One of the most exciting developments in the field of smoking cessation and nicotine replacement therapy in the last decade, aside from the patch and the gum has been the electronic cigarette. Studies conducted point to this new technology as a highly effective, safer alternative to smoking in addition to being a much more inexpensive means of ending the deadly smoking habit. The only possible problem is the legality of the e-cigarette.
E-Cigarette Legalities
Australian and Canadian lawmakers have banned the innovative and much less harmful e-cigarette, simply because they consider the …

 
Got a Combustible Substance? You are Banned!
San Antonio smokers will be treated a little more discourteously as the Texas city is enforcing a law that will ban smoking in certain areas of the city. According to the San Antonio Current, smoking is considered to be “’inhaling, exhaling, burning, or carrying any lighted cigar, cigarette, pipe, weed, plant, or other combustible substance in any manner or in any form.’” Fortunately, e-cigarette or personal vaporizer users are off the hook as the e-cigarette is not a combustible product.
Where Smokers can Smoke in …

Cigarette Smoke – An Allergen
Cigarette smoke is an allergen that can cause your dog a good deal of suffering by way of allergic dermatitis. Allergic dermatitis is a skin condition where an inflammation of the skin develops in response to an allergic reaction to specific substances. The skin can become inflamed after the animal absorbs the product through the skin or breathes in the allergen. The first symptom that appears that is connected with allergic dermatitis is scratching. The dog will also bite the area of the inflammation, which can …

Tobacco Control Act
On 22, 2009, President Obama signed into law the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, otherwise known as the Tobacco Control Act. The law represents another major decision by government to neutralize the surging tide of tobacco addiction. It also marks the first time that the authority to regulate the manufacture, distribution, and marketing of tobacco products to protect public health was assigned to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
 
The law seeks primarily to prevent and reduce tobacco use by young people before they get addicted and …

According an article, “A success story on MSN Health and Fitness,” that appeared on the Nicotine Times website, one smoker claims that choosing electronic cigarettes as a smoking alternative gave him the incentive to quit the habit. While the Food and Drug Administration does not approve of using electronic cigarettes as smoking cessation devices, the aforementioned smoker maintains a different perspective.
35 years of smoking – 2 years smoke free
The former smoker enjoyed the habit for 3 and a half decades and had tried all the approved methods to stop smoking, …

Back in the early 1900’s, most cigarette smokers rolled their own cigarettes. There were many brands of tobacco from which smokers could choose, and it was assumed that there would be no national market for pre-rolled and packaged cigarettes. This was the case until 1913, when R.J. Reynolds released Camel cigarettes.
Prior to releasing the now-famous brand, R.J. Reynolds developed a massive advertising campaign for the cigarettes. The months-long “The Camels are Coming” campaign raised public interest and built anticipation for Camels. This led to the brand becoming an instant hit. …

There’s no safer place than home. 
But there’s no riskier place, too, if a parent smokes.  Parents who smoke inside the home endanger the health of their family. Every day the family is exposed  to the harmful effects of both the second hand smoke and the third hand smoke from cigarettes.
Second hand smoke
Second hand smoke is smoke exhaled by the smoker and/or smoke emitted by a lit cigarette. Found in a second hand smoke are over 7,000 known chemicals. At least 250 of them are known to be harmful (among them …

The public fight over tobacco is taking new shapes, literally, as Colorado becomes a testing ground for nicotine in the form of toothpicks, breath mints and strips that dissolve on the tongue.
The new forms of tobacco — potentially attractive to kids and a crutch for smokers whom health officials say should quit nicotine altogether — prompted public hearings and a scramble by regulators.
Tobacco critics condemn the products as dangerous “candy” and a cynical move by Big Tobacco to boost sales.
But Colorado efforts to blunt the new dissolvables will be hampered …

Only 2 minutes long, but worth watching this comedic video featuring a musical rendition of tobacco companies spinning words and benefits of cigarettes.