Sentences with phrase «of cigarette smoke for»

Not one executive of any major Wall Street firm that caused the financial crash in 2008 through fraudulent activities was prosecuted by the U.S. Justice Department — which was headed at the time by law partners from Covington & Burling — the Big Tobacco law firm that was singled out in a Federal Court decision for hiding the deadly effects of cigarette smoke for decades.
To see the problems of Hanushek's logic, consider the following true statistics: between 1960 and 2000 the rate of cigarette smoking for females decreased by more than 30 percent while the rate of deaths by lung cancer increased by more than 50 percent over the same time period.
We have known of the dangers of cigarette smoking for years, including the detrimental effects it has on non-smokers through secondhand smoke.

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Sitting for eight or nine hours a day has an impact on life expectancy similar to the effect from smoking a pack of cigarettes a day.
Particularly if you are over the age of 35, smoking cigarettes while using the NuvaRing can increase risk of heart problems from combination hormonal contraceptives, so before you decide this is the best method for you, consider your lifestyle choices and have a discussion with your doctor.
«Women who are high risk for blood clots include those using an estrogen - containing birth control who smoke cigarettes over the age of 35.»
Not only does physically getting up now and again protect you from the truly horrible health consequences of too much sitting, but taking quick «smoke breaks» (sans cigarette) when you feel your mental energy depleting (for most folks around every 90 minutes seems to be a good rule of thumb) ensures you'll get more done in the long run.
To date, results from several longitudinal studies indicate that e-cigarette use among nonsmoking youth increases the likelihood of future use of conventional cigarettes.5 — 10 Specifically, the pooled odds ratio (OR) in a recent meta - analysis of studies of adolescents and young adults (aged 14 — 30) indicates that those who had ever used e-cigarettes were 3.62 times more likely to report using cigarettes at follow - up compared with those who had not used e - cigarettes.11 This finding was robust and remained significant when adjusting for known risk factors associated with cigarette smoking, including demographic, psychosocial, and behavioral variables such as cigarette susceptibility.
In addition, the party has pledged other key health - related initiatives, such as limiting the commercialization of genetically modified crops; developing national goals for pre-natal care; reducing cigarette smoking through education and taxes; and promoting healthy eating and physical activity.
Facing a shrinking smoking population at home, the world's fourth - biggest cigarette maker this month announced it would buy an Indonesian maker of «kretek» tobacco and clove cigarettes, together with its distributor, for $ 677 million.
While volunteers began to poke the guests awake, collect the mats, and fix the coffee for the breakfast line, the smoke rose from first cigarettes, and one large man groaned off the floor, breath harsh, a map of beet - red lines high on his cheeks» he strains but can not bend enough to reach his feet.
For years, the cigarette manufacturers employed scientists, for the express purpose of «proving» there was no link between cancer and smokiFor years, the cigarette manufacturers employed scientists, for the express purpose of «proving» there was no link between cancer and smokifor the express purpose of «proving» there was no link between cancer and smoking.
a knee - level view from your bit of pavement; a battered, upturned cooking pot and countable ribs, coughing from your steel - banded lungs, alone, with your face to the wall; shrunken breasts and a three year old who can not stand; the ringed fingers, the eyes averted and a five - paise piece in your palm; smoking the babus» cigarette butts to quieten the fiend in your belly; a husband without a job, without a square meal a day, without energy, without hope; being at the mercy of everyone further up the ladder because you are a threat to their self - respect; a hut of tins and rags and plastic bags, in a warren of huts you can not stand up in, where your neighbors live at one arm's length across the lane; a man who cries out in silence; nobody listening, for everyone's talking; the prayer withheld, the heart withheld, the hand withheld; yours and mine Lord teach us to hate our poverty of spirit.
While volunteers began to poke the guests awake, collect the mats, and fix the coffee for the breakfast line, the smoke rose from first cigarettes, and one large man groaned off the floor, breath harsh, a map of beet - red lines....
This is a dramatic change from the widespread assumption of the past hundred years or more that smoking cigarettes is a remedy for respiratory problems and one of the surest ways to extend life expectancy.
