So today I woke up with lung cancer… WTF?? Then I realized maybe I shouldn’t have followed the suggestion of this 1936 Camel ad advising me to smoke after every Thanksgiving course.

Korea has begun to pay serious attention to its heavy smoking culture. The government recently prohibited smoking by drivers and passengers in taxis at all times and has applied stricter rules on the habit for big buildings and public facilities, while at the same time conducting an awareness campaign.

Kentucky has the highest smoking rate in the country. Nearly 29 percent of adults in the Bluegrass State smoke. But what could happen if it significantly strengthened its tobacco control policies? Could that number be appreciably reduced?

According to one complex computer model developed by NCI-funded researchers, the SimSmoke model, markedly enhanced tobacco-control efforts in Kentucky could reduce smoking prevalence there to 14 percent over the next 17 years, saving 17,000 lives in the process.

Here’s a startling statistic for you: Men at age 40 have a 1 in 8 chance of dying of a sudden cardiac death over the rest of their lives.

The risk for women is 1 in 24.

Some 300,000 Americans every year suffer sudden cardiac death, but the lifetime risks of sudden cardiac deaths haven’t been estimated before… The odds of lung cancer are 1 in 12.

Some smoke just a few cigarettes each day. Others smoke only on weekends, with certain friends or in certain places. The habits of light, occasional or non-daily cigarette smokers are so varied that experts have yet to come up with a single label for them – though the term “chippers” gets some use.

India is heading for “an epidemic of lung cancer”, Siddhartha Mukherjee has warned in his much anticipated new book, Emperor of All Maladies.

Mukherjee, who is a doctor and a senior research academic attached to the Columbia University Cancer Centre, has pinned the blame firmly on tobacco companies which he accuses of dumping cigarettes on the Third World after being forced out of the First World.

Pick National Smoke-Out Day as your day to live better…

What is SO BAD about smoking? Smoking causes 30 percent of all cancer deaths. Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer in the U.S. It also causes cancer of the throat, cervix, larynx, mouth, esophagus, abdomen, and bladder. Tobacco causes several types of leukemia as well.

Yesterday, Colleges Against Cancer held an informative table to raise awareness and earn money to fight lung cancer on Fairfield Way yesterday.

Colleges against Cancer is a subdivision of the American Cancer Society, according to the American Cancer Society’s Web site.

UConn has been involved with the program for about 6 years, and has already raised about $200 to fight lung cancer.

Electronic cigarette work of a lithium battery that provides a spray. The atomizer is that contains nicotine. When you blow the unit heats the spray of nicotine in a mist that is then inhaled. The device looks like a real cigarette. He has an LED light at the end of it, for him a real effect of a cigarette during the process of inhalation.

The battery can be recharged in many devices such as a wall adapter, power supply and a portable USB adapter. Once charged, the battery will have hours of use.

Research suggests women may have greater vulnerability to cigarette smoke carcinogens than men. As reported by HealthDay News, an analysis of several studies revealed findings that show women may be more susceptible to lung cancer and other health conditions related to cigarette smoke than their male counterparts.