SmokeFree, An Electronic Cigarette India Company Posts A New Blog On Home Friendly, Office Proof E Cigarettes

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Newport-cigarettes.org, an E Cigarette India company has posted a new blog on home friendly, ans office proof E Cigarettes. The blog focuses on the benefits that an electronic cigarette gives smokers. It talks about the easy and acceptable use of E Cigs all across the globe owing to its smokefree nature. The blog also discusses on some of the comparisons between a traditional tobacco cigarette and a modern day electronic cigarette.

“Our premier online location for E cigarette products welcomes enthusiast smokers to the world of e vaping. Your decision to purchase electronic cigarettes is a personal choice which we take very seriously. We believe that with our E cig, you can finally stop imagining having the freedom of being able to smoke in the comfort of your own home—without the worry of second hand smoke being passed on to your loved ones—and make it a reality”, says Shilpa Arora, Head Customer Care At Newport-cigarettes.org.

The blog posted by Newport-cigarettes.org also includes an insightful view of the benefits of e cigarettes and are suggestive of adopting the new concept to live and let live a healthy life for smokers and their loved ones. It also mentions its benefits as a clean and comfortable smoking alternative. With electronic smoking products there is no more stale tobacco smell on hands, clothes, hair, or furnishings. Everything—including the car, home and office—can be free of ashes, dirty cigarette butts, and that lingering tobacco smell.

“With Smokefree, a smoker can be free to smoke in his favorite nightclub, restaurant, or shopping center. Smokers can even vape the smoke free e cigs in movie theaters, at sporting events, in taxis and even on airplanes. Virtually every place where smoking has been prohibited, Smokefree can go!” says Abhinav Girdhar, chief Business Officer at Newport-cigarettes.org.

The blog also emphasizes on other aspects of using an e cigarette. According to the blog, the product looks, feels, and tastes like a tobacco cigarette, but does not contain the harmful chemicals, tobacco, and tar that a traditional cigarette contains.

About the company:
SMOKEFREE are the pioneers of innovative electronic smoking products, that are more commonly known as Electronic Cigarettes, or E-cigarettes. The company was established in 2011 and has invested heavily in R&D in order to bring to the market the most innovative range of electronic smoking (electronic cigarettes ) products. SMOKEFREE products are completely non-flammable and use state of the art sophisticated micro-electronics. The management of SMOKEFREE has a vision of offering smokers a real life useable alternative to traditional cigarettes in the form of an E Cigarette and help them quit smoking eventually.

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The Body Shop | Smoke story: Cigarettes vs. pipes

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I received the following note recently and thought it posed an interesting question. “My husband smokes a pipe and in our small scaled-down apartment we share an office. I know I am getting too much secondhand smoke. Can you discuss the difference between cigarettes and pipe smoke?”

In addressing this, there are two issues. One is the impact of cigarette smoke versus pipe smoke on the smoker, and the second is the impact of each on those nearby who inhale the secondhand smoke.

First, let’s consider the smoker. Both cigarette and pipe smoking can be extremely damaging to health, greatly increasing the risk of heart disease, lung disease (chronic bronchitis, emphysema, etc.) and lung cancer. However, much depends on whether or not the smoke is inhaled and, if so, the amount smoked.

The “true” pipe smokers, those who have never smoked cigarettes, almost never inhale. Because they don’t inhale, the health risks drop substantially.

In fact, there have been several research studies that concluded moderate pipe smokers (no more than a few bowls of tobacco per day) who do not inhale live longer than nonsmokers. Why? There are several proposed reasons, such as that smoking is an excellent way to relax and beat stress, and pipe smokers tend to represent a higher socioeconomic class, which is more health-conscious, but nobody really knows.

This certainly doesn’t mean pipe smoking is a healthy thing to do. Although non-inhaling pipe smokers do not increase their risk of major lethal chronic diseases by much, they do increase their risk of mouth, lip and throat cancer. But since these are not likely to be lethal, they would not negatively impact longevity statistics. In other words, there is a health risk, but it probably won’t kill you.