Support for such legislation is reinforced by scientific research of recent years showing that cigarette smoking is unhealthy.
That same year, Fitzgerald submitted a little story to the New Yorker titled, «Thank You for the Light,» in which a travelling saleswoman wanders into a Church to see if she can find a private area to smoke: She eventually falls asleep, after praying before «an image of the Madonna,» and awakens to find her cigarette lit.
Stupid things like, hey, don't dye your hair black (trust me — it never washes out) and also, Charlie perfume makes a really poor cover - up for the smell of cigarette smoke and someday you'll look back on all of that bad poetry you wrote and laugh until you cry.
For example, the amount of visible smoke in cigarette ads in magazines has constantly decreased, to the point where in 1984 and 1985 no smoke was visible at all.
Most of us do not trust the scientists employed by the cigarette companies to tell us truthfully about the consequences of smoking for health, nor the scientists who work for oil companies to give us accurate information about global warming.
How often have I heard someone rebuked for smoking a cigarette when that was the last thing that needed to be addressed, and in fact, would take care of itself once the person's life had been addressed.
In the l960s when the FCC required stations to run counter advertisements every time an ad for cigarettes was played, the broadcasting industry soon agreed to legislation prohibiting all smoking ads, since the alternative was to run one free minute for every paid minute of cigarette advertising.
Former smokers, for instance, can become ill if they try a cigarette after having not smoked for a certain amount of time.
But one serious bit of advice to him, stay away from the cigarettes and smoking it isnt good publicity for himself and arsenal fc / england!
And then they pick up a picture of me or any other athlete with a cigarette in his hand and then the kid says, «Well, if it isn't good for you, why is this man smoking
Arsene Wenger revealed today in the press conference ahead of the home game against Stoke City on Sunday, that the keeper had apologised for apparently smoking a cigarette in the showers after the defeat at Southampton, but I wonder just how thin ice he is really on.
Risk factors include: 1) age (most people are diagnosed in their 20s - 30s), 2) race or ethnicity (Caucasians have the highest risk, but IBD can occur in any race; there's an even higher risk if you are of Ashkenazi Jewish descent), 3) family history (risk is higher if a close relative has the disease), 4) cigarette smoking (the most important controllable risk factor for developing CD), 5) nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory medications (includes ibuprofen [Advil, Motrin IB, others], naproxen sodium [Aleve], diclofenac sodium [Voltaren], and others), and 6) where you live (you are more likely to develop IBD if you live in an industrialized country).
Take out a calculator and show your child how much money someone might spend if they smoked a pack of cigarettes each day for 10, 20, or 30 years.
Park officials made their plans for the ban public Tuesday, saying the restriction would not only protect children from secondhand smoke but also keep beaches free of cigarette butts.
Also not good for the toddler and a father who suffers from asthma was that the room had an overwhelming smell of cigarette smoke.
One of the best ways to help your teen through this is to provide support and advice for them; encourage them to speak to you about their smoking triggers, for example, and ask them to tell you when they get a cigarette craving, so that you can do something with them to help take their mind off it.
For example, one of the main reasons that many smokers begin smoking is due to stress; nicotine can help you to feel more relaxed, however, once the addiction starts, the withdrawal symptoms start to cause even more stress and a craving for another cigarette, causing a vicious cycle to begFor example, one of the main reasons that many smokers begin smoking is due to stress; nicotine can help you to feel more relaxed, however, once the addiction starts, the withdrawal symptoms start to cause even more stress and a craving for another cigarette, causing a vicious cycle to begfor another cigarette, causing a vicious cycle to begin.
Cigarette smoking by a father before conception increases the risk for children under the age of five for childhood cancers.
Park officials made their plans for the ban public Tuesday, saying the restriction would not only protect children from second - hand smoke but also keep beaches free of cigarette butts.
Dear Ann Landers: For years, you have published letters regarding the perils of cigarette smoking.
Early termination of breastfeeding in cigarette smokers was also shown by Hill and Aldag.14 They noted that mothers who smoked cited insufficient milk as a reason for a decline in breastfeeding.
