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A mother trying to have her son's iMac repaired at a local authorized repair center was shocked to find that AppleCare warranties were voided due to secondhand smoke, the Consumerist reveals in a report. Teader Ruth wrote a letter to the website after trying to have her son's computer repaired. The letter c... |
23 November 2009
10:48 GMT |
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After a lifetime of smoking, or even after a few years, kicking the habit is not an easy task. Temptations to light a cigarette “one last time” arise every day, and those who are trying to quit go through a very tough time until they break loose from the influence. In order to encourage more people to tak... |
30 October 2009
11:03 GMT |
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Smokers who are trying to kick the habit often find themselves in a position where they have to deal with the so-called triggers. These can be smoking-related images in the media, other smokers, or habits usually associated with smoking (a cup of coffee, catching up with an old friend, and so on and so forth). A new ... |
27 October 2009
16:31 GMT |
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In rural Indonesia, smoking is a fairly common habit and can be met at every corner. However, because the region is so impoverished, there is little money for buying cigarettes, and a new study has revealed that most men who smoke there take money out of their families' food budget in order to satisfy their own ... |
24 August 2009
20:01 GMT |
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Previous research shows that certain personality traits lead to higher mortality rates, but does not explain the exact connection between one and the other. This is what Professor Daniel K. Mroczek tried to determine with his most recent study, and the conclusion he came to was that higher levels of neuroticism led t... |
19 August 2009
16:11 GMT |
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Although they’re often hailed as a healthier variant to regular cigarettes or even as a means to curtail nicotine addiction, the status of e-cigarettes or e-cigs continues to be as controversial as it was when they first appeared on the market. In the US, their sale is not banned, but the Food and Drug Administ... |
23 July 2009
16:31 GMT |
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That women are more prone to developing lung cancer, even if they smoke the same, or even less, than men has already been established. However, it seems that their relationship with cigarettes is even more “special” than that, as it is laden with emotions – which is why they have a much harder time ... |
16 July 2009
15:01 GMT |
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Statistically speaking, the largest part of the smoking population in the United States is below the age of 25, and most of these kids, oddly enough, want to quit, at some point or another. However, when it comes down to it, they are looking for evidence-based programs, and seem to favor those that can be attended on... |
1 July 2009
06:53 GMT |
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It’s a known fact by now that smoking is an addiction that, in order to be kicked, often requires some sort of help, either in the form of nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) or specialized counseling. Starting from this premise, the NHS aims to introduce a mechanism through primary care that will recognize smok... |
3 June 2009
14:11 GMT |
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Many adults around the world, who have become aware of the effects of tobacco over the years, and also have begun to experience the negative effects, are constantly trying to quit the habit. While some of them have succeeded through sheer will power, others find it very difficult, and may use some help from professio... |
26 May 2009
10:50 GMT |
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If we’re trying to quit smoking and have failed more times than we’d care or could count, then there’s also this tip from US President Barack Obama. Speaking with Men’s Health, Obama says no one should be discouraged if they fail or fall off the wagon once, twice or many more times, because it... |
25 May 2009
15:21 GMT |
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Smoking is extremely damaging to the health of both the smoker and those around him or her. Still, even if smoking can cause lung cancer and pulmonary diseases, and decrease the response time of the immune system when dealing with infections, it can also prevent allergies, a new study comes to show, as quoted by Scie... |
20 May 2009
15:41 GMT |
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The US National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced yesterday that low-intensity and low-key anti-smoking public service announcements (PSA) were more likely to incite an effect in the brains of smokers than their more flashy or shocking versions. A new study also reveals that different brain areas are activated by ... |
16 May 2009
05:50 GMT |
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Despite the many warnings issued periodically by health authorities and although being properly educated on the consequences of smoking while pregnant, an overwhelming number of women continue to smoke even after they learn they’re with child. Such an action continues to be damaging, a new study points out, but... |
15 May 2009
13:21 GMT |
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The frontal and parietal cortices of the human brain are especially prone to being damaged by excessive alcohol consumption, researches show, but most of that damage can be reversed by simply kicking the habit. However, if patients smoke while quitting drinking, the recovery considerably slows down, a new study publi... |
12 May 2009
16:21 GMT |
