Dangers of Smoking

Tobacco product use has been discouraged in the United States and abroad for centuries. In 1604, King James I published A Counterblaste to Tobacco, describing smoking tobacco as, “a custome lothsome to the eye, hatefull to the Nose, harmefull to the braine, [and] dangerous to the Lungs”. However, in contrast to strict regulations found elsewhere…

I’ve been getting a few messages from new vapers wondering about the safety of e-cigarettes so I decided to put together this video where I assess the dangers of e-cigarettes and try to answer the question “is vaping safe?”. In this video I’ll also explain how I came to the conclusion that I ended up…

It’s becoming more and more popular in America to smoke hookah. It’s commonly thought that it’s much safer than smoking cigarettes, but is there any truth to this? Trace shatters your misconceptions about the safety of smoking out of a water pipe on this episode of DNews. Read More: Hookah, is it really harmless? http://www.resmedjournal.com/article/S0954-6111(14)00056-0/abstract…

The TV campaign Every cigarette is doing you damage highlights the health effects of smoking and advertises the Quitline number. It is a ‘threat-appeal’ campaign, adapted from the National Australian Tobacco Campaign. The seven commercials – lung, brain, aorta, tumour, lung/tar, heart attack and eye – pull no punches about the devastating effects smoking has…

It states in the Surgeon General’s report, “…because their bodies are developing, infants and young children are especially vulnerable to the poisons in secondhand smoke.” This Mashkiki Ogichidaag video focuses on the effects of second-hand smoke as well as the unfamiliar third-hand smoke outside of an American Indian agency worksite and how it negatively impacts…

The science behind: Why is smoking so addictive? When nicotine goes into your brain it releases chemicals that relax you or make you more focused. Let’s explain how you get hooked onto these sensations. SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/1TQwHhO FACEBOOK: www.facebook.com/BRBScience Additional info: Why is smoking additive? http://bit.ly/1mEKeVj Why is it so hard to quit?- American Heart Association:…

For the past century the attitude to smoking has changed. It once used to be fashionable, sexy, and wide-spread, but nowadays smoking is seen as an unhealthy habit which decreases a lifetime of both a smoker and everyone around them. Today we will get you through some scary facts related to smoking, cigarettes, and people…