Smoking Causes Deafness
	We all know that smoking is very bad news for our health – and every year, the statistics charting the evolution of smoking-induced illnesses show more of the devastating effects of this extremely toxic yet incredibly widespread human habit. However, how many of you knew that smoking can also lead to loss of hearing? We may be tempted to initially dismiss this as not relevant or significant enough (in the end, when put next to ca ... [read more >>]
	10 June 2008, 09:08GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Death Risk Drops Fast After You Quit Smoking
	Quitting smoking can prove as tricky and as divers a process as going on a diet and losing weight. It's as much a physiological as it is a mental process and it requires a great deal of willpower and determination, not to mention a permanent focus on the ultimate goal – that of leading a healthier life and considerably lowering the risk of dying from smoking-related causes. Motivation is therefore a crucial part of the quitt ... [read more >>]
	20 May 2008, 04:03GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Weekend Reading: Games Will Follow Smoking, Cigarettes
	A few days ago I decided to put an end to my most disgusting habit: smoking and, as expected, most of my friends have rushed in to congratulate me. But the idea for this weekend's reading came after one of my oldest friends (and, at the same time, a guy that never played a video game in his life) told me something like: "Well done, bro! Now, you only have to stop wasting your life in front of flat screens and you'l ... [read more >>]
	09 May 2008, 19:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Soon, an Anti-Nicotine Vaccine
	5.4 million people die annually because of diseases caused by tobacco smoking, which means about one person every 8 seconds. On top of that, the number of these deaths is increasing in low-income countries. Tobacco smoke contains tar, a mix of about 4,000 chemicals. 43 of these molecules are known to cause cancer, like cyanate, benzene, methanol, acetylene (fuel employed in solder lamps). Nitrogen oxide and carbon monoxide ar ... [read more >>]
	30 April 2008, 10:18GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Marijuana Withdrawal Causes Deep Sleep Impairment
	Any marijuana smoker will tell you that he/she is in total control and can quit easily, only that they smoke just like that, for fun. Really? A new research published in the journal "Drug and Alcohol Dependence" shows that the effects of withdrawal from marijuana smoking can be as bad as those experienced when quitting tobacco smoking, meaning irritability, anger and impaired sleeping. "These results indicate that some m ... [read more >>]
	12 February 2008, 06:09GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Smoking Can Destroy Your Boobs!
	Do you think you're sexy when smoking? Think more. I am not talking about deadly issues connected to smoking, like heart attack, stroke, chronic bronchitis, emphysema, and cancers. Smoking can really impair your sex life, cause what's attractive in being impotent, sterile, wrinkled, yellowed skinned and toothed, having a bad breath, being blind because of earlier age-related macular degeneration, coughing, having decreased taste ... [read more >>]
	11 February 2008, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Smoking Impairs the Sleep!
	A cigarette for calming you before going to bed? Bad news: a new study reveals that smokers are 4 times more exposed than non-smokers to sleep impairment, experiencing less of the resting deep sleep, especially in the early stages of sleep. This may be connected to a nicotine withdrawal experienced each night. "It is possible that smoking has time-dependent effects across the sleep period. Smokers commonly experience dif ... [read more >>]
	06 February 2008, 06:15GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Smoking Can Kick Your A**!
	By 2020, smoking will kill more persons than AIDS, tuberculosis, maternal mortality, car accidents, suicides and murder, as 35 % of the adults worldwide smoke. The risk for a smoker to find its end because of smoking is 50 %. The habit has been connected to over 50 issues, over 25 being life-threatening, like heart attack, stroke, chronic bronchitis, emphysema, and other lung diseases, but lung cancer is the most prominent. I ... [read more >>]
	02 February 2008, 09:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

