It’s no secret that traditional smoking is bad for your health, but are you aware that secondhand smoke is also incredibly harmful to your pets? Secondhand smoke, also known as ETS (Environmental Tobacco Smoke) releases harmful carcinogens into the air, which cause cancer in humans and in pets as well. There are over 4,000 chemicals found in... Read More
Confronting the Smoking Dilemma in Indonesia
Indonesia has one of the top five cigarette smoking populations in the world. According to the Global Tobacco Survey, 36.1% of the population smokes, which means approximately 61.4 million Indonesians use tobacco products. Advertising and easy access to the products is prevalent in this country, especially for juveniles. Before his death at the... Read More
The Effects of Smoking on Your Breathing
If you’ve ever been around a heavy smoker (or are one yourself), you may have experienced the shallow and difficult breathing that comes with long-term smoking. Or maybe you have even been around a person who has to use an oxygen tank to survive due to emphysema. Below are a few examples of the dangers that long-term smoking can have on an... Read More
Turning to Robot Power to Test the Effects of Vaping on the Lungs
University of Miami scientists have begun using smoking robots to study the effects of e-cigarette vapor on the lungs and airways of e-cigarette users. This is being done in an effort to ensure that e-cigarettes are safe for humans to use. While researchers have had decades to study the effects of inhaling burning tobacco, they simply haven’t... Read More