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How long does it take to get cancer from smoking or chewing tobacco?
What medicines can help with nicotine withdrawal?
For most people, it takes years, but it's risky to play those odds. Your chances of getting tobacco-related cancer depend on a number of factors, such as:
Here are some hard facts. Most people know that both smoking and chewing tobacco can increase the chances of getting certain types of cancer. The chart below lists the average number of deaths each year from some diseases caused by smoking and chewing tobacco:
Of course, not everyone who smokes or chews gets these diseases, and not everyone who gets these diseases has used tobacco. But people who die of smoking-related diseases generally do not live to a ripe old age. That is, they die prematurely.
Right now, time is on your side because the sooner you quit, the greater the health benefits. If you're 21 years old and have been smoking for about 5 years, quitting smoking now can reduce your chance of getting lung cancer. In fact, your risk for lung cancer won't be much greater than the risk for a person who has never smoked. But if you put off quitting, you will still be more likely to get lung cancer than someone who has never smoked. And quitting isn't going to get any easier.
Women who smoke are more likely than women who don't smoke to have menopause at an earlier age, and they also are at an increased risk for cancer of the cervix.
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What is secondhand smoke?
Smoking is not only a "drag" on you, but the effects of secondhand smoke can harm your nonsmoking friends and family members, including any children in your life. Secondhand smoke includes both:
Also, household pets that are exposed often to secondhand smoke can get cancer and die sooner than expected.
Does smoking really cause impotence?
The last two decades of research have shown that tobacco use can cause impotence, and it can worsen impotence caused by other conditions.
Impotence, often referred to as erectile dysfunction (ED), is the inability for a man to maintain an erection for sexual purposes. It is caused by the inability of blood vessels in the penis to provide enough blood to maintain an erection. Tobacco use negatively affects blood vessels throughout the body—not just in the heart and arteries, but even in sensitive areas like the eyes and genitals. Other facts include:
Remember, the longer you use tobacco, the greater the risk of impotence and the more difficult it is to reverse the effects. So the sooner you quit, and the longer you stay quit, the less likely you will be to feel the negative effects of tobacco and impotence.
How does smoking hurt your lungs?
Whether you smoke or inhale the smoke in the environment from others, you are at risk for lung disease, according to the American Lung Association.
Smoking cigarettes is directly responsible for 87 percent of lung cancer cases and causes most cases of emphysema and chronic bronchitis. It is also directly responsible for approximately 90 percent of lung cancer deaths and 80 to 90 percent of deaths from chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (including emphysema and chronic bronchitis), according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Secondhand smoke causes approximately 3,400 lung cancer deaths in adult nonsmokers in the United States each year, and the Environmental Protection Agency classifies it as a known human carcinogen.
Does smoking affect my asthma?
You probably can feel the negative effects of smoking on your asthma, but here are some lesser known facts for you to think about.
Does smoking affect my physical performance?
You feel strong, you have no problem keeping up with the rest of the troops, so does smoking really make a difference in your physical performance? Well, read on! You might not be feeling it, you might not be seeing it, but you are not performing as well as if you weren't smoking, and there are studies that prove it.
Joggers who were light smokers, and smoked for as little as 2 years, had less endurance than those who didn't smoke.
Compared to men who didn't smoke, those who smoked had worse outcomes in the length of exercise, maximum heart rate, and systolic blood pressure during exercise.
Recruits who smoked at least one cigarette in the month prior to basic training had higher injury rates than those who did not smoke.
This means when you are hurt on maneuvers you'll be suffering longer than others in your troop. And, it also means you will heal more slowly when you have dental work done! Ouch.
What is Buerger's Disease?
If any of this sounds too agonizing or painful to think about, consider this: you can avoid all of the horrors of Buerger's Disease by not smoking!
How many people smoke?
