More than 80 percent of students in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) start smoking when they are as young as 14 years, a survey has found. Tobacco use among teenagers remains a concern for health authorities as new data shows a quantum leap in the number of student smokers in the past five years, Khaleej [...]
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Most UAE students start smoking before 14
February 3rd, 2011 |
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Marijuana Scene Edited Out Of Miley Cyrus’ Next Movie
February 1st, 2011 |
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Producers of Miley Cyrus’ upcoming coming-of-age drama are using the magic of technology to put as much distance as possible between their film and Cyrus’ most recent scandal. LOL: Laughing Out Loud — which stars Miley as an out-of-control teen and actress Demi Moore as her mother — has been edited so as not to [...]
Can’t quit smoking? Blame it on faulty brain receptor
February 1st, 2011 |
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Do you know why it is so fiendishly difficult to quit smoking – because of a faulty receptor in the brain. It can lead to an uncontrollable desire to smoke, thanks to the defect in a receptor protein normally activated by nicotine, which curbs the desire for yet more of the drug. The team found [...]
Smoking habits transmit from mom to daughter, dad to son
January 31st, 2011 |
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Fathers transmit their smoking habits to their sons, while mothers do the same for daughters. However, if a mother smokes it does not seem to induce the son to smoke, and similarly a father who smokes does not affect his daughter, says a new study. The research is based on information from the British Household [...]
Smoking Popes: March/April Dates
January 27th, 2011 |
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INFLUENTIAL PUNKERS BEGIN TOUR ON MARCH 19 IN TEMPE, AZ
Chicago’s own Smoking
Popes have lined up a Spring tour, beginning March 19 in Tempe, AZ and ending on April 3 at the Double
Door in Chicago. In between, they’ll travel through San Diego, San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Denver, and other
cities. Their most recent album, It’s Been A Long Day, a collection of songs recorded between
1991 and 1998, is out now on Asian Man Records.
TOUR DATES
Sat- Mar 19 The Sail Inn Tempe AZ
Sun- Mar 20 Casbah San Diego CA
Tue- Mar 22 Slidebar Fullerton CA
Wed- Mar 23 Key Club West Hollywood CA
Thu- Mar 24 Downtown Brew San Luis Obispo CA
Fri- Mar 25 Great American Music Hall San Francisco CA
Sat- Mar 26 The Crepe Place Santa Cruz CA
Mon- Mar 28 Alberta Rose Theatre Portland OR
Tue- Mar 29 El Corazon Seattle WA
Thu- Mar 31 Urban Lounge Salt Lake City UT
Fri- Apr 1 Hi Dive Denver CO
Sat- Apr 2 The Riot Room Kansas City MO
Sun- Apr 3 Double Door Chicago IL
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Want to quit smoking? Get professional help
January 4th, 2011 |
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Promising to quit smoking is one of the most common New Year resolutions. However, by the end of the first week of January, the craving for nicotine drives people to break the pledge. Will power may not be enough to kick the habit, experts say. With some help from doctors and by using a nicotine [...]
Smoking can reduce thickness of the brain
December 3rd, 2010 |
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A new study has found that smoking can reduce the thickness of the human brain. Researchers compared cortical thickness in volunteers, both smokers and never-smokers, who were without medical or psychiatric illnesses. Smokers exhibited cortical thinning in the left medial orbitofrontal cortex and heavier smoking was associated with more pronounced thinning of cortical tissue. The [...]
Kim Zolciak Smoking While Pregnant?
November 28th, 2010 |
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Hmmp: Time to break out the “Mother of the Year” trophy. Real Housewives of Atlanta personality Kim Zolciak has sparked a blitz of bad press on the blogosphere (So what else is new?) after she was “allegedly” photographed (Hint, Nudge, Wink…) lighting up a ciggie during the first trimester of her recently-announced pregnancy. Kim denies [...]
Smoking cannabis ‘ups cancer risk’
November 25th, 2010 |
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A new US study has found that smoking cannabis may increase the risk of cancer by suppressing the immune system. Scientists believe the drug triggers the production of cells that weaken the body”s resistance to cancer, reports the Scotsman. The study found that cannabinoids – the active compounds in cannabis – activated biological pathways to [...]
