Jennifer lost 35 pounds

Jennifer lost 35 pounds. In the past, fitness wasn’t something she had to work at. That all changed after her second pregnancy. After her mom was diagnosed with ALS and the family moved to another state, she was faced with stress and depression. This strong mom found herself in a rut and took action to take […]

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Happy Friday! It's finally the weekend (at least for me) and I am happy to have a little down time tonight and hopefully tomorrow. It's been a busy couple of weeks, but that doesn't mean I am neglecting my healthy eating. I have done much better with that since stopping the tracking. Using a more relaxed method is so much better for me, as I explained in my last post. I'm still enjoying my CSA box but that is coming to a close next week. I'll have to start hitting the produce section in the grocery store more often. I am really glad to have fresh locally grown squash available right now! We not only got the last of the summer squash, but we are getting delicious winter squash now, too. Zucchini, yellow squash, delicata, acorn squash, spaghetti squash and butternut squash are all in my pantry and I am roasting, baking and steaming them nearly every day. I hope to make some winter squash soup this week, too. I got a heck of a deal on grass fed beef and lamb (about $3 a pound!) so bought a bunch of that to stick in the freezer along with the pastured pork and free range chicken. Good stuff!

Someone asked about my schedule on the last post, and I've often gotten comments or emails asking whether I work outside the home and what I do with my time. I have posted about that in the past but things have changed a lot over the past few years. I no longer have little kids and teens taking up most of my time, so that has freed up my day for other things. I know I am very blessed to be able to spend much of my time as I wish; for most of my life, that was not the case, as I was either in school or working full time. I did have some great years when the boys were little, being a stay at home mom to 4+, homemaker, and farmer's wife (and that was a LOT of work, but joyous work!). My husband and I have chosen to have me stay home since our daughter was born, and even though she is in middle school now I am able to keep working part time from home and keep my priorities on home and family.

One of the passions of my heart is animal rescue. Ever since I was a child, I wanted to work with animals and help the less fortunate. I love all of God's creatures and it breaks my heart to see any animal suffering, neglected, or abused. So I spend a part of every day volunteering in rescue. My kids and I used to just go and walk dogs at the shelter; eventually it evolved into being even more involved. I do transports when a dog or cat needs to go to a different rescue or home, take animals to the vet when needed, do home checks on potential adopters, and foster dogs and cats in my home. I had planned to cut back and stop fostering for awhile to give myself more time to focus on my health, but we had an emergency foster come in last night who was in danger of being euthanized if I did not take her. Once she is adopted, and my other foster goes to her new home, I am not taking any more animals for awhile. I'd say I spend an average of 3 hours a day on rescue, plus 1-2 hours more in pet and foster care (just feeding, walking, exercising, grooming, etc). I also spend an hour or two a week working my Therapy dog, which is lots of fun, and 2-3 hours a week training my other dog. Having time to do what I love is amazing and not for one second do I take this for granted.  It's a hobby that I find very relaxing and fulfilling and it just downright makes me happy that I can give of myself in this way. And the animals give back 100 fold. They know when they have been helped and they love you for it.

So aside from that, I do the typical homemaker stuff, keeping up the house, shopping, cooking, laundry, yard work, help with homework and fundraisers, all the usual things all stay-at-home-moms do. On weekends and after school, I spend time with my family. We try to have dinner together most nights. I spend an hour or two most weekdays taking my daughter to her after-school sports and groups, and we're part of an active church family with regular church service and activities two or three days a week. (I have to say I never thought I would enjoy church as much as I do!) I take my two youngest kids to various appointments (doctors, dentist, orthodontist, specialists) and sometimes get together with other Moms to visit and have fun. Sometimes we take the kids to a movie together, or to a big park to play. Last week we went to a fall festival and the kids had a blast! We have dinner with friends about twice a week. I go to meetings related to my science career twice a month (trying to stay in the loop for when I do go back to work). Right now, as I type, I am listening to my daughter practice the violin and I'm pausing to play tug with my dog every so often. Multi-tasking at its best! I also do still work from home but spend less time on that than I used to (just a few hours a week). Plus, you know, I blog once in awhile and sometimes, when everyone is in bed, I just sit down and read or watch reality TV and drink decaf coffee! I love the quiet at night.

Anyway, it's not very weight-loss related, but if you wanted to get to know me better there you have it. I like a simple life. I like sleeping with the windows open and listening to the crickets chirp at night in the summer. I love the seven trees I planted around my house over a decade ago and the huge, mature maples that were already here when I moved in. I love sitting on my porch in a rocking chair and watching the birds and the squirrels in the yard. I love having children (even the adult ones!) and being with family. I do know that all of this will only get better and more sweet as I get to a healthier weight, so I am making time for that, too.  I have given a lot of thought to a comment I got some time ago, stating that the commenter looks at weight loss/better health as her "job" and so commits a certain number of hours a day specifically to that; this resonates with me, and when my fosters are adopted, I would like to take those hours I am now using on rescue and spend them specifically on bettering my health. Seems like a great idea to me!




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EDITORIAL: Vote yes on Proposition 56 to raise California’s too-low tobacco tax

The battle to pass Proposition 56 will be tough, as always, because of the power of the tobacco lobby, which already is making deceptive claims like this one: ‘Prop 56 cheats schools out of at least $600 million per year.’

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Los Angeles Times Endorses Proposition 56

a string of major newspaper endorsements for Prop 56: Sacramento Bee, San Francisco Chronicle, Fresno Bee, Bakersfield Californian, Santa Cruz Sentinel, Monterey County Herald, Santa Rosa Press Democrat, and East Bay Times. The Ventura County Star, which

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Smoking Bans May Keep Young Men From Heavy Smoking ($$)

Researchers examined data from more than 4,300 people in 487 cities nationwide who were interviewed annually between 2004 and 2011 when they were aged 19 to 31. Among young men who were light smokers and lived in areas with smoking bans, their rate of

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China: Smoking prevalence greater in men while women kick habit

Women in China are giving up smoking in far greater numbers than men, according to a new study into smoking prevalence in the country. Researchers also found that smoking prevalence was highest in rural areas among Chinese men, with the reverse true for w

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LEVIN: How would the Prop. 56 tobacco tax really affect poor smokers?

