The stranglehold of nicotine addiction leads to more than four million smoking-related deaths each year. Scientists at the California Institute of Technology have now explained two roots of that addiction. The discoveries may offer new hope not just for smokers, but eventually also for sufferers of Parkinson's disease, a debilitating movement disorder that affects some 40 … [Read more...] about Two Nicotine Addiction Puzzles Explained
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Smoker Requests Jail Time To Quit Habit
A Des Moines woman has volunteered to spend time in jail in order to quit smoking. Jodi Perkins said she's desperate to stop her 23-year habit. Perkins said she has tried just about everything to stop, such as going to the doctor, using nicotine patches and chewing gum. She said nothing has worked. "This is shameful. I can't take it anymore. I don't know what to do. … [Read more...] about Smoker Requests Jail Time To Quit Habit
Cigarettes are Like a Dirty Syringe
If cigarettes were made without nicotine in its natural form or added to make them more addictive, few people would smoke them, says Prof. Peter Hajek, a clinical psychologist in London who specializes in treating and researching tobacco dependence. Hajek, here on his third visit to participate in a Kfar Hamaccabiah conference on smoking prevention and cessation organized by … [Read more...] about Cigarettes are Like a Dirty Syringe
Cigarette Smoking and Its Impact on Spinal Fusions
Learn About the Prevalence of Cigarette Smoking According to the American Cancer Society, "48 million adults (25.7 million men and 22.3 million women) were current smokers in the United States in 1997." Many of these adult smokers started during their teenage years. Unfortunately, even today people still begin to smoke cigarettes despite published statistics that show its … [Read more...] about Cigarette Smoking and Its Impact on Spinal Fusions
Killer Marketing
Nowhere in any industry does the term "killer marketing" apply better than in Big Tobacco. If Big Tobacco is successful in marketing its products to existing addicts, ex addicts and new victims, it will definitely kill its target audience. And it seems that marketing executives have become so "clever" (if that's the word you would use to describe somebody who's found a … [Read more...] about Killer Marketing
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