It may seem like "everyone" in the military smokes. But the truth is, most military personnel do not smoke. In 2002, 34 percent of all people in the military smoked cigarettes. Even a smaller percentage of military men aged 18–24 chewed tobacco (19 percent).1
Smoking among the general public is on the decline. In 1964, about 40 percent of American adults were smokers. In 2008, about 20.5 percent of American adults were smokers.2
In 2007, 20 percent of high school students smoked.3 Estimates are that 32 percent of teens who become regular smokers will die of a smoking-related disease. That's why it's especially important to quit smoking or chewing tobacco so that you can set an example for the younger people in your life.
1Bray, R. M., Pemberton, M. R., Hourani, L. L., Witt, M., Olmsted, K. L. R., Brown, J. M., et al. (2009). 2008 Department of Defense survey of health related behaviors among active duty military personnel: A component of the Defense Lifestyle Assessment Program (DLAP). Research Triangle Park, NC: RTI International. http://www.tricare.mil/2008HealthBehaviors.pdf
How does smoking hurt the environment?
By now you know you don't live in a vacuum, and the choices you make have a way of trickling down to others. Even if you don't mean to harm your family, your pets, your neighborhood, and even the wildlife and natural beauty of the land you love, your smoking and smokeless tobacco does just that. It doesn't take a Sherlock Holmes to connect the dots between the cigarette butt you flick out of your car window to the cigarette filters found in the stomachs of fish and birds who mistake them for food.1 So let's answer some basic questions about how your butts and spit make things harder for the very people you've pledged to protect.
1 http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/nvswcd/newsletter/buttlitter.htm
How big of an impact are little cigarette butts on a huge planet?
Researchers estimate that 1.7 billion pounds of cigarette butts in lakes and oceans, on beaches, and the rest of the planet every year.
But it's just paper and leftover tobacco, right?
Wrong answer. These butts and filters contain many dangerous chemicals including carcinogens and other poisons. All of this seeps back into the planet one way or another. The scariest scenario is when adults smoke at or near playgrounds, and then curious babies and toddlers pick up the butts. . . you can figure the rest out.
What happens to butts and filters after you put your cigarette out?
Not much, and that's the problem! They just do not biodegrade. Experts say cigarette butts rank at the very top of litter problems—not just because they are EVERYWHERE, but because they are toxic and non-biodegradable.1 They remain in sewers, beaches, soil, and bodies of water for years and even decades, and eventually pollute our lakes and oceans, and, of course, all the birds, fish, and mammals whose lives depend on those bodies of water.
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What's the connection between smoking and fire?
Lighting the match to your cigarette, cigar, or pipe puts your home at risk as well as significant commercial property damage. The losses from fires caused by smoking cost about half a billion dollars per year and $3 billion for tobacco-related cleaning and maintenance.1 It's especially tragic that these fires killed 800 people and injured 1,660 others in 2005 alone.2
How does chewing smokeless tobacco hurt the environment?
People who chew don't usually swallow the tobacco juice, so that residue has to go somewhere. And that somewhere can be anywhere they happen to be. If you look around a spitter's home, you might see tobacco juice stains on their clothes, furniture, and even on their car's upholstery. It makes sense that if the smokeless user is outside, the juice will end up in the garden, in the park, on the sidewalk. . . basically anywhere the spitter walks their tobacco spit and drool is likely to be making a mess.1
How does the tobacco farming and manufacturing industry hurt people and the environment?
Because you use tobacco, someone has to work on the tobacco farm to get it to you, and laborers who have the unfortunate fate of doing this work are at serious risk for deadly disease. Farming presents some hazards to all agricultural workers, such as pesticide exposure and musculoskeletal trauma, but tobacco production presents some unique problems, most important, acute nicotine poisoning, a condition also known as green tobacco sickness (GTS).1
1 http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/picrender.fcgi?artid=1497768&blobtype=pdf
Does tobacco farming really hurt the rest of us?
