a hard line, actually. Wouldn't smoking improve the wailing-demon quality of his voice?" While it's easy for some...

Hip-Hop Will Make You A Smoker

When in doubt, blame the music."According to a recent study, Hip-Hop music may be responsible for an increase in smoking amongst teens it was recently revealed.Over 75% of the most popular Hip-Hop songs of 2005...

Death Now Comes In More Exotic Flavours

OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorCigarette Manufacturers in their quest to get more of a market share of youth, have now started flavouring their smokes, with alcohol in many popular Flavours, favoured...

North Carolina pair feud over leg

"A US man who stored his amputated leg in a barbecue smoker that was later auctioned off is locked in a custody dispute with the man who bought it. John Wood's smoker was sold to Shannon Whisnant last week after he fell behind on payments at the storage facility in North...

English pub boss gives banned smokers something to chew on

"LONDON (AFP) - A pub landlord said Thursday his plot to get round England's smoking ban by selling nicotine gum and lozenges had caught fire with customers. (Advertisement) Chris Llewelyn, 49, the landlord at the...

Smoking May Trigger Menopause Soon

NEW YORK – A study conducted by Norwegian researchers involving 2,123 women aged 59-60 years old shows that those of the women who smoke have 59% more chance of an early menopause before the age of 45 years than those who are non-smokers.

Hockney Disagrees With Smoking Ban

"Artist David Hockney has hit out at the smoking ban, calling it an "infringement of democracy". The 69-year-old, who is originally from Bradford, said the needs of both smokers and non-smokers should be catered for in a democratic country. The ban on smoking in enclosed...

Girl babies for smokers

"The Independent claims: Smoking while pregnant raises the likelihood of having a girl. Meanwhile, the chance of giving birth to a boy drops by almost half if both parents are smokers. Smoking while pregnant raises the likelihood of having a girl The chance of giving birth...

Smoking 2.0: A Vaporizer for Tobacco Use Only

Whilst products like these would indeed cut down on smoke, I don't think that smoke alone is the point of all those smoking bans: the banning governments are trying to increase their constituents' health levels, as sick citizens cost lots of money.Before heading into the...

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