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The latest report from the US Centers for Diseases Control and Prevention (CDC) shows that increasing numbers of American teenagers become addicted to nicotine because they cannot easily quit the habit. Despite the fact that they have a very short experience with smoking, they find it very difficult to kick it, and t... |
6 May 2009
09:42 GMT |
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It’s a known fact that smoking can cause lung cancer, especially since more and more anti-smoking campaigns focus specifically on this fact. What has not been made public until this recent study, though, is that lung cancer can “discriminate” between men and women, with the latter being more likely ... |
4 May 2009
16:21 GMT |
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According to a new scientific paper, released by health experts at the Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH), the three most deadly, yet preventable, factors that threaten the wellbeing of American citizens are smoking, high blood pressure, and being overweight. Working together with colleagues from the University o... |
28 April 2009
15:01 GMT |
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A new research shows that a lot of college women do not want to quit smoking, because they think this habit keeps their weight under control. Popular belief has it that, when you kick the habit, your weight spirals out of control, and most of the college-aged girls between 18 and 24 years old who smoke do not even wa... |
26 April 2009
03:01 GMT |
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Robert Pattinson fans have reasons to rejoice, as the handsome “Twilight” star is gracing the pages of the upcoming issue of Dossier Journal in a very candid portrait series. At the same time, Robert Pattinson fans also have reasons to be somewhat upset, as celebrity bloggers are targeting the actor again... |
8 April 2009
08:45 GMT |
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Quitting smoking, just like with any addiction, can be a difficult and, most of the times, frustrating process. Given the fact that many smokers find the nicotine-replacement therapy (NRT) helpful, researchers at the University of Birmingham have set out to determine just how successful NRT is in terms of the smokers... |
6 April 2009
09:54 GMT |
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We’ve always heard that we can tell how healthy a person is by simply looking at their face. Now, a new study comes to prove the saying right, in that people perceive a rosy countenance as a very healthy one, while a pale or greenish one is a clear indicator of illness or some form of ailment. Lead researcher... |
1 April 2009
08:11 GMT |
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According to a new batch of scientific studies, women who are pregnant and do not give up smoking until their 15th week of pregnancy are 300 percent more likely than those who do to give birth prematurely, and also twice as likely to have small babies. The research, published recently in the online journal BMJ, calls... |
27 March 2009
07:50 GMT |
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According to the statement of a Japanese health care official, the country may soon adopt legislation that would severely limit citizen's right to smoke in public places. Although similar laws exist in most countries, the Asian nation is moving for a lot more control with its decision. The same authority has als... |
24 March 2009
10:21 GMT |
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The disastrous effects smoking has on the body are well known by now, following extensive research throughout the years. And, while smoking is held as the single most dangerous habit, a new study comes to indicate that being extremely obese or simply overweight can have almost the same health implications, in that th... |
19 March 2009
07:22 GMT |
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Even though the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)'s film-rating system is designed to provide guidelines to parents and their children as to what the contents of a movie may refer to, a new scientific study finds that teens who are allowed to watch R-rated films are more likely to pick up smoking, or ... |
23 February 2009
04:28 GMT |
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Electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) are the new rage as far as quiting the habit of smoking goes. They are purely electronic devices, but they can actually make you feel like you are smoking an authentic cigarette. The producers went to some lengths to create the perfect substitute, and apparently some of them did i... |
12 February 2009
07:13 GMT |
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While yesterday it was revealed that dieting returned better results when money was also part of the equation, as a component of an ongoing trend of weight loss betting, today it turns out that smokers too can kick the habit easy – if they’re paid to do it. A study published in the latest issue of the New... |
12 February 2009
06:11 GMT |
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Second-hand smoking is just as dangerous to pets as it is to humans, a new scientific study has showed just recently. After making this information the focus point of a survey, researchers have learned that more than a quarter of people now smoking regularly would quit the habit in order to protect their beloved pets... |
10 February 2009
13:01 GMT |
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Quitting smoking is, just like with any other addiction, a process that can discourage even the most determined of us either because withdrawal symptoms are more than we can handle, or due to other factors, such as the influence the entourage has on us. However, kicking the habit is not impossible, doctors say, espec... |
5 February 2009
13:21 GMT |
