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• Swimming Pools May Cause Allergies or Asthma

  
  Find Me A Cure — Authority: 137
  Swimming in a chlorinated pool may boost the odds that a child susceptible to asthma and allergies will develop these problems. …………………….. Chlorinated pools irritate the airways of swimmers, exerting a strong additive effect on the development of asthma and respiratory allergies such as hay ...
  2 days ago

• Opponents of workplace smoking ban rolling out debunked studies again

  
  The Conservative Media — Authority: 130
  With news that the workplace smoking ban, that includes bars and restaurants, may move in the Michigan Legislature this week , opponents of the ban are ramping up efforts to put out their false information to kill what 38 other state already have. The operator’s of Detroit’s three casinos planted a story in the ...
  2 days ago

• Study finds high Nicotine levels in Children exposed to Secondhand Smoke

  
  Assam Information Portal — Authority: 442
  The findings of a new research published in Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention, a journal of the American Association for Cancer Research, shows that nicotine level is higher in children exposed to secondhand smoke in home. Specifically, hair nicotine concentrations were higher in children exposed to ...
  3 days ago

• Secondhand cigarette smoke exposure ‘ups breast cancer risk’

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  Washington, Dec 4 (ANI): Women who are exposed to secondhand smoke for a prolonged period of time and in high quantity face an increased risk of breast cancer, says a new study.“The question of whether exposure to side-stream smoke could increase risk of breast cancer is one that is unresolved,” said Peggy ...
  4 days ago

• Smoke Suit at 200 Chambers Still Breathing: A judge has denied a motion...

  
  Curbed NY — Authority: 686
  A judge has denied a motion to dismiss the $25,000 civil lawsuit brought by one neighbor against another over wafting secondhand smoke at Tribeca stinkbomb 200 Chambers . Whats it mean? Smokers (or owners of units occupied by smokers) can potentially be held liable to their tobaccy-hatin neighbors under nuisance and ...
  6 days ago

• Home of the Marlboro Man goes smokefree today: Michigan, not so much

  
  The Conservative Media — Authority: 130
  LANSING -- Today is not only the first day of December, but it also marks the day that the smoking ban in the largest tobacco growing state in the nation goes into effect. In Virginia , the home of the Marlboro Man and the largest cigarette factory in the world, you can no longer light up in a bar. The ban, ...
  1 week ago

• Nanny company alert — Apple

  
  David Kirkpatrick — Authority: 437
  Apple is actually voiding warranties for secondhand smoke “contamination.” Second hand smoke residue on computer parts make them too toxic to handle? Really? I hope this is some sort of hoax, but it seems to have some factual basis . Apple already has a very sorry track record in digital rights management , and ...
  1 week ago

• Study: Children Not Affected By Public Smoking Bans

  
  The Inquisitr Entertainment — Authority: 721
  Miami, FL (AHN) – Smoking bans in public places do not increase children’s exposure to secondhand smoke at home, according to a new study. Researchers with the Cardiff University’s School of Social Sciences said in a statement that children in Wales were exposed to similar amounts of secondhand smoke before and ...
  1 week ago

• Did Apple really refuse to repair computers because of secondhand smoke?

  
  PC Mike - Tech News and Reviews — Authority: 461
  You can tell it was a slow weekend on the tech scene by all the attention given a widely reported decision Apple not to service two computers – a MacBook and an iMac – because the machines were exposed to secondhand smoke and Steve Jobs has deemed that Apple workers shouldn’t have to be exposed to such ...
  2 weeks ago

• Outdoor Second-hand Smoke creating a new hazard : Study

  
  Assam Information Portal — Authority: 442
  Smoking not only harms the smokers, but also the non-smokers exposed to cigarette smokes. In scientific terms, it is called second-hand smoke. Indoor smoking bans have forced smokers at bars and restaurants onto outdoor patios, but a new University of Georgia study in collaboration with the Centres for Disease Control ...
  2 weeks ago

• Guess the White House isn’t switching to Macs, then.

  
  Moe Lane — Authority: 650
  Apple considers secondhand smoke to be a biohazard and a warranty-breaker. No, really. Dena [from Jobs office] did advise me that nicotine is on OSHA’s list of hazardous substances and Apple would not require an employee to repair anything deemed hazardous to their health. However, OSHA also lists calcium ...
  2 weeks ago

• 10 Interesting Links From November 20th

  
  Greg In The Desert — Authority: 132
  9NEWS.com | Colorado’s Online News Leader | Huge ball of ice crashes through woman’s roof – Then she heard a huge explosion after something fell out of the sky right into her kitchen. Thankfully Hagan was not sitting in the room. The two of them had just left the kitchen and no one in the home was injured. "It ...
  2 weeks ago

• Computers Can Die From Passive Smoking

  
  The Friggin Loon — Authority: 154
  So your saying my Mac has cancer? Attention all smoking Mac users, did you know your warranty could be null and void? Apple technicians have the right to refuse work on your smelly, smoked damaged machines if they want to, due to…wait for it…you know what’s coming…”health risks of second hand smoke”. Yes ...
  2 weeks ago

• Ciggies “widely contaminated” with pathogenic bacteria

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  Washington, November 20 (ANI): An international study has found cigarettes are “widely contaminated” with bacteria, including some which can cause diseases.A University of Maryland environmental health researcher and microbial ecologists at the Ecole Centrale de Lyon in France conducted the research.The study ...
  2 weeks ago

• Toddlers, Obese Kids Suffer Most From Smoke

  
  EmpowHer.com - Site Activity Feed — Authority: 558
  (HealthDay News) -- Secondhand smoke harms the cardiovascular health of children, especially toddlers and obese youngsters, U.S. researchers say. read more
  2 weeks ago

• Celebrate Great American Smokeout by urging lawmakers to take up the workplace smoking ban

  
  The Conservative Media — Authority: 130
  Today is the American Cancer Societys 34th Annual Great American Smokeout , and all over the country people are giving themselves a break from the deadly habit of smoking, at least for a day. You can further celebrate the Great American Smokeout by calling Michigan lawmakers and asking them to allow a vote on the ...
  2 weeks ago

• Toddlers, fat kids suffer most from secondhand smoke

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 728
  Washington, November 19 (ANI): Secondhand smoke exposure is worse for toddlers and obese children, according to a new study.The researchers, who presented their study at the American Heart Association’s Scientific Sessions 2009, observed 52 toddlers (ages 2 to 5 years) and 107 adolescents (ages 9 to 18 years) to ...
  2 weeks ago

• Stubbed Out: Related Companies to Ban Smokers From Six Residential Buildings, Including LEED Gold Tribeca Green

  
  greenbuildingsNYC — Authority: 118
  New Yorks smokers lobby is nowhere near as powerful as, say, the over-the-counter derivatives lobby or bluefin tuna fishery-collapsing industry or whatever, and the citys six-year old ban on smoking in bars and restaurants reflects as much. While we non-smokers who go to bars and restaurants (and concerts and ...
  3 weeks ago

• The Inalienable Right to Smoke [Smoking]

  
  Gawker — Authority: 860
  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. ...
  3 weeks ago

• A Starkville miracle

  
  Jacob Grier — Authority: 499
  Speaking of heart attack miracles, a new one has been discovered to justify a possible statewide smoking ban in Mississippi: A ban on indoor smoking has paid big dividends for the health of Starkville residents. In the three years after the ban was enacted in 2006, Starkville had 27 percent fewer heart attacks ...
  3 weeks ago

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