Tag Archives: cigarette smoking
Boehner: "Smoking Makes Me Cry!"
Majority Leader of the Untied States Congress, John Boehner, appeared on Fox News and was asked by host Chris Wallace about his smoking habit and the fact he seemed to cry quite a bit. Boehner grew red in his face, his mouth quivered as he clenched and un-clenched his hands. He seemed to be having a hard time finding the … Continue reading
Are Americans Smoking Fewer Cigarettes?
The number of Americans who smoke a pack of cigarettes per day or more has dropped significantly, according to a new study in the Journal of the American Medical Association. This great a decline in smoking prevalence was last seen in a Surgeon General’s report on smoking and health in 1964. In 1965, 56 percent of adult smokers consumed 20 … Continue reading
Hong Kong to show the world how to stop smoking
The World Health Organisation has handed Hong Kong a key role in the global battle against smoking, in recognition of the city’s success in cutting tobacco consumption. A combination of higher taxes, social factors and effective anti-tobacco campaigning has seen the number of people aged 15 and above who smoke in Hong Kong drop to a current level of 11.1 … Continue reading
President Obama 's Smoking Struggle moves Tobacco Insider to Reveal a Fresh, No-Nonsense Quit Method
As an Australian, let me be blunt, ONLY a smoker knows how bloody difficult it is to give up. ONLY a smoker knows the fear of no more cigarettes, ever. ONLY a smoker knows how often they have thought of giving up, have tried to give up, and have failed, leaving them feeling inadequate, and demoralised. I was a heavy … Continue reading
Art Spiegelman on MetaMaus and How He Needs a Cigarette
Art Spiegelman needs a cigarette. He needs about 30 Camel Blue cigarettes a day, to be precise, but at the moment he needs just one, so we are sitting in the Roof Garden at the Soho House while he exhales onto our already-quite-smoggy city. Whether he will be able to smoke is a decisive factor in everywhere that he goes, … Continue reading
Is Adele’s Smoking Killing Her Voice?
The singer, who has been forced to cancel her ten-date US tour because of a vocal cord complaint, said: “Smoking is not the reason I got laryngitis – it was because I was talking too much. “I damage my voice offstage, not onstage. “Onstage I am fine as apparently I am technically great, but when I talk I damage my … Continue reading
Nora Aunor smoking a cigarette on “Yes! Magazine” cover
A group of doctors plans to tap show biz celebrities to help advocate for a healthy lifestyle in a smoke-free environment. The Philippine Medical Association (PMA) recently decided to tap entertainment icons as “role models” against tobacco use, “since they draw a larger following than doctors do,” said Dr. Mike Aragon, head of the PMA media affairs group. The idea … Continue reading
Smoking Rihanna falls foul of farmer while filming video in Northern Ireland
The 23-year-old singer was spotted having the sneaky cigarette during a break in filming the video for We Found Love, her collaboration with dance music producer Calvin Harris. And she also raised the ire of a local farmer, who deemed her choice of attire ‘inappropriate’ and said he’d never even heard of her. The clip had been filmed in a … Continue reading
Hair loss, divorce and smoking in women – links established
A new study showed that genetics aside, the next strongest predictor of midline (central) hair loss among women is their marital status, with the loss of a spouse (through either divorce or death) raising the risk for thinning hair above that of married or single women. “Most likely, stress is the aspect of a troubling divorce that appears to lead … Continue reading
Gwyneth Paltrow’s image goes up in smoke
And finally, to Elle magazine’s in-depth profile of Gwyneth Paltrow. In among the usual guff about her ongoing role as the light of the world – “people come up to me and say, ‘I want to have two kids and wear a bathing suit and not feel terrible about myself. I see how hard you work and it makes me … Continue reading
