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For Immediate Release NEW NON-NICOTINE, NON-TOBACCO SOLUTION TARGETED TO NO-SMOKING ZONES Novus Twigs: The New Choice for Smokers New York City, NY /10/16/2012 – More than 1 in 5 Americans still smoke according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. This is in spite of... Read More

[h2 type=”1″ ]Here are a few facts related to smoking…we thought may interest you.[/h2] [h4 type=”2″ ]• There are over 2,000 chemicals in cigarette tobacco smoke, and 68 are known to be cancer causing • One billion people, or 14% of today’s global... Read More

October 17, 2012 / The Telegraph / — Russia has launched a crackdown on smoking with a bill to ban tobacco advertising and raise taxes on cigarettes to help tackle a public health crisis in the world’s second largest tobacco market after China. Prime Minister Dmitry... Read More

Smoking, in simple words, means drawing and exhaling smoke from a cigarette, cigar, or pipe. Tobacco smoke contains a stimulant, ‘nicotine’ which is as highly an addictive drug as heroin or cocaine. Recent studies by the National Institute of Health suggest that... Read More

In recent years, smoking has become an acute global problem, and it is estimated that there are 1.2 billion smokers worldwide. The habit of smoking cigarette was once considered sexy, cool, good for health, was promoted by the sportsmen, advertised all over the television and was... Read More

October 12, 2012 / The Associated Press / Columbia, S.C. – Clemson University, which spent millions helping farmers grow tobacco and was famed for tobacco-spitting football coach Danny Ford, is banning all tobacco products both indoors and outdoors within two years. Clemson... Read More

October 11, 2012 / Bloomberg BusinessWeek / — Cigarette makers including Philip Morris International Inc. (PM) and British American Tobacco Plc (BATS) are fighting a last-ditch battle against a smoking crackdown in Russia, with three weeks left to change the government’s... Read More

September 28, 2012 / Minnesota Post / — The incidence of onscreen smoking in movies increased from 2010 to 2011, ending what had been a five-year decline, according to a new study published Thursday by researchers from the University of California, San Francisco’s... Read More

The following article, excerpted here, was published in the Wall Street Journal. You can read the entire article at the WSJ website but you may need a subscription. What’s Really in Your Cigarette? by Robert N. Proctor August 31, 2012 / Wall Street Journal / — There... Read More

September 4, 2012 / New York Daily News / – If you’re relying on electronic cigarettes (or e-cigarettes) as a safer alternative to smoking, a new study finds that they may still be causing harm to your lungs. E-cigarettes, which release a vaporized dose of liquid... Read More