Only 50% of smokers smoke for the pleasure

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Aug 25 2009

Only half of smokers get from the process of smoking pleasure. Others confessed that way are simply trying to relieve stress.
As demonstrated by a study conducted by the British Statistical Office (ONS), only 50% of British smokers said that they get from smoking pleasure. The remaining 47% reported that using cigarettes only trying to cope with stress, says The Independent.
In addition, people used to call such reasons as an attempt to lose weight, the establishment of social ties, «anesthetic» effect of smoking.
At the same time their desire to quit smoking have only a third of respondents – 31%. The reason, which pushed them to such a decision, they have no medical reasons, and that they «can not afford» currently smoking or that smoking is considered a waste of money.
As it turned out, the British believe that the first cause of mortality compatriots are accidents, while death from the effects of smoking, in their opinion, is in second place. However, according to statistics of road accidents each year are killed less than 3 thousand people, while from diseases triggered by smoking – 33 thousand people.
Thus 75% of respondents said that they agree with the ban on smoking in pubs. In order that smoking was banned in restaurants, agree the vast majority of Britons – 93%. United Kingdom – one of the EU, where there are the most stringent anti-smoking rules: it is forbidden to smoke in all enclosed public places and at work.
«To understand why people smoke, it is necessary to make the program to combat smoking successfully. These results suggest that, as far as addiction to smoking is a complex phenomenon », – said Jean King, a specialist research center to combat cancer.
Meanwhile, the amount of tobacco consumption in Moscow in recent years has increased by 30%, smoking 67.7% of Muscovites from 15 to 17 years. In addition, 52% of women continue to smoke during pregnancy, and 55.3% of Moscow teenagers exposed to passive smoking, according to the Moscow City Duma Deputy Yevgeny Gerasimov at the Second All-Russia forum «Health or Tobacco».
According to him, in the capital by 2030, tobacco smoking will be a leading factor in premature death. It is now in Moscow is implemented 150 programs aimed at promoting a healthy lifestyle, as well as programs to help all who wish to stop smoking, reported «Rosbalt» the press service of the Foundation support programs of All-Russia Public Organization «League of Nation’s Health».
In turn, the first deputy chairman of the State Duma’s health Nikolai Gerasimenko noted that, according to VTsIOM, Russia smokes 40.8 million people, representing 29% of the total population. Over 15 years of smoking 33.7%, over 18 years – 35,2%. In Russia, 82% of passive smokers, 72% of adolescents exposed to passive smoking in everyday life, while 56% of children exposed to passive smoking at home. According to him, the transnational tobacco companies have increased production of cigarettes in our country, and through the mass deaths from tobacco smoking has increased in 1,5 times in 1991.

Turkish smokers organize mass protests

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Aug 25 2009

In the biggest city of Turkey Istanbul, held mass protests against the ban on smoking in public places. The owners of cafes, restaurants and bars blocked traffic in one of the port areas.
Protesters called for the lifting the ban on smoking in public places, threatening otherwise to organize protests throughout the country.
One participant, owner of a restaurant on the Bosphorus, said: “Restaurants are empty. Visitors no. In the near future without jobs would remain for about two and a half million people, entrepreneurs and members of their families. This law was passed in spite of our protests. ”
The law banning smoking in Turkey, adopted by Parliament on 3 January 2007, entered into force in two stages. May 19th, 2008 smoking was banned in public places closed – in state and municipal institutions, shopping centers, transport, and in taxi.
Now smokers can not “smoke” and in private offices, catering establishments, cafes and restaurants, including hookahs, and even in the stairwell of his house. Postponement of entry into force of the law authorities had done specifically to allow owners of private restaurants and cafes prepare for the existence of a “smokeless space”, as now formally characterize Turkey.
“Private space” under the law are not just four walls and a roof, but a simple tarpaulin in the open air, tarp, metal or wooden roof without walls, that is, any premises where it is impossible completely free movement of air in all directions.
Part of “outlaws” are places of deprivation of liberty, nursing homes, psychiatric hospitals, long-distance and international maritime transport, where smokers can be allocated no more than 10 percent of the space. Smoking will be at the stadiums, but only half of the territory.
For violation of the law to an individual would have to pay a fine of about $ 45, a legal – from 320 to 3200 dollars.
Therefore, according to numerous opinion polls, the number of smokers Turkey now has one of the first places in Europe.
According to Turkish media, new rules have adversely affected the work of the catering sector and were accompanied by tragic events. Visitor one of the restaurants at point-blank shot by his owner, who asked attendees to remove the cigarette, referring to the recent law.