Yes it does! In the United States, tobacco is grown on more than 650,000 acres in over 20 States. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) estimates that at least 25.6 million pounds of pesticides are used on this crop each year. The list includes acutely toxic pesticides—they may cause cancer or birth defects—and others that are potent nerve toxins. Over 450 different pesticide products are registered for use on tobacco by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.1
These FAQs don't even address the many hazards associated with secondhand smoke, because most of us already know the damage this can do to our children, our families, and the environment in general. We have to face facts.
You already knew that your smoke gets in your family's eyes and lungs, and now you know your butts and spit gets in their soil, their beaches, and their playgrounds. You have the power to reverse the damage that has been done by properly discarding cigarette butts. On second thought, you can use this knowledge as a springboard for a healthy decision to make your own quit plan. Let's keep it clean!
Can smoking or chewing tobacco affect how I perform in combat?
Tobacco can be a weapon of mass destruction for people in the military. It causes a range of problems that can reduce your fitness for service. Some of these problems include:
How addicted to cigarettes are you?
You may be surprised to know that your doctor can administer a test to help determine your level of addiction to smoking. While there are no proven tests for smokeless tobacco, addiction tests for cigarette smoking can give patients a rough idea of their addiction level. One of the most widely known, and highly regarded, tests is the "Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence."
Here is an idea of some of the questions you'll find on the Fagerström Test:
(Answering "yes" to any of these questions can mean you are highly addicted to cigarettes and you should see your doctor to take the test.)
Researchers recently discovered that smokers are more physically dependent on nicotine now than they were just 15 years ago. In the past, it might have been easier to quit "cold turkey" because a smoker was less addicted to nicotine. That's just not the case today. Now, most smokers will need intensive nicotine replacement therapy in order to successfully quit. Intensive therapy is adjusted for each person. It can mean using a nicotine patch with smoking cessation medication or taking medication for a longer time.1
You can quit, even if you are highly addicted to nicotine. Knowing you may need intensive therapy to be a successful quitter can make the process easier. Ask your doctor to help you plan your strategy of attack and use all the available weapons to beat the enemy—nicotine.
1 Sachs, D. P., Hodgkin, J. E., & Bostrom, A. G. (October 28, 2008). Improving treatment outcome in the face of increasingly severe nicotine dependence in patients seeking tobacco-dependence treatment. Chest, 134: s53002.
How do I quit smoking when I'm living with a smoker?
Now that you have made the commitment to quit you are faced with another challenge, how do you stay on target when there is a smoker, or smokers, all around you? It's like living in enemy territory! Here are some tactics that can help you succeed with your mission:
What are the short-term benefits to quitting smokeless tobacco and how quickly will I notice the results?
Within the first few days of quitting tobacco, you will begin to notice benefits and improvements such as:
What are the long-term benefits to quitting chewing tobacco?
What's a good line of attack when I want to quit smokeless tobacco?
Quitting smokeless tobacco has a lot in common with quitting smoking—you need to follow the same 4 Steps to Quitting, make a quit plan, and get support of family and friends. But there are some differences, too. Here are some good ways to get the most out of your smokeless quit attempt:
Check out our page Getting the Most Out of Your Quit Attempt for more about quitting smokeless tobacco.
Can't switching to smokeless tobacco help me quit smoking?
You might have heard that switching from cigarettes to smokeless is a great way to quit, but that's not all the experts say. When people want you to believe that smokeless is a safer alternative, they often quote a study emphasizing how many smokers switched to smokeless and then stopped smoking. What they don't often mention is that almost half of the switchers did quit cigarettes but then they became permanent smokeless tobacco users instead! If you use smokeless tobacco to quit smoking there's a good chance that you will be switching from one very dangerous addiction to another. And smokeless tobacco causes all kinds of cancers, like cancer of the mouth, tongue, throat, and stomach.
Is smokeless tobacco less addictive than cigarettes?