So why do we have few smokers if tobacco is relatively cheap? Public health experts credit California’s low smoking rate partly to aggressive anti-smoking campaigns and other initiatives, such as banning workplace smoking and being the first state to ban

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Locals weigh in on cigarette tax hike on November ballot

"I think that, for me, it might help me to quit," said Brooke Brouett. Cigars, chewing tobacco and electronic cigarettes with nicotine would also be hit with the tax hike. "I think it will definitely cause people to smoke a little less or think more ab

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Vaping industry says federal government’s move to regulate e-cigarettes long overdue

"In the [Health Canada] statement I think some of the things that we especially appreciate are the call for a balanced approach, balancing both the need to protect youth ... while at the same time also acknowledging the need to have relatively easy acces

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Canadian Vaping Association Responds to Federal Vaping Regulation

welcomes the Minister's comments acknowledging that e-cigarettes are a less harmful alternative to cigarette smoking and, in fact, can be a useful tool in helping smokers switch from smoking altogether. "Canada has been a world leader in implementing pol

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Trudeau Liberals plan to regulate vaping products to help shield young people

The Liberal government says it plans to introduce legislation later this fall to regulate vaping. Health Canada offered few other details Tuesday beyond saying it would both protect young people from nicotine and allow adult smokers to use vaping as a qu

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Smoking rates among high school students drop as habit falls out of favour

The report released on Wednesday compared baseline and midpoint figures from a range of sources from 2007 to 2014, and found the habit seemed to be falling out of favour with young people. 19.1% of high school students aged between 12 and 17 had tried a

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Smuggled smokes: The real cost of contraband cigarettes

WECHAT may be a popular app used for chatting, but some of its users have found a more creative use for it: to peddle contraband cigarettes. In May this year, four Chinese nationals were jailed for peddling contraband cigarettes on WeChat. The peddlers

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REYNOLDS, PHILIP MORRIS USA and LIGGETT, Appellants, v. MARVINE CALLOWAY (PDF)

TAYLOR, J, dissenting....Although I agree that many of the comments made by plaintiff’s counsel were improper, I would find no abuse of discretion in the trial court’s ruling that they did not constitute a sufficient basis for a mistrial. I would therefor

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$55M in punitive damages award against four tobacco companies overturned due to attorney misconduct

The Florida Court of Appeal for the Fourth District issued a new opinion overturning a nearly $55 million punitive damages award against four tobacco companies and ordering a new trial based primarily on its finding that the cumulative effect of plaintif

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Beware ‘heat not burn’ tobacco devices, e-cigarette seller warns Ministry of Health

E-cigarette retailer Cosmic has warned the Government to beware of "heat not burn" tobacco devices....has written to the ministry calling for devices that "heat not burn" tobacco to be more tightly controlled than the e-cigarettes it sells, which deliver

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Smoking Bans Prove Effective At Dissuading Casual Smokers

researchers from Ohio State and Purdue Universities did, for the first time conducting a national study on how smoking bans in cities, states and counties have persuaded smokers to kick the habit, publishing their findings in the September 2016 issue of t

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Tony Gwynn and the Push to Ban Dipping in Baseball

But the lawsuit is only one offensive in a campaign to ban chewing and dipping. Another, and perhaps the most promising, front lies in upcoming negotiations between the league and the players’ union. And advocates say if all else fails, they’ll fight it

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Morning Trade: WTO forum winds down with e-commerce in spotlight

Paul Ryan on Wednesday repeated that he did not expect a vote on the TPP agreement in the lame-duck session because of provisions that disappointed the tobacco and pharmaceutical industries and their supporters in Congress.

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Morning Trade: Hatch wants TPP and his 12 years, too

Ron Wyden also weighed in on the TPP debate Tuesday...“If you were to cut the public health protections and the big tobacco companies could roll the small countries with respect to tobacco control measures, that’s what I’m talking about.” A number of Rep

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Editorial: Prop. 56 would make our state healthier

One of tobacco's tactics is a series of TV ads saying the proposition would take money away from education. That is false. The proposition is written so that the $1 billion-plus a year it generates would not be considered part of the Proposition 99 formu

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African American leaders join efforts to push Anti-Smoking Initiative

Health advocates and political leaders in the African American community, joined efforts to push through anti smoking Prop 56 on September 23, during a press conference held in front of the Sentinel office on Crenshaw. Assemblyman Reggie Jones Sawyer (D

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Drug to treat alcohol use disorder shows promise among drinkers with high stress

NIH-funded multi-site clinical trial suggests that smokers may also benefit.

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Teja lost 51 pounds

Transformation of the Day: Teja lost 51 pounds. One day, she just didn’t recognize herself in the mirror and that was her wakeup call. Clean eating, exercise and a great support system has propelled this fit mom to achieve great results. Now, she is using her story to inspire thousand and thousands of others to change […]

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Smoking bans persuade light users to give up the habit: New study provides best evidence to date of value of bans

A new national study shows for the first time how smoking bans in cities, states and counties led young people living in those areas to give up, or never take up, the use of cigarettes.

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Tobacco Companies Exploited Stressed Smokers, Attorney Says as Trial Over Fatal Lung Cancer Begins

Attorneys debated what drove a Florida man to smoke up to 2 packs of cigarettes a day for more than 30 years, even after doctors diagnosed him with the lung cancer that eventually killed him, as trial opened Tuesday against the country's two largest cigar

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Million-Dollar Punitive Disparity in Tobacco Trial Possibly Caused by Differences in Marketing, Defense Tactics, Attorney Says

Key differences in modern-day tobacco marketing may have led a tobacco company defendant to receive double the punitive verdict of the co-defendant... Notably, however, jurors hit R.J. Reynolds with $2 million of the punitive verdict, despite the fact the

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Revealed: ‘Mentally ill’ Ugandan refugee took out an E-CIGARETTE and pointed it at cops before he was shot by an officer in San Diego

El Cajon police department have said the object was a silver vaping device, a Smok TFV4 MINI, about three inches long and an inch in diameter. El Cajon Police Department spokesman Lt. Rob Ransweilersaid that Olango also held the vape's box in his grip.

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Sinclair Davidson Claims Freedom of Information Request Shows Australian Government Manipulated Plain Packs Data

Following a Freedom of Information request... will tell a meeting of the Global Tobacco & Nicotine Forum ('GTNF') in Brussels that despite what the Australian government claims, their own data simply does not support the notion that their policy on plain

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The Swedish Snus Store Opens on Abbot Kinney Boulevard

New pop up locale brings free Wi-Fi and device charging, indoor and outdoor workspaces, and complimentary coffee, water and snacks to Venice Beach..., the community-focused pop up will serve as a public hangout space, shared workplace and communal relaxa

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Dogovor o enaki embalaži cigaret dosežen, o tobačnem centu še ne Omejevanje uporabe tobačnih izdelkov [The agreement on the same packaging of cigarettes reached the center of the tobacco does not Restricting the use of tobacco products]

Representatives of the Ministries of Health and of Finance were harmonized, that under the draft law on the restriction of the use of tobacco products introduced unified packaging of tobacco products and license to sell tobacco.

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Police uncover cigarette sales scheme in Newark, authorities say

The victim of a Newark carjacking turned out to be a suspect in an investigation that led authorities to seize two vehicles with a haul of counterfeit cigarette tax stamps and more than $18,000, authorities said Wednesday. Merysol Mendez-Reyes, 51, of Ne

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New Jersey’s ‘Tobacco Road’: Cops Make Cigarette Counterfeiting Bust

Cigarette traffickers stock up in low-tax states like Virginia and sell them in New Jersey for a huge profit, police say.

