What Do Cigarettes Contain? Be Scared…

It has been said that cigarettes contain more than 4,000 different chemicals. Obviously, most of these are only present in minute quantities. But there are...

Smoking Leads to Bad Math

Yes, smoking makes for some pretty bad math – not just statistics, but actual math. And when you do the math, a lot of it...

Stop Smoking or Lose Your Inheritance

Stop smoking, his father said – or lose your inheritance. Dawid van Vuuren’s sons thought he was joking, and just carried on. Before he passed...

Smoking and Mental Health – the Scary Facts

When people think about quitting smoking, most of them consider their physical health, costs and inconveniences. But now science has revealed a scary link between...

The Paradox of the Smoking Hero

For many years, Hollywood has presented “the smoker” as the tough guy – the macho hero. Smoking has been associated with masculinity (and the “bullet...