Tag Archives: secondhand smoking
Effects of Secondhand Smoke
By now, it’s become very clear that smoking is bad for your health. The government, American Lung Association, and a variety of other health organizations have launched campaign after campaign to illustrate the grim repercussions (from lung cancer to heart disease) of lighting up and to encourage Americans to kick the habit. What may be less obvious is the effect … Continue reading
Exposure to Cigarettes Fosters Tween Smoking
Exposure to secondhand smoke can create symptoms of nicotine dependence in non-smoking preteens, according to a new study from Concordia University and the University of Montreal. Published in the Oxford journal Nicotine & Tobacco Research, the study also found that tweens who repeatedly observe a parent, sibling, friend or neighbor consuming cigarettes are more likely to light up themselves as … Continue reading
Assessing the Consequences of Smoking
The physical and medical consequences of smoking are numerous, and the extent and seriousness of smoking-related illness are shocking. More than 450,000 Americans die each year as a result of smoking. Between 3,000 and 5,000 more die as a result of exposure to smoke in the environment (known as secondhand smoke). Smokers get sick and die at younger ages than … Continue reading
Parks officials consider blanket smoking ban
The crusade against second-hand smoke could get a boost in Metro Vancouver, with park officials poised to consider a blanket ban on smoking -and possibly even campfires -in all regional parks. The move, aimed at reducing second-hand-smoke exposure in Metro’s public spaces, is one of four options suggested by staff for public consultation as part of a draft regional nosmoking … Continue reading
Smoking Physical Effects on Your Looks
In 1985, the term “smoker’s face” was added to the medical dictionary, meaning that there is a definite difference visually in a smokers face compared to a non-smoker. Unfortunately, a smoker has way more things than a few wrinkles or lines to worry about. Your Skin Texture. Smoking reduces the production of collagen and elastin up to 40%, some reports … Continue reading
Smoking ban in Metro Manila
MANILA, Philippines – The Metropolitan Manila Development Authority (MMDA) has started deploying environmental enforcers to warn, and eventually apprehend, violators of the smoking ban in public places. But what constitutes a public place? MMDA said it will monitor smokers in public utility vehicles, loading bays, bus terminals, airport terminals, train stations and ports, and along main thoroughfares. This means that … Continue reading
Philip Morris Buys Right to Nicotine System
Cigarette maker Philip Morris International Inc. has purchased the rights to a technology that lets users inhale nicotine without smoking. The world’s largest nongovernmental cigarette seller said Thursday that it has bought the patent for an aerosol nicotine-delivery system developed by Jed Rose, director of the Center for Nicotine and Smoking Cessation Research at Duke University in Durham, N.C. The … Continue reading
World’s Smoking Facts
Pregnancy and babies In U.S. alone, figures show that expectant mothers who smoke cause the deaths of over 600 boy babies and 400 baby girls each year. Babies who survive but suffer from smoking related problems cost the country approximately $800 each to help, totaling nearly $4 million. Children A UK survey shows the mean age for young people to … Continue reading
Hazards of Secondhand Smoke
Smoke is produced from to main places in a cigarette. Firstly, the tip of the cigarette is the one from where smoke released. Secondly, the hot smoke releases through the cigarette and its filter from the remaining part of the cigarette. Secondhand smoke belongs to the class of carcinogens. Secondhand smoke contains a high amount of carcinogen. As the secondhand … Continue reading
Smoking Linked To Advanced Kidney Cancer
Two new studies that further examine the links between cigarette smoking and urologic cancers were presented to reporters during a special press conference at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center on May 15, 2011 at 10:00 a.m. during the 106th Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Urological Association (AUA). The session will be moderated by Toby Kohler, MD. Cigarette Smoking … Continue reading
