Washington – The Food and Drug Administration may soon have the ability to regulate sales, distribution and advertising of tobacco products, but it would not be allowed to require removal of nicotine from cigarettes. Nicotine, the most addictive ingredient in a cigarette, increases the level of the dopamine neurotransmitters in the brain. Dopamine controls many important … [Read more...] about Future of Nicotine Levels in Cigarettes Uncertain
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New Report on Global Tobacco Control Efforts
NEW YORK -- WHO today released new data concerning tobacco control. The data show that while progress has been made, not a single country fully implements all key tobacco control measures, and outlined an approach that governments can adopt to prevent tens of millions of premature deaths by the middle of this century. In a new report which presents the first comprehensive … [Read more...] about New Report on Global Tobacco Control Efforts
Effects of Smoking on Circulation Can Lead to Amputations
Smoking effects our health in so many ways. Just how does smoking addiction hurt you? Narrowed and hardened arteries leading to atherosclerosis and gangrene, cold hands and feet, cold skin, decreased fitness, weakened bones,osteoporosis, peripheral vascular disease to name a few. Smoking damages the blood vessels in the legs and arms leading to restricted circulation, … [Read more...] about Effects of Smoking on Circulation Can Lead to Amputations
Cigarette Smoking and the Human Spine
Smoking effects the flow of blood throughout our bodies. There are only two structures in the adult human body which, under normal circumstances, lack a blood supply in adult life. One, the cornea of the eye which gets its nutrition from tears. Secondly, the intervertebral disc, which obtains its nutrition from the convection and diffusion of nutrients from the end … [Read more...] about Cigarette Smoking and the Human Spine
What Does Smoking Cigarettes Have to Do With Radioactive Radon Gas?
Tobacco research has discovered thousands of risks from the tar and chemicals in cigarettes. Many people are not aware of just how many dangers there are from smoking tobacco, and this is one of those facts that is not widely known. For over 40 years, tobacco researchers and tobacco corporations have known that cigarettes contain radionuclides. The contamination is … [Read more...] about What Does Smoking Cigarettes Have to Do With Radioactive Radon Gas?
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