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Most people will make it to 80: Wealthier and healthier lifestyles mean both men and women are living longer than ever

Attributed to decline in smoking and better diagnosis and treatment

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Abi lost 16 pounds

Abi lost 16 pounds. She began her journey a few months ago and is celebrating her progress. Taking action by using portion control, group exercise and drinking lots of water are just some of the tools she used. My name is Abi and to be honest I don’t really have a story. I just knew a […]

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Health experts make case against e-cigs, hookah

A panel of medical and public health professionals said Wednesday that given national concerns over secondhand smoke from e-cigarettes and hookah Louisville should adopt rules forbidding the use of the products in public indoor spaces... Mayor Greg Fisch

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German court rules landlord was wrong to evict heavy smoker

The Duesseldorf regional court ruled Wednesday there was insufficient evidence that Friedhelm Adolfs had exposed other tenants to secondhand smoke by failing to air his apartment properly, the grounds cited for his eviction.

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Based on a True Story: Children and Youth Exposed to Smoking in Movies

On the opening weekend of the Toronto International Film Festival, youth activists from across Ontario will stage a demonstration march through downtown Toronto calling for youth-rated movies to be tobacco-free.

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Demonstrators Protest Fatal Police Shooting of a Black Man in El Cajon, Calif.

A responding officer fatally shot Mr. Olango after he pulled an object from his pocket, the police said. On Wednesday night, the police identified the object as a vape smoking device with a silvery cylinder the police said “was pointed toward the officer

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African American Leaders Join Efforts to Push Anti-Smoking Initiative

joined the efforts to push through anti-smoking Prop 56 on September 23, during a press conference held in front of the Sentinel office on Crenshaw. Assemblyman Reggie Jones Sawyer (D-Los Angeles) and LA Community College Trustee Sydney Kamlager spoke ea

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Public housing residents skeptical of smoke-free rule

A proposal to require all public housing properties in the nation to become smoke-free indoors in 2017 is receiving mixed reviews from Spartanburg residents. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development rule would require a ban on all lit smokin

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Arizona’s smoking rate takes huge drop

The number of Arizonans who smoke is dropping sharply, and experts are attributing the decline to new laws that limit the use of tobacco and the higher cost of cigarettes. A new federal study shows that about 170,000 of the state's adult residents kicke

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Growing number of adults in Arizona have quit smoking in past 5 years

New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show 14 percent of Arizona adults smoke. That’s down from 19.3 percent in 2011. The Arizona Department of Health Services said that translated to more than 200,000 smokers who have quit in the

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EDITORIAL: Smoking rate in Arizona drops to historic low

Nicotine is addictive, and breaking that habit is tough. It takes time, courage and patience to make it through successfully. The process can be painful and stressful, both for the smoker and the people around him, but the end result is well worth it. T

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HOW THE HELL ARE CANDY CIGARETTES STILL A THING?

"They are still out there, which is sort of amazing," said Truth Initiative CEO Robin Koval, who explained the problem with candy cigarettes: “Anything that normalizes the idea of cigarettes in culture is a bad idea. Even to the extent that they are only

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Mayo Ventures Ups Investment In Wearable Anti-Smoking Device Maker

A close relationship between the Mayo Clinic’s nicotine dependence researchers and a California company developing a wearable nicotine drug delivery device got closer this month with a follow-on investment from Mayo Clinic Ventures. Chrono Therapeutics

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Smoke-free play zones gain popular support

The CIEH called for the zones after research carried out on its behalf by YouGov found 89 per cent of adults in Britain would support a smoking ban in children’s play areas and 57 per cent would support a smoking ban in public parks. The organisation has

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West Norfolk kids able to buy cigarettes at ‘pocket money’ prices

Illegal tobacco sales in West Norfolk are enabling kids to buy cigarettes at pocket money prices. Norfolk's Trading Standards are starting a new campaign using sniffer dogs to combat criminals selling these products:.

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How drinking and smoking epidemics have hit the North East – and what to do about it

A conference held at the Centre for Life by anti-smoking group Fresh and North East alcohol office Balance will explore the twin health dangers Experts are set to examine how the twin ‘man-made epidemics’ of smoking and drinking have hit the North East —

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North-East to host inaugural conference to discuss alcohol and tobacco addiction

The first national conference of its kind will bring together organisations deemed to be leading the way in tackling addictions to smoking and drinking in the region. The conference will be jointly hosed by Balance, the North-East’s alcohol office, and

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Hunger may motivate us more than thirst, fear, or anxiety

A mouse study reveals that hunger may be a stronger motivating force than a number of other driving states, including fear, anxiety, and social needs.

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Smoking fathers increase asthma-risk in future offspring

A Norwegian study shows that asthma is three times more common in those who had a father who smoked in adolescence than offspring who didn’t. It is well known that a mother’s environment plays a key role in child health. However, recent research, includi

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Internal ‘clock’ makes some people age faster and die younger – regardless of lifestyle

The findings could explain the seemingly random and unfair way that death is sometimes dealt out, and raise the intriguing future possibility of being able to extend the natural human lifespan.

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Philip Morris International Inc. Hosts Investor Day; Revises for Currency, and Narrows, 2016 Full-Year Reported Diluted EPS Forecast

“We aim to become the undisputed leader of the Reduced-Risk Product category with the highly ambitious objective of having RRPs ultimately replace combustible products to the benefit of adult smokers, society and our company.” “We are very well position

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Latoya lost 69 pounds

Transformation of the day: Latoya lost 69 pounds. Falling in love with green smoothies, changing her eating habits and exercising changed her life. She is a widow and mother of six who says that if she can do it, we all can. Check out her story. My motivation to lose weight was when I moved […]

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Brown adipose tissue is able to secrete factors that activate fat and carbohydrate metabolism

Brown adipose tissue - main organ generating heat in the body- is also an endocrine organ that secretes signaling factors that activate the fat and carbohydrates metabolism.

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A Natural OTP Opportunity / Consumer demand grows for high-margin premium OTP options

“It would seem that tobacco and healthy are polar opposites,” he said. “(But) tobacco is absolutely one of those categories where customers see ‘premium,’ see ‘all-natural,’ and that grabs their attention.” Though the trend is admittedly being driven by

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VICA, San Diego and Santa Monica Chambers Join Outpouring of Support for Prop 56

Support for Proposition 56...continues to grow, with the Valley Industry Commerce Alliance (VICA), San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce, and Santa Monica Chamber of Commerce adding their voices in support of the campaign to reduce tobacco’s deadly toll

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Huge news!

You know how when someone tells you a secret, and then they say not to tell anyone, and it nearly kills you because you're dying to spill the beans? Yeah, that's how I've been feeling for two months now.

I have been SO SO SO excited to share this on my blog ever since I found out about it in July (on Noah's birthday, actually). I had to wait until I had permission to share it on my blog, and it's been killing me ;)
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14 Day Plan and Prep Challenge

BWLW October Challenge Details! I’m so excited about helping you get on track with your eating goals. We are focused on clean eating habits and meal planning this month. There is no exercise portion, but if you are looking for workout challenge, check out our exercise board on Pinterest. Goal: Help you to create a […]

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Editorial: Ignore outrageous Prop 56 tobacco tax ads

Don’t let the tobacco industry that kills so many Americans kill Prop 56. Think for yourself. Vote yes on this life-saving measure.

