A study claimed the specific gene known as “COMP-VAL” put teenagers in danger of developing psychosis if they regularly smoke cannabis. Scientists conducted experiments on cannabis exposure among adult and adolescent mice, with and without the “COMP-VAL” gene. They found the gene, and cannabis, affect the levels of the brain chemical dopamine, according to the study’s results, published in the scientific journal Neuropsychopharmacology. Ream more »
Manchester United striker was caught by paparazzi cameras in a unsportsmanlike attitude. He was drunk, smoking and urinating in the streets of the English town at 5:30 AM.
Rooney is on vacation after his painful passage through the South African World Cup 2010. Apparently, he decided to drown his sorrows in alcohol and cigarettes, a bad decision in view of his profession in sports.
Filtered cigars that resemble cigarettes in appearance, if not taste, are fast gaining appeal with smokers struggling under budgets strained by tobacco tax hikes.
For $1.28, shoppers at the Cigarette Outlet, 1404 First Ave. NE, could pick up a pack of 20 Wrangler brand filtered cigars last week, one of several brands available.
The filtered cigars come in a 20-pack about the size of a cigarette package, and are similar in appearance. But they cost $2.48-per-pack less than one of the more popular budget cigarette brands, Hy-Val. Ream more »
Workout phene Jessica Alba was caught smoking cigarettes while on vacation with hubby Cash Warren this weekend. While touring France, Alba was shutterbugged more than once lighting up.
The 29-year-old mother to Honor Marie has interviewed with multiple magazines in quest of advice on how to hone her buff physique, but this isn’t the first time the actress has been caught smoking the sin sticks. In fact, Alba has a long laundry list of incidents on her puffing profile. Ream more »
The latest survey from Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) has found that the number of young smokers in New Zealand has declined significantly in the last 10 years. The survey is being conducted, since 1999. It showed that currently only 5.6% of students aged 14 to 15 (year 10) smoked every day, compared to 15.6%, when the survey was started in the year 1999.
It also confirmed that almost 64% of the students did not experiment with smoking compared to 31.6% students in 1999. Ream more »
Not surprisingly, according to the tobacco industry, menthol cigarettes are not more dangerous than nonmenthol cigarettes, reports CNN. The announcement came at the start of a two-day federal advisory panel meeting moderated by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Tobacco Products; the committee also includes three nonvoting members who represent industry.
The meeting is being held in Rockville, Maryland and the panel is expected to issue its recommendations on menthol-flavored cigarettes by March 23, 2011, said CNN. Ream more »
CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu government on Thursday launched a drive to create awareness of smoke free zones in educational institutions. As part of the campaign government officials launched a crackdown on shops selling cigarettes to consumers below 18 years and vowed to take action against those trading tobacco products within 100 yards of the campus. Ream more »
Queensland Health said research suggested more than 30 per cent of smokers with children aged under 14 continued to smoke in their cars. Latest figures show 158 people have ignored new state laws, introduced on January 1, banning smoking in cars carrying children under 16, and have been fined. There are an estimated 276,000 Queensland smokers with children aged under 16 in the household. Ream more »
OAKLAND — It’s official: Oakland is set to become the first city to allow large-scale pot growing for medical use — and the standard-setter for the lucrative and largely uncharted territory of industrial-scale medical marijuana businesses. Support this morning among the City Council, which met to finalize the proposal, was not unanimous. Council members Nancy Nadel and Jane Brunner abstained despite weeks of drawn-out discussion about the plan.
But support among the eight-member council was unanimous for laying the groundwork for labor, environmental and product safety standards. Ream more »
The first thing you need to know about rose gold is that it doesn’t really exist. Not naturally anyway. It’s simply an alloy of gold and copper, the higher the copper content, the redder the tint. Save for period jewelry, this blushed metal had also been out of vogue for 100 years. But like many things in the fickle fashion world, what was once reviled is now revered, and Davidoff of Geneva has brought the trend to the cigar world by elegantly gilding rose gold onto the surfaces of two of its signature cutters and a mini lighter sleeve. Ream more »