Sitting Is The New Smoking, And Other Causes Of Lifestyle Diseases
In case you aren’t sure what a “lifestyle disease” is, here’s a quick lesson. To put it basically, lifestyle diseases are diseases caused by the type of lifestyle you live. These include illnesses such as 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...
What Is Skin Tightening and How Does it Work?
Nobody likes to have saggy, loose skin. In fact, those of us who have it find it very embarrassing and it reduces the quality of our life. Unfortunately, no matter how much we work out or diet, there is very little 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...
Factors That Could Have an Influence on the Future of E-Cigarettes
Over the last five years, e-cig sales have dramatically increased in both the US as well as other Western countries like the UK and Canada. In addition to increased sales, they have also become wider accepted, and More...
Teen E-Cigarette use study results draws reactions from American Lung Association, Sen. Barbara Boxer
Released today, the government-sponsored Monitoring the Future survey is the first national survey to report data for 2014 and the first national survey to show teen use of e-cigarettes surpassing use of regular 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...
Men’s Health Network supports USPSTF recommendation on screening for lung cancer, e-cigarettes should be considered
PRESS RELEASE Men’s Health Network strongly supports the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommendation on screening for lung cancer released on December 31, 2013, and it suggests that more emphasis More...
International health body, The Union, calls for ‘urgent regulation’ of e-cigarettes
Just months after the World Health Organization (WHO) released a statement advising against the use of e-cigarettes, another international health organization has come out against the smoking cessation aid. Members 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...
E-cigarette use by US teens double according to CDC data
The percentage of U.S. middle and high school students who use electronic cigarettes, or e-cigarettes, more than doubled from 2011 to 2012, according to data published by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The More...
At least 200,000 deaths from heart disease and stroke each year are preventable: CDC
Nearly 1 in 3 deaths in the US each year is caused by heart disease and stroke. At least 200,000 of these deaths could have been prevented through changes in health habits, such as stopping smoking, more physical More...
Rep Dean Heller compares Hollywood stars Jennifer Hudson, Michael Cera promoting Obamacare to tobacco ads
Sen. Dean Heller said Thursday that athletes and “Hollywood celebrities” being recruited to promote the new health care law are little different from those who once used their fame to sell cigarettes to unsuspecting More...
The World Health Organization advises against E-cigarettes
As part of their Tobacco Free Initiative (TFI), the World Health Oganization (WHO) made a statement earlier this week concerning the use of electronic cigarettes or ENDS (electronic nicotine delivery systems). The More...
Palestinian anti-smoking campaign teaches replace cigarettes with machine guns VIDEO
A Palestinian Authority-based NGO, the Burj Luq-Luq Social Center Society organization, recently performed a puppet show for children in east Jerusalem to promote non-smoking. Anti-Smoking ad date 1905, public domain The More...
2010 Weirdest News Stories: Pierced cats, tattooed eyeballs, Shortest man Record
2010 delivered its fair share of freaky stories. From the “Joking Disease” to “A Zombie Christmas” to a grandmother who tried to sell her grandson and a 4-year-old sued for killing an elderly 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...
