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.

Fumadores passivos

Around one in a hundred deaths worldwide is due to passive smoking, which kills an estimated 600,000 people a year, World Health Organization (WHO) researchers said on Friday.

In the first study to assess the global impact of second-hand smoke, WHO experts found that children are more heavily exposed to second-hand smoke than any other age-group, and around 165,000 of them a year die because of it. "Two-thirds of these deaths occur in Africa and south Asia," the researchers, led by Annette Pruss-Ustun of the WHO in Geneva, wrote in their study.

Children's exposure to second-hand smoke is most likely to happen at home, and the double blow of infectious diseases and tobacco "seems to be a deadly combination for children in these regions," they said. Commenting on the findings in the Lancet journal, Heather Wipfli and Jonathan Samet from the University of Southern California said policymakers try to motivate families to stop smoking in the home. "In some countries, smokefree homes are becoming the norm, but far from universally," they wrote.

Fumar ou morrer de susto?

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Fumar ou morrer de susto?

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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.

Fumar na casa de banho

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Olha para o que eu digo!

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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.

Fumar ou não fumar, eis a questão!

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