http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1711154,00.html
1 Billion people will die by tobacco related causes by the end of this century, an average of 5.4 million people every year, that's one person every second, these people suffer from almost the same symptoms, and all of these symptoms are linked to tobacco,
This was a report to warn people the dangers of tobacco, countries should start putting effect into anti-tobacco policies, or even more aggressive campaigns, like raising the tax of tobacco, this is actually the most effective tactic,
Tobacco industries are now tapping into the market of women, through out Europe the amount of women smoking and the amount of men smoking are starting to even out, also among the adolescents in Europe girls are more likely to smoke than boys.
Another study says the public are lack education, that not everyone is fully aware of the dangers that tobacco can cause, also a recent Chinese study says only 25% of the their population knows about the health issues of tobacco,
That's a lot of people that will die by the cause of tobacco, some of these are second hand smokers, I have a lot of people around me that died of tobacco, the symptoms that they have are alike, mostly to do with lung, I don't think they were well educated, the problems that tobacco can cause,
Thursday, 30 August 2012
Repair the lung and kick the habit
http://www.naturalnews.com/035119_tobacco_lung_health_addiction.html
Native American Indians used tobacco to repair their lung problems,but the tobacco they used was called Lobelia, the use of this tobacco is for lung disorders, such as asthma and bronchia, the difference between tobacco then and now, is that there isn't 600 chemical additives in it, that's added to create virtual freebasing of nicotine, ensuring that the smokers would be addicted for life, there are still people who smoke this pure tobacco, tribes in Amazon and New Guinea are using it, appreciating it for it's healing effects.
I didn't know this until after reading this article, the original tobacco was used for healing, not killing people, ruining their lives making suffer from diseases that might not even have a cure, but only doing chemotherapy and lots more, I've seen people around me going through these therapies, they have to do this every week, if worse every day.
Native American Indians used tobacco to repair their lung problems,but the tobacco they used was called Lobelia, the use of this tobacco is for lung disorders, such as asthma and bronchia, the difference between tobacco then and now, is that there isn't 600 chemical additives in it, that's added to create virtual freebasing of nicotine, ensuring that the smokers would be addicted for life, there are still people who smoke this pure tobacco, tribes in Amazon and New Guinea are using it, appreciating it for it's healing effects.
I didn't know this until after reading this article, the original tobacco was used for healing, not killing people, ruining their lives making suffer from diseases that might not even have a cure, but only doing chemotherapy and lots more, I've seen people around me going through these therapies, they have to do this every week, if worse every day.
Bad for "Health" good for "Crops"
http://www.naturalnews.com/030226_tobacco_pesticides.html
Tobacco is no longer only used for harming humans, but benefiting the crops, with the decline of demand for tobacco, tobacco farmers are wasting loads and loads of it every year, scientists have found an alternative usage for it, that could spark new life into the tobacco industry, tobacco has long been used as a natural, organic pesticide, and it could be the answer to the widespread use of outmoded, chemical pesticides that are destroying both health and the planet.
Scientists turned the tobacco leaves into bio-oil, and tested on 11 different fungi species, 4 bacteria, and Colorado potato beetle, not only did it work on the beetle, it also work on some if the fungi and bacteria.
I think this is good news for every one, except the cigarette industry, the use of tobacco is going to change, for the good of man kind and Earth, using bio-oil extracted from the leaves of tobacco, is a brilliant idea, no more chemical pesticides, only natural ones.
Tobacco is no longer only used for harming humans, but benefiting the crops, with the decline of demand for tobacco, tobacco farmers are wasting loads and loads of it every year, scientists have found an alternative usage for it, that could spark new life into the tobacco industry, tobacco has long been used as a natural, organic pesticide, and it could be the answer to the widespread use of outmoded, chemical pesticides that are destroying both health and the planet.
Scientists turned the tobacco leaves into bio-oil, and tested on 11 different fungi species, 4 bacteria, and Colorado potato beetle, not only did it work on the beetle, it also work on some if the fungi and bacteria.
I think this is good news for every one, except the cigarette industry, the use of tobacco is going to change, for the good of man kind and Earth, using bio-oil extracted from the leaves of tobacco, is a brilliant idea, no more chemical pesticides, only natural ones.
Urgent tobacco policy needed
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/08/16/health/world-smoking-study/index.html?iref=allsearch
Smoking tobacco is spreading all over the world, and fast over the past few years, the tobacco industry is extending there market, into countries with poorer or weaker governments, that have a hard time implementing the steps it take to stop smoking from spreading, they're also targeting youth of both genders and wome.
Countries with powerful governments have declined their rates of smoking, during August Australia had a new rule for tobacco packaging, the packaging must be in plain packaging, there are also other successful stories over the world, one of them is New Zealand.
