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aussie survey

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:59:27 GMT

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clipper's remarks: shows attitudes changing

Australians back medical marijuana, heroin injecting rooms

MOST Australians would support clinical trials of cannabis for medical use, a new survey of more than 23,000 people has found.

Almost half the respondents said they would support regulated heroin-injecting rooms.

The nationwide survey found overwhelming support for legalising cannabis for medical reasons, backed by nearly 70 per cent, while approval of clinical trials for cannabis approached 75 per cent.

Most people also looked favourably on needle and syringe programs, supported by more than 65 per cent.

When it came to tobacco, there was firm support across the board for bans on smoking in workplaces, pubs and clubs.

More than 80 per cent of Australians wanted smoking banned in the workplace, with Canberrans most strongly in favour at close to 85 per cent.

And more than 75 per cent of respondents wanted smoking banned from pubs and clubs.

Tags: australia, pot, tobacco, drugs, survey

Cigar expensive $750 each

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:23:52 GMT

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Clip Source: www.thebachelorguy.com

Gurkha takes the term "burning through money" to a new level.

Considered by many to be the Rolls Royce of cigars, they're also known for making exclusive high-end smokes catering to collectors. Like their Black Dragon released in 2006. Limited to only five cases, they came in a hand-carved, camel bone box, and cost a mind-blowing $1,150 each. Not each case. Each cigar. Each case had 100 cigars and cost $115,000. For something you set on fire. Intentionally.

And that makes this year's most expensive cigar in the world, Gurkha's His Majesty's Reserve, at $15,000 per box of 20, or $750 for a single cigar, pale in comparison. Limited to less than 100 boxes, these premium stogies are made with the most expensive premium tobacco and are then infused with an entire bottle of Louis XIII cognac. Just because they can.

$750 each
$15,000 per box of 20

Tags: smoke

Smoking addiction

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:25:29 GMT

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Clip Source: www.myaddiction.com

Smoking addiction includes cigarettes, cigars and chewing tobacco, although smoking cigarettes represents the most substantial problem within the smoking addiction. The World Health Organization (WHO) lists tobacco as the second largest cause of death in the world, amounting to 5 million deaths every year from smoking-related diseases such as cardiovascular disease, chronic obstructive lung disease and lung cancer. They believe that figure could double by the year 2020 (See Statistics).

A smoking addiction can arise in an individual from a numerous amount of factors. These include:

Tags: smoking, addiction, health

Media's Impact on Smoking

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 17:40:41 GMT

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clipper's remarks: http://www.cancercontrol.cancer.gov/tcrb/monographs/19/index.html

Clip Source: www.cancercontrol.cancer.gov

The National Cancer Institute presents this 19th monograph in the Tobacco Control Monograph Series, The Role of the Media in Promoting and Reducing Tobacco Use. Monograph 19 provides a critical, scientific review and synthesis of the current evidence regarding the power of the media, both to encourage and to discourage tobacco use. It is the most current and comprehensive summary of the scientific literature on media communication in tobacco promotion and tobacco control. Research included in the review comes from the disciplines of marketing, psychology, communication, statistics, epidemiology, and public health. All are vital to understanding how exposure to the media influences tobacco use.

Tags: youth, media

No moral considerations can stop them from earning money...

Sun, 24 Aug 2008 13:09:29 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Study Says Tobacco Marketing Promotes Youth Smoking...

Clip Source: www.medindia.com

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Posted online: Sunday, August 24, 2008 at 12:56:58 PM

A new study says that tobacco marketing and depictions of smoking in movies promote youth smoking.

The report released by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) revealed that smoking prevention campaigns sponsored by the tobacco industry are generally ineffective and may even increase youth smoking.

"There is now incontrovertible evidence that marketing of tobacco, and the depiction of smoking in the movies, promote youth smoking and can cause young people to begin smoking," said University of Minnesota professor Barbara Loken and one of the report's five scientific editors.

The report concluded tobacco advertising targets psychological needs of adolescents, such as popularity and peer acceptance. Advertising creates the perception that smoking satisfies these needs.

Moreover, brief exposure to tobacco advertising influences adolescents' perceptions about smoking, smokers, and adolescents' intentions to smoke.

Smokeless Smokers

Sat, 23 Aug 2008 13:05:19 GMT

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clipper's remarks: For details of the 'smokeless,' please visit the linked web site.

