Boston expected to ban smoking in parks!

The City Council last week approved a ban on smoking cigarettes, marijuana and other ‘‘lighted or vaporized’’ substances at all 251 of the parks, cemeteries and other spaces run by the Boston Parks and Recreation Department.

Future Smoking Epidemic Among African

A new report from the American Cancer Society claimed that Africa will face a severe health threat from the fast-growing increase in tobacco use. The report found that without aggressive intervention, the continent will experience a significant increase in smoking in the near future. 

LA county launches Anti-smoking campaign targeting LGBTs... but why?

The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health launched an anti-smoking campaign targeting the LGBT community on Thursday. They did so because state data indicate that gays, lesbians, and bisexuals smoke at twice the rate of the heterosexual population in California.  

Did You Know?

Each day, more than 3,600 people under 18 smoke their first cigarette, and over 900 people start smoking on a daily basis

443,000 deaths a year caused by smoking cigarettes, including almost 50,000 deaths from people that are exposed to secondhand smoke

HATE CRIME IN TOBACCO ADS?

Tobacco ad symbolizing the nature of Africa

What do you think about this tobacco ad?

Does this ad seem racist to you?

South Korea's largest tobacco company, KP&G promoted a new cigarette that featured pictures of monkeys, declaring "Africa is coming."

Cut Nicotine Altogether

Although alternatives like the patch and the electronic cigarette are very effective at helping you kick the habit, these alternatives do still contain levels of nicotine in them. If your looking to quit the most addicting part of smoking, nicotine, livestrong.com has given some natural substitutes for nicotine!

A new approach! Magnetic brain stimulation may helps smokers quit

Researches indicates that heavy smokers who regularly smoked more than one packet of cigarettes each day cut down or quit for half a year after their brains were stimulated with magnets. This noninvasive technique is called repeated high-frequency transcranial magnetic stimulation, it sends electric impulses to the brain. Sometimes it is used to treat depression.

Give the Gift of Life!

If your anything like me you wait until the last minute to do your holiday shopping. Think ahead of time this year and give your loved ones the chance to live longer!

Logo of Global Tobacco Elimination

logo of Global Tobacco Elimination

A professional Japanese artist, Ryohei Ezaki made a logo of our blog.

http://ryohei-ezaki.is-decent.com/works.html

Thanks so much for your support!!

This is true romantic

Today I want to share an interesting story of quitting smoking with you guys. This story spreads widely among smokers in China now. A Chinese girl wrote sweet and warm words on the cigarettes to remind her boyfriend the harm of smoking.

weird anti-smoking clips from youtube 1

The biggest advantage of the electronic cigarette

MayoClinic-10 Ways to Get Rid of Cravings

Struggling with your horrible cravings? Fortunately, the MayoClinic has come up with 10 easy ways to help deal with and most importantly, get rid of those terrible tobacco cravings. 
1. Delay- Try and wait it out 10 minutes.

INDONESIAN TOBACCO ADS

Indonesian tobacco ads, targeting young 

A lot of my smoker friends don't care, or even stay away from our blog.

I am totally sympathetic to that, I was exactly the same.

I was even mad at my girlfriend when she told me to quit smoking over and over.

If you are an adult, you don't need to quit smoking.

But, if you love cigarettes so much (I still do), you need to know what smoking cigarettes does.

Yes, smoking does ages your face faster.

Recently, researchers from Case Western Reserve University did a study which comparing the faces of identical twins. In the annual Twins Day Festival in Twinsburg, Ohio, they did this study to identify 79 pairs of twins in which one sibling smoked and the other didn't.

A cover photo of global tobacco elimination

A cover photo of global tobacco elimination

My friend, Shuhei Mochizuki made a cover photo for our blog.
Thank you so much for your support and kindness!!

NYC Raising Age to Buy Cigarettes to 21!!!

New York City council members have voted to ban tobacco sales to people younger than 21 in the latest Wednesday, and this will be among the toughest age limits in the US. Therefore, buying cigarettes in New York City will become much more difficult for young people.

Some smoking-related illnesses

      

     In fact, smoking not only is the main consequence of lung cancer, it could also lead to potential risk of heart and brain diseases. The heart and the brain are the most important organs to support body to process the prime activities.

GO RED SOX !! "MLB Should Use Alternatives to Chewing Tobacco"

Koji Uehara, a Japanese pitcher of the Red Sox

Tonight, the Boston Red Sox might win the World-Series Champion series.

Boston has united so strongly this year, since the horrible attack at the Boston Marathon on April 15.

Professional sports entertainment has power to give inspiration to us.

In fact, Koji Uehara, a Japanese pitcher of the Red Sox, gives me so much inspiration as a Japanese in Boston myself.

Global Tobacco Elimination - "Hello dear smoker"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOX-uaLaW54&feature=youtu.be

The risk of using a website that sells international cigarettes.

The secret package of Korean cigarettes

Are international smokers in the US willing to pay the domestic price of cigarettes?  No.

There are numerous websites that sell cigarettes from foreign countries.

I won’t mention specific websites, but it’s so easy to find those online and the transaction is so easy through online payment as well.

Those international websites set the price at their cheaper domestic price (about $3 for a pack cigarettes) and ship their products, in the packaging of chocolate pies or other snacks.