Collect All Four - Cigarette Warning Labels
There are 4 warnings required to be on cigarette packages.
I was watching some late night television this weekend, and saw a few infomercials. As they transitioned from the sale of the product to the bright blue screen with the phone number and ordering details, I noticed that the shipping and handling price was shown. Typically I find these commercials to be unbelievable in the sense that they claim low prices, but they get you in shipping. Of course, you don’t find out about the shipping cost until you call in.
Convenient.
I was very happy, needless to say that they had begun telling consumers what they were getting into. Before they had the chance to get suckered into a situation in which they felt they “had” to buy, or try a product, they were told all of the fine print up front. Brilliant!
I’ve been learning about cigarettes for years. Since I was in grade school, we knew that “smoking was bad.” I don’t remember the first time I picked up a package of cigarettes, and I don’t remember what it said on the side. Many people have lost faith in the FDA and the Surgeon General since the number of active smokers in the US never goes down.
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Jump In Electronic Cigarette Sales After Ruling Against FDA
E-Cigarette sales increase after ruling against the FDA
Last month, Judge Richard Leon ruled against FDA regulation over the electronic cigarette industry. It had come to a point recently where shipments of electronic cigarettes to the United States were held up by the Food And Drug Administration and their disapproval of the sale of the device. Distributors were left empty handed and consumers were missing out on the one-of-a-kind opportunity to quit smoking by still smoking, only without the hundreds of toxins and exhaled second hand smoke.
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Hospital To Begin Tobacco Testing Potential Employees
Hospital to stop hiring employees who smoke.
It’s no big surprise that after you have that successful job interview, you are sent to the nearest lab to have a blood and drug test. Employers aren’t too big on having employees who do illegal drugs, and rightfully so. As of February 1st, applicants to a Tennessee Health System will have another test to worry about - a nicotine test.
Since the 1st of this month, Memorial Health Systems began testing their potential job applicants for drugs and nicotine. Any applicant who tests positive for tobacco use will not be considered for hire. The Hospital already has the new regulation on their website. They also explain that they are dedicated to the safety and healthy lifestyles of both their employees and patients.
Could this decision be the beginning of a new trend?
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Master List of Cigarette Ingredients
At the bottom of this post is a list of ingredients found in our two piece electronic cigarette. But first, an exhaustive list of ingredients found in your tobacco cigarette.
Yes, seriously, the following is a list of ingredients commonly found in that little cigarette you smoke:
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How Do Cigarettes Affect The Body?
From the time we’re in elementary school, the idea that “Cigarettes are bad” is implanted in our minds. When I was going to school, the D.A.R.E (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) class I had even featured a tiger mascot who would sing a rap song about cigarettes;
“Cigarettes are bad, bad, b-b-ad for you.”
I suppose the idea of making that song stick with us throughout life worked. One thing that did not stick with me is perhaps the most important part of education; the WHY. Why is smoking bad for you?
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