What is the pitch of cigarettes?

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May 10 2009

The resin in this case – this is not a particular substance, and all that remained on the filter smoking machine for less nicotine and water. First, the resin is a mixture of hundreds of substances with different toxic and carcinogenic, which form the sticky sludge, deposited in the smoker’s lungs. The composition of resins from different tobacco products can be very different and, therefore, may vary their harm to the human body. Secondly, the “tar” does not reflect the gaseous portion of tobacco smoke and therefore can not claim that the summary measure is the harm of cigarettes on health. 

When a man smoking smoke gets in your mouth in the form of concentrated aerosol. When cooled, it condenses and forms a resin that is deposited in the respiratory tract. Contained in the resin substances cause cancer and other lung diseases, starting with this state of paralysis of cleaning process in the lungs. They also reduce the effectiveness of the immune system. 

Among those present in tobacco smoke carcinogens are two classes of pathogens cancer: polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (eg, benzopiren) and specific to tobacco (ie, not contained in the other natural substances) nitrosamines. Nowhere in the world there are no rules requiring tobacco companies to reduce or control the concentration of carcinogens in tobacco smoke. The term “resin” not suitable as a basis for regulating tobacco products. For example, when measured in Poland, the content of the two carcinogens in cigarettes of various brands, it turned out that their level of well-known international brands of cigarettes was 3-4 times higher than local cigarettes, although the content of the resin in the international brands have been less. Because in the future will be to develop new tobacco products, the term “resin” may be changed beyond recognition.

cigarettes floating in the water

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Apr 19 2009

These Marlins made their first appearance in the National Maritime Day parade to display in 1993 when they were revved up to 30 knots and carried out a hard 90-degree turns. 

Boating enthusiast David Loh, who owns three boats, said that some of these sampans may look slow, but they are usually equipped with powerful engines. 

Mr. Luo, 54, travel to Indonesia, often in his boat, and he does it shows its head in the sea every week. 

He said in Mandarin: “These sampans and speedboats used by smugglers can be very fast, because they are equipped with a powerful engine. 

These guys need the power and speed, if they do illegal things like smuggling. “ 

He said these boats are generally on average at a rate of not less than 30 knots, equivalent to or better than average speed. 

Although he had not seen such boats that he saw boxes of cigarettes floating in the water earlier. 

He thought these boxes were thrown overboard by the smugglers, when they fled in the PCG. 

He added: “I think it is the smugglers usually work at night without lights on their boats, too. But our PCG ships with their radar gun, can get them quite easily.” 

In the penalty for smuggling cigarettes into prison for up to three years and a maximum fine of 20 times the cost of customs duties and taxes.

