Simon Cowell apparently doing his best to quit his 40-a-day smoking habit. The Britain’s Got Talent star – who has previously admitted that he likes to smoke and it is rumored, “Smoking minders” when he goes out for his nicotine…
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Tobacco companies continue to follow the new standard health warning
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The new law makes it mandatory for all tobacco products, exercise strict pictorial warnings by the camera on Monday, but its implementation is not visible on the ground. Tobacco packages of various forms failed to make new graphic health warnings…
Seniors find hard to resist without cigarette
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A vast majority of older people do not take a healthy lifestyle even after the diagnosis of chronic disease, a recent study showed. Only 19 percent of those diagnosed with lung disease to quit smoking within two years, depending on…
South Korean smokers finally beginning to feel the heat
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After decades of indifference, big business and the government picking up the heat on smokers in South Korea, a country with one of the highest in the developed world in the men’s smoking. Some firms are pressing workers to quit…
Cigarettes would be lethal
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A new type of drug, known as the Electronic Cigarette (e-cigarettes) are currently advertised various brands as “harmless” and many unsuspecting consumers, especially young people, now lured into smoking by this advertising tactics, Pakistan now has learned. It should be…
Social smokers consider themselves non-smokers
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Those who dabble in social smoking count themselves among non-smokers and look down on those who do smoke, a new study suggests. A qualitiative study published in the journal Tobacco Control shows that many people who socially smoke have conflicted…
Mortgage Settlement Talks Appear like Tobacco II
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Stop me if you’ve heard it before: the politically ambitious state attorneys general purpose unpopular industry lawsuits on the basis of creative legal theories that will be a difficult time in court. Their explicit legal force from the other side…
I’ve been casually smoking for 10 years
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’ve been a very casual smoker for about 10 years – but I only do it around my friends who smoke. This ends up being about 3 cigarettes a week. There’s something about my friends smoking that triggers a mental…
Improvements in nation’s health stalled after years of progress
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Economic downturn and rising rates of diabetes and obesity contributed to the halted progress, officials say. In light of a recent report showing that improvement in the nation’s health has stalled, public health officials are encouraging physicians to go into…
Why did Hitchens continue to smoke & drink during treatment?
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The death, from esophageal cancer, of Christopher Hitchens, the brilliant and often controversial writer and journalist, has prompted me to write this blog. In addition to his avowed atheism (described in his best-selling book, God Is Not Great: How Religion…
Cheaper health packages for women
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The Dubai Health Authority has launched cost-effective health packages at some of its primary healthcare centres. The three packages encourage women to go for health screenings and are suited for diabetics as well as those who wish to quit smoking.…
Smoking can make your nipples fall off
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I cringe every time I see a patient for a breast lift who is a smoker. I’m deathly afraid that despite my warnings, she will smoke before or after surgery and cause her nipples to turn black and fall off.…
E-cigarettes: Threat or therapy?
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Are e-cigarettes less harmful than real cigarettes? Advocates say they help smokers quit. But health officials aren’t so sure. Following the lead of at least 10 other communities in Massachusetts, the Boston Public Health Commission last week voted to ban…
What are the risks of using smokeless tobacco?
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Smokeless tobacco products are not a safe substitute for tobacco smoking. Harmful health effects include: Mouth, tongue and throat cancer Cancer in the esophagus (the swallowing tube that goes from your mouth to your stomach) Stomach cancer Pancreatic cancer Increased…