From the start, tobacco companies have marketed smokeless tobacco as a safer alternative to smoking, but, in study after study, researchers have proved that smokeless tobacco is actually far more addictive than cigarettes because of its high nicotine levels. Researchers have found:
These high levels of nicotine can make smokeless tobacco even harder to stop using. The longer you use smokeless, the more nicotine you need to achieve the same effect. This cycle often leads to more and more dangerous behaviors such as switching to brands with more nicotine, using more frequently, swallowing tobacco juice, and leaving tobacco in your mouth overnight.
I smoke, but I don't use smokeless tobacco, so why should I worry about it?
If you smoke cigarettes, be worried. Cigarette smoking can actually lead to the use of smokeless tobacco. A study of 28,229 military personnel found that current smokers were three times more likely to start using smokeless tobacco. Smoking was the strongest predictor of daily smokeless tobacco use, even beating out the occasional use of spit tobacco!
I use chewing tobacco, so why worry about smoking?
Why? Because you might be setting yourself up to become a smoker. Research shows that smokeless tobacco users are more likely to start smoking. In a study of 7,865 male Air Force recruits who reported never smoking before, those using smokeless tobacco were 233 percent more likely to start smoking than those who did not use smokeless tobacco.
What is dissolvable tobacco?
Dissolvable tobacco is finely milled tobacco bound together in flavored, breath mint-sized tablets, toothpick-sized sticks, or breath strip-sized dissolvable tongue strips. Depending on the product, one piece takes between 5 and 30 minutes to dissolve. Because these dissolvable tobacco products contain tobacco, they also contain the same carcinogens found in tobacco and can increase the risk of tobacco-related oral cancers (e.g., tongue, lip, and mouth cancer).
Dissolvable products generally contain between 1.5 mg and 4 mg of nicotine compared to the 1 mg found in a light cigarette. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is investigating the potential of these products to produce accidental nicotine poisoning or overdose.
While these products may appeal as an alternative way to use tobacco without dealing with smoke or spit, dissolvable tobacco contains high levels of nicotine and serves only to continue nicotine addiction. As such, these products will not help with quitting tobacco and may only serve to increase nicotine dependence. Tobacco users looking for smoke- and spit-free alternatives to step down nicotine intake while quitting should consider proven nicotine replacement therapies, including the patch or nicotine gum.
Why would smokers consider using electronic cigarettes instead of smoking tobacco?
Electronic cigarettes, also known as e-cigarettes, are designed to imitate the experience of smoking real cigarettes. Made to look like the real thing, e-cigarettes contain liquid nicotine that is heated by a battery-powered element and turned into vapor that users inhale. E-cigarettes are marketed as a safe and healthy cigarette substitute, free of the harmful tar and chemicals that come with tobacco smoke. Some manufacturers and e-cigarette supporters have promoted these products as aids to help smokers quit.
Are e-cigarettes safe?
The health effects of e-cigarettes are not known. Clinical studies of e-cigarettes have not been submitted to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for review and approval. As a result, consumers cannot know whether e-cigarettes are safe for their intended use, what types or amounts of harmful chemicals they contain, and how much nicotine they deliver when inhaled.1 Meanwhile, FDA has issued warnings to several e-cigarette makers for legal violations including unsupported claims and poor manufacturing practices.2
Are e-cigarettes a good alternative when quitting?
E-cigarettes may appeal as a way to quit. Yet until the claims about them are backed up, smokers should look to proven alternatives for nicotine replacement therapy. These include the patch and gum, each of which is FDA approved and safe when used according to directions. Nicotine inhalers, also approved by FDA, work differently from e-cigarettes and provide consistent doses of nicotine without questions about safety.1
What other issues surround e-cigarettes?
Nicotine is addictive.1 Without clear steps to reducing the intake of nicotine or certainty about the doses being provided by e-cigarettes, using them may maintain a smoker's addiction. E-cigarettes may attract young people and lead them to try real cigarettes and other tobacco products. The appeal of e-cigarettes to young people may include novelty, appearance, sweet flavors, and a belief that these products are safe. Because nicotine is addictive, the risk that young people who try e-cigarettes will move on to other tobacco products is raised.