Red & White cigarettes

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Apr 11 2009

Red & White cigarettes manufactured by Phillip Morris Tobacco Company, also known as Altri Group, one of the largest and leading companies in the tobacco business in the United States and worldwide.
History of what is now a global company can be traced back to Philip Morris’s 1847 opening of a shop on Bond Street barracks in London, the sale of tobacco and ready-made cigarettes. Death of Mr. Morris, the industry was taken over by his wife Margaret and his brother Leopold. In 1881 the company went public, Leopold Morris joining Joseph Grunebaum to establish Philip Morris & Company and Grunebaum, Ltd. This partnership was dissolved in 1885, the company became known as Philip Morris & Co., Ltd. The company eventually has left the founding family control in 1894, when it was taken over by William Curtis Thomson and his family. According to Thomson, the company was appointed tobacconist to King Edward VII, and in 1902, was incorporated in New York, by Gustav Eckmeyer. Ownership was split 50-50 between the mother and the British American partners. Eckmeyer was the sole agent for Philip Morris USA in 1872, importing and selling English-made cigarettes. 1919 was a critical year for the company. He saw the beginning of the Philip Morris coronet logo, the purchase of the company Philip Morris USA by a new compact owned by American shareholders, and its inclusion in Virginia under the name of Philip Morris & Co., Ltd., Inc. By the end of the next ten years, the company started producing cigarettes in its factory in Richmond, Virginia, in 1924, what was to become the most famous brand, Marlboro, was introduced. By mid 1950 the company became part of American culture and soon after launched Philip Morris International to manufacture and market its products throughout the world. The name originated from the color of the packaging, which is Red & White. In this way it would be easier for smokers to remember the brand. Its name speaks for itself. “Red” can mean success or power, and “white” or is happy to comply. It is unusual for a cigarette, to be named after warm colors such as red and white. Some believe that the color symbolic red and white means winning means uniqueness. This completely describes the Red & White cigarettes, not only for their winning flavor, but also because the taste of cigarettes is very unique, something that is not very common among all the different brands of cigarettes are to choose.
Of smokers to feel that they are different from smoking a cigarette and with every single breath. This cigarette brand is still new in the market, but already gaining popularity throughout the world. Each inhalation of a Red & White cigarette a smoker can take the plantations of Virginia and Burley tobacco.
Red & White cigarettes have three flavors. They are Red & White (original), Red & White and Light Red & White Super Lights. It is very popular in Europe and other countries. These cigarettes are very competitive on the market due to affordable and good quality. Tastes is noted and the question of sale, many buyers will agree. It is composed of the finest American blend of tobacco. Is prepared in a particular technique, what makes it special. It has special additives that make the taste and aroma of Red & White cigarettes only. High quality and moderate price of cigarettes, is so famous in the market because today’s Red & White brand decision made not only a big cigarette, but what is available.
The smoker can feel delight in each cigarette because of their great flavor and taste fine. Try these cigarettes taste and feel obscure can be. The flavor is all that can be taken to another world that is full of flavor and taste great every time he smokes.

Paper wrap of cigarette

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Apr 11 2009

Although seemingly innocuous, cigarette paper is largely responsible for the rate at which a cigarette burns and the amount and density of smoke they produce. The paper displays a pattern of concentric circle striations called “burn rings.” Burn rings correspond to two different thicknesses of paper, which serves to control the exact speed at which the cigarette burns, it slows down automatically when the smoker is not inhaling in order to extend cigarette consumption and accelerate it in As a smoker has a drag, so as to maximize smoke intake. In addition, like tobacco, the cigarette paper contains a number of chemicals, including titanium oxide, which accelerates and maintains cigarette burns, so do not go and smoke is delivered evenly with each puff. These chemicals have contributed to several fires caused by cigarette smoke, a problem that some manufacturers have not addressed until recently.

Story of Narghile

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Apr 08 2009

Famous Middle East long brass pipes water, with glass base is one of the most popular spare time pleasures for many Arabs. Almost everyone has a nargillah home to smoke with family or friends. Nice, better quality nargille are also used as a decoration, proudly displayed by the owner.
In the street cafes can be, for a coffee or tea and a sheesha. Usual choice for a water pipe (nargilla) to be a very light tobacco mixed with aromatic fruit – apples, cherries, etc.
You can see people spending hours over nargillah and a glass of tea or coffee. Very pleasant, relaxing experience helps to socialize and make new contacts. If someone offers you a nargillah for you can be sure of his friendly intentions towards you.
Smoke itself is very easy and pleasant, even for those who do not normally smoke! Specially built water pipeline in addition, filters smoke through water, and cools it down, while brass tube, which provides a rather tasty “dessert” experience than smoking. Trying it when traveling in Arab countries is a necessity! Or not wait – order yours online!
Recently, hookah lounges are popular in the West. We are happy to offer wholesale for hookah lounges and hookah cafes.
To many observers, the social acceptance of narghile is surprising. However, it may explain in part, that the special nature of tobacco use. In fact, the so-called mu’essel, which is a mixture of flavored tobacco and treacle (molasses), is produced mainly consumed in the pipe. Now, if, indeed, associated mu’essel a negative principle, whether by fire of its burning tobacco, it is still moderately positive representation of honey – or treacle (molasses) – the second element .

