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February 16 2012

19:20

Electric Cigarette Explodes in a Man's Face [Wtf]

A Florida man is in the hospital after the battery in his electric cigarette caught fire and exploded, knocking out all of his teeth and part of his tongue. We already knew that electric cigarettes weren't good for your health, but that's ridiculous. More »

Tags: Wtf Electric cigarettes Smoking

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January 13 2012

05:40

New Smoking Study Suggests Quitting with an Aide Is Just as Ineffective as Cold Turkey [Smoking]

The American people spend $1.5 billion dollars every year on smoking cessation devices. That's a huge market for a product that's supposed to work the first time. A forthcoming study suggests that, in the real world, the patch is no "magic bullet." More »

Tags: Smoking Fda GlaxoSmithKline Consumer Healthcare Health

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January 10 2012

21:00

Study: Nicotine Is Good for You [Science]

Nicotine patches significantly improved attention and memory in older people suffering from mild cognitive impairment, which often leads to Alzheimer's, according to a new study. More »

Tags: Science Acetylcholine Alzheimer's Cancer Cognitive impairment dementia Diabetes Neurology nicotine Parkinson's Paul Newhouse Smoking

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September 30 2011

15:13

The Secret Tobacco Companies Don't Want You to Know: There's Radiation Inside Cigarettes [Cigarettes]

Rat poison. Lighter fluid. Battery acid. Pesticides. And now...radiation. What do they all have in common? They're all rolled into one cancer causing cigarette. What's worse, tobacco companies have known that radiation was inside cigarettes but hid evidence of it for 4 decades. More »

Tags: Cigarettes Americantobacco Cancer Lungcancer Radiation Smoking Tobacco

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September 15 2011

17:39

Top 5 Smelly Things That Should Be Banned In Airplanes [Smoking]

The U.S. Department of Transportation wants to ban electronic cigarettes, even while they only produce water vapor that doesn't contain any cancerous chemicals. They say this will increase the comfort of other passengers. Perhaps they should ban other things first. More »

Tags: Smoking Airplanes Ban e-cigarettes Rant Top

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August 13 2011

15:00

Why Smoking Is Better Than iPhoning, Making 15-Year-Old Developers Cry, and the Other Best Stories of the Week [Total Recap]

The Best and Worst of the iPhone 5s

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Tags: Total recap 5 Apple At&t Best Stories of the Week Cloud Google iPhone Roundup Smoking Walmart

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August 12 2011

14:00

Why I Would Rather Be a Smoker Than an iPhone User [IPhone]

I've had relationships with many hand-held digital objects, but none as intense as the one I had with the iPhone. It became so addictive that I changed it for an iPod touch. And perhaps a pack of cigarettes. More »

Tags: iPhone Cigarettes ipod touch Smoking Top

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August 10 2011

20:00

Fifty-One Trio E-Cigarette Lightning Review: All Smoke, No Substance [Smoking]

I love smoking cigarettes—the smell, the ritual of lighting, the first morning draw, all of it. So, would I replace my beloved nic-sticks with a Fifty-One Trio E-Cigarette if given the chance? Short answer: nope. More »

Tags: Smoking electronic cigarette Fifty-One Trio lightning review smoke smoker Smokers Top TRIO

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July 19 2011

13:12

A Magical Anti-Smoking Vaccine Sounds Awesome. A Magical Anti-Smoking Vaccine Doesn't Exist [Medicine]

NixVAX was supposed to be this magical vaccine that helped smokers kick the habit. Awesome, right? Yeah! Too bad it doesn't work. In testing NicVAX, researchers found that it performed no different than a placebo. As in, it did nothing. More »

Tags: Medicine Antismokingvaccine Cigarettes Nabibiopharmaceuticals nicotine NicVAX Nicvax anti smoking vaccine fails Nixvaxvaccine placebo Quitcigarettes Quitsmoking smoke Smoking Smokingvaccine

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May 11 2011

13:45

"Sorry, My E-Cigarette is Vibrating So There Must be Another Failed Smoker Nearby" [Crap]

I'm sorry, but if you're going to smoke e-cigarettes, maybe you should just get back onto the hard stuff, or go cold turkey. You look bloody stupid. If you want to look stupid together though, be my guest. More »

Tags: Crap blu Blu e-cigarettes Cigarettes e-cigarettes Smokers Smoking Social Networking

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April 20 2011

18:40

Use Android's Official Zippo Lighter App to Participate in a Strange, Ancient Concert Ritual [Apps]

Back when everyone was smoking cigarettes wherever the hell they wanted, concertgoers apparently did this thing where they'd wave their lighters around during certain songs? Or something like that? That was before my time so I don't really know—I had to turn to the anthropologists at Wikipedia to get the historical scoop: More »

Tags: apps Androidapps Lighters Smoking Zippo

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