What are the short-term effects of smoking and chewing tobacco?
Tobacco use also can interfere with your sex life and plans for having a family:
If you smoke or chew, expect to have at least a few issues that might have been avoided by not using tobacco. Shortness of breath and lack of energy are common results of smoking. Smoking also can irritate your digestive system and contribute to acid reflux.
What are the long-term effects of smoking and chewing tobacco?
Each time you use tobacco, you are putting chemicals in your body that can cause cancer (and other diseases such as emphysema and lung disease, which are related mainly to the carbon monoxide—a poisonous gas—in cigarette smoke).
What are the symptoms of nicotine withdrawal?
If you're on day 3 of your quit plan and you feel like the grouchiest person on earth, you're not alone. Many people go through tough withdrawal symptoms while quitting smoking or tobacco use. Common symptoms of nicotine withdrawal are:
How does nicotine addiction happen?
You once may have claimed to be addicted to bacon cheeseburgers or to a new reality show. But a nicotine addiction is a different beast altogether. What exactly is a real medical addiction?
An addiction is a process that changes the chemistry of the brain and body and causes withdrawal symptoms when the addictive substance (in this case, nicotine) is not kept high enough.
How does nicotine get to the brain, and how does nicotine cause addiction?
When a person smokes a cigarette or uses smokeless tobacco:
As an addictive substance, nicotine has a job to do: to be sure that the level of nicotine in the body stays high enough to avoid withdrawal symptoms. And the more nicotine your body gets, the more it wants. This is mainly because it takes more and more nicotine to keep the body from having withdrawal symptoms.
What is your lung age?
If you smoke, there just may not be enough candles for your birthday cake. On the outside, you may seem young and full of life, but one look at your lungs will tell the truth about your age. That's because smokers have a lung age that is older than their chronological age. Ask your physician to perform a spirometric assessment (spirometry test) of your lung function. This test determines your forced expiratory volume at one second (FEV1) score, which then translates into your lung age. You might be surprised by the results, and, in turn, it may be just the motivation you need to pick a quit date and develop a quit plan.
Does tobacco affect my sense of smell and taste?
How important is your sense of smell? Don't disregard the pleasure you get from smelling flowers, fresh air, hotdogs and burgers cooking on the backyard grill, or your mom's favorite pies and cookies baking in the kitchen. Since smell is connected to the ability to taste, try to imagine your future without the flavors of pizza, chili, chocolate ice cream sundaes, or ice-cold lemonade on an August afternoon. On a more serious note, you need your sense of smell to detect certain dangers, including chemicals, gas leaks, and smoke. Lucky for you, 48 hours after you quit smoking your sense of smell begins to return to normal. Then, if you feel the urge for a smoke or dip, do something refreshing. Make your surroundings clean and fresh at work, in your car, and at home. Clean your drapes and clothes. Shampoo your car. Buy yourself flowers. You will enjoy their scent as your sense of smell returns.
What medicines can help with nicotine withdrawal?
A number of medicines can help with nicotine withdrawal. Some of them work by giving you low doses of nicotine so that your withdrawal symptoms will not be as strong. Using some form of nicotine-containing medicine doubles your chances of quitting smoking for good.
Below are some nicotine-containing options for you to consider:
Ask your doctor for more advice on these medicines. And remember: Medicine alone can't do all the work. It can help with cravings and withdrawal, but quitting smoking or chewing will still be hard at times. More information about medicines to help you quit tobacco.
Does using tobacco help people with problems like anxiety, depression, ADHD/ADD, or post-traumatic stress disorder feel better?
It can seem like nicotine is helping, but people who use tobacco to feel better are self-medicating and it's not a good solution. Nicotine temporarily changes the chemistry in the brain and can lessen some of these symptoms, but it doesn't last long and it's no cure.1 There are ways to help you if you are feeling overly stressed, anxious, depressed, or have ADD or ADHD. Talk to your doctor about ways to relieve stress or depression and medications that can help.
