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As smokers, we don't think about the chemicals in cigarettes. We think about how cigarettes help us cope with the stress of daily life, how they calm us down when we're angry, help us relax at the end of a long day, comfort us when we're sad or lonely. Harmful chemicals in cigarettes? No, we don't think much about that. The truth of the matter is that smoking does the opposite of just about everything we give it credit for. When the chemicals in cigarettes are inhaled, they put our bodies into a state of physical stress by sending literally thousands of poisons, toxic metals and carcinogens coursing through our bloodstream with every puff we take. And those chemicals affect everything from blood pressure and pulse rate to the health of our organs and immune system. Harmful Chemicals in Cigarettes: Tar in Cigarettes Secondhand Smoke Facts How Smoking Harms Us: Head to Toe Image © Stockxpert The Chemicals in Cigarettes originally appeared on About.com Smoking Cessation on Sunday

ScienceDaily (Oct. 27, 2009) -- Even one cigarette has serious adverse effects on young adults, according to research presented by Dr. Stella Daskalopoulou at the Canadian Cardiovascular Congress 2009, co-hosted by the Heart and Stroke Foundation and the Canadian Cardiovascular Society. Her study found that smoking one cigarette increases the stiffness of the arteries in 18 to 30 year olds by a whopping 25 per cent. Just One Cigarette Has Harmful effect on Arteries of Young Healthy Adults -- ScienceDaily Related: Smoking Facts for Teens and Parents A Talk With Your Kids About Smoking -- a DVD Review Photo © Stockxpert Just One Cigarette Can Harm Arteries of Young Healthy Adults originally appeared on About.com Smoking Cessation on Sunday, November 1st, 2009 at 21:52:19.Permalink | Comment | Email this

Terrorism suspects held at the Guantanamo Bay naval base will soon get swine flu vaccines, despite complaints that American civilians should have priority, a military spokesman says.

Lighted cigarettes are a thing of the past at Pirone Park in Ayer. It was a recent trip to the park that finally did it.

Washington - Battling one's cigarette demons in a virtual world may prove to be an effective way to help people quit smoking, a research team has found in a preliminary study. Scientists from Canad...

A recent study by the GRAP Occupational Psychology Clinic and University of Quebec in Gatineau found that smokers who destroyed cigarettes in a virtual-reality environment many times over a period of months reported having less of a tobacco addiction than those who were assigned another virtual-reality task.

COLLEYVILLE, TX, November 01, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- What started as a noble cause with lobbying groups like the American Cancer Society, Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights and Mother's Against Drun...

The European Commission (EC) has passed a directive which could introduce individual assessments for people with insulin-treated diabetes to hold Group 2 driving licences. These licences cover large goods vehicles (LGVs) and vehicles carrying more than six passengers. Current blanket ban The UK currently has a blanket ban on all insulin-treated drivers of Group 2 vehicles, except for Category 1 (C1) licence holders.

On 14 October 2009, two half-day training sessions were held for support staff involved in the London commissioned chlamydia service. The training was run by the NPA Pharmacy Services team with support from the Terence Higgins Trust.