Active and passive smoking is joined by a new health hazard, the so-called third-hand smoke, revealed by researchers at Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory, the US. Full story

Do you live or contact with a smoker frequently but would like to be protected from tobacco smoke? Good news for you! Japanese invented new electric cigarettes ECO Smoker, totally harmless for active and passive smokers. This high-tech thing has been developed by Japanese company Bikoudo Co., Ltd. New cigarettes fully simulate the process of smoking. Smokers will still enjoy burning, puffs of smoke and tobacco smell. Full story

German and American scientists examined four thousand smokers and nonsmokers and found out, that the disposition to smoking and nicotine dependence is in our genes. Moreover, exactly this is the major reason of smoking, but not external factors or a bad example. Full story