Prodded by the largest U.S. hummus maker, farmers in the heart of tobacco country are trying to grow chickpeas, an improbable move that reflects booming demand for hummus. Original post on wsj.com Comments on reddit.com
A proposal advanced on Monday by city officials would raise the minimum age from the current 18, the latest effort in a long campaign to limit smoking. Original post on nytimes.com Comments on reddit.com
Cigarette smoking is the leading cause of preventable deaths globally. Unfortunately smoking cessation is difficult. Original post on biologyguild.com Comments on reddit.com
President Obama’s call for a 94-cent-a-pack hike on federal cigarette taxes to fund early childhood education programs is controversial. Original post on wqad.com Comments on reddit.com
The sooner a person smokes a cigarette upon waking in the morning, the more likely he or she is to acquire lung or oral cancer, according to Penn State researchers. Original post on hngn.com Comments on reddit.com
What the critics see as a bug is actually a feature: e-cigarettes can work as a public health tool precisely because of their resemblance to the real thing. Original post on american.com Comments on reddit.com
A tobacco company has lost its final court bid to gain access to Government documents on plain packaging. Anti-smoking groups say it is another blow coming two days after the High Court backed legislation requiring all cigarettes to be sold in plain packets. Original post on abc.net.au Comments on reddit.com
Many states are taking aim at electronic cigarettes to tax & regulate them like real cigarettes. Some are calling for an all ban. What do you think, should ecigs be banned while real cigarettes thrive? Tobacco lobbyists have been buying politicians for years to keep there products on shelves that kill so many every year. Original post on realelectroniccigarettes.com Comments on reddit.com
Vietnamese authorities detain three soldiers suspected of torturing and killing two rare monkeys, state-run Voice of Vietnam newspaper reports. Original post on bbc.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
A police operation which saw armed officers swoop on a coach on the M6 Toll motorway was prompted by a fake cigarette, it emerges. Original post on bbc.co.uk Comments on reddit.com
A New Hampshire clerk who refused to sell cigarettes to a welfare recipient and was fired now finds that she is a cause celebre to those who are Original post on aol.com Comments on digg.com
Why Schizophrenics Smoke – ScienceNOW Original post on sciencemag.org Comments on reddit.com
Poll Shows Marijuana Approval And Common Sense At All Time High of 56% Original post on marijuana.com Comments on reddit.com
CDC reports that 23 percent of high school students said they recently smoked marijuana, while 18 percent said they had puffed cigarettes Read more by CBSNews.com staff on CBS News’ HealthPop. Original post on cbsnews.com Comments on reddit.com
Male and female cigarette use across the world SMOKING kills. It is a fact that has been drilled into the minds of Western schoolchildren and plastered on roadside billboards. Original post on economist.com Comments on digg.com
RICHMOND, VA—At a press conference Tuesday, tobacco giant Philip Morris introduced its new medicinal cigarette, Marlboro Sinus PM, a smokable nighttime cough suppressant and analgesic designed to ease cold symptoms. More
A new UCSF analysis of tobacco industry documents shows that Philip Morris USA manipulated data on the effects of additives in cigarettes, including menthol, obscuring actual toxicity levels and increasing the risk of heart, cancer and other diseases for… More