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...
Topps yanks Madoff cards before they hit shelves
This years Topps Allen & Ginter Baseball cards have already hit store shelves, minus the highly anticipated rookie card of fraudster Bernie Madoff. Yeah, that's right!! The modern day Charlies Ponzi,...
created by mr.zoltanblack | 20 wks ago | updated 20 wks ago
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China raises tobacco tax to curb smoking
China has raised taxes on tobacco by 6 to 11 percent to reduce the smoking in the world's largest cigarette market. Well this seems that now china government is quite conscious about the smoker community and wants... Senator Richard Burr Defends Kid-Like "Tobacco Lollipops"
"On May 27, CNN’s Carol Costello reported on tobacco company R.J. Reynolds new dissolvable “smokeless products.” Noting that critics call them “tobacco lollipops” that are aimed at getting “kids hooked...
created by TheCameraObscura | 25 wks ago | updated 25 wks ago
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Electronic Cigarette Association Launched
An Electronic Cigarette Association has been launched with a You Tube movie address by its President, former congressman Matt Salmon. The association, which has been formed by private companies involved in...
Professor: Tobacco Free Kids Will Help Kill Millions of Smokers
Tobacco Free Kids will contribute to the death of millions of smokers because of fanatical opposition to any tobacco products, a professor in medicine has claimed. Brad Rodu, a professor of medicine and holder of...
Tobacco Harm Reduction Author Urges Opposition to Tobacco Bill
In a mass email William Godshall, executive director of SmokeFree Penyslvannia and co-author of Tobacco Harm Reduction: An Alternative Strategy for Inveterate Smokers, has urged opposition to a Tobacco Bill set to enter the Senate next Tuesday. According to tobacco harm...
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...
Engaging healthcare providers in tobacco control on Safe Saturday
Engaging healthcare providers in tobacco control on 'Safe Saturday'"The healthcare providers, particularly the young nursing and medical students can potentially strengthen tobacco control in all healthcare facilities. This was the key thought expressed at the 'Safe Saturday'...
1/3rd preventable deaths can be averted by healthy environment
One-third preventable deaths can be averted by healthy environmentIn the least developed countries, one third of death and disease is a direct result of environmental causes. Proper environmental management is the key to avoiding the quarter of all preventable illnesses which... Tobacco Underground: Global Trade in Smuggled Smokes
Barry Artiste Op/Ed Forget the poppy fields of Afghanistan, or drug smuggling across our borders, there is and always has been a new Kid in town, smuggling legal cigarettes the world over. Governments...
created by Barry Artiste | 34 wks ago | updated 34 wks ago
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