Smoking
Barack Obama quit smoking a year ago - Michelle Obama
February 09, 2011US President Barack Obama has not smoked a cigarette in almost a year, First Lady Michelle Obama has said. Mrs Obama said she was very proud of her husband, who had smoked for years and has repeatedly spoken of his struggle to quit tobacco. In December...
Study: High-calorie food is addictive as drugs and smoking
April 02, 2010By Jessica Berman High-calorie food can be just as addictive as drugs and cigarette smoking. That's according to a new study, which found that compulsive eating is regulated by the same brain region that's responsible for substance abuse. Researchers...
New studies: Smoking has immediate, adverse effects on the body
March 08, 2010By Joe DeCapua The World Health Organization calls tobacco the leading cause of preventable death in the world. In December, the WHO launched a campaign against cigarette smoking in Africa, saying a rapidly growing population is creating “larger...
Have a smoke at your child's expense
March 04, 2010By Art Chimes Blood vessel changes seen in teens exposed to tobacco smoke A new study has found that teenagers who are exposed to second-hand tobacco smoke are more likely to have changes to their blood vessels that could lead to heart disease later...
Russia's smoking and drinking chimp
February 26, 2010Reuters picks up a "Komsomolskaya pravda" report on a chimpanzee whose smoking and boozing have landed him in hot water with his Moscow zookeepers. And zoogoers are tired of the shakedowns, too. They're sending Zhora the former circus chimp...
Study: Movie smoking affects young adults
October 04, 2007A U.S. study has determined exposure to smoking in movies has a strong correlation with young adults beginning to smoke. Previous studies found on-screen smoking was linked to recruitment of adolescent smokers, but the new University of California...
German upper house passes ban on cigarette advertising
December 15, 2006Berlin (dpa) - Legislation banning cigarette advertising in newspapers, magazines and on the internet was passed by the upper house of Germany's federal parliament Friday, the same week as Berlin failed in a court challenge against EU powers to do the...
Half a million Spaniards stop smoking
December 11, 2006Zaragoza, Spain (dpa) - More than half a million Spaniards have stopped smoking since the country introduced stringent anti-smoking legislation from the beginning of this year, an expert said Monday. Cigarette sales have gone down by more than 5 per...