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FULL TRANSCRIPT: ‘Nothing to do with public health’: Big Tobacco fights Canada’s plain packaging plans

the industry says that yours is a failed experiment and that smoking rates were already on a downward trend. How do you respond to that? NICOLA ROXON: Well, smoking rates are on a downward trend because there has been repeated public health interventions

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Liberals to introduce vaping bill this fall

South of the border, the Federal Drug Administration announced new rules on e-cigarettes back in the spring, raising questions of how and when the federal government might move on the file. The Commons standing committee on health recommended in March 2

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Tobacco black market grows as tax increases hit home

King says: "There's going to be people shot over it [tobacco]. Someone is going to get killed." A smoker looking for cheap fags can find a host of people in Christchurch selling cut-price tobacco online.

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Husband and wife ex-IRA team are key players in €250m illegal cigarettes scam

As part of an investigation into this illegal activity, officers have been monitoring the activities of a veteran crime kingpin in Dublin's north inner city...his operations are nothing on the scale of an Irish husband and wife team who were arrested in

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ContextMedia:Health Announces Content Partnership with the American Lung Association

"As a mission-driven organization, ContextMedia:Health is excited to collaborate with the American Lung Association to help achieve its mission of saving lives by improving lung health and preventing lung disease," said Anil Harjani, VP of Strategic Part

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Your Biological Clock: Why Some Age Faster Than Others

Some adults age faster biologically than others, and may die early even if they have healthy lifestyles, researchers report... The preliminary findings may help explain why some adults die young even if they have a nutritious diet, get regular exercise, d

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German court rules landlord was wrong to evict heavy smoker

The Duesseldorf regional court ruled Wednesday there was insufficient evidence that Friedhelm Adolfs had exposed other tenants to secondhand smoke by failing to air his apartment properly, the grounds cited for his eviction. German news agency dpa repor

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Casino Workers In Nevada Rally For Smoke-Free Workplace

Workers and patrons fed-up with breathing in secondhand smoke in Nevada casinos are rallying outside the Global Gaming Expo in Las Vegas Tuesday... The advocacy group Smoke-Free Gaming of America organized the rally in front of the Sands Expo and Convent

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Respite for tobacco firms as court puts brakes on new rules

Kenyan cigarette makers and traders have been saved from immediately implementing tough new tobacco law after the Court of Appeal issued a 30-day stay order and the State allowed dealers time to sell old stocks till end of next month. The stringent toba

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Over 1,000 people sign up for criminal case against tobacco industry

The Sick of Smoking foundation was formed in April this year to put together a class action campaign against the industry on behalf of patients. The aim is not to win damages, but to ensure ‘the tobacco industry really starts behaving differently,’ the FD

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Illicit whites – the cheap cigarettes with insect eggs

With names like MG and Black Mount they are tobacco products that have no legitimate market anywhere in the world. Instead they are manufactured in covert factories... Studies have found that the illicit cigarettes contain more carcinogenic properties t

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Are there passive smoking risks from e-cigarettes?

Dr Fernández is running the EU-funded TackSHS project which aims to find out more about the effects of second-hand emissions – whether from e-cigarettes or traditional cigarettes – on people’s health, taking into account differences in lifestyles, econom

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Secondhand Smoke More Insidious Than Thought

Nonsmokers can be exposed to secondhand cigarette smoke without realizing it, and be unaware that they are at increased risk for lung cancer and heart disease... "Questionnaires show that responders do not know they were exposed to smoke, but cotinine bl

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Tobacco 21 Movement Reaches a Milestone – At Least 200 U.S. Cities and Counties Have Raised the Tobacco Age

With approval Monday by the City Council of Liberty, Mo., at least 200 cities and counties across the United States (PDF) have now enacted laws prohibiting the sale of tobacco products to anyone under 21. The fast-growing Tobacco 21 movement is an innovat

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Canada to regulate vaping products

few other details Tuesday beyond saying it would both protect young people from nicotine and allow adult smokers to use vaping as a quit-smoking aid or as a potentially less harmful alternative to tobacco.

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Liberals to regulate e-cigarettes to help shield young people from addiction

The federal government has announced it will introduce legislative amendments this fall to regulate e-cigarettes in Canada. Tuesday’s long-awaited move comes after several provinces have already passed laws banning the sale of e-cigarettes to minors an

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Hearty Salmon and Wild Rice Soup in a Hurry

This is the third recipe I’m sharing as an ambassador for Chicken of the Sea and Minute Rice leading up ...

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President of Uruguay / A privileged position within the region

In this exclusive interview with United World, Mr. Vázquez...discusses Uruguay’s competitive advantages, as well as the landmark Uruguay v Philip Morris court case, in which the World Bank’s International Centre for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSI

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Government of Canada Announces Next Steps in Tobacco Control

Minister of Health, confirmed that the Government of Canada is moving forward on an extension of the Strategy, as well as the introduction of new tobacco legislation to address vaping products in Canada. Originally introduced in 2001 and renewed in 2012,

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teen-rated video game with smoking set for wider distribution

a video game rated suitable for teens that allows gamers to customize their characters with tobacco products will receive widespread distribution when XCOM 2 is released for PlayStation PS4 and Microsoft Xbox One consoles today...including the option to

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Tobacco Industry Interference Index – The Philippine Report on the Implementation of Article 5.3 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (PDF)

Despite all we know about tobacco industry tactics, it is unbelievable that the Philippines still allow the tobacco industry to be part of the committee that implements tobacco control policies. This clear conflict of interest is detrimental to public hea

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Be Smoke-free and Help Your Pets Live Longer, Healthier Lives

What can smoking do to my dog? What can smoking do to my cat? What can smoking do to my pet bird? What can smoking do to my guinea pig? What can smoking do to my pet fish? Nicotine Poisoning and Pets

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TOBACCO INDUSTRY INTERFERENCE INDEX 2015: THE PHILIPPINE REPORT ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTICLE 5.3 OF THE WHO FRAMEWORK CONVENTION ON TOBACCO CONTROL

The Guidelines provide for 8 main recommendations with 34 sub-recommendations to governments to ensure that the industry is prevented from exerting its influence on public health policy.

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Tobacco lobby scored again

Citing results of the third Tobacco Industry Interference Index...Rojas said based on the report, the tobacco industry still finds ways to wield influence in government affairs in many countries through corporate social responsibility (CSR) activities.

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Federal Liberals plan to regulate vaping as a potentially less harmful alternative to tobacco

says it plans to introduce legislation later this fall to regulate vaping. Health Canada offered few other details Tuesday beyond saying it would both protect young people from nicotine and allow adult smokers to use vaping as a quit-smoking aid or as a

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Judge Blasts Atty Fee Request In $2M Hookah TM Fight ($$)

denied a motion for attorneys’ fees to a victorious trademark-infringement defendant, blasting the hookah wholesaler for a litigation strategy that he says wasted the court’s time and might have even been an indication of bad faith. Online hookah seller

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Concerns over leaf tobacco prices

This was one of the concerns discussed during the second day of the International Tobacco Growers’ Association’s 31st annual general meeting, which was held in New Delhi last week. For one thing, current prices made it difficult to meet the increasing l

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I will NOT put a shirt on.

