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New "Social Farting" and "Ear Wax Picker" PSA's Bring Awareness to Social Smoking Problem [VIDEO]

Tony Hart — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 20:47:34 +0000

Lift a cheek in celebration, Canada’s Ministry of Health is taking on the problem of “social smoking” or people that don’t smoke 90% of the time but do it when out with friends or when drinking in a social setting, with a funny new PSA equating social smoking to social farting. According to the Facebook page created to coordinate with this campaign, ”Social [...]

Santa Quits Smoking in New Version of 'Twas the Night Before Christmas'

Donald Deane — Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:30:29 +0000

As a role model for kindness and generosity, you can't do much better than Santa. But let's face it -- he's not exactly the picture of health. If the jolly old elf can't bring himself to drop a few pounds, at least he's recently given up smoking.

Duluth City Council Says No More Smoking on the Lakewalk

Tony Hart — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 21:42:28 +0000

The Duluth City Council voted 6-3 to ban smoking on the popular Lakewalk and in Lake Place or Leif Erikson parks. The new law forbids the smoking of tobacco or other substances within 6 feet of the path or parks and goes into effect in about a month. Laws like this are usually well intentioned [...]

New Research Claims Exercise May Help You Stop Smoking

Mike Adams — Tue, 28 Aug 2012 18:09:41 +0000

Smokers who have tried to quit in the past using patches, gum, voodoo witchdoctor magic and other addiction propaganda may just want to step outside for a run the next time they feel the need to smoke,. A new study shows that exercise seems to overcome nicotine cravings. The study, which was recently published in the [...]

Get Paid to Quit Smoking with UMD Medical School Study

Laura Peterson — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:03:12 +0000

Everyone knows that smoking is bad for you, right? Then why do we do it? Isn’t your health, the health of your loved ones, and your overall well-being more important than smoking? Many smokers who have quit or tried to quit know it isn’t easy. It takes a lot of self-control, determination, willpower, support, accountability [...]

Lung Cancer Is Officially No Longer Just a 'Smoker's Disease' — Health Check

Shauna Wright — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 14:06:37 +0000

While most cases of lung cancer occur in smokers, nearly 20 percent of cases strike those who’ve never touched a cigarette. When it comes down to the facts, 32,000 nonsmoking Americans die from lung cancer every year — so many that experts say it’s time to stop calling it “the smoker’s disease.”

British Mother Defends Decision to Smoke While Pregnant [VIDEO]

Tony Hart — Tue, 31 May 2011 21:54:17 +0000

The brilliant ladies of MTV's 'Teen Mom' may have met their match in Charlie Wilcox.

Wilcox, a British mother who smoked 3,500 cigarettes while pregnant, claims all that nicotine was actually healthy for her newborn daughter because it made the girl's heart work harder since it restricted her oxygen supply while in utero.