Clip Source: www.walletpop.com

When you just can't quit: New forms of smokeless tobacco can help

Bruce Watson
Aug 21st 2008 at 5:00PM

By combating the smoke that causes most smoking-related health problems and the taxes that bankrupt smokers, these companies are finding ways to make nicotine addiction less expensive and more socially acceptable. Of course, quitting is still the ideal, but if smokers can't find that final reason to push them over the edge into nonsmoking, these are some other options:

Snus

Ariva

Creamy Snuff

Crown 7

That having been said, if smokeless options can reduce the negative health effects of tobacco usage, then they seem like a very good idea.

symptoms of cocaine

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 10:31:43 GMT

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clipper's remarks: There are many myths and rumors that surround the properties and use of illegal and prescription drugs. Many people hold false perceptions on these topics, rooted in the spread of this misinformation. We have set out to clarify some of the actual facts about these drugs, just how addictive they really are, and some of the extreme treatments necessary to overcome these addictions. Below are the 10 most addictive drugs on the market today.

Clip Source: www.vistabay.com

Nicotine is one of the most heavily used addictive drugs in the U.S. and comes from the tobacco plant, which uses it as a natural protection against insects. Nicotine has a similar chemical structure to the neurotransmitter acetylcholine allowing it to gain both direct and indirect control over more than 200 chemicals in the brain. Short-term effects include: an increase in blood pressure, the flow of blood from the heart, and the heart rate, as well as narrowing of the arteries. Tar found in cigarettes can increase the risk of lung cancer, emphysema, and other bronchial disorders, while carbon monoxide reduces the amount of oxygen carried in the blood. Impatience, irritability, anxiety, depression, restlessness, increased appetite, and weight gain are all symptoms of withdrawal and usually occur around 72 hours after the last nicotine intake. A wide variety of programs and products are available to aid in the recovery process.

5. OxyContin (Oxycodone)

Tags: addiction

10 More Crazy Science Facts You Didn't Know

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:58:10 GMT

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Clip Source: www.dailycognition.com

10 More Crazy Science Facts You Didn't Know

You can Hypnotize Chickens

You can have an erection once dead

Picking one's nose and eating it might be healthy

Your hand can have a life of it's own

It's true, Men can breastfeed

Don't laugh too much, it can kill you

A weapon could make you Gay

Bart Simpson's Tomacco (half tomato, half tobacco) was possible

You can die on the Toilet

It's OK to have a third nipple

Tags: crazy science

Newly detected air pollutants

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:50:17 GMT

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clipper's remarks: More bad news for non-smokers?!

Clip Source: www.physorg.com

Newly detected air pollutant mimics damaging effects of cigarette smoke

Persistent free radicals, a newly discovered air pollutant, could have effects similar to cigarette smoke, Louisiana researchers say. Credit: H. Barry Dellinger, Louisiana State University

A previously unrecognized group of air pollutants could have effects remarkably similar to harmful substances found in tobacco smoke, Louisiana scientists are reporting in a study scheduled for presentation today at the 236th National Meeting of the American Chemical Society. Inhaling those pollutants exposes the average person up to 300 times more free radicals daily than from smoking one cigarette, they added.

since tobacco smoke also contains these molecules. In the five minutes it takes a typical smoker to finish a cigarette, he or she will breathe in an equal number of PFRs from the air and the smoke itself, likely compounding the damaging effects.

Tags: anti-pollutants, free radicals, oxygen, lungs, smoke, environment

Babe Ruth was cancer research guinea pig

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:39:36 GMT

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Clip Source: nbcsports.msnbc.com

The story of Babe Ruth's bittersweet farewell at Yankee Stadium has been part of sports lore for generations. Shockingly stooped and frail, the slugger came to the Bronx ballpark on June 13, 1948, to put on the pinstriped uniform a last time and hear the roar of the faithful once more.

He died only two months later, on August 16, at age 53, by most accounts of throat cancer, brought on at least in part by a well-chronicled fondness for tobacco and liquor. But that's all wrong, says a Westchester County, N.Y., dentist with a passion for baseball history. And he's trying to set the record straight.

Maloney uncovered little-known information about the experimental treatment that the doomed baseball titan agreed to take part in, the kindness Ruth showed toward medical staff during his difficult final days and the rare form of cancer he actually died from, nasopharyngeal carcinoma (it causes less than 1 percent of the cancer deaths in the U.S. today).

Tags: sports, cancer, celebrity, baseball, babe ruth, history, medical

John Bruce info clip2

Sat, 16 Aug 2008 18:08:54 GMT

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Clip Source: www.spaldinggenealogy.com

Notley Maddox in above guardianship was *not son of Notley Maddox and wife Mary Warren of Wm & Mary Parish because his dod was 1730. He would have been age 8 at guardianship appointment. John Bruce's first wife was Judith Townley Warren, widow of John Warren. Notley Maddocke Sr. and his family were neighbors of John and Judith Bruce, in fact, they rented land from the Bruces. Both John Bruce & Notley Maddox Jr. of Port Tobacco Parish named sons Townley to honor the first families of Port Tobacco.

