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Post by TrumpetPlayer on Oct 26, 2003 0:29:35 GMT -5
"Lite" cigarette sales to be barred.
Jerusalem Post, Oct 24
"Cigarettes will be prohibited from being labeled "lite" and "mild" - giving the false impression that they are less dangerous than cigarettes with a higher amount of tar and nicotine, the (Israel) Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor has decided. In fact, the ministry said, they may be even more dangerous because smokers are fooled by the labels and tend to smoke more.
A US study has found that tobacco companies make tiny holes in the filter that, when held with the fingers while being smoked, make the concentration of tar and nicotine more concentrated and more dangerous."
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Post by Tootsall on Oct 26, 2003 9:35:28 GMT -5
Canada (and one or two other countries I believe) has banned advertising of all cigarettes on racing cars (bye bye, F1; bye bye CART; ); the use of "subtle advertising" through sponsorship announcements (DeMaurier has had to set up a "shadow company" to continue supporting the arts...ballet, opera, music festivals,etc....they are/were a HUGE supporter of the arts). No billboards. No TV or radio ads. ;D All gone. Our government has also gone and jacked the "sin tax" on smokes up to levels only equalled by liquor and gasoline. Too bad they don't put that money back into the Publicly Funded Health Care System. There are still folks willing to pay up to $10 a pack for their ciggies. Usually the same folks who can least afford those ciggies or the $10 in lottery tickets they buy each time they go to the corner store to buy milk for their wee kiddies. But "Hey! It's their right to kill themselves slowly!"
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Post by TrumpetPlayer on Nov 4, 2003 12:39:36 GMT -5
Nov. 2, 2003 Eating fruit may cut risk of skin cancer By JUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH Jerusalem Post
Eating common fruits and applying sunscreen enriched with extracts of pomegranates and grapes may significantly reduce your risk of skin cancer, US researchers have found for the first time.
Several studies on this subject were presented on Wednesday in Phoenix, Arizona, before the American Association for Cancer Research's Second Annual International Conference on Frontiers in Cancer Prevention Research.
"The incidence of skin cancer is rising faster than any other solid tumor in the US. It is critical that we develop novel approaches to both primary and secondary prevention of what appears to be becoming an epidemic," said Dr. David Alberts of the University of Arizona. "We are pleased to see numerous studies exploring the therapeutic value of topically-applied natural ingredients that people can begin incorporating into everyday life and may enhance the activity of standard sunscreens."
According to researchers from the University of Wisconsin, one promising agent against skin cancer may have been found in the extract of the pomegranates. Pomegranate fruit extract (PFE), from the species Punica granatum, contains several polyphenols and anthocyanidins (pigment that gives certain fruits their dark red colors), the antioxidant activity of which is higher than that of red wine and green tea.
In this study, researchers evaluated the pomegranate's anti-skin tumor effects by comparing topical application of pomegranate extract on neonatal mice against TPA-induced markers (a strong promoter of chemically induced skin cancer). Applying two milligrams of pomegranate extract onto the skin of each neonatal mouse 30 minutes prior to the application of TPA significantly inhibited tumors, they found.
"For the first time, we have clear evidence that pomegranate extract possesses anti-skin-tumor-promoting effects," said Dr. Farrukh Afaq of the University of Wisconsin who was the lead investigator of the study.
The researchers, who believe pomegranates may protect the body against a number of different kinds of tumors, decided to pursue an in-depth study to define its active agents.
Asked to comment, Prof. Michael Aviram, head of the lipid research laboratory at Haifa's Rambam Hospital and the Technion's Faculty of Medicine, explained that skin cancer is known to be accelerated by oxygen free radicals formed by exposure to sunlight, especially ultraviolet (UV) radiation.
Thus, he said, antioxidants – and preferably natural antioxidants from fruits and vegetables – that can scavenge such free radicals could act as skin cancer preventing agents. Such antioxidants may be given topically (applied on the skin) or even, in some cases, consumed in the diet.
Aviram, who has been studying the role and mechanisms of natural antioxidants for the last 15 years, was the first to demonstrate that pomegranate juice and/or extract, as well as red wine, are most potent antioxidants due to specific polyphenolic flavonoids present in them.
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Post by Tootsall on Nov 4, 2003 14:27:49 GMT -5
"Red Wine"? ;D *perk*
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Post by TrumpetPlayer on Nov 5, 2003 0:47:56 GMT -5
It was reported in the news a couple of months ago that someone became drunk on the beach, went to sleep while the sun was beating down on him and he woke up blind. The ultraviolet rays penetrated his eyelids.
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