A comparison of data (1994-2001 with 2001-2004) showed current New Hampshire smokers are four times more likely to develop bladder cancer than were their counterparts in the late 1990s. Investigators theorized two causes. One, beginning in 1960s and 70s, cigarettes…
Daily Archives: November 26, 2010
Safety of electronic cigarette products called into question
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Health officials in the United States are taking a closer look at the safety of electronic cigarette products, battery-powered gadgets with cartridges containing a solution that emits a vapor when heated. Tobacco companies and marketers have allegedly touted them as…
NHL can’t snuff out tobacco use among players
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Maple Leaf netminder Jonas Gustavsson marvelled this week at a little known statistic about former NHL star Steve Larmer that doesn’t appear in record books: He puffed his way through more than a pack of cigarettes each day of his…