John Bruce Accounts with Notley Maddox:: http://www.number-one.org/~rigg/dlr0142.htm ) Notley Maddox Jr.'s brother, James Maddox, married Sarah Warren c1769 in Charles Co Md. Sarah Warren was the widow of Notley Warren who was the son of Barton Warren. Warren family's alliance to the Townley family of Maryland was through the marriage of Dame Margaret Townley's daughter, Judith Townley, to John Warren.

Sin Stocks a Good Bet

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 14:55:36 GMT

clipped by: Tom Van Riper
clipper's remarks: What to do when times are tough? Double up on life's vices, of course. That makes sellers of booze and tobacco happy.

Clip Source: www2.tbo.com

As a global recession looms, what better way to cope than to eat, drink and be merry?

Sin stocks, ranging from gambling to liquor, are usually a safe bet in hard times. Although shares in some of those companies have fallen along with stock exchanges this year, many are still seeing strong revenue and sales.

Northeast States Praised for Allergy Policies

Wed, 13 Aug 2008 14:57:37 GMT

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clipper's remarks: The Asthma and Allergy Foundation has given top marks to Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Jersey for having policies that support kids with asthma and allergies in school.
The group estimates that more than 5 million children in the U.S. have asthma and 2.2 million have a food allergy. States were graded based on their efforts to institute 18 policies, including those that protect students' access to their medications, promote the development of emergency protocols for dealing with asthma and anaphylaxis episodes and ban tobacco use in schools.
Those states with the lowest rankings include South Dakota, Georgia, Wyoming and Oklahoma.

Clip Source: www.aafa.org

Annual Report of State Asthma and Allergy Policies for Schools

The first annual State Honor Roll™ of Asthma and Allergy Policies for Schools is a research project of the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America (AAFA). This report identifies states with the most comprehensive and preferred state-wide public policies supporting people with asthma, food allergies and related allergic diseases in U.S. elementary, middle and high schools. The goal of this report is to provide a blueprint for asthma and allergy advocates in all states to help recognize and develop better school-based policies and practices.

Cigarette Tax Burnout

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 01:55:36 GMT

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In New York City and State, tobacco taxes have been raised so many times that the retail cost can exceed $9 a pack -- about double the national average. Few budget-savvy smokers in the Big Apple pay that tax. Patrick Fleenor, an expert on tobacco taxes at the Tax Foundation, estimates that there is "now a 75% gap between cigarette sales in the city and cigarette consumption." In other words, three out of four cigarettes are bought elsewhere or are contraband.

In New Jersey, about 40% of the Marlboros and Virginia Slims that are lit up escape the $2.57-a-pack tax. In Washington State, evasion was so rampant that the legislature decided in 2005 to lower the 75% tax on cigars and other tobacco products as a way to raise revenue and help state retailers.

Clip Source: online.wsj.com

Politicians in Annapolis are scratching their heads wondering what happened to all those chain smokers who were supposed to help balance Maryland's budget. Last year the legislature doubled the cigarette tax to $2 a pack to pay for expanded health-care coverage. Eight months later, cigarette sales have plunged 25% and the state is in fiscal distress again.

As House Majority Leader Kumar Barve put it, fewer people smoking is "a good thing." Yes, except that Maryland may be losing retail sales more than smokers. Residents of Maryland's Washington suburbs can shop in nearby Virginia, where the tax is only 30 cents a pack, and save at least $15 per carton.

The Maryland pols are so afraid this is true that they've made it a crime for residents to carry two packs of cigarettes that weren't purchased in the state.

Out-of-state purchases, tax-free Internet sales and a cigarette black market are booming.

Tags: taxes, government, tobacco

This Makes Me Eel

Sat, 09 Aug 2008 15:47:55 GMT

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clipper's remarks: I will have to confess I wonder what it would taste like. Drinking seafood does seem to have a type of liquid symmetry.

Clip Source: www.weirdasianews.com

Sky News reports that the Japan Tobacco Company has launched a new ‘fizzy’ drink called Unagi Nobori or ‘Surging Eel’. The drink went on sale this month during the country’s eel-eating season.

The yellow-colored fizzy drink contains extracts from the head and bones of eel plus five vitamins that are contained in the fish. It’s said to be the best way to stay cool in hot weather.

“It’s mainly for men who are exhausted by the summer’s heat,” said company spokesman Kazunori Hayashi.

Eel is a sought after delicacy in Japan often prepared in a style called ‘kaba-yaki’ in which it is broiled and covered in a sweet sauce.

The drink costs about one-tenth as much as broiled eel but is said to have a similar flavor.

I suppose the next step will be to use it as a mixer with rice wine and offer it as liquid fish cakes.

Tags: eel, odd, drink, japan