FEATURE ARTICLE
Long-Term Smokers Have Reduced Risk of Parkinson’s
In the heyday of cigarette smoking, a pack a day was “just what the doctor ordered.” Of course, the purported health benefits of smoking have been largely debunked, and cigarettes today are associated with serious health hazards. But smoking may still have at least one advantage: protection against the development of Parkinson’s disease. [...]
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General Tobacco News
The Tobacco Smoke Enema
The Tobacco Smoke Enema was popular in the mid 18th century (1750s-1810s). The tobacco enema was used to infuse tobacco smoke into a patients rectum for various medical purposes, primarily the resuscitation of drowning victims. A rectal tube inserted into the anus was connected to a fumigator and bellows that forced smoke towards the rectum. [...]
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Smoking News
Fly Air Friendly Returns To Airlines
Hailey, Idaho July 12, 2009 Airlines, smokers and non-smokers welcome a new green air friendly tobacco inhaler.
Smoking has been banned on aircraft for over 20 years, yet stress and tension levels associated with flying have increased. SmokeScents, a fire cured tobacco inhaler can now be used on aircraft and other places where smoking is restricted. [...]
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Reality Check
Why Smoking Bans Are Ridiculous
Smoking bans are ridiculous. Period. If this were 1989 instead of 2009, next to nobody would have a problem with smoking in public. And in fact, almost nobody did until 1993, when the EPA declared that “secondhand smoke,” a term unheard of by most of us until 1990 or so, was declared to be a [...]
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People, Places And Things
Lighting Up In Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS IS NO PLACE for a former smoker. Years ago, when I returned to a former employer - a prominent Toronto talent agent’s office - I never thought that the second-hand smoke would make me want to light up again. (It was a smoking office, even in 2003). Especially not after being nicotine-free for nearing a [...]
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TidBits
The Rise and Fall of Smoking
There is evidence that tobacco was first grown over 5000 years ago. Native to the Americas it stayed there until the era of the great explorers. Columbus is credited with introducing tobacco to Europe in the mid 15th Century. Who introduced it to Britain is disputed, Sir Walter Raleigh, Robert Grenville and Sir Francis Drake [...]
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Reviews
SmokeLess Tobacco Doesn’t Help
Cultural factors appear to influence whether smokeless tobacco can help smokers quit cigarettes, contends a new study.In Sweden, many smokers try to quit smoking by using snus, a form of moist, powdered tobacco that’s placed under the lip. In Sweden, snus is more popular among male smokers, and Swedish men have higher smoking cessation rates [...]
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