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Electronic Cigarettes For the Novice

A friend was talking at dinner about a short flight he took. "And then we passed 10,000 feet, and the woman next to me pulled out this thing, and started smoking it. I thought to myself, WTF!? Is this legal? Should I tell the flight attendant?"

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Football

Rio Ferdinand criticised over advert linked to Asian tobacco firm

Footballer Rio Ferdinand, of Manchester United and England, is at the centre of a row over tobacco advertising after anti-smoking charities accused him of promoting a company that owns one of Asia's biggest cigarette brands.

Cigarette Butt Vivek Chugh

Health & Living

New Year’s Disillusions?

Out with the biscuit tins and in with the Lycra; throw away the Marlboro and slap on the nicotine patches. It must be the first of January, the first day of the rest of your new and pointedly improved life.

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Entertainment

Willie Nelson told to sing to save himself from jail

Willie Nelson told to sing to save himself from jailIf Willie Nelson wants to stay out of jail, he is going to have to sing. After being arrested for marijuana possession last year, Nelson has been offered a plea deal by a Texas prosecutor: get away scot-free in exchange for $378 (£236) and a rendition of Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain. County attorney Kit Bramblett explained, "You bet your ass I ain't gonna be mean to Willie Nelson."

Health & Living

Women's lung cancer rate catching up with men's

Women have been urged to take anti-smoking messages more seriously after new research showed lung cancer rates rising among the female population but declining among men.

Health & Living

Passive smoking kills 600,000 a year, including 165,000 children, says WHO

Passive smoking kills 600,000 a year, including 165,000 children, says WHOMore than 600,000 people, including 165,000 children, die every year from passive smoking, a report from World Health Organisation experts says today.

Health & Living

Cigarettes 'to be sold in plain brown packs'

Cigarettes 'to be sold in plain brown packs'The government is considering forcing tobacco companies to package their cigarettes in plain brown wrappers in a bid to de-glamorise smoking and stop young people taking up the habit.