Archive for September, 2011

17
Sep

Smoking Marijuana Bad for Your Health

Smoking marijuana is the most common way of using it. This process involves inhaling the smoke or vapor that is released from the plant. The bud of the plant is what is often used. However, many different methods are used for grinding up the leaves and making it possible to smoke it. The quality of the supplies also vary depending on where someone gets them.

A person can roll up a small amount of marijuana into a paper, like when you would roll your own cigarette. Then it can be smoked the same way as a cigarette. There is also the option of using a pipe for smoking marijuana. This process involves packing the leaves of it into the body of the pipe. Then it is inhale through the long, thin handle of the pipe.

There are vaporizers that allow for the smoking of marijuana but in a different way. The marijuana is placed into a heated holder. As this occurs, the smoke and vapors are released through the air. This is how the person will get the benefits from it.

17
Sep

Breathing Fresh Air: No more Smoke

All over the world, there is a concerted effort from different sectors of the government to enact stiffer anti-smoking laws due to the overwhelming evidence that cigarette smoking causes lung cancer and other serious diseases.  These laws are also being made to deter the proliferation of second hand smoke that causes serious diseases and premature deaths in both adults and children.
There is no more question regarding the veracity of the ill-effects of cigarettes to people who smoke as well as to those who do not smoke. Second hand smoke is a proven cause of lung cancer and heart disease in non-smoking adults. It is also blamed for the so-called sudden infant death syndrome, low birth weight, acute respiratory infections, ear infections and asthma attacks in infants and children. It is responsible for tens of thousands of deaths in the United States of America each year.    
There is no risk-free level of exposure to second hand smoke. Every exposure has substantial and immediate adverse effects on cardiovascular and respiratory health. Each cigarette actually contains more than 50 carcinogens.
It is about time that a comprehensive smoke-free law is enacted that will be applied to all workplaces and public places. Comprehensive smoke-free workplace policies are the only effective way to protect non-smokers from second hand smoke. Other approaches, such as the installation of air ventilation systems and the setting-up of smoking and non-smoking sections of rooms are not effective and do not not eliminate chances of exposure.
Contrary to what the critics are saying, the laws protect the health of the general public without harming the business sector. Evidence from peer-reviewed studies shows that smoke-free policies and regulations do not have an adverse economic impact on the hospitality industry.
With this report, all arguments and excuses not to take action are eliminated. Many research and hard economic data have revealed that smoke-free laws do not harm sales or employment in restaurants and bars. In fact, they sometimes have positive feedbacks, such as what happened in New York City after the law has taken effect, business receipts for bars and restaurants increased, their job employment rose, and the number of liquor licenses increased. This happened despite the fact that most establishments complied with the law, and the great majority of New Yorkers supported the law.
Another positive outcome is that smoke-free laws resulted in significant cash savings. According to statistics from the Society of Actuaries in the United States, second hand smoke cost the country around US$ 10 billion a year in health care bills, lost wages, and related expenses.
Even the corporate world has joined the bandwagon by maintaining smoke-free workplaces and providing a specified area for smoking. Some countries, states, provinces, territories, and districts have adopted full smoking bans inside restaurants and bars. Second hand smoke, or passive smoking, is a major preventable cause of death. Since smoking hurts more people than just smokers, smoke-free laws need to be upheld at all times to protect everyone’s right to breathe clean air.

15
Sep

Electronic Cigarette Review And Information

I’m writing this review to answer the question “Should I try a E-cigarette?” My answer to you would be “You should definitely try a E-cigarette.” I could go on and on about all of the great advantages of an electronic cigarette compared to a tobacco cigarette, but I’ll stick to six main points. They are healthier, cheaper, cleaner, safer, more convenient, and can be used to help quit smoking.

E-cigarettes are healthier for you, and for everyone around you. Tobacco cigarettes contain nearly 600 ingredients, many of which are poisons and/or cause cancer. If you substitute 598 of those chemicals for water you have the ingredients to an electronic cigarette. They only contain water, nicotine, propylene glycol, and flavoring. There are no carcinogenic chemicals used in a E-cigarette. Not only does an electronic cigarette eliminate all of the bad chemicals, but it also produces a water vapor rather than smoke. (Similar to a humidifier) When exhaled it evaporates almost instantly, so there is nothing lingering around for others to inhale.

Another advantage electronic cigarettes hold over tobacco cigarettes is that it is much cheaper to use a E-cigarette. Where I live cigarettes range from – per pack. One cartridge for an electronic cigarette is equal to one pack, or more, of tobacco cigarettes and only costs . If you don’t mind spending a little extra time refilling your old cartridges you can purchase nicotine solutions online for very low prices, which comes out to be about 50 cents per refill. That’s 10% of the cost of tobacco cigarettes!