Jessica Miller | January 27, 2012
All 3,200 employees at casinos to open this year in Columbus and Toledo will have at least one thing in common, if owner Penn National is sucessful: They won’t use tobacco. Everyone who applies to work at either casino will be screened for nicotine use, and those who test positive won’t be hired, according to the company. That doesn’t just preclude smokers, but those who chew tobacco, use snuff or even wear a nicotine patch.
Category: Nicotine Addiction, Tobacco Regulations |
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Tags: discount sovereign cigarettes, tobacco use
Jessica Miller | January 17, 2012
Need help with a New Year’s resolution to stop smoking? Do it for your pet. Three separate studies at three veterinary colleges showed that dogs and cats whose owners smoke are more likely to develop health problems from secondhand smoke, including cancers of the nose, lung and lymphatic system. If you do quit for your pet, you’ll not be alone in doing so: Another study suggests people are more likely to quit for a pet than for a spouse.
Category: Nicotine Addiction, secondhand smoke |
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Jessica Miller | November 3, 2011
Nicotine appears to be a potent “gateway” drug that enhances the effects of cocaine and possibly boosts the chances of becoming addicted, researchers reported Wednesday in a landmark paper on drug addiction. While the study was performed in lowly mice, the findings suggest that reducing smoking and the use of other tobacco products — and even nicotine replacement products and exposure to secondhand smoke — in humans may have the bilateral impact of curbing addiction to other addictive substances.
Category: Nicotine Addiction, secondhand smoke |
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Jessica Miller | August 26, 2011
A new survey is drawing a lot of controversy. The results said teens that used social network websites like Facebook were more likely to get involved in drinking alcohol and smoking Classic cigarettes or pot. The survey by the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University said teenagers who regularly used social networking sites were five times more likely to use tobacco, three times more likely to drink alcohol, and twice as likely to smoke marijuana compared to their friends who didn’t log on.
Category: Cheap Smokes, Nicotine Addiction |
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Jessica Miller | August 17, 2011
Many people say they smoke because it helps to take the edge off and reduce their stress levels. But new research has found that smoking Glamour cigarettes has the opposite effect, increasing stress levels over time rather than calming the nerves. A team of researchers from the Princeton School of Medicine and Dentistry evaluated a group of nearly 1,590 people who attempted to stop smoking after being hospitalized for heart disease in the summer and fall of 2009.
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