A practical rather collectively. Narghile fans would rather smoke in the first group to leave the conversation, or standby, naturally take place among them. Then, they would collectively participate in the preparation and thorough smoking rituals. When you are dependent, is a wonder they do not supersede the general consumption of cigarettes for their practice. In fact, such an attitude reveals the existence of two different universes. November insist on the collective form of narghile practice, even if sometimes it is individual. However, even under this aspect can be understood as a standby for fellow smoker (or non-smoker), who will sit and listen and share. That said, there is certainly the last years, a trend towards individual smoking (narghile a person) to the point that some people said that this practice is a hedonist. In fact, it is only a recent evolution can explain, on the one hand, the individualistic contagion or current which extends to all spheres of society and, secondly, by publishing so many epidemics. Certainly medical talk is irrelevant to the observed preventive concern. Accordingly, in such a configuration, passing around a hose – that our traditional narghile messmate model is based – disappears. If such a model is not appropriate in certain circumstances, it serves here as a reference and is, for example, well illustrated yesterday in “Syria – with a single coffee-house training where the story observers (hekewêtiyyé) officiated – and the country today where a revival of narghile can be observed. The narghile is characterized by a triple egalitarianism: social, sexual and religious. This is mainly due to the passing round of the hose, which also represents a symbolic share. It is important to mention here that many issues of amateur football, particularly in Egypt and Tunisia, are also narghile smokers.

Social egalitarianism narghile. All strata of society are affected. Such ignorance social frontiers gave some travel past the illusion of “less than class” companies, especially in the Ottoman Empire. However, you must know that this was very last split, according to social, professional or religious associations. Such promiscuous even worried about the social political and religious. In addition, their fears have led to disastrous episodes of banning coffee shops, coffee and tobacco, by Murad IV, who wanted this way of putting an end to transgression of the limits between social groups.

In Tunisia, the upper classes seem to turn up their noses at narghile and the same trend is observed in other countries like Egypt, for example. More and more, this pipe may appear as a symbol of lazy people or “baddies”. In the case of the famous “El-Fishâwy Cafe Cairo is relevant here, because this coffee-house was originally created by a band leader:” By the door, Fahmi Hagg “EL-Fishâwy was smoking a permanent belt narghile”

Sexual egalitarianism of narghile. A conundrum in Jordan collected evoke narghile feminine figure: Who is this princess standing in her palace with a hand on her hip? ( “Amira be qasrihâ, WA yeduhâ” Ela hasrihâ? “) The pipe bowl, indeed, is similar to a crown, the baluster body, elegant and rounded, evokes that of a woman. Regarding hose curve coiling up around the mast, it can be easily compared with arm contour. Eventually, the palace is a metaphor of the atmosphere in which a narghile session is ideally takes place: pillows, tapestry, vegetation, and so on. In the past, women in Shah “outfit spent most of their time smoking narghile. Between the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of XX century, Turkish women in higher grades were fond of being photographed in their narghile for the latter became an essential element for any social or intellectual collection. Today, whether in Iran, the Persian-Arabian Gulf and Middle East countries, women remain narghile amateurs. I can see smoke in Beirut, Damascus, Amman or Cairo. In their absence of Tripoli (Libya) or Tunisia “cafes can be explained, hypothetically, the relative newness of narghile in these countries in the last whereas the women were often using a for several centuries.

Religious egalitarianism of narghile. Believers of the three monotheist religions of the region were smoking narghile for centuries in an undifferentiated way. The route of the mosque for a coffee-house and back was for a long period, being a vulgar life. In puritanical times less than today, it was rare to meet in cafes and religious men, in particular, sufis. Regarding the annual festivities accompanying ritual fast month (Ramadan Spirit) observed widely by local populations, which were actually the star of narghile Arab-Islamic sociability.

