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...fact, where there's smoke, there's danger. Researchers from the National Institute of Drug Abuse (NIDA) reported last week that smoke from bidis is no safer--and may be more dangerous--than that of conventional filter cigarettes. In a series of 90-minute sessions, researchers asked 10 healthy young volunteers to smoke bidis, flavored and unflavored, as well as their usual filtered brands. An analysis of the volunteers' blood revealed that nicotine levels were significantly higher after they smoked the bidis than after ordinary cigarettes. In some cases, the levels of exhaled carbon monoxide were higher too. "Kids think...
...they contain has as much as three times the nicotine concentration of American grown. The leaf wrapping, which comes from the tendu plant, doesn't help either. Unlike the paper on a conventional cigarette, the tendu leaf is nonporous, so it prevents outside air from mixing with the inhaled smoke and diluting...
...Smoke from ordinary cigarettes contains thousands of chemicals. Researchers suspect that if bidis are so good at delivering one or two, they're probably just as good at delivering the whole slew. That's enough to send the idea that bidis are safe, well, up in smoke...
Second-hand smoke is a killer. It contains over 40 different known carcinogens and has been shown by the Association for Research on Cancer to be a direct cause of lung cancer in non-smokers. Exposure to second-hand smoke in the workplace increases one’s risk of developing lung cancer by 16 to 19 percent, and estimates by the National Cancer Institute indicate that in America over twice as many people die every year as a result of second-hand smoke as do from AIDS...
Next time you come home after a night of boozing and bar hopping, you won’t have to smell like a chain smoker. The Boston Health Commissioners voted last week to ban smoking in all restaurants, bars and nightclubs. This change is an important step in helping curb an awful habit; tobacco-related illnesses are the leading cause of death in the United States. In addition, this new rule will ensure that all Bostonians, not just those in downtown office buildings, will have the right to work in a smoke-free environment...