Chemists at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) have developed a technique that reduces the toxic effects of commercially available cigarettes. In spite of the fact that the World Health Organization (WHO) estimates ...
Bio & Medicine
May 29, 2017
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A Michigan State University scholar is warning those who read about the latest groundbreaking research to proceed with caution.
Social Sciences
Feb 19, 2017
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Making and selling cigarettes may not be an edifying business, but it is a very lucrative one. In 2013 the profit of the world's top six tobacco companies was US$44.1 billion – equivalent to the combined profits of Coca-Cola, ...
Economics & Business
Feb 22, 2016
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Heavily marketed as a safer, healthful alternative to smoking, electronic cigarettes are under fire from California health officials who have declared "vaping" a public health threat, hoping to head off the type of deceptive ...
Social Sciences
Feb 18, 2015
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Ban cigarette filters. Start a deposit-return scheme for used butts. Hold manufacturers responsible for clean-ups. Place warnings on packets about the impact of simply flicking one's used cigarettes away. These are among ...
Environment
May 6, 2014
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With sales of electronic cigarettes, or "e-cigarettes," on the rise and expected to hit $1.5 billion this year, concerns over potential health risks of using the trendy devices are also gaining momentum and political clout. ...
Other
Mar 26, 2014
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Recycling entrepreneur Tom Szaky is stubbing out the world's cigarette problem—one butt at a time.
Energy & Green Tech
Jan 27, 2013
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Cigarette butts are widely reviled as an urban nuisance but birds in Mexico City see them as a boon, apparently using them to deter parasites from their nests, scientists say.
Plants & Animals
Dec 5, 2012
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The Philippines has launched a new campaign promoting tobacco -- not for smoking but for fish farming, a government tobacco agency official said Thursday.
Ecology
Jan 19, 2012
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Cigarette smoking, forest fires and woodburning can release a chemical that may be at least partly responsible for human health problems related to smoke exposure, according to a new study by NOAA researchers and their colleagues.
Environment
May 16, 2011
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