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THE NATURAL WAY TO BREAK YOUR SMOKING HABIT
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In the first study to explore the effects of food and beverages on the taste of cigarettes, 209 smokers were asked to name items that worsen or enhance cigarettes' taste.

Smokers reported that drinking milk or water, or eating fruits and vegetables, worsened the taste of cigarettes. On the other hand, alcohol, coffee and meat enhanced the taste of cigarettes. These findings could lead to a diet that makes it easier to quit smoking.

Nineteen percent of the smokers said that dairy products worsen the taste of cigarettes, 16 percent said that fruits and vegetables did so, and 14 percent reported the same effect for water and juice. Alcohol enhanced the taste for 44 percent, while 45 percent said the same of caffeinated beverages and 11 percent found the taste was enhanced after eating meat.

Smokers of menthol cigarettes were less likely to say that foods or beverages altered the taste of their cigarettes.

Silver acetate is known to alter the taste of cigarettes, and it has been suggested that it could be used in the form of a gum or a lozenge as part of a treatment to help smokers quit.

July 9, 2008 | 11:20 AM Comments  0 comments

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What a big drama between this company and the government
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Big tobacco companies sued. What a big drama? Government of Nigeria against tobacco companies. The on going legal battle between four Nigerian states and two major tobacco companies are beginning to draw international interest. The British American Tobacco and Philip morris are being sued for allegedly targeting Nigerian children as sales in western countries decline.

The first case began hearing in May in Lagos proceedings went on in Kano another hearing is to be hold in Gombe and the fourth is scheduled to start in Oyo. Reprehensive from Phillip Morris denied all allegations and said they never intentionally targeted minors in making their products.

Together, Nigerian states are seeking more than $38 Billion in damages arising from the cost of treating smoking related diseases.
Much of the evidence be internal documents that came to light as part of multibillion dollar settlement the United States tobacco industry reached with state government in the 1990s.
Nigeria has banned tobacco advertising on billboards, but has no law banning the sales of tobacco to minors.

July 9, 2008 | 11:03 AM Comments  0 comments

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What U most know about this company.
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NICOTINE LEVEL RAISED.
Public health campaigns have been urging smokers to quit. However, tobacco companies have been sneakily making cigarette more addictive by raising nicotine level to 10% in the past six years, reports The New york Times.A new test, considered more realistic in mimicking smokers real life habits, has revealed that tobacco companies are trying to hook new young smokers and preventing older ones from quitting
in tests virtually all brands of cigarettes were found to deliver a high enough nicotine dose to cause heavy dependence.

July 9, 2008 | 10:51 AM Comments  0 comments

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Company that kill almost 5 million people every year.
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Tobacco is the dried leaf of a plant that grows in many parts of the world. Tobacco contains many chemicals including a drug called nicotine, which is a mild stimulant and very addictive, tar and carbon monoxide (the same gas that car exhausts pump out).
Tobacco is found in cigarettes and cigars. Cigarettes may also be known as; fags, smokes, joints and roll-ups.
What are the immediate effects of smoking?
Nicotine is a powerful, fast acting drug, when smoke is inhaled, the nicotine effect hits the brain about 8 seconds later. Nicotine speeds up the heart rate and increases blood pressure. The carbon monoxide in tobacco smoke greatly affects the heart as it reduces the bloods ability to carry oxygen. Nicotine helps reduce stress, anxiety and boredom. However, this effect fades quickly, which encourages continual use. If you are a first time user it may make you feel sick. If you smoke regularly it makes your breath smell (known as halitosis) and can turn your fingers and teeth yellowy-brown.
Did you know smoking could affect the way you look?
Most people know smoking seriously affects internal organs, particularly the heart and lungs, but did you know it also affects a person’s appearance by altering the skin, body weight and shape. Smoking can also have a noticeable ageing effect on the body.
A smoker’s skin is estimated to wrinkle up to 20 years earlier than that of a non-smoker.
The skin is affected by tobacco in two ways,
firstly tobacco released into the environment has a drying effect on the skin’s surface.
Secondly, because smoking restricts blood vessels, it reduces the amount of blood flowing to the skin, so depriving your skin of oxygen and essential nutrients.
Body weight and shape can be greatly affected by smoking tobacco. Smokers in general tend to be thinner than non-smokers
because nicotine acts as an appetite suppressant and increases the metabolic rate.
What are the long-term effects of smoking tobacco?
Tobacco and smoking cause long-term damage to your health and can kill. Smoking causes chest problems, cancer, infertility and heart disease. Smoking may also lead to an earlier menopause. Lung cancer is the cancer most associated with smoking. Lung cancer kills more people than any other type of cancer and at least 80% of these deaths are caused by smoking. However, there are other types of cancer, which can be caused by smoking, these include: cancer of the mouth, lip and throat, cervical cancer, anal cancer, pancreatic cancer, bladder cancer and leukaemia. Tobacco contributes to at least 2000 limb amputations each year. Smoking will also raise your blood cholesterol levels and blood pressure and these 2 factors are the main 2 reasons why people get coronary heart disease. Smoking accounts for 30,000 heart disease deaths in the U.K. every year.
Every puff of a cigarette irritates the lining in your mouth. This can lead to sores, ulcers and can damage your gums, causing you to loose your teeth.

