May 31 is World No-Tobacco day. Dr. Barry Finegan, a professor from the FoMD's Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine and a leading expert in research on smoking cessation, tells us some facts about smoking that everyone ...
Jun 1, 2016
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(Medical Xpress)—Just because something is marketed as herbal doesn't make it healthy—especially when it comes to smoking shisha, which can contain toxic metals, tar and other carcinogenic compounds sometimes on par with ...
Nov 11, 2013
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Pipe-in-pipe systems are now commonly used to distribute water in many homes. The inner pipe for drinking water is made of a plastic called cross-linked polyethylene (PEX). Are these pipes harmful to health and do they affect ...
Nov 8, 2011
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Researchers at UNC School of Medicine found almost one in ten North Carolina adolescents reported ever vaping cannabis or marijuana. The researchers also found strong associations between the use of certain types of tobacco ...
Jun 28, 2019
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The number of people smoking water pipes is rising dramatically throughout the world. A large proportion of new users are young, and many believe – contrary to facts – that water pipe smoking is less dangerous than ...
Apr 7, 2011
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PCE in drinking water linked to an increased risk of mental illness
Jan 20, 2012
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Herbal cigarettes: They carry a certain "coolness factor" and sound like they might be a healthier alternative to tobacco, but are they really safer to smoke?
Jan 6, 2023
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With water pipes or hookahs gaining popularity in the United States and other countries, scientists today described a step toward establishing the health risks of what has been termed "the first new tobacco trend of the 21st ...
Sep 8, 2013
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Clouds of sickly sweet blackberry smoke are billowing out of Isaac Doss' mouth. He takes a long draw from the bubbling hookah and passes the pipe to Kara Brick.
Sep 12, 2014
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(HealthDay)—Many young people consider hookahs a hip and safer way to smoke, but a new study finds fumes from the water pipes contain the toxin benzene.
Nov 21, 2014
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