Smoking

The best-known North American contribution to the world drug trade has always been tobacco. Tobacco pipes have been found among the earliest Aztec and Mayan ruins. “Drinking” the smoke of tobacco leaves was an established New World practice long before European contact.

In 1964, the Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health laid out the case for the long-term ill effects of nicotine quite effectively—and millions of people quit smoking. A stubborn minority did not, and many of them still have not. Nicotine, the active ingredient in tobacco, is highly addictive. Addicted smokers drink more and have poorer health than non-smokers. Smoking cessation sites, such as Smoking Cessation 101, and Stop Smoking Timeline, are common in the blogosphere. 

Zyban was the first successful anti-smoking drug, when combined with nicotine replacement therapy like nicotine patches and nicotine gum. Chantix was okayed by the FDA as a second drug for the treatment of nicotine addiction.

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• The Great American Smokeout: Will you be trying to quit smoking?

  
  BlogHer - Health & Wellness — Authority: 144
  The Great American Smokeout happens every year on the third Thursday in November, and it has been going on each year since 1977.  This is a day that smokers all across the country are encouraged to not smoke, or at least cut back on their smoking for one day.  Each year millions of smokers participate in the ...
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• Smokers have options other than quit or die

  
  Letters to the Editor — Authority: 141
  The letter from Matthew Kuhlenbeck of the Missouri Foundation for Health (Nov. 7) offers help to smokers who want to quit. Unfortunately, he failed to mention the most helpful option for most of those smokers: switching to a low-risk nicotine product.…
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• GlaxoSmithKline signs smoking vaccine licensing agreement with Nabi

  
  DailyFinance — Authority: 797
  Filed under: Company News , GlaxoSmithKline Not two months after the Swiss start-up Cytoss experimental anti-smoking vaccine failed in a mid-stage study, Nabi Biopharmaceuticals ( NABI ) and GlaxoSmithKline ( GSK ) have signed a licensing agreement for Nabis own anti-smoking vaccine, NicVAX . The deal, which ...
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• When You Stop Smoking Without NRT

  
  Health & Fitness Blog — Authority: 166
  When you understand what makes quitting smoking so difficult you can figure out how to stop smoking without NRT. Nicotine replacement therapy can be beneficial for some, but for others even just the idea of keeping a constant level of nicotine in the system seems counterintuitive. It doesnt always work, especially for ...
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• Can You Stop Smoking Without NRT Or Is It A Fake?

  
  Naked News — Authority: 173
  When you stop smoking without NRT you manage to keep the nicotine that your body craves out of your system for a much longer period of time. This way, when you finally find that you are on your own you are well past the physical addiction that makes nicotine so incredibly difficult to break away from. With nicotine ...
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• Classy High-End Water Pipe Is What Design Nerds Use to Smoke [Smoking]

  
  Gizmodo — Authority: 896
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• Classy High-End Water Pipe Is What Jonny Ive Uses to Smoke [Smoking]

  
  Gizmodo — Authority: 896
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• Hypnosis has real brain effect | Herald de Paris

  
  Hypnosis MagazineHypnosis Magazine — Authority: 151
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• Fourteen Days To A Whiter Smile

  
  cVillain — Authority: 132
  With many in the bar scene grumbling over the smoking ban going into effect December 1st, and the inevitably approaching winter temps (although 70* today does provide some hope), we have to wonder if such a die-hard group of drinkers will shift to accommodate establishments which cater to the new requirements for ...
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• Classy High-End Water Pipe Is What Design Nerds Use to Smoke [Smoking]

  
  RSS fabriek — Authority: 463
  Only college kids smoke out of hand-blown bowls with swirly colors. Adults spend their hard-earned money on well-designed products made of stainless steel, acrylic and leather. This thing is the perfect compliment to the Volcano. [ Yanko via Fast Company ]
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• The Inalienable Right to Smoke [Smoking]

  
  Gawker — Authority: 863
  Several large NYC landlords are moving to ban smoking inside their own apartment complexes, and on the sidewalks outside them, as well. Clearly, this violates our just-made-up list of Places People Can Always Smoke, No Takebacks. Your Own Apartment: You cant smoke in your own apartment? Get the fuck outta here. ...
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• Yves saint Laurents Black Model Fix

  
  Au Courant Blog | International + Caribbean Fashion, Shopping, etc. — Authority: 126
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• A Starkville miracle

  
  Jacob Grier — Authority: 473
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• Moron of the Week #14

  
  The Constant Complainer — Authority: 119
  Please help me congratulate Joshua Basso of Tampa, Florida.  He is the recipient of this week’s “Moron of the Week Award.”  I’d also like to thank readers Leo Nevoli and John for bringing this story to my attention. Joshua was arrested on November 11 th and charged with misuse of the 911 system (a ...
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• RTI Global Survey: 87% Employers Want Workplace Smoke-Free

  
  BASIL & SPICE — Authority: 136
  Smokers Worldwide Support Workplace Smoking Bans, Study Finds RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C.—The majority of smokers worldwide support smoking bans in the workplace, according to a new study by RTI International and Harris Interactive. The study , published in the International Journal of Public Health ...
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• Landlords Tell Tenants to Butt Out, Or Else

  
  Curbed NY — Authority: 683
  In-apartment smoking has been a feuding matter for NYC residents for a while now, but landlords are finally getting in the game. The Times reports that Related , landlord at The Caledonia and other buildings, will ban smoking this month at some of its downtown properties because of secondhand smoke worries. ...
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• Honestly, I Am Not Ignoring You!

  
  Akira The Don — Authority: 137
  So, last night, I realised that for the past week or so none of my text messages have sent. I had 87 text messages in the outbox. So if youlve texted me, and I havent replied, that is why. I thought I did. No wonder my girl was feeling unappreciated! Damn! So, phone is a bit crap for communicated right now. Go with ...
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• Federal Excise Taxes on Tobacco are Increasing

  
  ::the open end:: — Authority: 134
  On February 4th, 2009, the Federal Government enacted legislation to fund the expansion of the State Children’s Health Insurance Program ( SCHIP ) that increased excise taxes on tobacco by: 158% on cigarettes 158% on smokeless tobacco 155% on large cigars I remember this was big news on NPR. Some highly-qualified ...
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• Smoking Laws are on the Rise and so is Cigarette Smoke

  
  Alternative Health, Natural, Environmental & Organic News Blog — Authority: 127
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• USA TODAY: Researchers looking at whether vaccines can treating smoking addiction

  
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  USA TODAY: Researchers looking at whether vaccines can treating smoking addiction: Researchers are...
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