Questions tagged [smoking]
The act of burning a substance and inhaling or tasting the smoke produced.
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Did Time Magazine publish an article in 1931 explaining how to prepare and roll marijuana?
According to a Feb 3, 2021 blog entry ("Why Is Marijuana Called Reefer?") of Kushfly, a medical cannabis company, Time Magazine published an article in 1931 explaining how to roll a "...
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Do 80 to 90 percent of lifelong smokers never develop lung cancer?
Joshua Hawkins of BGR.com has stated that 80 to 90 percent of lifelong smokers never develop lung cancer.
To quote the article:
Scientists may have discovered why lifelong smokers never get lung ...
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Do vaping bans cause people who were previously vapers to start smoking cigarettes?
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This Buzzfeed article asserts that there is a realistic worry that vaping bans cause vapers to return back to cigarettes:
And yanking nicotine e-cigarettes off the market could have ...
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Does smoking one joint give as much exposure to cancer-producing chemicals as smoking four to five cigarettes?
I was linked to a website from Parenting Stack Exchange called drugfreeworld. I then browsed around a bit, and I found this interesting line on the Marijuana page:
Aside from the discomfort that ...
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Is drinking a half-bottle of wine a night ‘as bad as three cigarettes’
A recent study on the cancer risks of drinking alcohol has been widely reported in news headlines. The Times headline is:
Half-bottle of wine a night ‘as bad as three cigarettes’
The BBC summarise ...
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Is vaping a healthier alternative to smoking? [duplicate]
I’ve heard from some people and advertisements that vaping is healthier than smoking, and vaping should be more popular because it causes less damage to the lungs. Is this really true, or have I been ...
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Is NeuraSan effective for smoking cessation?
The NeuraSan website describes a treatment to help give up smoking:
The method uses specific treatment procedures that are derived from
the areas of naturopathy, homeopathy, and findings of ...
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Does Cristiano Ronaldo drink or smoke?
This image forwarded on WhatsApp makes the following claims about Cristiano Ronaldo.
no tattoos (because "he donates blood twice a year and does not want to affect that")
doesn't drink (...
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Is 1 hour of shisha as harmful as smoking 100 cigarettes?
The British Health Foundation claims that:
The average shisha-smoking session lasts an hour and research has
shown that in this time you can inhale the same amount of smoke as
from more than ...
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Is it possible to get high smoking banana peel?
I know this sounds ridicoulous but some people are claiming that you can get high smoking banana peel
Is it true?
And if it is how does it work?
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"In some cities, it's more dangerous to breathe than to smoke cigarettes."
The Economist posted this claim on Facebook and Twitter, accompanied by a short video.
In some cities, it's more dangerous to breathe than to smoke cigarettes.
I can imagine it's more dangerous to ...
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Do smoking-related deaths save cost to health service?
Australian columnist Miranda Devine recently claimed that smoking-related deaths save cost to the health system:
“Well cigarettes aren’t that bad really when you think about it,”
Devine said.
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Is there a wage gap between smokers and non-smokers?
I recently saw a PSA from the organization "truth" that claimed there was a wage gap between smokers and non-smokers (the idea being that you should stop smoking if you want more money).
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Does "packing" a pack of cigarettes before opening make them last longer?
To "pack" a packet of cigarettes is to whack them against a surface before opening the packet.
This is said to compress the tobacco.
Example: WikiHow describes the process
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Does smoking tobacco increase work capacity?
A colleague stated that he heard of studies stating that nicotine is an upper and would increase work effort. A short Google search showed many sources showing many strongly positive effects of ...
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