Why Quitting Smoking Makes You Fat?
Over the years, smokers have noticed that when they quit, or at least attempt to, they gain a few extra pounds more times than not. Why is that? What makes the body overcompensate for the lack of...
View ArticleThe Question of Smoking in Cars
Has the smoking ban which came into force in June 2007 been a success? Should the Government go along with the advice of the British Medical Association (BMA) and extend the ban to smoke free zones in...
View Article$54 Million Campaign to Tell Us What We Already Know, Smoking Is Not Cool!
Big tobacco spends an astronomical $10.5 BILLION on advertising and promotion each year and instead of outlawing these health officials are going to spend a further paltry $54 million on a campaign to...
View ArticleThe Sunshine State Is not for Big Tobacco
Benny Martin died of lung cancer in 1995 aged 66 after a lifetime of smoking. His wife Mathilde sued R.J.Reynolds Tobacco co. because they sold him the Lucky Strike and Camel cancer sticks. A Florida...
View ArticleMaking Tobacco too Expensive Is Great Prevention
Pricing smokers out of the tobacco habit is the best way to improve public health and cut off the disturbing number of young people turning to the cancer-causing death sticks. However, a new report...
View ArticleQuit Smoking – Get Fat
In a study published in the British Medical Journal, researchers analyzed the results of 62 studies and concluded that smokers who give up their smoking habit are likely to gain between 9-11 lbs of...
View ArticleThe Effects of Smoking on the Brain
The lungs almost always take centre stage when it comes to the discussions about the negative effects of smoking; little is said about the effects of smoking on the brain. According to a recent...
View ArticleWHO Conducts Largest Ever Health Study on Tobacco Use
The World Health Organization has just completed the largest study on health risks posed by tobacco use in history. The Global Adult Tobacco Survey made some alarming observations and said that...
View ArticleCigarette Substitutes Are an On-going Cause for Concern
Many Americans are kicking the cigarette habit. However it is concerning that many of them are turning to what economists call ‘product substitution’. Cigars and pipes are just tobacco with a folksier...
View ArticleThe Battle Against Illegal Tobacco
World lobbying groups against smoking are celebrating this week. A ground-breaking level of international cooperation has been achieved with a treaty to fight the prohibited trade in tobacco....
View ArticleQUIT SMOKING BEFORE 30!
New research on women smokers has just been published in the online ‘Lancet’ journal. It suggests that they can have all the sophistication and peer inclusion they like when they are young. As long as...
View Article5 Tips to Improve Your Dental Health
The new year is getting closer, and now is a time when many people start thinking about their resolutions and goals for 2013. This season, make a resolution to improve your dental health. The following...
View ArticleThe Catch 22 of NCDs: Non-Communicable Diseases
There are four big categories of non-communicable disease, or NCDs and they the main cause of death for 6 in every 10 people on the planet. The four NCD groups are cardiovascular (heart) disease,...
View ArticleQuit Smoking: 4 Awesome Alternatives to Going Cold Turkey
Over the years, a lot of research has been performed to come up with unique methods to help people stop smoking. Smoking is hazardous to our health, and even tobacco companies have started admitting...
View ArticleGateway Drugs that Every Mom Must Know About
Raising children can be challenging enough on its own. The presence of negative outside influence can make the task seem even more challenging. Parents who want a bright future for their children teach...
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