http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog Wed, 16 Jul 2008 23:38:54 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The cosmetics sector undoubtedly cashes in on our desire to look good. We spend large amounts of money on creams and different products to enhance or maintain our appearance. However we often fail to remember how much what we consume affects us. Cigarettes, which are universally acknowledged to take a toll ... http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/07/16/smoking-bad-for-you-inside-and-out/ Both of this year's presidential candidates say they are ex-smokers, but recent research suggests that they may face increased health risks from cigarettes for years to come. Some of the damage that cigarettes inflict on the body subsides quickly, halving the risk of heart disease and stroke within five years after ... http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/07/08/the-sooner-you-quit-the-better-it-is/ Banning  smoking in bars and restaurants has saved the lives of more than 75,000 Kiwis, the Health Ministry says.  Since the introduction of the legislation in December 2004, there are now 150,000 fewer smokers - bringing the total smoking population down to less than 20 per cent. Ministry national director of ... http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/07/06/smoking-ban-saved-75000-lives/ The federal government regulates everything from breakfast cereal and hair dye to horse feed and breast implants. The list of items regulated by our government includes just about every consumable product in America from prescription drugs to vegetables. But there's one item strangely absent from the list, the one that causes ... http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/07/01/lets-not-waste-another-12-years/ How did Marlboro cigarettes, the best-selling brand in the world, ever get so popular in the first place? Was it really the Marlboro Man? Did people just like the taste? What? According to a new study in this month's American Journal of Public Health the secret may well have been ... http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/06/27/how-marlboro-became-number-one/ SMOKING causes hundreds of thousands more deaths each year than previously thought, dramatic scientific research has revealed.  A study, led by experts in Glasgow, showed heightened chances of dying from cancers of the colon, rectum and prostate, as well as from lymphatic leukaemia. These illnesses cause 930,000 deaths worldwide each year, ... http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/06/23/smokings-hidden-death-toll-revealed/ Your toes tell it all, ladies. Toenail clippings can provide evidence of tobacco exposure and help explain the risk of heart disease, at least in women, according to a unique study from the University of California-San Diego and Harvard University. The medical researchers examined levels of nicotine in toenails of 905 women ... http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/06/20/toenails-reveal-all/ AS A practicing hypochondriac it was of particular interest to me to learn about a research company in, of all places, Iceland, which is making what could be historic advances in medicine through the study of human genetics. This company, deCODE genetics, is exploiting a most unusual data base: that of ... http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/06/18/degrees-of-addiction/ [youtube aktIMBQSXMo&hl=en] http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/06/02/understanding-chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-copd-part-i/ [youtube ttdma8PnFJI&hl=en] http://www.ciggyfree.com/cigblog/2008/06/02/understanding-chronic-obstructive-pulmonary-disease-copd-part-ii/