No Smoking Sign

Smoking is a crime

If hurting a child is unlawful, it goes without saying that smoking should be unlawful, especially if it harms children. Frequently, the medical community comes with new evidence about the health dangers of smoking. Consequently, most of us expect the government to react swiftly towards these health issues. Unfortunately, the government reaction has always been slow. I feel that smoking is not an issue of personal freedom as long as it affects other human beings and the environment at the same time. Smoking around kids, especially in a small place like a car, will increase the health hazards for kids. Smoking tobacco remains the primary cause of many preventable diseases and has negative health impacts on people of all ages. It is known that children breathe faster than adults which explains why they are more susceptible to the health hazards of smoking. According to Health Canada, parents who smoke increase the chances that their children will develop asthma. This is why the proposed law is very important to protect children. It is a positive step forward that makes everyone hopeful of banning not only smoking but the production of all tobacco products.

Global Smoking Cessation Aids Market To Reach 2.6 Billion Dollars By 2010, According To A New Report By Global Industry Analysts, Inc.

Tobacco use is one of the major causes of premature deaths in the world. More than five million people die each year due to tobacco related illnesses. Given the fact that consumption of tobacco products is on the rise, especially among youngsters in the developing countries, there exists strong potential for growth of smoking cessation aids in Asia-Pacific, Middle East & Africa and Latin America. Smoking cessation aids, also known as Nicotine Replacement Therapies (NRT), are medications that deliver smokers with a temporary replacement source of nicotine and aids to reduce severity of cravings for cigarettes. NRT also aids to minimize some of the withdrawal symptoms associated with smoking such as irritability, drowsiness, difficulty in concentrating, anxiety and restlessness, thus offering support for effective smoking cessation. Most commonly used smoking cessation aids include alternatives of nicotine such as nicotine patches, gums, lozenges, nasal sprays and inhalers. Certain NRT products such as nicotine patches, gums, and lozenges need no prescription and are sold OTC (over-the-counter), while nasal sprays and inhalers are available only through expert prescription. World Smoking Cessation Aids market is forecast to grow at a CAGR of 9.13% over the period 2011 through 2015. Major regional growth is expected from stem from Asia-Pacific (inclusive of Japan), Middle East & Africa and Latin America. Together, these markets are forecast to witness a 13.81% growth over the aforementioned period. In Europe, sales of Nicotine Patchesa are forecast to reach $341.35 million by the year 2012. In the United States, where adult smoking has declined over the years, demand for lozenges & tablets is projected to dwindle to $141.17 million by the year 2015. &nb sp; Global and regional players operating in the industry include GlaxoSmithKline Plc, Johnson & Johnson Inc, Novartis Consumer Healthcare Inc., Perrigo Company, Pfizer Inc., Nabi Biopharmaceuticals, Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Alza Corporation, Cedar Health Ltd., and Fertin Pharma A/S. "Smoking Cessation Aids: A Global Strategic Business Report", published by Global Industry Analysts, Inc. provides a comprehensive review of market trends, drivers, product profile, recent developments, mergers, acquisitions and other strategic industry activities. Analysis is presented for major geographic markets such as United States, Canada, Europe and Rest of World. Analytics for product markets such as, Nicotine Gum, Nicotine Patches, and Lozenges & Tablets, are presented for the period covering 2000 through 2015 for select markets. For more details about this research report, please visit here. About Global Industry Analysts, Inc. Global Industry Analysts, Inc., (GIA) is a reputed publisher of off-the-shelf market research. Founded in 1987, the company is globally recognized as one of the world's largest market research publishers. The company employs over 700 people worldwide and publishes more than 880 full-scale research reports each year. Additionally, the company also offers a range of over 60,000 smaller research products including company reports, market trend reports, and industry reports encompassing all major industries worldwide. http://www.StrategyR.com