Cigarette smokers, on the other hand, almost always inhale the smoke, and their risk of heart disease and lung cancer skyrockets accordingly. What’s more, when cigarette smokers quit cigarettes and switch to a pipe, they are likely to still inhale the smoke. This changes things radically, and inhaled pipe smoke provides similar health risks as inhaled cigarette smoke, and nothing is gained by switching.
So, the key for the smoker is whether or not the smoke is inhaled.

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Secondhand smoke
Secondhand smoke includes exhaled smoke (mainstream smoke) and smoke that comes directly from the burning tobacco (sidestream smoke). It contains heavy doses of toxic chemicals, and it poses health risks to bystanders.

The degree of risk is related to the dose. If you are “trapped” in a small apartment and there is considerable smoking going on, the concentration of smoke in the air will be high, and breathing it can contribute to the same health problems that afflict the smoker. There also is “thirdhand” smoke — the residual smoke clinging to hair, clothes, carpet, cushions, etc.

Secondhand smoke is particularly dangerous for youngsters, and the younger the child, the greater the danger. It starts in the womb with lower birth weight and increased risk of complications. There is an increased risk of SIDS (sudden infant death syndrome) and infections, especially of the middle ear and lower respiratory tract, and increased risk of chronic coughing, wheezing, etc.

Which is worse, secondhand smoke from cigarettes or a pipe? Although I haven’t seen any convincing research data on this topic, logic suggests that since both destroy health when inhaled, and since bystanders are inhaling it, both are bad.

The bottom line
Everyday pipe smoking in a small apartment indicates problems for everyone living there. Even though the smoker may not inhale, he is not dodging a bullet because he is inhaling the secondhand smoke.

Quitting smoking entirely is the obvious solution. However, if he won’t give up the pipe completely, perhaps he may consider being a seasonal smoker, smoking only outdoors, weather permitting.

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Reynolds Assails Mandate for Graphic Cigarette Pack Images

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Cigarette makers, including R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. and Lorillard Tobacco Co., urged a federal judge to overturn a U.S. rule mandating graphic health warnings on cigarette packaging.
“The purpose of the warnings is not to inform, but to scare consumers into adopting the government’s course of action,” Noel Francisco, a lawyer for R.J. Reynolds, a unit of Reynolds American Inc. (RAI), told U.S. District Judge Richard Leon today in Washington. The government is using “threats and fear” to motivate people to stop using a lawful product, he said.

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Leon in November canceled a Sept. 22 deadline for tobacco companies to begin displaying images such as diseased lungs and a cadaver with chest staples on an autopsy table on the top half of the front and back of all cigarette packages. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration rule may “unconstitutionally compel speech,” the judge said. The government appealed.
Leon said today he will issue a ruling before the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington hears arguments scheduled for April 10 on his earlier decision.
Mandates for Packaging
Lorillard (LO), R.J. Reynolds, Commonwealth Brands Inc., Liggett Group LLC and Santa Fe Natural Tobacco Co. sued the FDA in August, claiming its mandates for cigarette packages, cartons and advertising violate the First Amendment. The companies said in court papers that it would cost them a total of about $20 million to meet the 2012 deadline.
Mark Stern, a Justice Department lawyer, compared the FDA mandates to warnings on packages of charcoal telling people to not use it indoors, noting that 28 people a year die from carbon monoxide poisoning for using charcoal inside their homes.
With cigarettes, there are 440,000 deaths, Stern said.
“That’s a pretty big interest,” he added. “It’s no secret that the government wants people to stop smoking.”
Leon told Stern that the tobacco companies aren’t “quarreling with warnings per se.” Rather, it’s the use of graphic images that cross the line from warning to advocacy.
In his November ruling, Leon said the nine images selected by the government were intended to produce an emotional response and go beyond “purely factual and uncontroversial information” that other courts found to be permissible government-compelled speech. He also said the government “side-stepped” questions about whether any single graphic warning was effective in educating consumers about smoking risks.
True Depictions
Stern said today that all the images are true depictions required by Congress in the 2009 Tobacco Control Act to show the negative health consequences of smoking. He said that the image of a man with cigarette smoke coming out of a hole in his neck conveys addictiveness.
“It’s very unusual to sell a product that when used as intended will kill you,” Stern said.
Francisco countered that under the government’s rationale, it would be “factual and uncontroversial” to show a picture of an elderly woman smoking a cigarette with text claiming “115- years-old and still smoking.”
Leon said there’s nothing in the record to show that Congress gave “clear, thoughtful analysis” to the First Amendment applications of the law.
“Congress did what it did out of some innate sense of ‘we can do this’,” he said.
The case is R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. v. U.S. Food and Drug Administration, 11-cv-1482, U.S. District Court, District of Columbia (Washington).

