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Teenage Mother Probed Over Photo Of Her Child Smoking

By admin On February 24, 2010 No Comments
Mother posts photo of her son smoking a cigarette on Facebook

Mother posts photo of her son smoking a cigarette on Facebook

Teenage pregnancy has always been an issue that affects the country.  It is not uncommon to hear the argument “Babies can’t raise babies.” This seems to be blatantly true in the situation with teenage mother, Rebecca Davey, 18.

Rebecca posted a photo of her son, Ollie, “smoking” an unlit cigarette on her Facebook page. After someone reported the photo, Rebecca responded publicly on her page with:  “Some w***** reported me to the police abwt picture off ollie.”

She went on to say later: “Why Would SomeOne Do That To Me U Ollie No was taking U Yur Mine for lyfee Darlinggg Mummy Loves You :)”

Along with judgment, the spell check option is not something that Rebecca frequents.

3 years ago, the photo sharing website, Flickr had a similar issue with an outburst of photographs of children smoking, sometimes lit cigarettes. Flicker administrators got right on this situation and deleted these photos as soon as they were made public.

The photo of Rebecca’s son Ollie was also removed, and police are continuing to investigate the well-being of the baby.

I really have nothing witty to end this post off with. Holy crap.


Collect All Four - Cigarette Warning Labels

By admin On February 23, 2010 No Comments
There are 4 warnings required to be on cigarette packages. (via)

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

By admin On February 9, 2010 No Comments
E-Cigarette sales increase after ruling against the FDA (via)

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

By admin On February 8, 2010 No Comments
Hospital to stop hiring smoking 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

By admin On January 19, 2010 2 Comments

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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