20 Cigarettes Daily Means 39 % Increased Risk of Impotence!
	The cancer or heart attack may not convince men to quit smoking, but this one hurts: a recent research published in the 'Tobacco Control' journal reveals that men smoking one pack a day are 39 % more vulnerable to impotence than non-smokers. "Smoking delivers nicotine and other vasoconstrictors that close down the penile blood vessels", said Dr Jack Mydlo, chairman of urology at Temple University School of ... [read more >>]
	23 January 2008, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Smoking Causes Blindness!
	Four million people die annually because of diseases caused by tobacco smoking, one person every 8 seconds. Tobacco smoking is the main cause of diseases worldwide and if the current tendency is maintained, by 2020, smoking will kill more persons than AIDS, tuberculosis, maternal mortality, car accidents, suicides and murder, as 35 % of the adults worldwide smoke. The risk for a smoker to die because of smoking is 50 %. The habit has b ... [read more >>]
	15 January 2008, 04:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Don't Worry! Or You're Gonna Die of Heart Attack!
	Bobby McFerrin is right. Manage your anger. Otherwise, you are very likely to die of heart attack. This is known. But it seems that nervous, worrying people are stalked by this as well. A new study, published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC), reveals that longstanding anxiety boosts the likelihood of heart attack. "What we’re seeing is over and beyond what can be explained by blood pressure, obesity, ... [read more >>]
	08 January 2008, 06:03GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Healthy Lifestyle Prolongs Your Life by 14 Years!
	Living like Brad Pitt will prolong your life by 14 years! Exercising, not drinking too much, eating your fruit and vegetables and not smoking can have this impact on you, as found by a research made by the University of Cambridge and the Medical Research Council of Norfolk (UK) between 1993 and 2006 and published in The Public Library of Science Medicine. The long study was made on 20,000 subjects aged 45 to 79. Those who did ... [read more >>]
	08 January 2008, 04:15GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Death Speed: Cancer Kills 20,000 People Daily
	It has just entered in the top of human slayers: over 12 million cases of cancer have been diagnosed in the world in 2007, and 7,6 million persons will die because of this: 20.000 daily, according to a recently published report of the American Cancer Society. The most common cancers are that of lung and breast, no matter if the patients come from developing or developed countries. The reports shows that 5,4 million new cases and 2,9 mil ... [read more >>]
	18 December 2007, 03:45GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Smoking Could Cause Diabetes!
	One third of the adults smoke and 4 million people die annually because of diseases provoked by tobacco smoking, one person every 8 seconds. By 2020, smoking will kill more humans than AIDS, tuberculosis, maternal mortality, car accidents, suicides and murder. Smoking has been linked with over 50 issues, over 25 being life-threatening, like lung cancer, heart attack, stroke, chronic bronchitis, emphysema, and other lung diseases. But, ... [read more >>]
	12 December 2007, 05:37GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Does "Miracle" Anti-Smoking Drug Cause Violent Behavior?
	Quitting smoking is as tough as renouncing no matter what drug: the nicotine craving is deeply wired to your neurons. When Chantix entered the market in 2006, it appeared as a miracle drug devoid of side effects. "The pill took care of the actual addiction, the physical part of it. The other thing was just the habit of not sitting down and lighting up after dinner, when you have a drink, whatever. I broke a few habits and triggers ... [read more >>]
	04 December 2007, 05:49GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

How Does Tobacco Affect Your Health?
	Annually, 4 million people die because of diseases caused by tobacco smoking, one person every 8 seconds. Tobacco smoking is the main cause of diseases worldwide. If the current tendency is maintained, by 2020 smoking will kill more persons than AIDS, tuberculosis, maternal mortality, car accidents, suicides and murder do. Still, one third of the adults worldwide smoke. In the whole world, 5 thousand billion cigarettes are sold annuall ... [read more >>]
	27 November 2007, 02:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Smoking Causes Baldness in Men!
	Smoking causes over 50 health conditions, from lung cancer and heart disease to impotence. And as impotence always manages to ‘scare’ the consumers and make them more aware of the whole situation, you should now that tobacco smoking doesn’t come just with yellowed nails and teeth: it also increases age-related baldness in men. Male baldness affects 70 % of men as they grow older, and the main inner biological cause is a genetic vulnera ... [read more >>]
	26 November 2007, 05:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Smoking Mothers Have Sterile Daughters!
	A mother 'pumping' nicotine into her body and having a baby growing inside her womb affects the baby's brain development, causing long-term behavioral and learning impairment and these children have usually lower weights. Smoking mothers increase the risk for the baby to be born mentally retarded, with physical anomalies and even behavioral changes. Future mothers must be even careful not to inhale "second hand smoke&qu ... [read more >>]
	23 November 2007, 03:58GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Breastfeeding Does Not Cause Saggy Boobs. Smoking Does!
	Breasts are the main sign of feminine beauty: nice, pert breasts make a woman extremely attractive. That's why there's no wonder why there is an industry of billions of dollars around breast caring products, and billions of dollars worldwide go to breast reconstruction or augmentation surgeries (with all the risks posed for the woman's health by the last ones). The preoccupation for the form of the women’s breasts ... [read more >>]
	06 November 2007, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Smoking Mothers Will Have Obese Children
	Nicotine pumped by smoking mothers into their babies growing inside the wombs is known to affect the brain's development, causing long-term behavioral and learning impairment. A 2007 research found that nicotine in the breast milk shortens a baby's sleep time. And this new Japanese research points to another blow to the overall health: Mothers smoking in the first three moths of pregnancy will deliver children that ... [read more >>]
	01 November 2007, 05:28GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Nicole Richie – Seven Months Pregnant and Still Smoking?
	It has been claimed with more and more insistence over the past days that Nicole Richie is still smoking, despite being seven months pregnant. And I have to say, I'm a bit disappointed in Nicole, particularly since I was actually a little proud of how she managed to keep herself away from trouble and even the media these past months. Being busted for DUI and being pregnant really seem to have worked their magic on Nicole, who is expec ... [read more >>]
	30 October 2007, 06:19GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