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Philip Morris couldn’t snuff out Victor DeNoble

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Philip Morris fired cigarette researcher Victor DeNoble, but that wasn’t enough.

His lab was closed, his lab rats killed, his studies buried. Company lawyers forced him to sign a lifetime nondisclosure statement. His work on nicotine addiction was so dangerous, Philip Morris wanted to erase every trace of DeNoble.

How’s that going, Phil?

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DeNoble, 62, has become one of the nation’s most prominent anti-smoking campaigners. The San Diego resident travels constantly, speaks to 350,000 students a year — delivers up to four talks a day — and tangles with the tobacco industry in legislative chambers and courtrooms. Now the star of “Addiction Incorporated,” a new documentary that opens here Friday, he is hailed as a whistle-blower whose testimony made possible the $206 billion settlement U.S. tobacco companies approved in 1998.

He has the brains of a Bill Gates and, to hear some critics, the on-screen charisma of a Brad Pitt. DeNoble “reveals himself to be a born raconteur,” The New York Times’ Jeannette Catsoulis wrote. “His easygoing, self-deprecating narration is the film’s most valuable asset and the viewer’s best friend.”

Not bad for someone who was supposed to be a nonperson. But DeNoble’s story is a curious one, full of odd turns and a bizarre quest. The key chapter begins in 1980, when he was hired by Philip Morris — the parent corporation of Marlboro, Virginia Slims, Benson & Hedges and many other brands — to research “safer” cigarettes. In 1983, he succeeded.

And sealed his fate.

Proof negative

What: Victor DeNoble and director Charles Evans Jr. will answer questions about "Addiction Incorporated"

When: After the 7 p.m. screening, Friday and Saturday

Where: Ken Cinema, 4061 Adams Ave., San Diego

Information: (619) 819-0236; landmarktheatres.com

Growing up on Long Island, N.Y., Victor struggled to read and comprehend his school lessons. No scholar, he assumed he would follow in his father’s footsteps as a plumber. Dad, though, insisted that Victor apply for college.

“Why?” the teenager asked.

“To meet smart women, stupid.”

At Adelphi University, Victor met women and made another, non-hormone-related, discovery. He wasn’t dumb; he was dyslexic. To his eyes, printed words appeared backward. Victor relearned to read — and his grades soared. Studying drug addiction, he earned a bachelor’s degree and then a doctorate.

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Recruited by Philip Morris, the young Ph.D naively accepted assurances that the tobacco giant wanted good science and good works. “In 1979,” he noted, “smoking had no stigma. You could smoke anywhere. They came to me and said, ‘We are killing a whole bunch of people. Can you help us save some people?’”

Every year, DeNoble was informed, 138,000 smokers die from nicotine-induced heart attacks and brain strokes. What if Philip Morris could market a cigarette that caused no cardiovascular damage?

Experimenting with rats in the corporation’s labs, DeNoble found a nicotine substitute, 2 prime methyl-nicotine. It didn’t damage the heart — yet was equally addictive.