After having my surgery I of course started to get nasty comments and messages - "it was my own fault for being fat" - "I need to put a shirt on" - "what lesson am I teaching my daughter? That I have to spend thousands of dollars to feel good about myself?"

At first it really annoyed me, so much so that I found myself putting on a shirt. Then I thought - EFF THAT. I will not be shamed into doing ANYTHING I don't want to do. 

I've been taking my shirt off for years - long before I had surgery.

I wasn't ashamed then and I won't be ashamed now.

This here blog, my Instagram, my Snapchat, my Periscope, my Facebook - is all about my life. Fitness and all the things that go along with it are the backbone, so if you don't like to see my body then you're welcome to not come around here anymore. I've shared the good, the bad, the ugly.

I'll also give you a eye opening tid bit - having your skin removed is not the same as them cutting off your fat. You still need to be active and eat right, so when will it ever be enough?

Hopefully never - I pray that I wake up each day with a vigor to improve an area of my life. If not my body, than my relationship with God or my family. To be a better parent than I was yesterday. To be a better business woman. To be a better friend. The day I stop trying to outdo myself will be the day I have given up.

Do you know why I've been so consistent in my fitness? I don't stop changing it up, I can name the hundred's of ways I've used to lose weight.

Running
Weight Watchers
Jenny Craig
Bootcamps
Gym classes
Spin Class
Clean Eating
Lifting weight
Crossfit
Counting macros


There is no wrong way to get healthy! I had success using all of these tools, but I get bored. Starting Crossfit this year has renewed my passion, I was getting stale at the gym. God led me here - not for myself, but for my family. In the 16 years I've been with Oliver I have never seen him stick with anything for this long. Marriage is hard, but it is less hard when we have a common interest we can share together.

and yes, what lessons am I teaching my daughter?

Hard work pays off.
Be consistent.
Take your shirt off if you want to!
There is a world outside of Minecraft ;)

Do I think she will grow up to judge me for having plastic surgery?
No. Would I have judged my own mother for doing it? No.

I'm sure she'll have her own list of complaints about how I failed her as a Mother, but that's the circle of life. I think we all judge our parents to harshly, until we are grown and see just how hard it is to always do the exact right thing. 

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Vanessa lost 80 pounds

Transformation of the Day: Vanessa lost 80 pounds. She reached a point where she didn’t like the woman staring back at her in the mirror. Emotional eating became habit and she felt that she was losing her identity. She learned to love herself more and accept herself. Check out what steps she took to turn […]

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GLANTZ: If Legalizing Pot, Consider Health, Not Profits: New UCSF Analysis Looks at History to Help Guide Future Marijuana Laws

The policy analysis by researchers at UC San Francisco is intended as a roadmap to help prevent a legalized marijuana industry from becoming a new version of the tobacco or alcohol industries, replete with aggressive marketing and political strategies to

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Tobacco Cos. Owe For Sunday School Teacher Death, Jury Told ($$)

Relatives of a former Sunday school teacher who died of lung cancer urged a Florida jury to find Philip Morris and R.J. Reynolds liable for his death, saying the tobacco giants conspired to hide the dangers of cigarettes from him until it was too late.

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RJR Owes $10M For Longtime Smoker’s Death, Jury Told ($$)

The family of a man who died of lung disease after smoking up to three packs of cigarettes every day since he was 10 urged a Florida jury Tuesday to slam R.J. Reynolds... During closing arguments, plaintiff's attorney Keith Mitnik of Morgan & Morgan told

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RJR Asks Fla. Court To Undo $20M Award In Smoking Suit ($$)

asked a Florida appeals court Tuesday to undo a $20 million jury verdict for the daughter of a lifelong smoker who died of cancer, arguing the award was out of the norm for adult children and punitive damages weren't warranted. Jeffrey Bucholtz of King &

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Kentucky Officials Credit Tobacco-Free Policies for Drop in Youth Smoking Rate

The 2015 Kentucky Youth Risk Behavior Survey finds smoking rates among Kentucky high school students at 16.9%, down from 26.2% from a decade ago. In a news release, state officials attribute the decrease to the success of tobacco-free school policies. 35

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Canada moves to regulate vaping products to help protect young people

The Liberals say it will introduce legislation this fall to protect young people from nicotine addiction while allowing adult smokers legally but the product. Health Canada says the upcoming legislation will balance the need to protect young people from

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E-Cigs See Market Lift

During the long buildup to the FDA announcement in May, sales of e-cigarettes and vapors/tanks/mods as well as e-liquids posted soft numbers in the convenience store channel. However, this August registered some of the most impressive numbers in a long t

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2016 Tobacco Legislative Roundup

Thomas Briant, executive director of the National Association of Tobacco Outlets (NATO) recently sat down with Convenience Store Decisions to explain the array of state tobacco legislation being discussed across the country and the potential financial eff

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Would California’s Proposed Tobacco Tax Hike Reduce Smoking?

Four states will vote on whether to raise their tobacco tax in November: California (by $2), Colorado ($1.75), North Dakota ($1.76) and Missouri (15 cents)....Studies support the goal. For every 10 percent increase in the price of cigarettes, smoking goe

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Shasta College’s plans for a smoke-free campus stalled

Gov. Jerry Brown's veto of a bill that would have banned smoking on all public colleges has stalled plans at Shasta College to go smoke-free. "That was a big piece of the puzzle," Kevin O'Rorke, vice president of student services at Shasta College, said

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Meskerem lost 44 pounds

Meskerem lost 44 pounds. Our Ethiopian sista wrote in to share her success. Being diagnosed with pre-hypertension, she knew that she had to make some lifestyle changes. Healthy eating habits and working out on a regular basis really made the difference. Check out her journey. Meskerem D. from Ethiopia Age 28 Height: 5’5″ Starting weight: 180.4 […]

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One year without injury

Being sick is so frustrating! What started as a sore throat for a few days turned into some serious sinus congestion. Now, instead of a very hoarse voice, I just sound like I'm talking while plugging my nose. I've also been coughing quite a bit.

Poor Noah is still having symptoms from his virus, and stayed home from school today because he was coughing so much. When my kids were little, there was one year that they were both constantly sick with bronchitis. If it wasn't one of them, it was the other. Noah's even turned into walking pneumonia. I had to give them breathing treatments several times a day, and stock up on Mucinex.

I never realized how awful bronchitis was until I got it that same year (all three of us were sick at the same time). I would have coughing fits that were so violent I thought I would literally cough up a lung.
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What Kind of Man Calls Miss Universe ‘Miss Piggy?’

"She gained like 55 pounds in 9 months [...] she was like an 'eating machine' [...] I guess she ate a lot of everything."

