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The side effects of smoking shisha

The side effects of smoking shisha

What is really serious about the phenomenon is that most shisha smokers wrongfully take to the hubble-bubble thinking that it poses only “light” health risks compared to the serious health-related complications of cigarette sm [...]

Posted On : Jan, 09 2012 | Comments : 0

Smoking Pot Might Up Depression Risk in Vulnerable Teens

Smoking marijuana increases the risk of depression in youngsters who are genetically susceptible to the mental health disorder, according to a new study. About two-thirds of the population have the variant of the serotonin gene (5-HTT) th [...]

Posted On : Oct, 14 2011 | Comments : 0

Hazards of Smoking - The Bitter Truth About Smoking

Smoking is extremely injurious to health. It has many long-term ill effects. The truth about smoking is that it is harmful to your life in many different ways. These hazards of smoking include: Cancer: Nicotine present in your cigarett [...]

Posted On : Jun, 30 2011 | Comments : 0

Smoking away fatigue has its hazards, too!

Smoking away fatigue has its hazards, too!

Dhaka, Apr 15 (bdnews24.com) — And one thought, it was just a casual nap! The two Bangladeshi workers recovered at a Singapore port had actually fallen asleep under the influence of 'grass' (marijuana) that they consumed at [...]

Posted On : May, 09 2011 | Comments : 0

Quitting Smoking Helps With Depression, Happiness

Quitting Smoking Helps With Depression, Happiness

A new study has found that quitting smoking not only helps ease depression, but also increases their level of happiness quite a bit. The study was carried out by researchers from Brown University and focused on a group of roughly 250 men [...]

Posted On : Dec, 06 2010 | Comments : 0

Quitting smoking improves mood

Conventional wisdom says many smokers use cigarettes to ease anxiety and  depression. But a new study has shown that quitting makes people happier. In the new study, researchers tracked the symptoms of depression in people who were [...]

Posted On : Dec, 04 2010 | Comments : 0

Finland Enacts World’s Toughest Anti-Smoking Law

Finland Enacts World’s Toughest Anti-Smoking Law

We’re no longer giving tobacco tacit approval,” says Ismo Tuominen, a Ministerial Counsellor at the Ministry of Social Affairs and Health. The legislation seeks to make Finland smoking-free not by an outright ban on smoking, [...]

Posted On : Sep, 30 2010 | Comments : 0

Cigarette smoking still a huge problem in the U.S.

Cigarette smoking still a huge problem in the U.S.

A 40-year decline in smoking has stalled with 20.6% of Americans 18 and older being current smokers, according to data from the 2009 National Health Interview Survey and the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). Althou [...]

Posted On : Sep, 09 2010 | Comments : 0

Hazards of smoking

 Smoking refers to the deliberate inhalation of tobacco smoking. Of many forms of tobacco intake, the most common is cigarette smoking. These days smoking has become a global phenomenon. This habit is not confined to any particular [...]

Posted On : Apr, 29 2010 | Comments : 0

Junk food 'as addictive as heroin and smoking'

Junk food 'as addictive as heroin and smoking'

Gorging on junk food is as addictive as smoking or taking drugs and can cause compulsive eating and obesity, says a new study. An international team, led by the Scripps Research Institute in Florida, has carried out the study and fo [...]

Posted On : Mar, 30 2010 | Comments : 0

Smoking extinguished in local restaurants

Smoking extinguished in local restaurants

After the smoke dissipates, the smell lingers. So the Ashburn Pub is receiving a fresh coat of paint, new ceiling tiles and hardwood floors to comply with the Virginia smoking ban that started Dec. 1. The ban requires all restaurants and ba [...]

Posted On : Dec, 04 2009 | Comments : 0

Study - Sexual Health Problems Common Among Pot-Smoking Men

Men who smoke pot daily are four times more likely to have trouble climaxing than men who don't light up, according to the La Trobe University study. The study also found that men who smoke pot are more likely to experience premature ejacul [...]

Posted On : Oct, 16 2009 | Comments : 0

/Stop-smoking drug has no suicide risk - Study

/Stop-smoking drug has no suicide risk - Study

According to a new study, there is no scientific evidence to corroborate that varenicline (Chantix), the nicotine cessation aid being widely used by people attempting to quit smoking, is linked to severe depression and suicidal thoughts. D [...]

Posted On : Oct, 03 2009 | Comments : 0

Smoking in pregnancy risks psychotic children - study

Mothers who smoke during pregnancy put their children at greater risk of developing psychotic symptoms as teenagers, British scientists said on Thursday. Researchers from four British universities studied 6,356 12-year-olds and interviewed [...]

Posted On : Oct, 01 2009 | Comments : 0

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