The news thrilled DeNoble’s bosses, until they realized that cigarettes with chemical additives would be scrutinized by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

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One Man Saves the Cigarette Industry in “Addiction Incorporated”

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A decade-plus ago, director Michael Mann erected a stylish, Gregorian Chant-backed mainstream art film about the plight of Jeffrey Wigand, tobacco industry exec-turned-whistleblower of same. The Insider would have had a pittance of the overwrought impact had it focused instead on Victor DeNoble, a pharmacologist who in the early ’80s was hired by Philip Morris to ostensibly make a “safer cigarette.” His research led to the discovery that adding a certain chemical dramatically augmented the addictive power of cigarettes. When the industry came under fire in the mid-’90s—with Congress plugging away at CEOs who uniformly feigned ignorance of their product’s enslaving powers—it was DeNoble’s expert testimony that helped turn the tide.
The reason why Addiction Incorporated is a documentary and not a movie, even a TV movie of the week, is simple: DeNoble is a hugely likable guy—charming, down-to-earth, eloquent. If he has a problem, it’s dyslexia, a condition that plagued him through his adolescence before he (obviously) overcame it to procure multiple science degrees. In short, he’s not fucked-up—not like Jeffrey Wigand, a tortured soul capable of being played by Russell Crowe. DeNoble is here to explain the facts about nicotine addiction, and the legal kerfuffle(s) around it, in the most layman-friendly fashion possible, and the film largely focused around him follows suit.
In fact, Addiction Incorporated is downright sober, lacking utterly in theatrics. There’s barely any music, and the occasional animation cutaways tend toward the light and silly (e.g., mouse-people lounging about a utopia, meant to signify a nicotine-high). Its calmness perhaps inadvertently belies the fact that it’s at least a decade too late to have any major impact. At this point in history, smoking is all but persona non grata, and the idea of kids running around with shirts advertising Marlboro—as seen in archival footage—is so alien to us that the image, from the ’90s, seems like it hails from an alternate universe. Beyond the particulars, important as those are, Addiction Incorporated isn’t telling us anything we don’t know. Like DeNoble, it’s simply really nice—although that, of course, is the sign of how earth-quaking his actions against the tobacco industry indeed were.

Two held over cigarette smuggling

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Two people have been arrested by officers from Revenue’s Customs Service at Dublin Airport over cigarette smuggling in recent days.

A 23-year-old Moldovan woman who had arrived on a flight from Moldova, via Zurich, was found in possession of 7,200 cigarettes today..

The ‘L&M’ and ‘Marlboro’ brand cigarettes had an estimated retail value of over €3,000 and were discovered in her suitcase.

She appeared in the Criminal Court of Justice before Judge Mary Malone, who remanded her in custody until Friday 27th January.

On Monday, officers seized 7,000 cigarettes from a 48-year-old Lithuanian man who arrived from Moscow via Amsterdam.

The brands seized were ‘Kiss Superslim’ and ‘Bond’ and had a retail value of approximately €3,000.

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The man appeared in the Criminal Court of Justice yesterday and was remanded in custody by Judge Denis Mc Loughlin, to appear at Clover Hill on Friday 27th January.

Philip Morris Profits Predicted With Sell-Low Cigarette Strategy

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A prediction published in the online branch of Forbes Magazine reveals that cigarette giant Philip Morris can expect future profits with a sell-high/sell-low strategy that is expected to also lead to increased numbers of youths turning into cigarette addicted smokers. While a sell-low strategy in foreign markets is not unusual, at one point does it become predatory and indirectly make Americans guilty by association? One example: A pricing disparity that is hard to believe for a single pack of cigarettes.

Tobacco giant Philip Morris has come under a significant amount of scrutiny as the American trend towards health consciousness has steadily increased the past few years. One recent example of such scrutiny is a report by UCSF researchers who found that data from Philip Morris’ Project MIX was misleading and underreported the actual harmful effects of their cigarette additives.

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Such scrutiny and increased public awareness of the hazards of smoking has led experts to predict a significant future decline in smoking in the U.S. So much so, that according to a recent news report by Forbes, Philip Morris International is diversifying its strategy dependent upon the region Philip Morris sells its cigarettes.

For example, Forbes explains that when the volume of sales are decreasing—as cigarette sales have in the U.S.— the prices have to go up to remain profitable. However, to recoup the lost profits and expand into international markets, pricing for a pack of cigarettes takes a steep plunge in the opposite direction toward what some refer to as predatory pricing. An example this was given with a comparative pricing disparity where a pack of Marlboro cigarettes costs about $6 in the U.S. but only 79¢ in other countries such as Senegal.

