Kid Gyms are going to be added at McDonald's locations nationwide by 2008. That's exciting news for those with one of the estimated 63% of children under the age of 18 in their family who is considered to be obese by the American Foods Standards Industry! There are changes being demanded in other areas too!

The success of tobacco companies to market their products to children has caused concerned for many. From the candy cigarettes that many of us bought at the corner dime...

Chantix – An effective quit smoking drug

It has been a common observation that most smokers find it difficult to quit smoking after living with this habit for a long period of time. It may be a difficult task but certainly not impossible. Nowadays, you can easily find many effective quit smoking drugs. This is largely due to medical advancement in recent years.

Chantix is one oral drug that is largely prescribed to smokers who want to quit smoking. It is manufactured...

The e-cigarette is rapidly gaining popularity with smokers. Because of their rising popularity, many companies have been started in the last few years to meet the demand for e-cigarettes. At first, most of the e-cigarette companies were located in China. However, there are now several American firms that have started to make and market the e-cigarette. Of the American firms, Blu Cigs, which is located in Charlotte, North Carolina, is becoming very popular with many e-cigarette...

Eager to know the benefits of smoking cessation! Ask someone who had remained a smoker for a pretty long time and is now successfully out of the grip of cigarettes. A wealth of people fall in the grip of cigarette addiction on a daily basis due to their happy-go-lucky attitude to life and also for the reason that they are utterly oblivious to the drastic consequences that addiction to cigarettes unleash in the life of a person!

And when the quit smoking brigade achieves...

The anti smoking measures have been very effectively implemented in the developed countries. Though the smokers didn’t exactly welcome the anti smoking measures, yet they had no other choice but to kneel down before the higher and the more powerful authorities. Huge penalties were labeled for the law breachers and hence the smokers didn’t have much of a choice. They had to agree to the anti smoking measures, if not for themselves than for the non smoking community which is...

I love those “itis” diseases. You know, the ones that place “itis” after the noun that determines the location of the disease. Since it is means “ inflammation of”, it’s easy to determine the disease. Tendonitis = inflammation of the tendons. Tonsillitis=inflammation of the tonsils. Hence, gingivitis=inflammation of the gingiva. By breaking down the word into its components, it not only gives us information, but comfort in knowing that the...

Everyone feels that smoking is bad, especially for youngsters. But what are the possible effects of secondhand smoke on children, particularly the infant and secondhand smoke? Let’s take a look at the health effects on a child who is exposed to secondhand smoke.

Secondhand smoke is the name of the smoke that is emitted by a lit cigarette mixed with the smoke that is exhaled by a smoker engaged in the process of smoking. This method of involuntary exposure affects all...

Although cigarette prices vary wildly from place to place – Canada having among the highest cigarette price per pack – one this is certain, smokers are not pleased with the surprising cost of cigarettes and the fact that the price only seems to be rising as the government slaps more taxes on them. Whether or not you view that as a good thing likely depends on if you’re reading this with a pack of cigarettes sitting beside you.

Many politicians seem to view taxing...

How to quit smoking weed. Hmm.. that almost sound counter intuitive. But contrary to some popular belief, there are those who want o quit smoking weed. There reasons could be many. Or it could one main dominating reason. Here are some things we do know. It is a mind thing. Smoking weed could be a gateway drug. And smoking weed has a way of taking away your drive. What we will aim to do is give some insight on how to kick the habit from a mental standpoint.

First you need to have...

An idea can change our life and electronic cigarette is one such idea. It is sure to change the smoker's life for better. Smoking is a dangerous addiction that only has an adverse effect on ones health but is also dangerous and harmful for the environment. Scientists and researchers were trying their best to invent something which can help common people overcome cigarette addiction. Their hard work has paid off finally. They have invented one of the best devices, called electronic...