The Secret Ingredients of Cigarettes
2012-09-07
Most of us assume that cigarettes are simply tobacco rolled up in paper, but that FAR from the truth: many OTHER ingredients–many of them SECRET–are added to the mix.
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Quit With a Shot?
2012-07-20
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Smokers all know how tough it is to quit. Now researchers have developed (and successfully tested in mice) a VACCINE to treat nicotine addiction. A single dose protects mice over their lifetime (no booster shots!) Will it work for human smokers?
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Mom: Don’t Smoke–It Can Make Your Kids Deaf
2012-05-11
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Smoking is not sexy: Exposure to second hand smoke is bad for a fetus and it’s bad for teenagers too: Researchers report that exposure to tobacco smoke nearly doubles the risk of hearing loss among adolescents (Come to think of it, Whitley’s parents were heavy smokers!)
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Smoking Dangers Kept Secret
2012-01-18
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Most of us now realize that smoking leads to lung cancer (and other diseases), but not everyone realizes that tobacco companies HID this data for years. A new analysis of tobacco industry documents shows that Philip Morris 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 smokers. This data provides evidence that hundreds of additives, including menthol, should be eliminated from cigarettes on public health grounds.
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