On average smokers have far more complications during pregnancy such as premature birth or even a still-birth. Women who smoke during pregnancy are also at risk of giving birth to a lighter baby (an average 8ozs/200 grams lighter than babies born to non-smokers) and a low birth weight is associated with higher risks of death and disease in infancy and early childhood. There is also an increased risk of cot death in babies whose mother has smoked during pregnancy.
Smoking in men has also been associated with low sperm counts and impotence.
Smoking is expensive, 10 cigarettes a day will cost approximately £800 upwards each year.
What about passive smoking?
Breathing in other peoples smoke, known as passive smoking can cause breathing difficulties, asthma and cancer.
More than 17,000 children under the age of 5 are admitted to hospital every year because of the effects of passive smoking. Children are more susceptible to the effects of passive smoking and children who live in a household where both parents smoke, are receiving a nicotine equivalent of smoking 80 cigarettes a day.
Are there any laws on the sale of tobacco?
It is illegal for a shop-keeper to sell tobacco to anyone under the age of 16 in the U.K., although the use of tobacco products by children under the age of 16 is not illegal.

July 9, 2008 | 10:32 AM Comments  0 comments

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What a Professional Mishaps
Related to country: Nigeria

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The issue is between the teaching hospital and the parents of a four year old girl named Kehinde Babalola. The baby is a victim of professional mishaps in the hands of the Institution’s personel and her parents Mr. & Mrs. Babalola, inspired and beding gudded by two NGO’s are trying to make a capital out of the unfortunate incident, turning a good cause into cross opportunism.

The back ground story is Kehinde was born a twin on April 26, 2004 but her twin sister died about a month later.

Kehinde took ill afterwards and was admitted for diarrhea, difficulty in breathing and weight loss and there after to AIDs Prevention initiative Nigeria clinic were she was admitted in isolation ward and managed for pneumonia and septicemia. Following further medical investigation, the baby tested (HIV) positive and anti-retroviral was commenced with the parents consent. Unfortunately, during the process of blood collection for CG4 count, a tourniquet was inadvertently forgotten over night on the baby’s right hand side because the baby was wrapped up because of her low temperature. The arm eventually became gangrenous requiring amputation. At the end, the institution amputated her hand.

Reports have it that as a result of the protest by positive life Association of Nigerian NGO. The teaching Hospital set up a six man panel to look into the matter, after its investigations, the panel found the institution culpable and recommended several disciplinary measures against those involved in unfortunate incident. The authorities heeded the panel’s recommendations and all prescribed.

Sanctions were applied accordingly but that is not all there was to it. The medical institution, as compensation for this official error (Ilesanmi insists it was an error, not negligence) constructed a three bed room bungalow for the child and her parents so they can relocate to a more conductive environment. It also offered a scholarship for the young girl from nursery to University. In addition to these, teaching hospital authorities also resolved to provide her an artificial limb. It also offered her life free treatment for any ailment.

That is the basket of the offering so now, what is the problem? Well, the problem is that some people are holding that the basket is either not full or the contents are misery, not substantial enough to complement the things already offered. The teaching hospital must add monetary compensation. That is according to another NGO pressing for this monetary addition to the package. From the package the institution has arranged has it occurred to NGO that the future of the blessed girl has adequate taken care? So why would money now be the Holy Quran? Do you think this was an error or negligence on the side of medical team?
2) do you encourage the monetary compensation.

June 6, 2008 | 1:13 PM Comments  2 comments

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