20 Cigarettes Per Day = 65 % Risk of Impotence
	The risk of cancer or heart disease won't scare a heavy smoker, but this may make him think twice: men who smoke are at a high risk of developing erectile dysfunction (impotence). And the larger the number of daily smoked cigarettes, the higher the risk. A new research investigated 4 763 Chinese subjects aged 35 to 74, who did not suffer of any blood vessel condition and who stated they had been sexually active six months before th ... [read more >>]
	26 October 2007, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Obesity Linked to Cancer
	We have become more aware of the fact that obesity causes heart issues, hypertension, stroke and diabetes. Now, obesity has been linked to cancer. Obese people are six times more vulnerable to gullet (esophageal) cancer than people of average weight, as found by a recent British research. Levels of esophageal cancer have been rapidly increasing and in some countries even faster than those of any other major type of cancer. Th ... [read more >>]
	18 October 2007, 03:33GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

YouTube Used to Attract Youngsters to Cigarettes
	Although I don't know how smart you should be in order to try to make money by selling cigarettes to young people, the anti-smoking organizations are accusing the tobacco companies of advertising on popular sites like YouTube. Obviously, a potential video published on Google's video sharing service would attract a very young audience and, since it uses luring mottos, it can do that extremely easy. The bad thing is that ... [read more >>]
	28 September 2007, 08:27GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Smoking with NO Smoke!
	Smoking is not exactly the healthiest thing to do, neither for the actual smoker nor for the persons around him/her. And while, after all, smoking is a question of personal choice, the fact of the matter is that people that are unavoidably found in the close vicinity of a smoker should not be subjected to the dangers of passive smoking, this also being the reason behind the development of Crown7, a device that allows users to enj ... [read more >>]
	18 September 2007, 13:21GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Lindsay Lohan Looks a Total Mess
	Lindsay Lohan has just managed to redefine the whole "a picture is worth a thousand words" cliché. Just take a look at these photos that depict Li-Lo walking down the street smoking in the town close to the Utah rehab facility she's been forced into more than a month ago. It really goes to show that the former star is going through a rough period – and is keeping up with her stubborn refusal to give up her past vices and mov ... [read more >>]
	14 September 2007, 11:02GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Losing Weight Increases Twice the Risk of Smoking
	People do many stupid things just to look thin. A new research found that teenage girls who are dieting are two times more prone to start smoking regularly as girls who are not dieting. The study made on 7,795 adolescents found that with boys, cigarette availability rather than weight loss is the main factor determining them to smoke. "We were expecting that the relationship between dieting and smoking was going to be ... [read more >>]
	07 September 2007, 03:27GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Nicotine in Breast Milk Induces Insomnia in Babies
	Smoking mothers are themselves responsible for this: nicotine in their breast milk shortens baby's sleep time, as found by a new research made at the Monell Chemical Senses Center. "Infants spent less time sleeping overall and woke up from naps sooner when their mothers smoked prior to breastfeeding," said lead author Dr. Julie A. Mennella, a psychobiologist at Monell. While many pregnant women quit or cut down on smo ... [read more >>]
	05 September 2007, 06:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Top 12 Most Frequent Issues That Kill Men
	Death comes a little bit differently if you're a man or a woman. Besides hormonal and anatomical causes, it’s the careless behavior of men what makes them live 7 years less than women. In the West, 70 % of men aged 30-50 are overweight and 40 % are too stressed. Race also counts: in the US, Blacks are more likely to die in an altercation or of HIV, Latinos in accidents, Native Americans of cirrhosis and other liver issues, while W ... [read more >>]
	17 August 2007, 15:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Smoking, Depression, Violence, Stealing Caused by the Same Gene
	One evil never comes alone. And you may wonder why some smokers get addicted for life, without the possibility of quitting. A team at Saint Louis University School of Public Health found a genetic link to all this. "Some people with a history of depression may become smokers as a way of self-medicating. Some people who are smokers might become depressed when they try to give up cigarettes and can’t," said lead resear ... [read more >>]
	18 July 2007, 06:46GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Just One Cigarette Can Make You Tobacco Addicted
	Smoking is a sexy gesture, you’re so attractive with the cigarette in your mouth! Many smokers struggle for many years to quit without any success and if you think you can play with smoking, look what has just found out a new research: 10 % of youth that got hooked, became tobacco addicted within two days from first puffing from a cigarette, and 25 % within a month. The teenagers who smoke even only a few cigarettes monthly experience ... [read more >>]
	05 July 2007, 08:59GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Homosexuals and Lesbians Smoke More Than The Overall Population Does
	Devoted Christians say homosexuality is the work of the Devil. And that tobacco is the Devil's grass. A new study shows that smoking has a higher prevalence in the gay community than it has on the rest of the population, even if more investigations are still required. The general Californian population has a smaller percentage of smokers than a pool of Californians who declared themselves lesbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) h ... [read more >>]
	29 June 2007, 14:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

