Sep 03 2010

Tobacco adverts on clothes could lead to a fine

Published by Michelle Winters under Tobacco news

tobacco advertise on a shirtWearing a t-shirt, shirt, and cap, or carrying a bag or anything with a tobacco advertisement can attract a fine for the owner, a Tobacco Control Programme Officer, Gaesi Mophuting has advised.Advertising of tobacco in Botswana is criminal, intended or not.  The tricky thing is that advertisers can use consumers without realising that they (consumers) are being used.

Sep 02 2010

Decreases in adolescent tobacco use leveling off

Published by Michelle Winters under Youth smoking

students smokingAdolescent tobacco use have stagnated in the past few years, prompting the CDC to call for better prevention efforts, according to a recent report.“Smoking continues to be the leading preventable cause of death and disability in the United States; and among adult established smokers in the United States, more than 80% began smoking before age 18 years,” CDC researchers wrote.

Sep 02 2010

Russians urged to smoke, drink more

Published by Michelle Winters under Tobacco news

Russian-and-Smirnoff-vodkaSmoke and drink more, Russia’s finance minister Alexei Kudrin urged citizens on Wednesday, explaining that higher consumption would help lift tax revenues for spending on social services.”If you smoke a pack of cigarettes, that means you are giving more to help solve social problems such as boosting demographics, developing other social services and upholding birth rates,” Kudrin said, quoted by the Interfax news agency. “People should understand: Those who drink, those who smoke are doing more to help the state,” he said, offering unconventional advice as the Russian government announced plans to raise excise duty on alcohol and cigarettes.

Sep 02 2010

Cigarette Smoking May Increase Depressive Symptoms in Adolescents

Published by Michelle Winters under Youth smoking

teen_smokersSmoking may increase symptoms of depression in adolescents, especially those who use  cigarettes to feel better or to “self-medicate,” according to a new observational substudy from the Canadian Nicotine Dependence in Teens (NDIT) trial.

Sep 02 2010

Rail station platforms smoke-free Wed.

no smoking at metro railIf you’re riding the MetroRail , be sure to put out that cigarette. Changes have taken effect at all Capital Metro rail station platforms along the Red Line after the CapMetro Board adopted a new tobacco-free policy July 26. This means all tobacco products will be prohibited near the passenger boarding areas and on the boarding platforms at each station.

Sep 01 2010

What is the easiest way to stop smoking

stop-smokingWhat need to be done? Revolutionary pierce is a need of a hour. Smoking is a lethal mildew of a day which is receiving a multitude in a hold by leaps as good as bound. Every second chairman which you see around is inhaling as good as exhaling a cigar. Smoking has turn a robe of most as good as people take it really casually. It has turn a pitch of conform as good as modernism.

Sep 01 2010

BENEFITS OF QUITTING SMOKING – SEE HOW SMOKING CAN ROB $278,000 OUT FROM YOU

Published by Michelle Winters under Smoking facts

Cigarette-Money-CaseIf we were to give up smoking right divided as good as shelve up all a assets incurred, we could have saved some-more than a entertain million dollars inside of a subsequent twenty years. Think it’s an additional exaggerative or arrogant figure used to captivate smokers divided from their habit? This essay will uncover we pieces by pieces how fast it adds up.

Aug 26 2010

Passive smoking facts

passive_smoking_factsDespite all the propaganda against smoking and besides pointing out all the time and over and over that the cigarettes are not only unhealthy, but very dangerous for the health, a lot of people still practice this nasty habit. Also, apart from the direct irreparable damage to the lungs and the respiratory system, smoking can cause a number of additional serious health problems, because, the nature of this habit is that it is, in the majority of the cases, permanent. So, one of the biggest problems of this habit is that the cigarettes create a serious addiction and the cessation of consuming them is very hard and durable process.

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