robbster wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptAfter 42 years, the U.S. Federal Trade Commission has ended a test to measure the amount of tar and nicotine in cigarettes.
According to the Associated Press, the FTC decided to discontinue the testing for two reasons: the test itself was flawed, and tobacco companies could [...]

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CiglessBot wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptFor over four decades the tobacco industry has used machine testing approved by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to measure tar and nicotine levels in cigarettes.
But in a 4-0 vote, the FTC has now shunned the tests, known as the Cambridge Filter Method, rescinding guidance [...]

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Kabuki wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptSmokers are poorly equipped to deal with distress without resorting to cigarettes because of their implicit belief that smoking helps them to deal with difficult feelings, a conference for psychologists was told yesterday.
Nigel Vahey of NUI Maynooth said research had found that a key psychological [...]

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robbster wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptWith Barack Obama having been elected the next president of the United States on November 4, Americans are now expecting to see him keep his promise of bringing the change that the nation needs.
Currently, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is said to begin to [...]

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CiglessBot wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptThe Great American Smokeout is scheduled for the third Thursday in November, which motivates me to share thoughts and observations about smoking cessation.
Over the years, I have helped many people to quit smoking using hypnotherapy as a valuable tool.
By the same token, there are people [...]

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robbster wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptCould our new president of the United States become a poster child for smoking cessation and the millions of Americans trying to quit?
Now that President Obama is in the White House the eye is one him to see if he will follow through with his [...]

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admin wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptMaking small changes could make a big difference in preventing cancer. Avoid preventable risk factors by incorporating these guidelines into of your lifestyle.
Don’t use tobacco
Smoking damages nearly every organ in the human body, is linked to at least 15 different cancers, accounts for about 30 [...]

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admin wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptBoth of this year’s presidential candidates say they are ex-smokers, but recent research suggests that they may face increased health risks from cigarettes for years to come.
Some of the damage that cigarettes inflict on the body subsides quickly, halving the risk of heart disease and [...]

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admin wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptThe federal government regulates everything from breakfast cereal and hair dye to horse feed and breast implants. The list of items regulated by our government includes just about every consumable product in America from prescription drugs to vegetables.
But there’s one item strangely absent from the [...]

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admin wrote an interesting post today onHere’s a quick excerptHow did Marlboro cigarettes, the best-selling brand in the world, ever get so popular in the first place? Was it really the Marlboro Man? Did people just like the taste? What? According to a new study in this month’s American Journal of Public Health the [...]

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