Facebook and iPhone applications can help you stub out your smoking habit
Are you one of the more than 2 million smokers ready to quit on No Smoking Day? Then today is your day! Don’t worry, you won’t be alone as there is an app for it – well, several. And this is how you can call it a day:
First of all, you install the WeQuit Facebook app to let everybody know what your are up to. It’s best to grab one of your chain-smoking ... Jump to full article >>
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President Obama is in “excellent health” – but has to stay away from the smokes and watch his cholesterol, doctors said Sunday.
Obama, 48, is a lean 180 pounds, with 20-20 vision, but needs to “continue smoking cessation efforts,” doctors said after his first physical as commander in chief.
Physicians at the National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda, Md. recommended Obama continue his “nicotine replacement ther ... Jump to full article >>
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If you are addicted to various electronic gizmos, and used to carry a cell phone, PDA, laptop and iPod, you should bear in mind that there is one electronic device that you should not use: an electronic cigarette.
The recent laboratory tests performed by FDA experts, who analyzed 19 samples of electronic cigarettes, which have been found to contain carcinogens, including nitrosamines and even diethylene glycol, the toxic component in antifreeze. ... Jump to full article >>
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The National Commission for Child Protection (Komnas Anak) has urged the Indonesian Broadcasting Commission to halt the airing of tobacco ads on World No Tobacco Day this Sunday.
Arist Merdeka Sirait, secretary general of Komnas Anak, said on Thursday that the ads were aimed at encouraging underage teens to smoke.
“Our children are the most vulnerable people to these types of ads,” Arist said. “We want the KPI [broadcasting commission] to s ... Jump to full article >>
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