The cheaper pricing as explained by Forbes is to out-compete local cigarette makers in their own countries by offering their citizens a cheaper name-brand cigarette. The aftershock effect of this, however, is that it will undoubtedly lead to increased numbers of youths taking up smoking and becoming addicted to American cigarettes. Forbes states that in Senegal an estimated 33 percent of adults and 20 percent of their youths are already smoking. Which begs the question: Are we responsible?

There is no doubt that American societal pressure and increased awareness about the harm the tobacco industry has done on American health has led to decreased national sales of cigarettes. Increased regulation leading to changes in how cigarettes are advertised and sold has benefited American health, but in doing so, have we not also passed the burden onto other countries where their populace may not be able to technologically and socially defend themselves from predatory marketing practices by the tobacco industry?

Perhaps we do need to accept some of the responsibility and effect international change as well as national change through regulatory legislation that ensures that not only does the American tobacco industry have to play fair in our local sandbox, but in neighboring sandboxes in Asia and Africa as well.

This does not mean that we would be infringing on a person’s right to choose to smoke, but rather that a person can maintain their free will without undue influence from a smokescreen of clever and predatory marketing practices.

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Buy, Sell, or Hold: Star Scientific

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Sporting just one star (out of a possible five) in our CAPS community, and with investors there roughly evenly split between bearishness and bullishness on the company, you might think that Star Scientific (NAS: CIGX) is a stock best avoided. You’re may be right, but let’s not be hasty. Let’s take a closer look at why you might want to buy, sell, or hold Star Scientific — in the process taking a look at some other tobacco concerns you might consider.
As its clever ticker symbol implies, Star Scientific specializes in smokeless tobacco products and its technology purports to reduce the harmful effects of tobacco. For many of those trying to quit smoking, it’s of great interest.
Buy
One reason to buy the company is that, especially in America, smoking is slowly falling out of favor. This hurts traditional cigarette purveyors, while boosting the appeal of Star Scientific’s offerings. Between 1965 and 2007, the percentage of Americans smoking a pack or more a day dropped from 56% to 7%. Those smoking between 10 and 19 cigarettes per day fell from 11% to 5%.
There is a multitude of factors affecting this, including health concerns and rising taxes on cigarettes that have driven prices up sharply over the years. Obviously, tobacco companies have been hurt by the decline in smoking, and are eager to share that data. Reynolds American (NYS: RAI) points out, for example, that the average cost of a pack of cigarettes has more than doubled since 1998, rising from $2.09 to $5.86. The company also notes: "Since 1998, governments at all levels have collected more than $400 BILLION in cigarette taxes and payments from smokers." Reynolds’ revenue has been roughly flat over the past few years, as it struggles to overcome a shrinking domestic consumer base amid rising prices.
Altria (NYS: MO) , the domestic tobacco giant with brands such as Marlboro, has many investors fearing that its best years are behind it, and thinking that its global counterpart, Philip Morris International (NYS: PM) , holds more promise because tobacco consumption is growing faster abroad. Indeed, my colleague Sean Williams calls Altria "a shell of the company it once was." Among other benefits, Philip Morris is better able to avoid the kind of litigation costs that plague domestic operators. Two lawsuits alone led to a $119 million fourth-quarter charge for Altria.
Some are bullish on the company because of its tobacco-derived dietary supplement, Anatabloc, which has been outselling Star Scientific’s dissolvable tobacco products.
Sell
Alas, even in this difficult environment for traditional tobacco companies, Star Scientific isn’t thriving. It has operated at a loss for nearly a decade now.
Its Anatabloc supplement, meanwhile, may not be the white in shining armor some expect it to be. My colleague Dan Newman has noted that management has been given an incentive to sell or license this technology to others, instead of aiming for strong internal growth.
In addition, the company faces competition. Altria, Reynolds, and others also offer smokeless tobacco products — and have far deeper pockets with which to fund research and development and marketing.
If that’s not enough, there’s dilution. The company has kept itself afloat partly through the repeated issuance of additional shares of stock. Each new share reduces the ownership stake of existing shares, though, and this is a wealth-destroying move for shareholders. (Star Scientific isn’t the only tobacco company making poor decisions — Vector Group (NYS: VGR) has been taking on debt in order to maintain a 9% dividend, while paying out more than it earns!)
Hold
Why might you hold shares of Star Scientific? Well, if you think it’s one of the most promising stocks on the market, then by all means hang on. But failing that, consider selling. You should always have your money invested in your best ideas. Why have any money in your 246th best idea, when you can move that money into one of your top-10 ideas?
The verdict
When it comes to Star Scientific, the risks seem to far outweigh the potential rewards. I’m steering clear, and you might want to, as well. You can do better.
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GPD: Thief traded stolen underwear for cigarettes

