THE Department of Health said parents should avoid smoking at home to spare their children from the effects of second-hand smoke. “If your child is frequently getting sick, experiencing headaches, having difficulty in breathing, runny nose, cough and colds, ear infections or allergies, don’t look far. The problem may be right in your home and it may even emanate from parents,” DOH-Tobacco Control Program head Anthony Roda said in a ... Jump to full article >>

While the mainstream media and establishment health organizations attempt to label electronic cigarettes as “dangerous,” most real studies concerning the products have proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that they are not. When the electronic cigarette first came on the market in the United States a few years ago, it was largely unknown by the public. When the public became aware of its presence, however, health organizations, both gov ... Jump to full article >>

Satirist Auberon Waugh argued that smokers are heroes because they die young and don’t clutter up hospitals, put a terrible strain on their children, or spend everything they have on nursing home fees. The late great Waugh is quoted in The Cigarette Book as suggesting that “passive smoking” is no more a danger to health than “passive hamburgers” or computer games. Here at last is a book by Camden authors Chris Harrald and Fletcher Watk ... Jump to full article >>

Smokers, here’s a gift you can give your loved ones for Christmas: Quit smoking, and protect children and the rest of your family from dangerous tobacco smoke pollution (TSP). Clean indoor air can be a challenge to maintain during winter months. In frigid temperatures, fresh air barely enters our homes when doors are hastily opened and shut. And in winter, we spend more than 90 percent of our time indoors. Tobacco smoke pollution occurs ma ... Jump to full article >>

The federal ban on flavored cigarettes that went into effect last week has forced Tempe smoke shops to remove certain stock from their shelves. The Food and Drug Administration ban was passed to reduce the number of people who start smoking at an early age then transition into smoking more dangerous tobacco products, according to the FDA Web site. The Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act prohibits all cigarettes, tobacco, filters an ... Jump to full article >>

California — The Food and Drug Administration will start enforcing a ban on flavored cigarettes next month. But a California based importer of clove-flavored cigarettes has found a way around the new law. Kretek International is the nation’s largest importer of clove cigarettes. To circumvent the ban on flavored cigarettes, the company plans to sell small clove-scented cigars. Cigars are not included in the new FDA ban. Debra Kelley is w ... Jump to full article >>