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Global Tobacco & Nicotine Forum

The most recent edition, held in in September 2015 in Bologna, Italy, attracted a record number of delegates from around the world, including tobacco executives, financial analysts and even public health advocates.

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Tobacco body wants to air views at WHO meet, writes to PM Narendra Modi

“NGOs, under the influence of multinational companies from western countries and promoting the interests of supermarkets and mega markets, have been influencing WHO to adopt resolutions at conferences, which will affect the livelihood of millions of smal

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GBC News Hacienda says it accounts for all tobacco entering Gibraltar

Spain’s Tax Agency claims it inspects and records one hundred percent of the tobacco that comes into Gibraltar, and that its frontier controls are not merely random. This is in response to an article published by regional newspaper Europa Sur, in which

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Duterte repeats campaign vow to ban smoking in public areas

Duterte reiterated that he has Buerger's disease, which is a condition associated with smoking. "Smoking, Buerger’s disease: that’s why walang smoking zone—balang araw buong Pilipinas na ‘to. I will not allow smoking because you pass cancer to the peop

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Biggest ever cigarette smuggling operation prevented by Border Force after Felixstowe find

Border Force officers have foiled the biggest ever attempt to smuggle cigarettes into the UK after uncovering more than 11million cigarettes at the Port of Felixstowe...officers searched a container that had arrived at the port – Britain’s premiere contai

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CDC: Adult smoking rate in Arizona drops to historic low

adult smoking rate in Arizona has dropped to a historic low of 14 percent. The new 2015 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System report shows the percentage of Arizona adults who smoke has dropped from 19.3 percent in 2011. This decrease translates to

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Unknown exposure to second-hand smoke associated with increased mortality

A new biomarker has identified known and unknown exposure... "...non-smokers are exposed to second-hand smoke without even realizing it...Questionnaires show that responders do not know they were exposed to smoke, but cotinine blood levels are more accura

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First Secretary of Ukraine’s embassy in Slovakia fired in smuggling case

Oksana Lishchyshyn is suspected of being involved in cigarette smuggling into Hungary The First Secretary of Ukraine's embassy in Slovakia, Oksana Lishchyshyn had been fired over her reported involvement in a cigarette smuggling case, Ukrainian Deputy

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Monroe working to curb vaping in city parks

The Monroe City Council directed city staff to draft an administrative policy to discourage smoking and vaping in Monroe city parks last week, based on a recommendation by the Monroe Parks Board.

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One-man money making machine: Oozing sex appeal, he was the world’s first sporting superstar. But golfer Arnold Palmer’s greatest talent was how he built his enormous £520million fortune

He was paid to smoke L&M cigarettes (pictured)... He was the world's first superstar of any sport, a charismatic, hard-drinking and smoking sex symbol who was envied by men and admired by women.

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Secret ashtrays, three-day-old food and FILTHY tray tables: Cabin crew reveal the secrets they never tell passengers about flying

A flight attendant revealed: 'There are ash trays on the lav doors beside the no smoking sign , for those passengers who are adamant and still decide to smoke so that they won't just trash the lit cigarette in the bin which could lead to a fire .'

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City rejects smoking ban for apartments in Omaha suburb

The council voted 5-1 Monday night against the proposal to amend the city's fire code. The proposal wasn't meant to protect the health of the city's 50,000 residents, but instead to prevent fires. Councilman Don Preister proposed the ban, which wouldn't

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Lieff Cabraser Engle Fee Fight Returned To State Court ($$)

judge on Monday remanded back to state court Lieff Cabraser Heimann & Bernstein LLP’s fee dispute with other plaintiffs firms over a $100 million deal to end hundreds of Engle progeny cases, saying the lawsuit’s relationship to the settlement isn’t strong

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Overwhelming Physician and Consumer Support Cited for 22nd Century’s “X-22” Very Low Nicotine Smoking Cessation Product

announced results from two separate independent surveys showing that strong consumer demand mirrors physicians’ willingness to prescribe the Company’s X-22 smoking cessation aid in development. “Considering this enthusiasm, in conjunction with the fact t

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Nicopure Labs Taps Veteran Industry Expert to Head Corporate and Legal Affairs for Europe English

Charles Hamshaw-Thomas as its Head of Corporate and Legal Affairs for Europe. Charles' career spans several decades and continents, with his most recent post being Corporate Affairs, Business Development and Legal Director for E-Lites, one of UK's first

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Fighting Addiction and Other Unmet Medical Needs with Cannabidiol

Nicotine addictions are hard to overcome, yet several companies are innovating possible solutions. CV Sciences, Inc. (OTCQB: CVSI) for example emphasizes synthetic Cannabidiol (CBD) and its affects on nicotine addicts. CV Sciences, Inc. is a life science

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Vote to have Kaskade Perform at Your School

truth® and Chegg team up to bring multi-Grammy Award nominated musician and student favorite, Kaskade, to one lucky school as part of #CheggMusic101

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Health lobby v Big Tobacco: Behind the scenes battle for future of e-cigarettes

The fight is being conducted through submissions to the Ministry of Health over how tightly e-cigarette sales should be regulated....trying to influence media attitudes with one e-cigarette company, understood to be owned by a big tobacco company, offerin

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SATEL: Shameless Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids Tries to Censor Researchers

Jack Henningfield, a respected addictions researcher and a psychopharmacologist, organized two plenary sessions. He works for Pinney Associates, in Bethesda, MD, which consults to companies seeking to market products that treat addiction, pain and other

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Not Disordered

Sometimes, it's really hard to say how important to me (or unimportant) this whole weight thing is. There are days when it feels like the most urgent thing EVER (like, when my pants are too tight, or I come across someone who has not seen me since I regained the weight, or when I just don't FEEL well because of obesity) and there are days when it is not even on the radar (like when I am just having a great day, feeling good and happy and like there is nothing at all negative in my life). Really there are days it doesn't cross my mind because I am busy living life and the fat just is what it is, I am the size I am, and it becomes a non-issue.

I guess it shouldn't be that way. At least, I kind of feel guilty about it when I stop and think about it. Like... I had some great, but busy days this week and it did not cross my mind at all to feel bad about my weight (which may be good) but it also did not cross my mind to make an effort to do anything about it (which is not so good, unless I want to stay 245 pounds). It's kind of what I wanted: for food and diet to fade back into the background of life... to feel completely UN-obsessed with food. It's a healthy mindset from a recovered eating disorder point of view; the "binge monster" and obsessive food thoughts went right back into hibernation when I stopped weighing, measuring, and tracking all my food and calories. That's good, right? I don't feel disordered. I feel pretty normal in the food thought department.

But does feeling "normal" and un-obsessed about food preclude weight loss? Do you HAVE to have a food-centric existence to get the weight off? Is it possible to lose 70 or 80 pounds without a razor sharp focus on diet and exercise... without making The Diet the main focus of your existence? I dunno. When I lost large chunks of weight on Medifast, I had to "drink the Kool Aid" and live, eat, and breathe the Medifast lifestyle. That *did* result in the food obsession going away.... mainly because all the choices were made (packets instead of food) and food became an inconvenience more than anything. I mean, really, any plan that has you measuring spices like pepper and oregano and has you eating on an exact schedule from a very limited menu requires you to truly buy in to their doctrine... like a religion. Calorie counting, not so much, but it also requires a lot of attention to food. I really would like to get the weight off without thinking about it so much. Is that too much to ask?

