Top Factors Affecting your Life Insurance Premium
Life insurance can be a great way to financially protect your loved ones while making future investments at the same time. Before accepting your application, an insurance company considers several factors when pricing More...
How Healthy Habits Can Help You Stay Younger
photo/ www.agrilicious.org/ It’s always a good idea to have a youthful attitude. But you should still take practical steps to look after yourself. Cultivate a positive mental attitude, mental stimulation, and More...
Texas man, Hamid Sadeghy, suffers burns as E-cigarette explodes in his pocket like a ‘firecracker’
A Texas man suffered second-degree burns to his leg after the electronic cigarette he was carrying around in his pocket apparently just expoded. Hamid Sadeghy landed 15 minutes of fame after his switch to e-cigarettes More...
A Few Misconceptions about Pipe Tobacco
When it comes to pipe tobacco, there are actually a lot of misconceptions out there. One of the big ones is about how these pipes are actually made. This is a real shame, particularly when you consider that there More...
New study: Religion leads to ‘stronger worldviews’ which reduces use of alcohol, tobacco
Public domain image/Jon Sullivan A newly released study from researchers at the University of Florida examined teenagers’ worldviews and the impact these perspectives have on deterring drugs and alcohol, finding More...
This Day in History: 50 years ago surgeon general announced dangers of smoking
The headlines focused more on bronchitis than cancer as the surgeon general, Dr Luther Terry, announced the risks of smoking and called for “appropriate remedial action.” Image/CDC Debate over the hazards More...
Moody Bible Institute lifts ban on tobacco and alcohol use by employees
The Moody Bible Institute will no longer require employees to refrain from alcohol and tobacco consumption, a dramatic policy change affecting 600 workers in its radio, publishing and educational divisions. photo More...
Alcohol is worse than smoking at shortening life expectancy
New research from Germany suggests that people who are alcohol-dependent, particularly women, may be cutting their lives even shorter than smokers. photo “Tbone” by AB via wikimedia commons In the study, More...
Autzen Stadium, home of the Oregon Ducks, bans smoking
In accordance with a campus-wide no-smoking policy, the University of Oregon athletic department announced this week that Autzen Stadium is now a smoke-free environment. No Smoking Sign photo/pmox Fans weren’t More...
FDA Unveils Proposed Graphic Warning Labels for Cigarette Packs
WASHINGTON — Federal drug regulators on Wednesday unveiled 36 proposed warning labels for cigarette packages, including one showing a toe tag on a corpse and another in which a mother blows smoke on her baby. Designed More...
‘Charlie the Smoking Chimp’ dead at 52, lives a decade longer than most chimps
A chimpanzee which became addicted to smoking cigarettes has died from old age having managed to live at least 10 years longer than most chimps. ‘Charlie the Smoking Chimp’ was famous for his habit, More...