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Whereas other countries, such as the UK, are still investing greatly in setting in place anti-smoking campaigns, and failing to lower the rate of smokers in the process, in Japan, Tokyo, more specifically, the campaign has just been taken one step further. A new initiative from the Tokyo Metropolitan Police will be a... |
2 February 2009
10:19 GMT |
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New evidence shows that transnational tobacco companies (TTC) use very aggressive campaigns in South Korea (SK), in order to appeal to young girls and women, in much the same way as they did in Europe and the United States in the 1920. Basically, the campaigns associate smoking with the liberation of women, and the r... |
30 January 2009
18:01 GMT |
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England has had a smoking ban and a very aggressive anti-smoking campaign in place since 2007, yet figures speak of the inefficiency of both in terms of convincing more people to give up the “cancer sticks.” Moreover, it has been recently revealed that the number of smokers has actually increased for cert... |
21 January 2009
05:14 GMT |
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Researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, say that women can quit smoking just as easily as men, but that they require a different kind of support than men do in order to succeed. Though the scientists have found no relevant differences between the numbers of men and women that managed to stay free of s... |
17 December 2008
03:30 GMT |
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New legislation, proposed on Tuesday by British Health Secretary Alan Johnson, will put and end to shop window display of cigarettes and tobacco products, in a move aimed at reducing the number of young people picking up smoking in the UK yearly. According to official estimates, some 200,000 kids, between the ages of... |
10 December 2008
03:54 GMT |
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Recent scientific studies revealed that children of those who started smoking when they were very young are far more likely to start smoking than their peers, whose parents started doing so later in life or not at all. The same holds true if parents keep on smoking steadily for many years, well into adulthood. T... |
24 November 2008
11:11 GMT |
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A new research linked hyperactivity and impulsiveness to a lower chance of people suffering from Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) giving up smoking. The new survey followed 583 smoking adults over a period of 8 weeks, during which time the participants, 43 of which were clinically diagnosed with ADHD, ... |
24 November 2008
04:34 GMT |
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A new scientific study proved that families in which only the fathers smoke are more exposed to the effects of nicotine, the active substance in tobacco, than similar ones, where adults do not smoke at all, or where the father takes it outside. The survey, published in the November 15th issue of the American Journal ... |
21 November 2008
09:28 GMT |
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Most statistics show that more than 90 percent of smokers start their habit before the age of 18, which means that, once they start, there is little turning back. Because of the addiction nicotine gives, people cannot separate themselves from their favorite cigarette. Unfortunately, neither can pregnant women, who co... |
5 November 2008
09:48 GMT |
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According to new researches, ADHD patients have a tendency to start smoking earlier than other teenagers. This could happen for a variety of reason, psychologists say, including the feelings of being misunderstood or marginalized. Also, the survey revealed that the level of nicotine addiction is higher in ADHD suffer... |
22 October 2008
09:32 GMT |
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It has always been marketed and believed that light cigarettes only deliver smaller quantities of nicotine to the brain receptors than the regular ones. A recent study proves otherwise, specifically that the nicotine impact of the two cigarette types is sensitively similar.A new UCLA research has proved that the fact... |
29 September 2008
05:03 GMT |
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A new study carried out at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston and Columbia University in New York shows that former smokers or nonsmokers have increased chances of having strokes as a result of inhaling cigarette smoke exhaled by other people. The research team also points out that being married to a smoke... |
29 July 2008
05:53 GMT |
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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?... |
10 June 2008
09:08 GMT |
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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 consi... |
20 May 2008
04:03 GMT |
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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 somethi... |
9 May 2008
19:46 GMT |
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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, li... |
30 April 2008
10:18 GMT |
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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 quitti... |
12 February 2008
06:09 GMT |
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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 too... |
11 February 2008
14:06 GMT |
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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... |
6 February 2008
06:15 GMT |
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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 a... |
2 February 2008
09:11 GMT |
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