1 Carter, B. L., Lam, C. Y., Robinson, J. D., Paris, M. M., Waters, A. J., Wetter, D. W., Cinciripini, P. M. (July 2008). Real-time craving and mood assessments before and after smoking. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 10(7):1165–1169. 2. Goodwin, R. D., Zvolensky, M. J., Keyes, K. M. (March 26, 2008) Nicotine dependence and mental disorders among adults in the USA: Evaluating the role of the mode of administration. Psychological Medicine, 1–10.
Will quitting smoking help me feel better if I feel overly anxious or depressed, or have post-traumatic stress disorder?
Yes! Smoking can actually make you feel more anxious or depressed when you can't smoke and it can make you more stressed than you would feel if you weren't addicted to nicotine. 1,2,3 Quitting means that you have more control over your emotions, that they aren't controlled by the nicotine. Read Unlocking the Mysteries of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Tobacco Use for more information about PSTD and smoking.
1 Carter, B. L., Lam, C. Y., Robinson, J. D., Paris, M. M., Waters, A. J., Wetter, D. W., Cinciripini, P. M. (July 2008). Real-time craving and mood assessments before and after smoking. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 10(7): 1165–1169.
2 Parrott, A. C. (October 1999). Does cigarette smoking cause stress? American Psychologist, 54(10): 817–20.
3 Parrott, A. C. (February 1995). Stress modulation over the day in cigarette smokers. Addiction, 90(2): 233–44.
If I have an attention deficit disorder (ADD or ADHD) is it going to be harder to quit using tobacco?
If you have ADHD, you already know that your behavior is really not something you can control by willing yourself to focus, concentrat, or even sit through a movie without fidgeting! You may have learned behavior modification or a doctor may have prescribed medication to help control your symptoms. Smokers with ADHD can be more physically dependent upon nicotine, and while that can make it more difficult to quit, it doesn't mean you can't! You should talk to your doctor who can advise you about cessation medications that can help you. Just like you know you can't will yourself to be rid of ADD or ADHD, you might not be able to defeat tobacco without assistance. 1,2
1 Wilens, T. E., Vitulano, M., Upadhyaya, H., Adamson, J., Sawtelle, R., Utzinger, L., & Biederman, J. (June 4, 2008). Cigarette smoking associated with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
Journal of Pediatrics, (published ahead of print version, retrieved July 24, 2008).
2 Gehricke, J. G., Whalen, C. K., Jamner, L. D., Wigal, T. L., & Steinhoff, K. (February 2006). The reinforcing effects of nicotine and stimulant medication in the everyday lives of adult smokers with ADHD: A preliminary examination. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 8(1): 37–47.
Does using tobacco reduce anxiety and stress?
One of the most common reasons given for using tobacco is stress, and it is a common belief that using tobacco relieves stress and has a relaxing effect. But does it really reduce anxiety and stress? Surprisingly the answer is no, not at all. Tobacco use actually increases stress and the effects of stress on your body.
The chemicals in tobacco, especially nicotine, have a wide variety of effects on the body, including the release of chemicals in the brain that temporarily increase feelings of pleasure and relaxation. Beware though, this is only masking the stress and anxiety, and the feeling is short lived. Using tobacco actually intensifies many of the physical problems associated with stress such as increasing blood pressure, causing gastrointestinal problems, and making sleeping difficult. In addition to creating these problems, it creates a new one: nicotine addiction.
Nicotine addiction alone has proven to be a major source of stress (just ask anyone who's tried to quit). Studies show that tobacco users experience periods of heightened stress between each cigarette or chew, and using tobacco only briefly restores their stress levels to normal. However, soon they need to use tobacco again to stop cravings. These swings in nicotine levels cause negative moods between cigarettes and slightly above-average levels of daily stress. Some studies indicate that those who quit using tobacco actually notice a gradual decrease in stress over time.
Should I sign up for tobacco cessation classes?