Smoking tobacco is spreading all over the world, and fast over the past few years, the tobacco industry is extending there market, into countries with poorer or weaker governments, that have a hard time implementing the steps it take to stop smoking from spreading, they're also targeting youth of both genders and wome.
Countries with powerful governments have declined their rates of smoking, during August Australia had a new rule for tobacco packaging, the packaging must be in plain packaging, there are also other successful stories over the world, one of them is New Zealand.
Landmark report 50 years ago
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17264442
50 years ago a key report was published, it linked the public's relationship with smoking tobacco, how people back then thought that, smoking isn't the cause of people dying, case one's life is in god's hand, back then reporters and authors needed to get have new ideas to spread word across the public, and the politicians, but it was hard because pretty much everyone smoked.
Now days people know what smoking does to their body, and how it's not in gods hands, but in their hands, less percentage of men and women smoke these days, compared to 50 years ago, also people aren't aloud to smoke inside, they can only smoke in open public areas.
10 Links
1.http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10821442
2.http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-17264442
3.http://edition.cnn.com/2012/08/16/health/world-smoking-study/index.html?iref=allsearch
4.http://www.naturalnews.com/030226_tobacco_pesticides.html
5.http://www.naturalnews.com/035119_tobacco_lung_health_addiction.html
6.http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1711154,00.html
7.http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukpress/article/ALeqM5h0_oVxDU29oJ4bLISUgcWEYXlrUA?docId=N0255691346246422388A
8.http://www.taxationinfonews.com/2012/09/tobacco-taxes-are-not-effective/
9.http://health.usnews.com/health-news/family-health/heart/articles/2009/08/25/tobacco-use-kills-6-million-people-annually-report
10.http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/03/110302152820.htm
Sunday, 26 August 2012
Introduction
The origin of tobacco was first discovered by native American Indians, then in 1492 Christopher Columbus visited a tribe, they offered if to him as a gift, soon after he returned to Europe, the plant was being grown all over Europe, people in Europe believed that, tobacco has healing properties.
During the 1600's tobacco was "as good as gold", in the 1760 the first cigars was invented, years after scientists begin to discover the chemicals in tobacco, and how it damages the human body.
Later on in the later 1800's people started chewing tobacco, it was actually very popular during the time, it wasn't until the 1900's that cigarette became popular to men.Then in the 50's more and more evidence of smoking effecting health,but the tobacco industry denied these hazards, a decade later ads of smoking were taking off Great Britain t.v.
The above is just a short summary of tobacco, how it came to be, in my link there are more details of the how tobacco took part in history.
During the 1600's tobacco was "as good as gold", in the 1760 the first cigars was invented, years after scientists begin to discover the chemicals in tobacco, and how it damages the human body.
Later on in the later 1800's people started chewing tobacco, it was actually very popular during the time, it wasn't until the 1900's that cigarette became popular to men.Then in the 50's more and more evidence of smoking effecting health,but the tobacco industry denied these hazards, a decade later ads of smoking were taking off Great Britain t.v.
The above is just a short summary of tobacco, how it came to be, in my link there are more details of the how tobacco took part in history.
Thursday, 23 August 2012
1.PM:Tougher tobacco laws "unlikely"
This NZ herald article, is talking about, how Prime Minister John Key, thinks about making the laws for tougher, the Prime Minister said that if we banned cigarettes in New Zealand, it would also be effectively saying that we're banning the substance, which is extremely difficult, but what his Government can do is, telling the public, "hey smoking is bad and we prefer you don't smoke and we will give you every encouragement not to do so," there are also some laws introduced in this article, what the changes would be.
In the last few paragraphs it talks about how tobacco companies are fighting back these laws, they've also set up a website "agree disagree" for the public to know their oppositions and restrictions.
I think we need tougher laws for tobacco , but I also agree with what the PM says that people have their own choices, the law can only do so much, but unless we ban tobacco form New Zealand, people will keep buying, what we need is to encourage people not to smoke, for example quit lines , helping people get off their smoking habits, not letting smoking take control of you life, but letting yourself be in control, also letting people who smoke know how much they'd save, most importantly they need support from family and friends.
In the last few paragraphs it talks about how tobacco companies are fighting back these laws, they've also set up a website "agree disagree" for the public to know their oppositions and restrictions.
I think we need tougher laws for tobacco , but I also agree with what the PM says that people have their own choices, the law can only do so much, but unless we ban tobacco form New Zealand, people will keep buying, what we need is to encourage people not to smoke, for example quit lines , helping people get off their smoking habits, not letting smoking take control of you life, but letting yourself be in control, also letting people who smoke know how much they'd save, most importantly they need support from family and friends.
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