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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  Newsvine - Killfile's Column - Articles and Seeds — Authority: 143
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  Mobilewhack.com — Authority: 646
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• Jon Gosselin Gives Up Custody Of The Kids!

  
  Backseat Cuddler — Authority: 605
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  D*ana's Dirt — Authority: 528
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• Second hand (Passive) Smoking and Caries

  
  The Tooth Booth Dental Blog — Authority: 117
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• Virginia Smoking Ban

  
  Twelve Mile Circle — Authority: 121
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• Outdoor Second-hand Smoke creating a new hazard : Study

  
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• You Are Able To Stop Smoking Without NRT

  
  Health and Wellness — Authority: 149
  If I could get away with smoking and not kill myself in the process I would. I mean it was not as if I was in love with smoking, but I found the experience pleasurable. I liked the taste, the heat going down my lungs, the rush I that would hit my brain. By the way did you know that is really where the addiction is ...
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• You Can Stop Smoking Without NRT

  
  World News — Authority: 464
  If I could avoid killing my body and keep smoking I would. I am not a lover of cigarettes mind you, but I do enjoy the taste of cigarettes not to mention the rush I get to my brain. Incidentally did you know that cigarette addiction is centered in your brain? This is why you can stop smoking without NRT.
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• You Are Able To Stop Smoking Without NRT

  
  Healthy Detox — Authority: 148
  If I could avoid killing my body and keep smoking I would. I am not a lover of cigarettes mind you, but I do enjoy the taste of cigarettes not to mention the rush I get to my brain. Incidentally did you know that cigarette addiction is centered in your brain? This is why you can stop smoking without NRT. You see ...
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