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A Gainesville man with a history of theft was arrested again on Sunday after being accused of stealing $150 worth of underwear from Walmart and trading it for cigarettes at a convenience store.

A woman accused of being an accomplice was also arrested.

The Gainesville Police Department arrested Gainesville residents Maurice Mondrae Manns, 35, and Shantieria Cymone Gaskin, 25, on charges of retail theft, resisting a merchant and dealing in stolen property. According to police, the duo drove to the Walmart off Waldo Road, where Gaskin stole about $150 worth of men’s underwear. Then Gaskin and Manns drove to an undisclosed convenience store and traded the underwear for cigarettes, police said.

Police said the couple returned to Walmart with a list of items to steal so that they could be traded. Store security officials detained Gaskin with nearly $200 worth of underwear, shirts and socks. A search of the vehicle that Manns and Gaskin had been driving turned up the cigarettes, according to police.

Both were booked into the Alachua County jail.

Florida Department of Corrections records show Manns has served three prison terms since 2005 and was most recently released in August 2009. His sentences were for convictions involving burglaries, grand thefts, petty theft, fleeing and eluding, and driving with a suspended or revoked license.

Researchers make less carcinogenic cigarette

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Though emphasizing that quitting is the best remedy to combat health problems for smokers, Cornell researchers have found a way to make cigarettes less toxic.

Researchers from the lab of Jack H. Freed, the Frank and Robert Laughlin Professor of Physical Chemistry, have demonstrated that lycopene and grape seed extract literally stuffed into a conventional cigarette filter drastically lowers the amount of cancer-causing agents passing through.

Their research is published in the Jan. 2 issue of the Journal of Visualized Experiments (JoVE).

"The implications of this technique can help reduce the hazardous effects of tobacco smoke," said Boris Dzikovski, research associate and paper co-author.

The Cornell scientists altered filters of normal cigarettes by placing a mixture of grape seed and lycopene treated with activated carbon in the middle. Their experiments focused on gas-phase free radicals, as opposed to other hazardous ingredients such as the solid particles, or tar, contained in cigarettes.

A laboratory machine "smoked" the altered cigarettes, along with conventional ones. The smoke was passed through a spin-trapping solution, and electron spin resonance spectroscopy (ESR) was used to record the spectra of trapped radicals in the smoke samples.

ESR showed that the grape seed and lycopene removed, or scavenged, up to 90 percent of the free radicals that would otherwise have passed through the filter. The researchers point out that these scavenging agents could be obtained in large quantities, for example, from byproducts of the tomato or wine industries.

Scientists have tried to make safer cigarettes in the past. Hemoglobin, which transports oxygen in red blood cells, and activated carbon have been shown to reduce free radicals in smoke by up to 90 percent, but because of the cost, the combination has not been introduced to the market.

The health hazards associated with free radicals in cigarettes are exacerbated by the fact that cigarette smoke is inhaled in high concentrations, Dzikovski added. Inhaling any smoke, such as second-hand smoke, vehicular pollution or industrial waste, has some potentially damaging effects.

"The amount and composition of radicals from different sources can be dramatically different, and the spin-trapping ESR technique is in a unique position to analyze and quantify them," he said.

The research will be the 1,500th article published in the JoVE, the only peer-reviewed, PubMed indexed video-journal.