Showing posts with label no smoking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label no smoking. Show all posts

Sunday, November 13, 2011

Quitting is hard

More than two-thirds of American smokers say they want to quit but only a fraction actually do, according to a government report released Thursday, suggesting people would benefit from more help in kicking the habit. Of the nearly 69% of adult smokers who wanted to quit in 2010, more than half tried but only 6.2% succeeded, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Those who try can double or triple their chances with counseling or medicine, but most of those who tried to quit last year didn't use either. Nor did they receive advice to quit from a doctor.

Saturday, February 28, 2009

Tabaco: o ataque continua

Fonte: aqui.

Cigarette sales in Scotland will be further restricted after ministers announced plans today to outlaw cigarette vending machines and ban shops from openly displaying tobacco.

Friday, January 02, 2009

Vitória contra o tabaco

Quase assistimos à perseguição dos fumadores, desde a introdução da nova Lei do Tabaco. Contudo, fumar faz mal, e é preciso combater esse vício, de todas as formas possíveis.

Os resultados deste combate recente são bons: Num balanço sobre os primeiros 10 meses desde a entrada em vigor da Lei do Tabaco, o director-geral de saúde revelou um estudo que indica que o número de cigarros vendidos em Portugal sofreu uma queda de 13,5 por cento.

A Direcção Geral de Impostos é que não deve estar a gostar da brincadeira!

Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Obama’s Efforts to Quit

Fonte: aqui.

Franklin D. Roosevelt smoked cigarettes, and John F. Kennedy and Bill Clinton occasionally smoked cigars. Gerald R. Ford preferred a pipe.

Tuesday, October 07, 2008

Wednesday, October 01, 2008

Fumar ou morrer de susto?

Fonte: aqui.

Starting Wednesday, smokers in Britain will be greeted with a startling new warning when they pick up their regular pack of cigarettes. A graphic new ad campaign aims to show smokers, in no uncertain terms, the fate that might await them if they continue their habit.

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

O fumo dos carros e o fumo do tabaco

Não fumamos, mas somos contra o imenso fundamentalismo que por aí vai contra quem fuma. Se é assim tão mau fumar, proiba-se a venda de tabaco! Não se persiga quem fuma e paga imenso de impostos, que o Estado não rejeita.

Lemos esta notícia: City pollution from car exhausts could be causing heart damage, say scientists, who have also found increasing evidence linking smoke from fires and tobacco to heart attacks, cardiovascular disease and clogged arteries.

Ou seja, o fumo do tabaco faz mal. O fumo originado nos automóveis faz também muito mal. Será que a Direcção Geral de Saúde (DGS) vai proibir a circulação de automóveis, também!

Vejamos mais dados daquela notícia:
  • "In rapidly modernising regions, environmental regulations are frequently avoided in the interest of improving economic growth," said Matt Campen, of the Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute in Albuquerque, New Mexico. "Thus, the global cardiovascular health burden from air pollution is likely to escalate dramatically over the coming decades."
  • PAHs are produced when substances such as coal, tobacco, or wood are burned, and many of the larger types are carcinogenic. The smallest PAH molecules have normally been ignored but Incardona's research shows these chemicals, found in oil, are toxic to the developing hearts of zebrafish, a standard model for the effects of chemicals on human hearts.

Pronto, a DGS e a ASAE não vão permitir a circulação automóvel e a utilização de lareiras!

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Sunday, January 06, 2008

Olha para o que eu digo!

Fonte: aqui.

Não somos fundamentalistas. Não gostamos de fundamentalismos. O actual sistema Político - Estatal está povoado de gente que gosta de exigir rigor! Mas, só pode exigir rigor quem faz prática do rigor.

Reparem no destaque internacional que o Sr. António Nunes (Presidente da ASAE), ganha:
  • Portuguese smokers have been confined to the pavements since January 1, when new legislation banned smoking in many pubs and public places; so they were outraged to see a photograph of the man who had sponsored the legislation lighting up a cigar in a casino in the early hours of New Year’s Day.
  • António Nunes, the head of the Portuguese Food Standards Agency, who is charged with enforcing the new regulations, said that he had not realised they also applied to casinos.
  • “We must investigate to see if it is within the new law,” he said, in an attempt to explain his actions.

Ao que consta o tal Senhor Nunes solicitou inclusivamente aos Serviços Jurídicos da ASAE, um parecer para saber se poderia fumar ou não, na passagem de ano, no Casino de Lisboa!

Ao que as "élites portuguesas" se expõem, ao colocarem os serviços públicos ao seu serviço pessoal e privado. E não acontece nada. NADA!

Felizmente que na mesma notícia, o Ministério da Saúde se portou melhor: The Health Ministry promptly replied that his cigar was most definitely illegal. Smoking was banned in casinos as well as bars and restaurants.

Post Scriptum Foram os "15 minutos de fama" de Andy Wharol, do Senhor Nunes! Que triste.

Sunday, October 28, 2007