Smoking News
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Toronto -
The Ontario Lung Association has called for for a substantial increase in provincial tobacco taxes as soon as possible. This is seen as the action necessary to cut smoking and smoking related diseases.
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A new study from the British Heart Foundation concludes that smokers are 70 percent more at risk of suffering from depression and anxiety, as compared to non-smokers.
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Berlin -
A German court ruled Wednesday that a 76-year-old smoker, facing eviction over the smoke and stench of full ashtrays emanating from his home, can stay in his apartment for now.
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New research has suggested that e-cigarette vapour contains toxic chemicals that are damaging to the body, implying they are not a safe alternative to traditional smoking and adding to the continuing debate about the health risks of "vaping."
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A new laboratory study raises safety concerns about e-cigarettes. The study examined the effect of vapor exposure in mice, and concluded that the longer-term use of e-cigarettes can affect the immune system.
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Smokers looking to quit might soon have a powerful new natural herb to help them kick their addiction. The extract called cytisine, comes from the golden rain tree, or Cytisus laburnum.
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It is getting harder for Ontario smokers these days. The number one cause of disease in Ontario, tobacco cigarettes, has new stronger laws that limit the areas where smokers can light up without being ticketed.
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Manchester -
Scientists have taken microscopic images revealing that the protein ties tethering cells together are severed in lung cancer cells. The result of this is that the cells can break loose and rapidly spread.
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South Mimms -
A U.K. based cancer charity estimates that 4 out of 10 cancer cases could be avoided if people make alternative lifestyle choices.
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A company called ValuePenguin.com has published a study which found that Obamacare enrollees who have quit or reduced their smoking could see their premiums cut by as much as one-third with a non-tobacco rate.
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Lund -
Loss of the Y chromosome, a relatively common phenomenon among aging men, could help explain different rates of cancer between male and female smokers.
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Atlanta -
The U.S. the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that cigarette smoking rate for U.S. adults fell from around 21 percent (in 2005) to around 18 percent in 2013.
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Washington -
With the “Great American Smoke Out on November 20”, an article in the New England Journal of Medicine calls on insurers across the U.S. to comply with the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Digital Journal finds out more.
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Tel Aviv -
Smokers smoke fewer cigarettes during the day after smelling cigarette smoke together with foul odors during sleep, a new study shows.
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Researchers have identified some of the main reasons why many cigarette smokers struggle to kick the nicotine habit. It is all to do with the "feeling" of happiness.
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San Francisco -
A new research study has found that people who reported regular daily consumption of 20 ounces of sugar-sweetened soda have an increased rate of DNA ageing and that the ageing effect of consuming sugary sodas was comparable to the effect of smoking.
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About 50 years ago, a young psychology professor by the name of Walter Mischel was walking around Stanford Medical School, when suddenly he had the smoker scared out of him.
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Munich -
Today, the only way doctors can definitively diagnose patients for lung cancer is by an invasive and uncomfortable biopsy.
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A new report has indicated that the electronic cigarettes currently flooding the smoking market could be proving tempting to youngsters looking to start the practice, lending evidence to the argument that "e-cigs" encourage youth smoking.
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Some fish lovers are furious after a video surfaced. The video shows a fish on a plank of wood with a lit cigarette in its mouth.
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Along with the rise of vaping comes a distinct culture as well. Vaping smokers have new options and new places to gather with this trend.
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In January 2012, Australia introduced plain cigarette packaging in a bid to lower smoking rates.
It was the first nation to do so.
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The National Cancer Institute has found that obesity can be worse for your lifespan than smoking. Will this prompt changes in legislation?
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Earlier this year the U.S. Surgeon-General reported that cigarettes are deadlier and more addictive than ever, and now a report issued Tuesday outlines how tobacco companies have made design changes and put in more additives to achieve that.
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Advertising smoking products for kids has long been banned in North America. Despite that a new study found that teens greatly prefer flavored smoking brands to unflavored ones.
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A study has appeared to show than e-cigarettes are more effective than nicotine patches and gum in helping people to quit smoking.
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Smoking and being HIV infected further compromises the immune system presenting the worst immune profile, say researchers in the first study of its kind.
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Scientists suggest that there is a link between long-term exposure to passive smoking and a risk of Type 2 diabetes in adults. The diabetes is, in turn, connected with obesity.
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Young adults who occasionally use pot show abnormalities in two key areas of their brain related to emotion, motivation, and decision making, new research reveals.
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Seoul -
South Korea's state health insurer said Monday it had filed a lawsuit against three domestic and foreign tobacco makers, seeking damages of 53.7 billion won ($51.6 million) for payouts over smoking-related illnesses.
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Smoking Image
A man smoking a cigarette lanier67
Vaping bars such as this one have sprung up throughout the continent as well. Lindsay Fox
A person smoking a cigarette Roman Pavlyuk
Boy smokes two packs of cigarettes a day. screengrab/ telegraph video
It is believed that our difficulty in trying to stop smoking may be due to Neanderthal DNA mutations in some people's genomes. Mr. Archie
A photo of 117mm e-cigarette Jakemaheu
Electronic cigarettes are manufactured in nicotine and non-nicotine varities as well as flavored varities, which include mint, candy and fruit flavors, and are being sold as an alternative to tobacco products. Wikipedia SafeSmokes
Tori the smoking Orangutan at the zoo in Central Java, Indonesia Center For Orangutan Protection
Passive smoking modenaroid
Cigarillos like these come in many varieties now and are becoming extremely popular with teens in North America. PeddderH
A man smoking a cigarette lanier67
A cigarette burning gaffri
420, the code name for marijuana. Photo by nikoretro
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