This week I have gone back to eating basically whatever healthy choices I prefer. I find my body does tell me if I need protein, or carbs, or fat if I listen. When I get hungry, if I pay attention I can feel what I am hungry for. I still sometimes want junk, but I just don't keep it in the house so if I really, REALLY want it I have to go get it. And then I get one portion. Mentally this feels healthy to me. And my weight has stopped going up. But I am not losing.

Am I just too happy and content with my life? Maybe I need to be more miserable. I admit I am scared that a health crisis is what will give me that huge shove to DO something about my weight. But then I think... I AM doing something. More protein and produce, less carbs and junk. And it is benefiting my health. My joints don't ache like they used to. The tendinitis is gone. I sleep better and don't have reflux when I am eating well. My A1C is good and my blood pressure is great with 1/4 the medication dose that I was taking in the past. But what I am doing is not enough for weight loss.

Well, enough of that for now. Time to get back to living life.




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Achieva to introduce air-filtration system for casinos at Global Gaming Expo

The PurAPlay digital clean air system, which uses the company’s Smoke Away advanced-filtration technology...prevents the release of secondhand smoke by vacuuming it from the cigarette and the smoker, Tanner said. The air then passes through the filter, wi

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PAHO Recognizes Uruguay For Defending Tobacco Control Policies Against Commercial Interests

today recognized the Government of Uruguay for 'its global leadership in defending tobacco control policies in benefit of people's health over commercial interests.' The recognition was made before an audience of health leaders from throughout the America

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Smoking ban could be rolled out across Swansea Bay beaches

Councillors are to discuss the possibility of the ban on smoking on Caswell Bay to be widened to other areas. There is a possibility the ban may take in more beaches in the bay as Swansea Council members review their decision five months after first imp

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California income tax hike has wide lead, fewer back $2-a-pack tobacco tax increase

California’s likely voters solidly support a fall initiative to extend higher income taxes on top earners, while a separate proposal to boost state taxes on tobacco is clinging to a majority vote, according to a new survey released Monday. The statewide

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What Does It Feel Like to Have High Blood Sugar Levels?

Learn about what it feels like to have high blood sugar levels and the symptoms that they cause. This article also looks at treatment and prevention.

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Cancer Council Victoria welcomes VCAT FOI ruling on sensitive data

British American Tobacco will not be granted access to data files containing information provided by thousands of Australian school children. "We are delighted that VCAT has ruled in our favour, and that British American Tobacco will not be allowed to acc

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Illnesses associated with lifestyle cost the NHS £11bn

Health problems related to poor diet, drinking and smoking are costing the NHS in England more than £11bn each year, officials say. Public Health England (PHE) says that unless they are tackled more effectively the NHS will become unaffordable. It warns

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California governor vetoes ban on public smoking at colleges

The bill would have allowed school trustees and board members to decide whether to fine campus smokers up to $100. In a veto message, the Democratic governor noted that the schools’ governing boards already have that authority...Brown also announced that

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Worcester health board nixes plans to regulate outdoor smoking, flavored tobacco

Board of Health has decided to forgo adopting a new regulation prohibiting smoking in outdoor areas of restaurants and bars. It has also put on hold for one year consideration of regulations governing the sale of flavored tobacco products and prohibiting

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Rock Hill enacts smoking ban in public parks

Smokers will no longer be able to light up in public parks, courtesy of a decision Monday by the Rock Hill City Council. In a 4-2 vote, the council approved the second reading and adoption of a proposal that bans smoking, including the use of electronic

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Unknown exposure to second-hand smoke associated with increased mortality

A new biomarker has identified known and unknown exposure to second-hand smoke and confirmed a strong association to increased mortality in non-smokers, according to a new study. The results provide a more accurate way to gauge second-hand smoke exposure

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FDA Must Curtail ‘Irresponsible’ E-Cig Marketing to Youth

If the FDA is serious about limiting the uptake of e-cigarettes by young people, it must address its failure to restrict advertising aimed at teens and young adults, as well as ban flavorings that attract them to the products, tobacco policy researchers

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FDA Must Curtail ‘Irresponsible’ E-Cig Marketing to Youth

If the FDA is serious about limiting the uptake of e-cigarettes by young people, it must address its failure to restrict advertising aimed at teens and young adults, as well as ban flavorings that attract them to the products, tobacco policy researchers

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Reducing the nicotine content of combusted tobacco products sold in New Zealand

very low nicotine content (VLNC) cigarettes decrease nicotine exposure, decrease cigarette dependence, reduce the number of cigarettes smoked per day and increase the likelihood of contemplating, making and succeeding at a quit attempt. New smokers would

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FLAHERTY: Don’t buy Big Tobacco’s lies; Prop. 56 will help kids and everyone else

Prop 56. is a win-win for taxpayers and schools. The only loser is Big Tobacco and isn’t it about time we triumph over an industry that causes so much tragedy and death?

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Tax increase, crime measures backed by state voters, poll finds

In several past elections, tobacco tax initiatives have performed competitively in polling only to fail on election day. In 2012, a $1 cigarette tax to fund cancer research was defeated by a margin of only 0.4 percentage points. In 2006, a proposed tax i

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Lisa lost 86 pounds

Transformation of the Day: Lisa lost 86 pounds. She’s been fighting the battle of the bulge since childhood. Diets and weight loss plans just led to a cycle of losing and then gaining back weight. 2 years ago, she decided to have surgery to change her lifestyle, but she says it’s not a quick fix. […]

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Exercise can increase levels of hunger-promoting endocannabinoids even if you are sleep-deprived

A research group at Uppsala University has investigated how levels of endocannabinoids - which target the same receptors as cannabis - are affected by short sleep duration, and whether acute...

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Region of body fat affects heart disease risk

People who carry excess belly fat face an increased risk of heart disease, compared with people who have fat elsewhere, new research finds

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Holy grail of baseball cards goes up for auction: Image of legendary shortstop which was withdrawn because he didn’t want to endorse smoking is set to fetch $5million

And now a rare 1909 Honus Wagner card, which shows perhaps the greatest shortstop of all time, is expected to fetch up to $5million in an online auction. Only 50 of the cards were ever produced because the Pittsburgh Pirates player demanded that they we

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VIDEO: Natasha Hamilton urges people to stop smoking for October!

Natasha Hamilton delivers her own version of the Top Ten as she tells us about the benefits of stopping smoking - such as blood pressure returning to normal and nicotine leaving the body after only a matter of...