A Better Way of Drugging with Cannabis
	This "social" drug comes to us under the form of marijuana and hashish. Cannabis has been proved beneficial in relieving pains in some severe diseases. But smoking cannabis, besides the drug's effect, is as harmful as smoking tobacco. Now, a USCF team has developed a smokeless cannabis-vaporizing device that delivers the same amounts of active therapeutic chemical, delta-9-tertrahydrocannibinol (THC) inducing the same ... [read more >>]
	16 May 2007, 09:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

What to Eat When Quitting Smoking
	Perhaps the biggest fear of those that quit smoking is that they might gain weight. But the hardest thing is the quitting process: it requires on average three to four attempts. But paying attention to what and when you eat could help you maintain the line. The withdrawal symptoms, including irritability, low moods, insomnia and weight gain, can be bypassed with the right alimentation. Irritability is most severe around mid-morning ... [read more >>]
	15 May 2007, 19:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

e-Cigarette: "Smoking Vapors Is Not Cool!"
	I'm positive you remember this phrase from "Thank You for Smoking" movie: "Nick Naylor does not hide the truth... he filters it!". The fictional spokesman probably inspired a Chinese company that announced the first "electronic" cigarette. Apparently, SBT Co. LTD is the Beijing-based firm that first developed the electronic cigarette tech back in 2003, and which is now controlled by Golden ... [read more >>]
	10 May 2007, 13:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Smokers Work Less Than Non-Smoker Colleagues
	A new research made amongst the US navy female service members revealed that smokers perform worse at work than non-smokers. Smokers had a higher probability to display a less than honorable discharge, to be demoted, to desert, and to earn less than their non-smoking mates. Historically, the smoking incidence among US military personnel was higher than among civilians, but after a decline, recently smoking rates have once again ri ... [read more >>]
	29 March 2007, 08:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Smoking Makes You Look Older
	It's a classic behavior: puffing from a cigarette makes many girls and boys feel hotter. But in reality, smoking is proven to make you look older and not really glamorous. A new research from the University of Michigan Health System comes with new data on the connection between cigarette smoking and skin aging. The study shows that smoking inflicts a higher degree of aging even on skin areas which are not normall ... [read more >>]
	23 March 2007, 04:03GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

NicStic Kit, a Battery Powered Smokeless Cigarette
	With tobacco restrictions or bans taking effect in 33 countries (and rising), smokers face the truth: to “make” smoke, or not to “make” smoke. Nicotine patches or nicotine gums are products that are trying to help smokers quit. Well, what if you can smoke without actually polluting the atmosphere? Here's a smoking trend you may or may not reel in: puffing vapors. I'm sure you remember this phrase from the movie “Thank y ... [read more >>]
	18 March 2007, 03:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia