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Ginseng Cartridge Pack by SolarCigarette.com Gives Smoking a LiftSolarCigarette.com released a variety of flavored ecigarette cartridges. Among them, the company recommended the ginseng cartridge pack for mothers who want to quit the habit for its health benefits. Chicago, IL (PRWEB) May 26, 2012 It is a general knowledge that smoking brings in numerous health problems. However, the habit is addictive thus hard to quit. Knowing how difficult it is to kick ciga...

States should stop diverting stop-smoking moneyThe states and cigarette industry have a symbiotic relationship. Tobacco companies have paid states close to $250 billion in settlement money since 1998, and much of that money was meant to go on stop-smoking programs. But only 3 percent of the funds...

California tobacco tax measure risks going up in smokeSAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Health-conscious Californians may mostly oppose smoking for its costs to public health and the economy but an aggressive tobacco industry campaign and general anti-tax sentiment may block a measure to raise taxes on smokers....

Proposed Cuts to North Carolina's Highly Successful Tobacco Prevention Programs Will Hurt Kids and Increase Health Care CostsWASHINGTON, May 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement of Matthew L. Myers, President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080918/CFTFKLOGO) We urge the North Carolina General Assembly to reject a legislative committee's proposal to slash funding for the state's highly successful tobacco prevention programs and instead maintain fu...

CDC report finds states spend only a fraction of tobacco funds to fight smokingThe study says states collected $244 billion from tobacco settlement payments between 1998 and 2010, and used about $8 billion of that for anti-smoking campaigns.

BPH Symptoms Can Be Improved with New Thermobalancing Therapy Without Potentially Harmful Drugs & Prostate Surgeries, Reveals Fine TreatmentThe improvement to BPH symptoms with the use of new Thermobalancing Therapy comes gradually; for instance, the urinary symptoms at first ease during the day and later in the night, Fine Treatment highlights. This therapy decreases the size of the enlarged prostate naturally without resorting to potentially harmful BPH drugs and prostate surgeries. London, UK (PRWEB) May 25, 2012 With the new Ther...

World 'no tobacco day' puts spotlight on dangers of smokingIt’s not just smokers who are at-risk when it comes to tobacco smoke exposure—and the health concerns of smoking cigarettes are not limited to the most known consequence: lung cancer.

[News] Tuberculosis linked to lung cancer mortality in the elderlyPrevious active tuberculosis leads to an increased mortality from lung cancer, independent from a host of other factors such as smoking history. A new study presented by Chi Chiu Leung (Department of Health, Hong Kong, China) at the American Thoraci...

Child addicts at core of Indonesia anti-smoking suitKARAWANG GIRANG, Indonesia (Reuters) - Anti-tobacco advocates in Indonesia plan to file a class action lawsuit this month using cases of child addicts in the hope of forcing tougher regulations on a society where one in three people smokes.

States Use Only Fraction of Tobacco Revenues to Fight Smoking, Study FindsTHURSDAY, May 24 -- Only a small percentage of the billions of dollars states take in from tobacco revenues goes to anti-smoking efforts, a new federal report finds. Under the 1998 Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement, tobacco companies agreed to...

Gut Symptoms in the Global Spotlight for "World Digestive Health Day" on May 29New Resource Center from the American College of Gastroenterology Addresses Common Digestive Troubles BETHESDA, Md., May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American College of Gastroenterology has created a special online resource center that features the College's wealth of scientifically-based education material and information, the latest related research from The American Journa...

CDC Report: States Have Spent Little Tobacco Revenue on Tobacco PreventionStates Must Invest More in Programs that Save Lives and Save Money WASHINGTON, May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The following is a statement of Matthew L. Myers President, Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids: (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20080918/CFTFKLOGO) A report released today by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirms that states have spent a smal...

Electronic Cigarette Helps A Woman Who Smoked For 50 Years Quit SmokingElectronic Cigarette website http://electroniccigarettehub.org starts publishing inspirational stories from former smokers who quit smoking with a help of an e cigarette. (PRWEB) May 24, 2012 According to ECF a grandmother Kathleen Summer from Chicago, IL has been finally able to quit smoking by using an electric cigarette after trying many years. Smokeless cigarette users call it “vaping” an...

