Smoke-free Laws Ensure a Healthy America

A recent report from The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has revealed that 60 percent of America's biggest cities are smoke-free.

Smoke-free laws have greatly helped reduce the exposure to secondhand smoke, reduce smoking, and improve health. It has also made a difference in reducing the number of heart attacks.

Should Smokers be Given Licenses to Smoke?
A professor has suggested the introduction of a license for smokers to buy cigarettes which will also come with a restriction on the number of cigarettes they can purchase.

Smoke-free laws have resulted in reduction in smoking among Americans. Nearly one-third of the largest US cities in America are now governed by local comprehensive smoke-free laws, according to the CDC.

Source-Medindia

Children of Smoking Parents Exposed to Tobacco Smoke in Cars
Despite smoke-free policies at home investigators found that a majority of smoking parents interviewed were exposing their children to tobacco smoke in their cars.

Relieving Anxiety in Smokers With The Help Of Nicotine
US researchers suggest that inactivation of a specific sub-class of nicotinic receptors may be an effective strategy to help smokers quit without feeling anxious.