U.S. researchers have found that nicotine in cigarettes may be responsible for serious complications in smokers with diabetes. They have shown that nicotine is strongly linked to persistently raised blood sugar levels among diabetics and scientists say they should make…
Daily Archives: March 28, 2011
Healthcare providers ban e-cigarettes
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The three largest healthcare providers in the state now ban electronic cigarettes. Regional Health changed its no-tobacco policy on Monday to include electronic cigarettes, Dale Gisi, director of human resources at Regional Health, said Tuesday. The health system adopted a…
Pioneer who banned smokers at his hotel
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First, I wanted to find out if Lyndon Sanders was still alive. Second, I wanted to find out if he was feeling triumphant. The answers: Yes, and yes. “Every time I hear about a hotel that doesn’t allow any smoking…
More efforts needed to curb smoking
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It is an 8.5 centimeter-long and 0.8 centimeter-thick dried herb stick wrapped in white paper, slim enough to fit between your second and third fingers. But it contains at least 250 harmful chemicals, more than 50 of which cause cancers…