I’ll bet you had a lot of hits on your chocolate health benefits story. My survey of the news spin cycles finds that the three that always make health claims are chocolate, red wine and coffee. Decades ago, it was claimed smoking was good for you because it “exercised” your lungs. Tomorrow they’ll be claiming oil-flavored seafood caught in the Gulf of Mexico is good for you because you can get more gas in your engine. Pl ... Jump to full article >>

A new kind of chocolate that apparently slows the ageing process and keeps wrinkles at bay has been unveiled by the world’s largest chocolatier. Acticoa is packed with natural antioxidants which can protect the skin from damage by harmful free radicals. Studies have shown that just 20g a day of the chocolate could help prevent wrinkles by hydrating the skin and improving elasticity. The health-boosting bars, drinks and buttons were invent ... Jump to full article >>

Eating as little as a quarter of an ounce of chocolate each day—an amount equal to about one small Easter egg—may lower your risk of experiencing a heart attack or stroke, a new study has found. For best results, the chocolate should be dark, experts say. “Dark chocolate exhibits the greatest effects, milk chocolate fewer, and white chocolate no effects,” says the lead author of the study, Brian Buijsse, a nutritional epidemiologist at t ... Jump to full article >>

CBS 11 reporters took a hidden camera and visited several kiosks that sell electronic smoking devices across Arizona and found that the majority of them are selling their products to teenagers without even asking their age. Ok, everybody knows that electronic cigs are legal, and there are no written age-restrictions for their sales, at least currently. But, scientists doubt their safety for usage by human and particularly kids. Samir Sabry, prop ... Jump to full article >>

The state Senate voted 38-0 Thurday to approve a bill to apply the provisions of the “New Jersey Smoke Free Air Act” to restrict the use of electronic smoking devices, commonly known as “e-cigarettes.” The bill (S-3053) would expand the definition of “smoking” to include e-cigarettes and extend the ban on smoking by minors to include the use of e-cigarettes.  It would define smoking as the burning or inhaling of tobacco or any other ... Jump to full article >>

Association salutes Prime Minister and Health Minister for strong leadership on lung health OTTAWA, ONTARIO–(Marketwire – Oct. 6, 2009) – The Canadian Lung Association today congratulated Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq and all Parliamentarians on the passage of Bill C-32, an Act to Amend the federal Tobacco Act. The passage of the Act is a key win in the fight against smoking and the tobacco indus ... Jump to full article >>