Monthly Archives: May 2011
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
Gauloises Cigarettes
Gauloises is a brand of cigarette of French manufacture. It is produced by the company Imperial Tobacco following their acquisition of Altadis in January 2008. Traditional Gauloises were short, wide, unfiltered and made with dark tobaccos from Syria and Turkey which gave off a strong and distinctive smell. Gauloises cigarettes first appeared in 1910. The brand is most famous for … Continue reading
Cigarette Snuffers
Cigarette snuffers are designed to put out cigarettes before they are finished and/or when they are finished. Essentially a cigarette snuffer is a non-combustible tube with a bulbous end. You push your cigarette into the mouth of the tube and the cigarette is extinguished due to the lack of oxygen. If there are no ash trays your snuffer is a … 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
50 Things to Do Instead of Smoking
The following list was generated by forum members. 1. Read a book. 2. Wash the car. 3. Wash the dog. 4. Go for a walk. 5. Knit a scarf. 6. Do a crossword puzzle. 7. Take a nap. 8. Call a friend. 9. Post a message. 10. Play with the cat. 11. Turn the bathroom into a spa and do … Continue reading
Smoking Banned at Montgomery Village Pools
It’s butts out at Montgomery Village swimming pools from now on. The Montgomery Village Foundation has snuffed out smoking at its seven community pools with a ban in the entire pool area and within 25 feet of the pool buildings starting Saturday, when pools open for the summer. The foundation board approved the ban, along with other changes to the … Continue reading
Pictorial Warnings on Chewing Tobacco
After prolonged delay, government will soon notify new pictorial warnings on tobacco products, which will be “harsher” in case of chewing tobacco as it has been found more harmful than smoking. The Centre will soon notify new pictorial warnings on tobacco products, which will be “harsher” for chewing tobacco, as it has been found more harmful than smoking. “The pictorial … Continue reading
BATs Buys Colombian Firm
British American Tobacco PLC said Thursday it has bought Colombia’s second-largest cigarette company by sales and market share, Productora Tabacalera de Colombia SAS, or Protabaco, for $452 million(277 million pounds), filling a strategic gap in its operations in Latin America. The London-based second biggest cigarette maker in the world said the deal will elevate it to second from third place … Continue reading
Cigarettes Making Process
Tobacco smoking is a practice which has changed little since American natives first stuffed the tobacco they cultivated in the hills of what is today modern Mexico into hollow reeds. As the practice spread through the Americas, different cultures wrapped their tobacco in vegetable leaves or corn husks, or put it in pipes for smoking. Spanish explorers enjoyed smoking and … Continue reading