NAAMA Donates Two New Ambulances To Syrian Arab Red Crescent For Use In Hardest Hit Cities; Sends Help To Syrian Refugees In JordanBIRMINGHAM, Mich., May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Arab American Medical Association (NAAMA) and the NAAMA Foundation announce the purchase and delivery of two newly equipped ambulances to Damascus for further delivery to two of the Syrian cities hardest hit by the ongoing violence in that country. Outfitted in Beirut, Lebanon, the two Nissan ambulances were delivered yesterday to...

New Guideline Advises Yearly Lung Cancer Screening With CTATS 2012: A new guideline recommends screening with low-dose computed tomography (CT) for older smokers with heavy smoking habits. Medscape Medical News

Healthper Designs the Missing Puzzle Piece and Introduces healthngage™Unleash the power of social networking on your company health engagement strategy. Now is the time to empower employees to take back their health and grab hold of the tools needed for healthy living. There is just one piece missing; the right supplier to kick the program into gear! Healthper has the solution you seek in healthngage.™ Princeton, NJ (PRWEB) May 24, 2012 The notion of being rew...

Child addicts at heart of Indonesia anti-smoking suitKARAWANG GIRANG, Indonesia (Reuters) - Anti-tobacco advocates in Indonesia plan to file a class action lawsuit this month using cases of child addicts in the hope of forcing tougher regulations on a society where one in three people smokes.

CRN Reacts To New Study On Calcium And Heart HealthWASHINGTON, May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In response to the study published today in Heart Journal, "Associations of dietary calcium intake and calcium supplementation with myocardial infarction and stroke risk and overall cardiovascular mortality in the Heidelberg cohort of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition study," by Li et al., the Council for Responsibl...

U.S. outspends other industrialized nations on healthcare with mixed resultsWe have the highest healthcare costs despite being younger and smoking less than average. Discover the one big problem causing costs to skyrocket.

Three Out of 10 Young Adult Tobacco Users Are "Dual Users"In addition to Cigarettes, Little Cigars and Hookah Popular Among Young Tobacco Users WASHINGTON, May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A new study finds that young adults are not only using cigarettes but also concurrently using more than one tobacco product, including little cigars and hookah. The study, published in the May issue of the Journal of Environmental and Public Health, comes f...

Smokeless Cigarettes Can Beat The Smoking Gene That Forces Some People To Smoke More Than OthersSmokeless cigarettes from http://electroniccigarettehub.org helped Mrs. Jenkins beat her smoking habit in just two weeks. (PRWEB) May 23, 2012 As reported by WebMD, “A smoking gene may play a role in how many cigarettes certain smokers puff each day.” Researchers from 50 medical institutions across the country analyzed genetic material of more than 32,000 African-American smokers and non-smok...

CryoLife to Participate in 3rd Annual Benchmark Company, LLC One-on-One Investor ConferenceATLANTA, May 23, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- CryoLife, Inc. (NYSE: CRY), a leading medical device company focused on cardiac and vascular surgery, announced today that it will participate in the upcoming 3rd Annual Benchmark Company, LLC One-on-One Investor Conference on Thursday, May 31, 2012 in Milwaukee. D. Ashley Lee, executive vice president, chief operating officer, and chief financial office...

South Korean smokers finally start to feel the heatAfter decades of indifference, big businesses and the government are turning up the heat on smokers in South Korea, a nation with one of the developed world's highest male smoking rates.

Kids suffer long-term from parents' smoking: studyChildren exposed to their parents' cigarette smoke are at greater risk of suffering serious cardiovascular health problems later in life, a study showed Wednesday.

Researchers identify genetic marker linked with smoking quantity in African AmericansIn a step toward understanding possible genetic differences in smoking behaviors, a team of researchers co-led by SRI International has identified a genetic marker associated with smoking quantity in people of African ancestry.

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