Smoking Hookah became a Tradition for Teens
The tradition of smoking hookah existed even in the Middle East for centuries. However it turned to become a dramatically popular tendency in the United States and other countries during the last couple of years.According to a recent study, hooka

Curbing Mom's Smoking, Childhood Lead Exposure May Be Key to Preventing ADHD
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder takes a huge toll on children, with about 9 percent of kids ages 8 to 15 displaying diagnosable symptoms of inattention, hyperactivity, and impulsive behavior that can make schoolwork an ordeal and friendships

Depression May Up Death Risk to That of Smoking
MONDAY, - Being depressed might take as many years off your life as smoking does, a new study suggests.However, a combination of depression and anxiety appears to be better for longevity than just depression.Researchers came to their conclusi

Caffeinated Alcohol Companies, TTB at Odds with FDA
CHICAGO, IL – Makers of caffeinated alcoholic beverages have begun responding to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) letter looking in to whether it is permissible for them to add caffeine to their drinks, the Examiner.com reports. Charles

Secondhand Smoke Exposure Worse for Toddlers, Obese Children
"Secondhand smoke in children is not just bad for respiratory issues, as has been previously described by other researchers," said John Anthony Bauer, Ph.D., the study's senior co-author and principal investigator at Nationwide...

Turkey to add visual health warnings to cigarette packages
ANKARA, - Turkey will add visual health warning messages to cigarette packages produced as of Jan. 1, 2010, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported Sunday. Chairman Mehmet Kucuk of the Turkish Tobacco and Alcohol Market Regulation Boar

Lessons in Legislative Manipulation From the Tobacco Industry
The article in the November 14 issue of the New York Times about the extent to which the biotech firm Genetech was able to put their own words into legislators' mouths raises the next logical question: To what extent are corporations in the U.S. actu

Youth anti-tobacco program needs funding
As high school health educators and parents, keeping our children and students from the deadly grip of tobacco is an uphill battle. For decades the tobacco industry (smoking and chewing) has systematically and successfully targeted our kids using que

Cigarettes Harbor Many Pathogenic Bacteria
Cigarettes are "widely contaminated" with bacteria, including some known to cause disease in people, concludes a new international study conducted by a University of Maryland environmental health researcher and microbial ecologists at the Ecole...

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Robust Cash Flow Continues to Benefit U.S. Tobacco Industry in 2010
CHICAGO - Fitch Ratings expects U.S. tobacco corporate ratings to remain stable in 2010 as the companies continue to generate sizeable free cash flow as a result of high operating margins. The ratings are further supported by the companies' significa

Egypt's anti-smoking efforts prove to be a pyramid-size task
CAIRO – Perhaps not since Egypt built the great pyramids of Giza or tamed the Nile with the Aswan High Dam has the government embarked on as challenging a project as wiping out smoking in public places.Anyone who has ever spent any time in a Ca

E Cigarettes Are A Better Alternative To Tobacco Per Ash
With ASH (US version) holding a hard contempt for the e cigarette on the market, it's original founders in the UK have gone in a total opposite direction from the U.S. based ASH that mimicked ASH U.K. in working to save over 400,000 smokers a year fr

Buying Cigarettes for Under-Age People is Illegal
More and more adults in Scotland bought cigarettes for young people under 18 years old. That’s why soon such adults in Scotland who buy cigarettes for under-age young people could soon face prosecution, bringing the law on the sale of tobacco produ

Cherokee Nation sponsoring tobacco cessation events
TAHLEQUAH — In an effort to keep area residents healthy, Thursday, has been designated as Great American Smoke-out Day in the Cherokee Nation. In honor of the event, the tribe is offering classes and incentives to help smokers and tobacco users sto

Why Pot Hasn’t Been Legalized Yet
Why Pot Hasn’t Been Legalized YetGraph by: dangerroth via Graph Jam Builder