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TRANSCRIPT: The Current with Anna Maria Tremonti: ‘Nothing to do with public health’: Big Tobacco fights Canada’s plain packaging plans

Gagnon tells Tremonti "plain packaging is not going to work...has nothing to do with public health...It's because there's a number of anti-tobacco lobbyist group that for them plain packaging is important and that's the truth. "

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She sure is practical! Kristen Stewart checks out cars at Honda dealership in LA as she models strange sunglasses and holds cigarette

The 26-year-old was spotted smoking a cigarette and wearing a boho chic ensemble

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Global Tobacco & Nicotine Forum 2016 (GTNF)

“What makes the GTNF really special is the people who come and their enthusiastic participation. It is truly exciting and stimulating to watch all of these people come together and give their time to engage with the issues and each other in the spirit of

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RJ Reynolds Hit With $3M Verdict Over USAF Vet’s Death ($$)

A Florida jury on Friday awarded $3 million to the family of a U.S. Air Force veteran and former jail guard who died of lung disease, finding R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. was liable for his sickness and death but did not deserve to pay punitive damages....

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PORAC Endorses Prop 56 to Protect Children and Save Lives

Peace Officers Research Association of California (PORAC) – the largest law enforcement organization in California and the largest statewide association in the nation – is putting its muscle behind Proposition 56, the life-saving tobacco tax initiative th

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CSAC Supports Proposition 56 on Behalf of the State’s 58 Counties

California State Association of Counties (CSAC) has announced its support for Proposition 56, saying the initiative will improve California communities by curbing youth tobacco use, including e-cigarette and cigar smoking, and improving health care for lo

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$3M Verdict Slaps R.J. Reynolds in Trial Over Ex-Corrections Officer’s Emphysema, Death

Jurors Friday awarded $3 million to the widow of a former correctional officer for the role they found R.J. Reynolds played in his emphysema and death, but they declined to find punitive damages were warranted against the tobacco giant. Smith v. R.J. Reyn

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Rashonda lost over 60 pounds

Update from Rashonda who’s had an amazing weight release journey. She has provided a recap of her transformation below. She has dropped over 60 pounds, dropped 4-5 dress sizes, 5 bra sizes and 2 shoe sizes. Age: 26 Height: 5’3″ Starting weight: 204.8 pounds Current weight: 141.0 pounds Total weight loss: 63.8lbs Representing: Chicago, IL My […]

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AUDIO: The Current with Anna Maria Tremonti: ‘Nothing to do with public health’: Big Tobacco fights Canada’s plain packaging plans

The Current looks at what we can learn from the Australian experience and hear from the tobacco industry on why they think this change in packaging is a bad idea that won't work.

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Tobacco body wants to air views at WHO meet, writes to PM Modi

A body of small tobacco retailers, the Akhil Bharatiya Paan Vikreta Sangathan (ABPVS), has appealed to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to allow its representation in WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) meeting slated to be held in Delhi in No

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How Smoking Causes Heartaches

Dr. Wilson Nadruz Jr. from Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, and colleagues studied nearly 4600 participants..."...active smoking is associated with subtle alterations in [left ventricle] structure and function, which might help explain the higher r

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Cigarettes and chewing gum are still the biggest litter problems in Ireland

The 2015 National Litter Pollution Monitoring System Report shows that cigarette litter and gum are the two most common causes of litter. MInister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment Denis Naughten said the report shows Ireland is tackling

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Will you be ditching booze and cigarettes next month? Everything you need to know about Stoptober

Stoptober begins on October 1, with organisers urging nicotine addicts to avoid smoking for 28 days, on the basis that they will then be five times more likely to quit for good.

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Child killer smoking himself to death: Mick Philpott puffs 100 cigarettes per day

CHIMNEY: A mole inside the prison said Philpott is smoking constantly The child killer blows most of his £25-a-week prison allowance on cut-price rolling tobacco. Jobless sponger Philpott, 59, was jailed in 2013 for killing six of his children in a fire

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Department of Health and Human Services: Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research on E-Cigarettes (R01)

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STIMSON: Britain must speak up for e-cigarettes — the health of the world’s smokers depends on it

UK health officials are discussing this today in Brussels with their European colleagues. Will they push the EU to speak up for safer alternative sources of nicotine? I hope so. Will they succeed? It will require strength and grit. So far, France is the

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New York Seeks More Than $800 Million From UPS Over Cigarettes

UPS cost the state millions of dollars in tax revenue by delivering smokes to private residences and unauthorized sellers, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman claims. The cheaper cigarettes attract young people who are disproportionately lured to

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Sheesha cafes thriving in federal capital

As much as half a dozen sheesha cafes are still open in Islamabad. Daily Times has learnt through that the business of illegal sheesha cafes is continuing under the very gaze of the authorities. These cafes are open to the influential persons of city, the

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Switching It Up!

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Mini Me and I did a little shopping this weekend, a new crossfit outfit for her and some new shoes for me. We let the boys tag along, we debated on going to Octoberfest in Mckinney, but it was still so hot out we changed our minds. She's really into Crossfit kids, every day she changes into her workout gear and practices her pushups and squats, she loved using the kettle bell last week to 'deadlift'. 

We had an early dinner at Houlihans, I went with the Squash Lasagna with zoodles on the side - very delicious! My FB group was challenged to have veggies at EVERY MEAL all weekend long. I made some tough choices, I was dying for a burger, but opted for veggies. Eating out can be hard, I try to stick to places I know has SOMETHING I can work with - we rarely eat Italian for that very reason - lots of pasta and sauces. 

I went to Saturday Crossfit and got a crazy hair to do GHD sit-ups, I swore after my surgery I would never do theses again. Someone told me a story about someone ripping open her wounds 10 years later and it got me scared, but you know me... Anyways I did them and my abs are feeling it! 

Sunday I hit the gym to test run these 3 WODs and make sure I could do them in the time limit. Event 1 was really easy {I'm doing the scaled version so the red weight is the weight I use}, event 2 had me like WHOA. I barely made it in the 8 minute time limit, but I'm going to practice again next weekend and maybe adjust what ground to overhead move I'm doing. Event 3 seemed ok - 115 deadlifts, not too bad... until you have to do nonstop for 5 minutes. Then 2 minutes of kettle bell swings, ahhhhh. I didn't do bad, but I need to work on my endurance. I signed up for the BigRigs Rachel's Challenge Event - it's October 15th! 

After Church we ran into my Dad at Costco and he took the kids so we had a lovely quite lunch together. 2 years olds and restaurants are just a hard combo - he likes to climb around and touch every knife in sight. We went to Fuddruckers and I ordered the Kale Power Salad - delish! Highly recommend! I've never put pickled onions in a salad, but I might try to recreate this at home.

Next week I'm hosting an October Diet Bet - weighs out Halloween day. You can sign up here. I'm debating trying something new - either carb cycling or Intermittent Fasting. I'm leaning more towards carb cycling, but I'm going to research a bit more {aka ask Poppy.} before I decide. I just feel like switching life up a bit! 

Anyways, everyone is welcome to join the Diet Bet, you don't have to count macros or anything fancy if you don't want to, but I'll have a Facebook group for the month of the bet. I'll post the link on the Diet Bet wall this week :)

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