Category: tobacco
Proposed Ban Stirs Up Drama
Politics is a tricky business chock full of checks, balances, hidden agendas, favors and obligations. Nothing is ever quick or easy and everything, everything comes at a price. In what seems like an odd disagreement, lawmakers are standing up against the U.S. Navy because the military branch is attempting to make a healthy move.
Posted: April 24, 2014 | tobacco | ban, military, us navy | 0 Comments
E-Cig Ad Airs During Big Game
Ok so the big game was a complete blow out and it was pretty much over as soon as it started. Lucky for everyone watching, The Superbowl is known for more than just football. Perhaps even more infamous than the game itself, are the incredibly expensive commercials that companies drop millions on, and in some
Posted: April 24, 2014 | tobacco | ad, big game, c-cig, commercial, super bowl, tobacco | 0 Comments
E-Cig Bans Coming Soon
Seems like big tobacco just cant catch a break. With smoking becoming an increasingly taboo endeavor, technology, convenience and (until recently for some cities) accessibility have paved the way for E-cigs to pick up steam – no pun intended in terms of sales.
Posted: April 24, 2014 | tobacco | ban, e-cigs, electronic cigarettes, tobacco | 0 Comments
Rise of the E-Cig
Thanks to public health knowledge expanding over the past few years, cigarette sales have been steadily declining by up to 4% per year. This is good news in terms of health but for big tobacco, this means a decreasing paycheck and that is bad for business.
Posted: April 24, 2014 | tobacco | e-cig, electronic cigarette, tobacco | 0 Comments
Tobacco Body
It’s definitely no big secret that tobacco usage can royally eff up your body. We’ve all read the warnings, seen the ads and labored through the commercials but a lot of that stuff just doesn’t stick because it’s tough to visualize, particularly if you’re on the go. Well, the good folks over at Tobacco Body
Posted: April 24, 2014 | tobacco | tobacco, tobacco body | 0 Comments
New Drug Gives Smokers A Little Hope
Hey! Good news if you’re a smoker who developed lung cancer as a result of smoking: now there’s an outside chance that you might be able to reduce the size of your tumors by small enough margin to prolong the spreading of the cancer for a few years.
Posted: April 24, 2014 | tobacco | cessation, medication, smokers, smoking, tobacco | 0 Comments
Quitting Smoking Resets Your Heart
“It’s never too late to quit smoking. This study clearly shows that stopping smoking lowers the risk of heart attacks and death to the level of never smokers.” – Dr. James K. Min According to a new, multinational study lasting over two years, quitting smoking will eventually lower your rate of heart attack to
Posted: April 24, 2014 | tobacco | health, heart, quit, smoking, tobacco | 0 Comments
Smokers Make Less Than Nonsmokers
Keeping up the habit has become increasingly costly in the past few years. Tax hikes and other price increases have made the price per pack rise steadily and if you’re hooked, that means you’re paying more and more to continue smoking. As if that weren’t bad enough, a new study suggests that not only are
Posted: April 24, 2014 | tobacco | income, nonsmokers, smokers | 0 Comments
Man Puts Head in Cage to Quit Smoking
This day and age, everybody is well versed in the dangers of smoking, its addictive nature and the struggle that millions of people have with quitting. For those who have quit, have attempted to quit or are in the process of doing so, you know that struggle very well. For the non-smokers or anyone who
Posted: April 24, 2014 | tobacco | lung cancer, quit smoking, turkey | 0 Comments
Pay Up
The funny thing about smoking is that nobody is denying its dangerous side. Every smoker knows the health risk they’re taking and these days, even big tobacco openly admits that they sell harmful products. Yet the products still exist, people still buy smokes and big tobacco sees the common knowledge regarding smoking’s danger not so
Posted: April 24, 2014 | tobacco | Eclipse, RJ Reynolds Tobacco Co, smoking, tobacco | 0 Comments