Research shows that by participating in a tobacco cessation class you can double your chances of quitting smoking or chewing tobacco successfully. Cessation classes will teach you what to expect when quitting, and, more important, how to cope with the effects of withdrawal and the cravings to smoke or chew. The class will help you create your own unique plan for quitting and set you up for success. Classes are also a great way to find ongoing support from others at your installation who are quitting smoking or chewing. Quit Buddies, like Battle Buddies, can be there for you to lean on if quitting gets tough, and you can do the same for them.
Chances are your installation's cessation classes are also the gateway to receiving free medications or nicotine replacement therapies. Adding either of these to your quit plan will further increase your chances of success, making quitting easier by reducing the cravings and effects of nicotine withdrawal.
You wouldn't want to go into combat without your unit there to support you, and you don't have to fight against tobacco alone either. You can start finding support now by contacting your installation's cessation program through our online locator. And don't forget about our cessation coaches standing by to chat online, provide anonymous support, and answer any questions you have.
What should I do if I relapse and start smoking or chewing again?
If you are quitting and have a slip, or even a full-blown relapse, you are probably asking yourself, "What should I do now? " First of all, don't panic! This happens at least once to most people who are quitting, and even though most relapse happens in the first week, it can even happen after months of being tobacco free. If you have had a slip and just used tobacco again once or twice, don't let it stop you from quitting. Get back on track with your quit plan and keep it going. If you have relapsed and resumed your normal tobacco use, take this opportunity to start planning your next quit attempt. Either way, this is a chance to flip the situation into a positive one and learn from your past quit experience.
Start by analyzing the situation(s) where you started using tobacco again. Are there certain activities or certain times of the day when you always smoke or chew? Maybe first thing in the morning, after a meal, before bed, or with a drink? These are known as triggers, things you might connect to using tobacco.
Ask yourself the following:
All of these answers are clues you can use to identify your triggers and plan for similar situations in the future. The more you know about yourself and your triggers, the more prepared you will be for all high-risk situations and the less likely you will be to relapse again.
Can exercise help me quit tobacco?
Exercise is a great way to help you become tobacco-free. Research has proven that, if you exercise while quitting tobacco, you are much more likely to succeed in staying quit. For example, just 10 minutes of moderate-intensity exercise, like a jog around the block, can reduce nicotine cravings and improve your mood. Exercise helps relieve the anxiety, irritability, and depression that nicotine and nicotine withdrawal can create.
But that's not all. In addition to these short-term effects, exercise has some helpful long-term benefits for the person trying to quit. If you think about it, exercise works to combat the negative effects of tobacco like an antidote:
So, use exercise as a way to get your quit plan up and running! For maximum benefit, we recommended that you start your new exercise program a couple of weeks before your quit date.
How can I avoid weight gain after quitting?
The way people talk about it, you would think that everyone who quits tobacco gains weight. In reality, three out of four people who successfully quit DO NOT gain weight at all. How do many of them do it? By having a solid plan for eating and exercising when they quit, that's how! So, when you get ready to quit, set yourself up for success by planning in advance. Consider trying the following:
Quitting tobacco is tough. Start your new routine at least 2 or 3 weeks before you quit, if possible, so you will not be making too many changes at once.
When I quit tobacco, how long will the cravings last?
When quitting tobacco, everybody wants to know what to expect, especially how long it will take before the craving to use tobacco again subsides. For many, time seems to stand still when quitting tobacco and the answer to when cravings will subside varies from person to person. The reason that the length of cravings varies is because cravings can be caused by physical withdrawal (nicotine addiction) and/or from psychological withdrawal (missing the habit). Each of these types of withdrawal also varies depending upon the length and amount of tobacco you have used; your other lifestyle habits such as diet, exercise, water intake, and stress management skills; and the number of temptations to which you are exposed after quitting.
