Archive for August, 2011

31
Aug

Effects of Tobacco Smoking on Children

Smoking causes eighty percent of lung cancer around the world. One in 5 deaths in the U.S results from the use of tobacco & each year, smoking claims 400,000 lives in the U.S. alone. In 1999, 65% of all secondary students reported having used some type of tobacco product during their lifetime. There was a 16% increase in smoking among high school seniors between 1996 and 1999 in U.S. Each year about more than 3,000 non-smoking adults die of lung cancer as a result of breathing the smoke of other’s cigarettes.

29
Aug

Herniated Disk Treatment Information

Discal hernia also ruptured disc. Hernies discs are the most common in the lower spine (lumbar). The spinal disc is a soft cushion that sits between the vertebrae of the spine. The spinal disc becomes stiffer with age. In a young person, the disc is soft and elastic, but like so many other structures in the body, the disk gradually loses its elasticity and is more susceptible to injury. A herniated disk is more likely to occur among people aged between 20 and 50, with a greater frequency among men. Those whose occupations require a lot of lifting heavy loads and those who are obese are at greater risk.

28
Aug

Electronic Cigarettes- New Technology-Electronic Cigarettes

The electronic cigarette is a new and exciting innovation that is sweeping the nation.

Not only is the electronic cigarette safe to use, it has proven a “quit smoking” aid for some users. The electronic cigarette comes in a variety of nicotine levels and flavors. The nicotine levels is what help smokers curb their nicotine craving. They start out in the high level electronic cigarette cartridge and gradually reduce their level to the no nicotine electronic cigarette cartridge level. This is a powerful tool for regular smokers because they are getting the same relaxing effect from the nicotine without the harmful carcinogens, while actually feeling like they are actual smoking cigarettes , when in retrospect it is water vapor emitting from the electronic cigarette.

The water vapor emitting from the smoker looks like actual second hand smoke, but the reality of it is water vapor. This science from the electronic cigarette allows users to use their electronic cigarette where ever they want. Changing laws are making it more and more difficult to fulfill the nicotine craving in public and sometimes private places. Calabasas, California recently applied a new ordinance that prohibits smokers from lighting up in public places such as parks, in front of restaurants, and even in your own front yard. In the near future casinos, hotel rooms, and even your car will be banned nation wide. The future will no longer be in the hand of the consumer, but mearly the evolving laws and regulations that govern us as a society on cigarette smoking and eventually the electronic cigarette.