Specific jollification narghile. It can be analyzed through three intrinsic situation has: time, conversation and play, which are key concepts in sociology and anthropology. Switching around the hose is remarkable in that it places the narghile in a “yes” and “counter that” the exchange of shared words and time passing on a playful way. Appropriate rituals, which is puffing and blowing, but also those of painstaking preparation and staging of the instrument implies, are the natural world. However, certainly, contribute to the smoker in its social or environmental. For convenience, here and there met normalises a part of this process ritualising, thus allowing the perpetuation of traditions.

A public and private practice. House and Cafe is where the above described specific party appears narghile. From an anthropological point of view, internally, the kitchen is a true ritual, because it simultaneously nebula flows jollification tea and coffee. You can see how many gestures necessary for the preparation of the latter approximate to those required of narghile in a kind of symphony ritual where a woman and a man not play a less lower than that of the conductor.

To many observers, the social acceptance of narghile is surprising. However, it may explain in part, that the special nature of tobacco use. In fact, the so-called mu’essel, which is a mixture of flavored tobacco and treacle (molasses), is produced mainly consumed in the pipe. Now, if, indeed, associated mu’essel a negative principle, whether by fire of its burning tobacco, it is still moderately positive representation of honey – or treacle (molasses) – the second element .

A practical rather collectively. Narghile fans would rather smoke in the first group to leave the conversation, or standby, naturally take place among them. Then, they would collectively participate in the preparation and thorough smoking rituals. When you are dependent, is a wonder they do not supersede the general consumption of cigarettes for their practice. In fact, such an attitude reveals the existence of two different universes. November insist on the collective form of narghile practice, even if sometimes it is individual. However, even under this aspect can be understood as a standby for fellow smoker (or non-smoker), who will sit and listen and share. That said, there is certainly the last years, a trend towards individual smoking (narghile a person) to the point that some people said that this practice is a hedonist. In fact, it is only a recent evolution can explain, on the one hand, the individualistic contagion or current which extends to all spheres of society and, secondly, by publishing so many epidemics. Certainly medical talk is irrelevant to the observed preventive concern. Accordingly, in such a configuration, passing around a hose – that our traditional narghile messmate model is based – disappears. If such a model is not appropriate in certain circumstances, it serves here as a reference and is, for example, well illustrated yesterday in “Syria – with a single coffee-house training where the story observers (hekewêtiyyé) officiated – and the country today where a revival of narghile can be observed. The narghile is characterized by a triple egalitarianism: social, sexual and religious. This is mainly due to the passing round of the hose, which also represents a symbolic share. It is important to mention here that many issues of amateur football, particularly in Egypt and Tunisia, are also narghile smokers.

Social egalitarianism narghile. All strata of society are affected. Such ignorance social frontiers gave some travel past the illusion of “less than class” companies, especially in the Ottoman Empire. However, you must know that this was very last split, according to social, professional or religious associations. Such promiscuous even worried about the social political and religious. In addition, their fears have led to disastrous episodes of banning coffee shops, coffee and tobacco, by Murad IV, who wanted this way of putting an end to transgression of the limits between social groups.
In Tunisia, the upper classes seem to turn up their noses at narghile and the same trend is observed in other countries like Egypt, for example. More and more, this pipe may appear as a symbol of lazy people or “baddies”. In the case of the famous “El-Fishâwy Cafe Cairo is relevant here, because this coffee-house was originally created by a band leader:” By the door, Fahmi Hagg “EL-Fishâwy was smoking a permanent belt narghile” .

