New Age of Smoking

A new era of smoking is just around the corner. Electronic cigarettes are on the craze but are they really all that they are cracked up to be? The FDA does not think that the electronic cigarettes are as great as they claim to be.

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http://www.cnn.com/2009/HEALTH/03/13/ecigarettes.smoking/

Things you didn't know about secondhand smoke.

We all have a right to clean air some people however do not get to have that right. Clean air is something that some people do not take for granted but here are some of the effects that secondhand smoke can cause.

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http://www.beverlyfund.org/Secondhandsmoke.html

WHO Wants Clean Air?

New findings from the World Health Organization (WHO) show that clean indoor air ordinances lead to significant reductions in hospital admissions for heart disease, effectively encourage smokers to quit, and protect non-smokers and children from second-hand smoke. The WHO challenges more countries to adopt smoking bans in workplaces, bars, and restaurants:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080630/hl_nm/smoking_bans_dc_1

What Everyone Should Know About Teen Smoking

The Center for Disease Control & Prevention's latest research shows the teen smoking rate held steady between 2003 and 2007, at 22%, after a decline of 14% from 1997 to 2003. Officials cite a lack of state spending on prevention as the primary culprit in this leveling-off of the 30-day past use rate. Read more at:

http://in.reuters.com/article/health/idINN2633099820080626

Grammy-Winning Singer Has Emphysema

Singer Amy Winehouse was diagnosed with severe lung damage and diminished lung capacity, says the Associated Press: 'Winehouse damaged her lungs by smoking crack cocaine and cigarettes, her father said in an interview published Sunday. The Sunday Mirror quoted Mitch Winehouse as saying that Amy has an early stage emphysema and an irregular heartbeat, and has been warned that she will have to wear an oxygen mask unless she stops smoking drugs. "The doctors have told her if she goes back to smoking drugs, it won't just ruin her voice, it will kill her," Mitch Winehouse was quoted as saying.'

Winehouse is only 24 years old.