The tobacco related news is buzzing this week with a critical new report from the Surgeon General on the dangers of smoking. This report was shared on Friday, Jan 17th, 2013 and lists many more associated diseases including great concern for children's health risks. The report makes makes it clear that second hand smoke is just as dangerous as directly inhaling a … [Read more...] about Surgeon General: Smoking Poses Greater Risks Than Originally Thought
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The Effects of Smoking on Your Health, Wallet & Family
The Surgeon General notes smoking-related deaths to be the most preventable cause of death in the United States. One in four Americans smoke cigarettes, and each year, over 400,000 people die from smoking-related diseases. The habit of smoking also leads to tremendous financial and interpersonal relationship strains. What Smoking Does to Your Health Each puff of … [Read more...] about The Effects of Smoking on Your Health, Wallet & Family
Cigarette Smoke Exposure Not Safe in Any Amount
Have you seen the recent new headline: Surgeon General Issues Latest Warning: Tobacco Smoke Exposure Not Safe in Any Amount? Statistics highlight how one in five Americans are first-hand smokers. Whether these smokers have one cigarette a week, or an entire pack a day, the poisonous effects of cigarette smoke does not discriminate. There are millions of others who are … [Read more...] about Cigarette Smoke Exposure Not Safe in Any Amount
Since 1878 Reports Confirmed Smoking Was a Health Hazard
1878: Eighty-six years before the U.S. surgeon general issues a report confirming the dangers of smoking tobacco, a letter from English physician Charles R. Drysdale condemning its use appears in The Times of London. Drysdale, the senior physician to the Metropolitan Free Hospital in London, had already published a book on this subject titled Tobacco and the Diseases It … [Read more...] about Since 1878 Reports Confirmed Smoking Was a Health Hazard
Coldcut: The Truth About Big Tobacco Companies
This video provides a quick flash of facts about the history of Big Tobacco. Learn facts and how the truth of nicotine addiction was manipulated, twisted, and denied. For instance, in 1943 Philip Morris claimed their cigarettes cleared coughs, then in 1961 Philip Morris research identifies cancer-causing compounds in cigarettes three years before Surgeon General's … [Read more...] about Coldcut: The Truth About Big Tobacco Companies
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