Sexual egalitarianism of narghile. A conundrum in Jordan collected evoke narghile feminine figure: Who is this princess standing in her palace with a hand on her hip? ( “Amira be qasrihâ, WA yeduhâ” Ela hasrihâ? “) The pipe bowl, indeed, is similar to a crown, the baluster body, elegant and rounded, evokes that of a woman. Regarding hose curve coiling up around the mast, it can be easily compared with arm contour. Eventually, the palace is a metaphor of the atmosphere in which a narghile session is ideally takes place: pillows, tapestry, vegetation, and so on. In the past, women in Shah “outfit spent most of their time smoking narghile. Between the end of the nineteenth century and the beginning of XX century, Turkish women in higher grades were fond of being photographed in their narghile for the latter became an essential element for any social or intellectual collection. Today, whether in Iran, the Persian-Arabian Gulf and Middle East countries, women remain narghile amateurs. I can see smoke in Beirut, Damascus, Amman or Cairo. In their absence of Tripoli (Libya) or Tunisia “cafes can be explained, hypothetically, the relative newness of narghile in these countries in the last whereas the women were often using a for several centuries.

Religious egalitarianism of narghile. Believers of the three monotheist religions of the region were smoking narghile for centuries in an undifferentiated way. The route of the mosque for a coffee-house and back was for a long period, being a vulgar life. In puritanical times less than today, it was rare to meet in cafes and religious men, in particular, sufis. Regarding the annual festivities accompanying ritual fast month (Ramadan Spirit) observed widely by local populations, which were actually the star of narghile Arab-Islamic sociability.

Specific jollification narghile. It can be analyzed through three intrinsic situation has: time, conversation and play, which are key concepts in sociology and anthropology. Switching around the hose is remarkable in that it places the narghile in a “yes” and “counter that” the exchange of shared words and time passing on a playful way. Appropriate rituals, which is puffing and blowing, but also those of painstaking preparation and staging of the instrument implies, are the natural world. However, certainly, contribute to the smoker in its social or environmental. For convenience, here and there met normalises a part of this process ritualising, thus allowing the perpetuation of traditions.

A public and private practice. House and Cafe is where the above described specific party appears narghile. From an anthropological point of view, internally, the kitchen is a true ritual, because it simultaneously nebula flows jollification tea and coffee. You can see how many gestures necessary for the preparation of the latter approximate to those required of narghile in a kind of symphony ritual where a woman and a man not play a less lower than that of the conductor.

Whait is the waterpipe?

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Apr 08 2009

The truth is that “waterpipe” “is a” word “was not found in dictionaries and no key languages such as Hindi, Urdu, Turkish, Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, etc., or even science in English . In contrast, “gain” and “narghile” can be found in dictionaries and “shisha” has been widely used for ages in the Arab world. Therefore, such a word for all situations, in space and time, it is methodologically because of the wrong pipes and smoking products are not just from one country to another, from one community to another, etc. as a simple example, shisha smoked by young people today in the U.S. is used to flavor tobacco [or no-tobacco]-molasses based mixture called tobamel (tobacco plus “Mel” for “honey” in Latin) or mu ‘essel (for example, “honey” in Arabic) in Arab countries. Now it is completely different from those that just moistened tobacco (called tobacco) smoked in a madâ’a of Yemeni Hebrew Rakower Fatal described in the famous study. Therefore, extrapolation of findings from both the above cases is not appropriate. Unfortunately, this has been done and led to frequent bias. As a conclusion, the word “waterpipe” should be avoided, unless, in studies of extreme simplicity and speed is necessary. Because hookah smoking contemporary bridges between continents and languages, selecting the right vocabulary remains extremely important, especially in questionnaires. Hanna “is a model study in this area.

And I will comment specifically on lung cancer since the pseudo-scientific results of other diseases were already covered in the past. Indian referred to study (by Gupta and colleagues) is not absolutely reliable for several reasons given in previous publications. Regarding Chinese reference (by Lubin et al), and that US-Syrian Center for Tobacco Studies has already published very serious errors in the assumed “peer-reviewed” Journal of tobacco control, it is even more ridiculous that that Chinese water pipe is a device used tiny midget with a bowl of tobacco and charcoal, no! How is it that in these circumstances, scientists worthy of the name can be compared to a Middle Eastern shisha? These comparisons actually die hard, because these people were making use of the clan “” waterpipe “” nominalism implying that all “waterpipes” in the world are the same. Any hookah (narghile, shisha) the user knows that this is a childish functionalism (almost unique feature of a hookah is water) and reductionism trivial …



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