Pesticides: Smoking them out
November 18th, 2010 |
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Tobacco extracts protect plants from pests and pathogens
THERE are, as Paracelsus put it, no poisons—only poisonous doses. That is certainly true of nicotine. The amount in a puff from a cigarette acts as a pleasant stimulus. The amount in a packet of 20, injected in one go, would kill you.
The Victorians understood this and regularly used nicotine as a lethal poison—not for people (except in the minds of a few crime novelists) but for insects. The invention of modern, synthetic insecticides has more or less killed that practice off. But Cedric Briens of the University of Western Ontario is thinking of reviving it, and is also asking whether tobacco has any other pesticidal properties that might be exploited by the hard-pressed horticulturalist. …
“Desperate Housewives†Star Kathryn Joosten Calls For “Mad Men†Smoking Disclaimer
August 23rd, 2010 |
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Desperate Housewives’ Kathryn Joosten has a bone to pick with the creators of Mad Men. The AMC drama has attracted a lot of attention lately because the amount of on-screen smoking done by its stylish characters, but as a two-time cancer survivor, Joosten is concerned that the show’s frequent lighting up may be sending the [...]
Paris Hilton Taken into Custody: Marijuana Smoking Charges in South Africa
July 5th, 2010 |
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It is widely known that Paris Hilton can’t find common language with the law. This time she has allegedly violated the law one more time, luckily, not in the USA, but in South Africa. The 29-year-old reality star was interrogated by the police on Friday whether she was smoking banned marijuana at the World Cup [...]
Play Johah Hex to quit smoking
June 19th, 2010 |
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During an interview with MTV News, “Jonah Hex” star Josh Brolin has said in an interview with MTV News that playing DC’s scarred bounty hunter compelled him to quit his smoking habit cold turkey. He said “It was hard, because I couldn’t eat, I had the mouthpiece in, I couldn’t eat for 14-15 hours a [...]
Chinese Girl, 3, Smoking & Drinking [VIDEO]
June 9th, 2010 |
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Forget physical therapy, this preschooler is puffing away her pain. A three-year-old Chinese tot is the latest toddler to emerge as a chain smoker – -and she drinks beer too! Lordy…..Chinese toddler Ya Wen started downing pints of beer and smoking up to a pack a day after she was struck by a speeding van and [...]
Cigarette Sponsor Pulled From Kelly Clarkson Indonesia Concert Following Smoking Furor
April 22nd, 2010 |
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Ex-American Idol Kelly Clarkson’s upcoming concert in Indonesia will go down without the sponsorship of an Asian cigarette giant following protests from fans and anti-tobacco groups.In recent days, Kelly’s Facebook page has been flooded with fans begging her to reject the cigarette sponsorship, saying she is sending the wrong message to kids. This as anti-tobacco [...]
Lily Allen smokes during gig
March 8th, 2010 |
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Lily Allen smoked a cigarette onstage, even though she was suffering from a chest infection.
Disregarding the smoking ban, the ‘Smile’ hitmaker lit up at the MEN Arena in Manchester.
However, she apologized to the crowd for off key vocals.
“I”ve got a bout of bronchitis so sorry if my singing’’s a bit s**t. Not that it’’s any [...]
Mel Gibson felt like an “axe murderer†when he first quit smoking
January 30th, 2010 |
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Mel Gibson has revealed that it was torturous to quit smoking.
The ‘Patriot’ actor had been a smoker for 45 years.
“It’’s torture! The first three days I felt like an axe murderer, but fortunately those days are over now,†Contactmusic quoted him as telling website Blick.ch.
He added: “I had my first cigarette when I was [...]
Macedonian hoteliers protest
January 23rd, 2010 |
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Almost all hotels and hostels in Macedonia are closed in a sign of protest regarding a new law prohibiting smoking in cafes, restaurants, and hotels. The hoteliers are striking after the Hoteliers Association urged them to do so, claiming that the ban on smoking will decrease the amount of visitors and customers and cause the hotels to lose money and make workers redundant.
Mel Gibson quits smoking for daughter’s sake
January 19th, 2010 |
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Hollywood actor Mel Gibson has quit smoking for the sake of his infant daughter.
The one-time chain smoker is convinced he has kicked his nicotine habit once and for all, although it wasn’t easy, reported imdb.com
“The first three days, you’re an axe murderer. On day four you might take a bat to someone. Day five? You’re [...]