Peter Orszag was President Obama’s first Director of the Office of Management and Budget. Like many high-ramking Democrats, he landed on his feet as Vice Chairman of Citibank. He also writes a very good column for Bloomberg View. His latest column discusses financial incentives to quit smoking. Unfortunately, it ignores an obvious challenge to the thesis he supports: That poor people can be paid to quit smoking. The income gap between smokers and nonsmokers has grown. And it’s something companies may need to address directly in their efforts to help employees kick the habit. Over the past several decades, smoking rates have fallen sharply among high-income, highly educated Americans and not as much for less educated, low-income people The good news is that
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Aussies outdo Brits on drug use, but less likely to have drinking problems: study
More Australians are taking illicit drugs than are Britons on average, but people in Britain are still smoking tobacco and abusing alcohol in higher numbers, a University of Adelaide report finds.
Water pipes could lead to long-term health problems: doctors
Australian doctors warn popular water pipes could be “more dangerous than cigarettes” and lead to carbon monoxide poisoning.
Smoking Risk Erectile Dysfunction Problems
5 surprising health risks associated with smokingWe all know that smoking can increase the risk a range of major diseases, including cancers, heart disease and stroke. However, there are other health… [[ This is a content summary only. Visit our website for other content, videos, survey polls and news reports! ]]
E-Cigarettes May Help To Butt Out
Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) researchers report that electronic cigarettes may be more efficient than more common nicotine replacement methods. Their research has demonstrated that electronic cigarettes produced abstinence rates that nearly doubled success rates among other types of tools that help to quit smoking.Specifically, researchers found that 31{c754d8f4a6af077a182a96e5a5e47e38ce50ff83c235579d09299c097124e52d} of participants reported having quit smoking 6 months following having purchased an electronic cigarette. This device is battery-powered and provides doses of nicotine in a vaporized solution without the use of tobacco. In comparison, between 12{c754d8f4a6af077a182a96e5a5e47e38ce50ff83c235579d09299c097124e52d} and 18{c754d8f4a6af077a182a96e5a5e47e38ce50ff83c235579d09299c097124e52d} of participants that tried other methods, such as nicotine patches and gum, claim to have remained abstinent for at least 6 months. The researchers conducted an online survey of 222 first-time purchasers of electronic cigarettes, also known as