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Great American Smokeout 2009 Urges Smokers To Kick The Habit
Great American Smokeout 2009 is taking place today in the United States. It is an annual campaign against smoking that happens on third Thursday of every November. This year marks the 34th year of the campaign. The American Cancer Society campaign asks smokers to stop smoking... 
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... 
Smoker's risk with lung cancer by genetics
Lung cancer studies have results to a family link, risks were found on Chromosomes 5, 6 and 15 "Those with certain genetic changes on chromosome 5 were more likely to get a type of cancer called adenocarcinoma and...
Heart risks 'missed in smokers'
" High blood pressure is picked up less often in people who smoke, despite them being at higher risk of heart disease, research suggests. A study of more than 20,000 men and women in England found smokers were... 
Is Micheal Phelps a Disposable Hero?
Opinion
A Disposable Hero? That would be a shame. He has already lost endorsement money and is being chided by the religious conservative press and leaders. He didn't cheat. He didn't... 
One Fifth U.S. Voters Believe Smoking Should Be Illegal
Recent Rasmussen Report survey on smoking show more than 20 percent of voters believe smoking should be illegal, while 70 percent disagree. " Over one-out-of-five U.S. voters (22%) say the federal government should... 
Medicinal Marijuana Effective for Neuropathic Pain in HIV
"Medicinal Marijuana Effective for Neuropathic Pain in HIV August 6, 2008 By Debra Kain In a double-blind, placebo-controlled clinical trial to assess the impact of smoked medical cannabis, or marijuana, on the neuropathic pain associated with HIV,...
Why are so many people still smoking?
Despite UK's ban on smoking in public places and good education programmes in place in schools that see all children by age 11 already cued up on the health risks of smoking 9 miilion British people still smoke.... 
Calling B.S. on the Idea of 'Marijuana Addiction'
"It's laughable that the Feds are pushing the concept of pot addiction when science shows that withdrawal symptoms from caffeine are far worse.The U.S. government believes that America is going to pot -- literally.Earlier this month, the U.S. National Institute on Drug Abuse...
Gene hooks smokers at first puff
Long held view is that a person's decision to smoke for the first time is always compelled by his peer group but whether he wants to carry on smoking is not determined by himself or his peer group. A...
Cdn tobacco companies fined $1.1 billion
After an eight-year investigation, Canada's biggest tobacco companies have pleaded guilty to 'aiding and abetting' cigarette smugglers in the late 80s and early 90s, a tactic that saw the companies keep a share of...
HIV patients: Get high, heal your feet
Critics of medicinal marijuana (including the Bush administration, it seems) are raising the red flag here, saying that smoking marijuana is bad for you, even if the painkilling properties are good. The US... 
Hookah bars may be snuffed out in Vancouver
City council will decide this week if hookah lounges ought to be banned in Vancouver. At issue is whether hookah smoke, which is largely generated from burning dried fruit, falls under province-wide regulations...
created by Rob Peters | 1 year ago | updated 1 year ago
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