Obesity, smoking cuts many US women's life expectancy: study

WASHINGTON (AFP) - Life expectancy has declined for many women in the United States, largely due to smoking-related diseases and obesity, a study published Tuesday showed. Nearly one in five US women saw the number of years they are expected to live decline or hold steady, starting in the 1980s, showed the joint study by the Harvard School of Public Health and the University of Washington. The study looked at data from more than 2,000 county "units" between 1959 and 2001. In around 1,000 of those counties -- mainly poor, rural areas -- life expectancy for women dropped starting in the 1980s, "primarily because of chronic diseases related to smoking, overweight and obesity, and high blood pressure," according to the study. In the United States as a whole, in contrast, life expectancy for women rose by more than six years and for men by more than seven years during the same period, it showed. "There is now evidence that there are large parts of the population in the United States whose health has been getting worse for about two decades," Majid Ezzati, associate professor of international health at the Harvard School of Public Health, and lead author of the study, said in a statement. Worst affected by the downturn in longevity were the south -- the region hardest hit by poverty, according to the US Census Bureau -- the Appalachians, southern parts of the Midwest and areas of Texas. Men in the same areas also saw a drop in life expectancy, but numbers were less alarming than among women -- only four percent -- and the fall was attributed to different causes, mainly HIV/AIDS and homicide. "Life expectancy decline is something that has traditionally been considered a sign that the health and social systems have failed, as has been the case in parts of Africa and Eastern Europe," said the study's co-author Christopher Murray, director of the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington. "The fact that this is happening to a large number of Americans should be a sign that the US health system needs serious rethinking," he added.

CIGARETTE COUNTER

New Year is just around and it is time for New Year Resolutions one of the most common being "I will quit Smoking". The Cigarette Counter is a rather simple device it sits on top of your Cigarette pack and has a LCD display. When you open your pack for a smoke just increase the count by 1. Look at the display at the end of the day and be shocked yourself. It is said that a Cigarette reduces your life by 5 minutes. So multiply the count by 5 and calculate how much less you are going to live. Do let us know if it works at tips@newlaunches.com, the Cigarette Counter sells for $ 5.25.

Make a List of Reasons Why You Want to Quit Smoking

Most people who smoke wish they didn't. They live with a hatred for the habit. The fear of serious illness is usually there too, lurking in the background, and always that awful feeling of being powerless to quit. Addiction does that to a person.As smokers, we live in denial about what cigarettes are doing to us. We have to. Yes, we know that smoking causes cancer and emphysema - we know smoking kills and that we're playing roulette with our health...our lives.For all that we worry though, most of us don't think anything will happen to us - we have time! We'll quit in time... The bad stuff happens to other people. Right? Keeping that layer of denial in place between ourselves and the harsh realities of smoking gets harder to do the longer we smoke. For most of us, there comes a time when the "smokescreen" starts to wear thin. It's inevitable.The fact that you're reading this article means you're thinking about quitting - probably a lot. You're unhappy enough to be seeking out some help. Good for you. You're a step ahead of the game because you're looking for information about how to quit smoking.Be practical in your approach to smoking cessation. Much of the process of release from this addiction comes down to plain old practice. We taught ourselves to smoke one day at a time until it was interwoven into just about every activity in our lives. It only makes sense then that we should allow ourselves the time to retrain old habits into newer, healthier ones. Arm yourself with knowledge and support, and be patient. You'll grow stronger by the day.Start your quit smoking program with a list of reasons for quitting. We all have them.

Hurting Yourself

• Smoking is an addiction. Tobacco smoke contains nicotine, a drug that is addictive and can make it very hard, but not impossible, to quit.
• More than 400,000 deaths in the U.S. each year are from smoking-related illnesses. Smoking greatly increases your risks for lung cancer and many other cancers.

Hurting Others

• Smoking harms not just the smoker, but also family members, coworkers and others who breathe the smoker’s cigarette smoke, called secondhand smoke.
• Among infants to 18 months of age, secondhand smoke is associated with as many as 300,000 cases of bronchitis and pneumonia each year.
• Secondhand smoke from a parent’s cigarette increases a child’s chances for middle ear problems, causes coughing and wheezing, and worsens asthma conditions.
• If both parents smoke, a teenager is more than twice as likely to smoke than a young person whose parents are both non-smokers. In households where only one parent smokes, young people are also more likely to start smoking.
• Pregnant women who smoke are more likely to deliver babies whose weights are too low for the babies’ good health. If all women quit smoking during pregnancy, about 4,000 new babies would not die each year.

Why Quit?

• Quitting smoking makes a difference right away - you can taste and smell food better. Your breath smells better. Your cough goes away. This happens for men and women of all ages, even those who are older. It happens for healthy people as well as those who already have a disease or condition caused by smoking.
• Quitting smoking cuts the risk of lung cancer, many other cancers, heart disease, stroke, other lung diseases, and other respiratory illnesses.
• Ex-smokers have better health than current smokers. Ex-smokers have fewer days of illness, fewer health complaints, and less bronchitis and pneumonia than current smokers.
• Quitting smoking saves money. A pack-a-day smoker, who pays $2 per pack can, expect to save more than $700 per year. It appears that the price of cigarettes will continue to rise in coming years, as will the financial rewards of quitting.