Smoking on Shine

Hookahs bars -- new teen indulgence

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On the surface, a hookah bar sounds like a neat way to embrace traditions of different cultures and hang out with your buds in a setting without alcohol.

Not a shock: Smoking kills way too many people every year

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A close friend of mine sent me a picture today that we took together four months ago, just a few weeks before he quit smoking. It's a lovely photo. We're both smiling and happy and having a great time. But the first thing I thought when I saw it was how different he looks after twelve weeks of being tobacco-free. His skin is rosier, his eyes are brighter and the dark circles around them have disappeared. His whole demeanor -- and much of his life -- has changed. To be blunt, things looked a lot different when he smoked.

User Post: SMOKERS: TIME TO QUIT?

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Have you ever tried to quit smoking? Do you struggle with the mental addiction more than the physical one? Here's me thinking out loud on the topic...

Our health report card for 2009: Are we making progress?

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The late Ted Kennedy said this in 1994 about health-care reform: "What we have in the United States is not so much a health-care system as a disease-care system." Not much has changed in the past 15 years. Although disease treatment has progressively improved, preventable illnesses prevalence is still rising, causing a lot of suffering and impairing the quality of life for many.

5 Reasons Why You're Not Getting Healthy

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Do you primarily try to be healthy, but have occasional slip-ups? Do you wonder what's getting in the way? It's the holidays and it's getting colder by the minute (depending on your location) forcing our discipline to fly out the window when it comes to certain…

ALTERNATIVE TO SMOKING CIGARETTES

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This is one of the healthiest alternatives to smoking cigarettes. There is no tar, no cancer causing chemicals, no tobacco, just nicotine. You have a variety of flavors and mg's to choose from. I smoked over 20 years and quit 3 times. I went back to smoking cigarettes…

Online Dating: Where to Find Singles Who Drink and Smoke

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When searching for a partner, most people want someone with similar interests. When you fill out your

The Unbelievably Scary Thing That Just One Cigarette May Do To You

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Just one gooey chocolate eclair, just one dash of salt, just one day of skipping a workout... usually, "just one" of anything isn't enough to do you any real damage. But when it comes to cigarettes, a new study shows that "just one" is way too many--especially for 18- to 30-year-olds.

Why I feel companies should be able to deny employment to smokers

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Almost all of us with at least one smoker. One person who takes both their lunch break and 4-5 other 10 - 15 minute breaks throughout the day to feed their addiction. Typically this person thinks their behavior is entirely acceptable, because they are a smoker. Often…