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How Germany is Smoking Other Countries in E-Cigarette Regulation

May 22, 2018 – 1:06 pm

Regulations-heavy Germany has taken a surprisingly lax stance on e-cigarettes and vaping laws. It’s the right approach, writes a policy analyst.

If you see more vapers in Germany than in some other countries, it may be because Germany is one of the countries taking the most permissive regulatory approach to e-cigarettes. Other liberal countries include Sweden, Britain, and the Czech Republic. Germany has no regulation on public vaping at all. It has no special taxes on the products, and no rules on cross-border sales. And it only has mild restrictions on advertising and such.

Read the entire post at Global.Handelsblatt.com

Thirdhand Smoke is Widespread and May Be Dangerous, Mounting Evidence Shows

May 13, 2018 – 5:59 pm

First came doctors’ warnings about cigarettes. Then came discoveries about the danger of secondhand smoke. Now, a growing number of scientists are raising the alarm about thirdhand smoke — residual chemicals left on indoor surfaces by tobacco smoke.

Mounting research has shown such potentially hazardous residue can be absorbed through the skin, ingested and inhaled months and even years after the smoke has dissipated.

Read the entire article at WashingtonPost.com

By rajiv | Posted in Dangers of Smoking News, New Studies and Research | Tagged Effects of Thirdhand Smoke, Thirdhand Smoke Dangers | Comments Off

Ed Sheeran Celebrates One Full Year of Not Smoking!

May 7, 2018 – 8:38 pm

Congrats to Ed Sheeran for making it an entire year without smoking!

The 27-year-old “Shape of You” singer announced the milestone on Instagram on Saturday with a short note.

“Celebrating one year being a non-smoker today,” he wrote on Instagram.

Sheeran has previously described his struggles with smoking and drinking, telling Ellen Degeneres on her show in 2015 that at one point he had quit both for a year.”

Read the entire post at ETOnline.com

By rajiv | Posted in Celebrity Quit Smoking News | Tagged Ed Sheeran Not Smoking, Ed Sheeran Quit Smoking | Comments Off

Study: No Heart Risk with Smoking-Cessation Meds

April 11, 2018 – 1:16 pm

In a large, head-to-head comparison trial of major smoking-cessation therapies, use of the medications was not associated with an increased risk for heart attack or stroke, researchers reported.

The incidence of major cardiovascular events was low over a year of follow-up in users of varenicline (Chantix), bupropion hydrochloride (Zyban), nicotine-replacement therapy (NRT), and placebo, and adverse events did not differ by treatment.

There was also no evidence of an effect of any active drug versus placebo on time to cardiovascular event, blood pressure, or heart rate over 12 weeks of treatment, 30 days post-treatment, and up to 52 weeks of follow-up.

Read the entire post at MedPageToday.com

By rajiv | Posted in Medications - Quit Smoking, New Studies and Research, Quit Smoking Products | Tagged No Heart Risk with Smoking-Cessation Meds | Comments Off

Smokers Eat Smaller Portions of Food but Have Far Worse Diets

April 5, 2018 – 8:23 pm

Smokers have worse quality diets than former smokers or non-smokers despite eating significantly smaller portions of food, according to a new study.

Researchers in the US analysed the diets of almost than 5,300 Americans who took the National Health and Examination Survey, a program of studies designed to assess the health and nutritional status of adults and children in the United States. The dietary data used in the study was based on participants recalling what they ate in the past 24 hours.

Read the entire post at iNews.co.uk

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Why This Elephant in India Is Blowing Smoke

March 27, 2018 – 12:55 pm

It’s not unheard of for animals to learn to smoke—there’s a chimp at a North Korean zoo famous for lighting up and earlier this month an orangutan in Indonesia was caught expertly smoking a cigarette. But another animal that appears to be smoking is a head scratcher; Jeanna Bryner at LiveScience reports that biologists in India recently recorded an Asian elephant blowing out puffs of what appears to be smoke in the middle of the forest.

The puffing pachyderm was found by Vinay Kumar, Assistant Director of the Wildlife Conservation Society’s India Program while he and his colleagues were out checking camera traps in Nagarahole National Park and Tiger Reserve in the state of Karnataka.