One of the most valuable features of clay pipes, from an archaeological perspective, is the fact that they can be closely dated. Improvements in technology, the rapid growth of the tobacco trade with the New World, bringing down prices, fashion and taste all worked together to bring about progressive developments in the shape and size of the clay pipe bowl. In 1969 David Atkinson and Adrian Oswald published a typology of London clay tobacco pipe ... Jump to full article >>

Washington state has had a law banning pipes, cigarettes and cigars in public places since 2006. Now, King County would like to expand that ban to include electronic cigarettes, the Seattle Post Intelligencer reports. Even though proponents of e-cigs point out that the devices only emit a smoke-free mist, public health officials worry that e-cigarettes look too much like the real tobacco products and could make it harder to enforce the current ... Jump to full article >>

That’s the response from some Plymouth bar and restaurant managers to Michigan’s new workplace smoking law, which will ban smoking inside their establishments come next May. The long-debated bill was signed into law Friday by Gov. Jennifer Granholm. It prohibits smoking at most indoor workplaces, with exceptions for truck cabs, cigar bars and tobacco shops, as well as the gaming floors of Detroit’s three casinos. “I do not ha ... Jump to full article >>

Medical Standard Calculator -For Health Professionals -General Public for private use The risk of developing a smoking related illness is linked to lifetime tobacco exposure. Cigarettes, cigars, pipes, rollups all contain different amounts of tobacco. People can smoke more than one type, a person’s smoking habit can change over time. So how do you measure a patient’s lifetime tobacco exposure and their risk of developing a smoking re ... Jump to full article >>