If a pregnant woman went to her physician and admitted she smoked a pack of cigarettes, is there not a strong chance that she would leave the office feeling guilty for endangering her developing baby?
For more information about some of the topics discussed in the video, please see: Frequently asked questions about breastfeeding and diet Breastfeeding Myths (part 1) Breastfeeding Myths (part 2) Breastfeeding information for dads and partners Breastfeeding and cigarette smokFor more information about some of the topics discussed in the video, please see: Frequently asked questions about breastfeeding and diet Breastfeeding Myths (part 1) Breastfeeding Myths (part 2) Breastfeeding information for dads and partners Breastfeeding and cigarette smokfor dads and partners Breastfeeding and cigarette smoking
If the stress of parenthood has you itching for a smoke, talk to your doctor about cigarette - free ways you can cope.
You can have miscarriages from the stress of quitting smoking so just ease off a little at a time, your baby will benefit every time youu say no for smoking that cigarette.
When i found out i was pregnant that was the main worry for me was how i was going to quit smoking, i used to smoke a pack of cigarettes every day and cut down to one cigarette or even a half of one a day, then quit completly by the time i was 8 weeks.
For instance, ask friends who smoke to take a walk when they crave a cigarette instead of smoking in the house or yard.
Even going outside for a cigarette isn't enough, and even small amounts of second - hand smoke can be very damaging to your baby's small lungs.
For instance, it has been suggested that the physical restraint associated with swaddling may prevent infants placed supine from rolling to the prone position.299 One study's results suggested a decrease in SIDS rate with swaddling if the infant was supine, 182 but it was notable that there was an increased risk of SIDS if the infant was swaddled and placed in the prone position.182 Although a recent study found a 31-fold increase in SIDS risk with swaddling, the analysis was not stratified according to sleep position.171 Although it may be more likely that parents will initially place a swaddled infant supine, this protective effect may be offset by the 12-fold increased risk of SIDS if the infant is either placed or rolls to the prone position when swaddled.182, 300 Moreover, there is no evidence that swaddling reduces bed - sharing or use of unsafe sleep surfaces, promotes breastfeeding, or reduces maternal cigarette smoking.
In animal models, exposure to cigarette smoke or nicotine during fetal development alters the expression of the nicotinic acetylcholine receptor in areas of the brainstem important for autonomic function, 28 alters the neuronal excitability of neurons in the nucleus tractus solitarius (a brainstem region important for sensory integration), 29 and alters fetal autonomic activity and medullary neurotransmitter receptors.30 In human infants, there are strong associations between nicotinic acetylcholine receptor and serotonin receptors in the brainstem during development.31 Prenatal exposure to tobacco smoke attenuates recovery from hypoxia in preterm infants, 32 decreases heart rate variability in preterm33 and term34 infants, and abolishes the normal relationship between heart rate and gestational age at birth.33 Moreover, infants of smoking mothers exhibit impaired arousal patterns to trigeminal stimulation in proportion to urinary cotinine levels.35 It is important to note also that prenatal exposure to tobacco smoke alters the normal programming of cardiovascular reflexes such that there is a greater - than - expected increase in blood pressure and heart rate in response to breathing 4 % carbon dioxide or a 60 ° head - up tilt.36 These changes in autonomic function, arousal, and cardiovascular reflexes might all increase an infant's vulnerability to SIDS.
And an analysis of 12,069 women found that women who smoked pot and cigarettes during pregnancy were more likely to have babies with smaller heads and low birth weight than woman who just smoked cigarettes (though the risk was high for women who smoked cigarettes too).
I leave a cigar or a couple of cigarettes on the grave as I know George's ghost must be gasping for a good smoke.
Groups supporting the rights of people to smoke have started a «coalition of the sane», as they try to prevent the introduction of plain packaging for cigarettes.
Proposals to introduce plain packaging for cigarettes and moves to introduce a point - of - display ban have been unveiled on No Smoking Day.
The joy of electronic cigarettes is that they can be sold as a smoking supplement for users to enjoy while on a train journey or in a restaurant.
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