The act of burning a substance and inhaling or tasting the smoke produced.
Questions tagged [smoking]
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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 smoking, although not necessarily of nicotine.
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Is smoking more damaging to non-smokers who spend a lot of time around a smoker than it is to the actual smoker?
Related: Is secondhand smoke dangerous? ( thanks JoseK )
I've heard this argument many times, the logic being that the smokers body is used to the toxins inside the cigarettes, which leads to more damage being caused to non-smokers. However, it…
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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
Many times while smoking a cigarette, the cherry will fall out because the…
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What is the *causal* link between smoking and lung cancer?
I have been discussing smoking with a fellow who states that for all the decades of study of the tobacco leaf, still nobody has managed to find what part of the process of smoking the tobacco leaf causes lung cancer. He pointed out that so far most…
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Does putting warning on Cigarette packs reduce consumption?
Cigarette packs in various countries contain warnings on them, some of them contain only text, some contain text and pictures that suppose to ditter the user, and the most extreme are Australian packs that not only contain text warning and pictures,…
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Did the WHO study show a significant RR of lung cancer, and not a preventative effect?
The WHO released a press release with preliminary finds to the media. After examining the preliminary study, the Telegraph, the Guardian and other newspapers printed articles with headlines like, "Passive Smoke Does't cause cancer -Official"
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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 slightly differently:
Drinking one 750ml bottle…
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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 live and breathe in a certain city for a year…
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Are E-Cigarettes as unhealthy as conventional cigarettes?
At my community college, a person in a booth was handing out pamphlets talking about the health problems with cigarettes and e-cigarettes. The pamphlet seemed to indicate that e-cigarettes could be as unhealthy as conventional cigarettes. When I…
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Common additives to cigarettes
I have heard that common cigarette brands add additives to the tobacco in cigarettes (not in the filter) and I've heard many people use this as an excuse that it is safer to grow and roll your own.
Do most major tobacco companies add a bunch of…
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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 health consequences of its own. Ex-smokers who used…
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Can you quit smoking overnight by drinking a dangerous dose of nicotine?
I used to teach a 7 day stop smoking program, it was 15 steps a day that if you could do for 7 days straight, you'd be a non-smoker by the end of it. The program was all about turning off mental switches that triggered cravings. I was teaching the…
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Is Champix safe?
There are various reports of people feeling depressed and suicidal having taken Champix. What is the truth about this stop-smoking-pill?
The Daily Mail tell the story of a girl who took it and tried to kill herself -…
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Do scare tactics in advertising succeed in reducing the number of people who smoke or take illegal drugs?
Possible Duplicate:
Are anti-smoking advertisements actually promoting smoking through use of reverse psychology?
Most people agree that tobacco is harmful to health, but many people still smoke (see Wikipedia statistics). Many drugs such as…
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Is vaping a healthier alternative to smoking?
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 severely misinformed?
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