Even with so many variables, we can tell you what the average experience looks like. Normally, withdrawal symptoms and severe cravings last about 2 to 4 weeks, and the first week to 10 days can be the toughest. Research shows that the average quitter experiences cravings and withdrawals:
Just remember that after 2 to 4 weeks you may feel over the hump, but that is not the same as being out of the woods. Make sure to keep your guard up for unexpected cravings and over-confidence that try to trick you back into using tobacco one more time. Planning to avoid risky situations may be something that continues throughout your life, particularly in times of stress, such as during deployments. When it comes to cravings, the only way to make them go away forever and have days where you never even think of using tobacco, is to continue to fight and win the craving battle every single day.
What does "Veterans enrolled in the VA health care system" mean?
"Enrolled for care" means that a VA Veteran has applied for and been found to qualify for health benefits through the VA.
For answers to specific questions about enrollment or benefits, the VA provides these websites to assist Veterans in finding information about:
What does the VA provide to help me quit tobacco?
The VA provides a number of services to help VA Veterans enrolled for care in the VA health care system, including individual counseling; prescriptions for nicotine replacement therapies, such as the nicotine patch or gum or other smoking cessation medications; brief counseling in primary care or outpatient mental health clinical settings; participation in evidence-based smoking cessation programs; and online resources such as this website and Live Chat service. To find tobacco cessation services near you:
Does the VA provide medications to help me quit?
Yes, nicotine replacement therapies (NRTs)—in the form of the nicotine patch, gum and lozenge, as well as varenicline, also known by its brand name Chantix, and bupropion, also known as Zyban—are formulary options available through the VA for tobacco cessation. You can get a prescription from your primary care provider or another health care professional, and prescriptions may be filled through the VA pharmacy. Normal copayments apply when filling the prescription based on your category.
With the Veterans Health Administration (VA), are nicotine replacement therapies and prescription medications free?
As a Veteran enrolled for care in the VA health care system, you can get tobacco cessation medications such as over-the-counter nicotine replacement therapies and prescription medications through the VA pharmacy with a prescription from your primary care provider or another health care professional. Standard co-payments apply per your individual plan for VA formulary tobacco cessation medications, such as over-the-counter nicotine replacement therapy and prescription medications. So, if you are a Veteran who already has a co-payment for the medications that you receive through VA, you will pay a co-payment for smoking cessation medications as well. But this co-payment for even medications, such as over-the-counter nicotine gum or patches will be much lower than that charged by retail pharmacies. If you do not usually pay a co-payment for your medications through the VA, you will not have a co-payment for smoking cessation medications either.
If you are enrolled for care and have not yet begun receiving care in the VA, please contact the VA Medical Center or community-based outpatient clinic nearest you to set up an appointment and learn more. To find a primary care provider or other health care professional near you:
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Read this earlier today. It's a very good read. I love the Adam Morrison line about not talking before games because he only ever gets negative interviews. I've grown to like Adam Morrison a lot, and root for him now seeing how self aware he is.
Early in the 2010-11 season, Harrison broke his leg. While healing, he leveraged some connections to get a job in commodities at a bank in Hong Kong.1
I mean this in the nicest way possible, but I never knew David Harrison was smart at all.
I have always liked Morrison but seeing how he's handled himself, like someone else said makes me respect him more.
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Great read. Every team should have one roster spot filled with a story-guy like one of these. Never thought anything of Morrison since Gonzaga, but after reading this I'd love to have him be our story-guy.
The problem Ammo faces is probably needing the offense dictated to him. As a Barbosa type, taking the majority of the bench shots with plays set for him, he could probably score pretty well. A lot of times a guy just needs to be put in the right situation.
Unfortunately a lot of GMs, scouts and coaches bring their predetermined views to situations and try to force guys into roles and overlook better options to solve the problem. You'd think with the money at stake that you wouldn't see some of the really awful choices people make in sports (management I mean), and yet there is no true qualification for the jobs. Usually they give the jobs to guys who were good at doing something totally different (ie, playing) or you have owners with huge money and little sense for who to hire to run the team.
So some scout is going to see a flashy athlete that didn't play particularly well and fall in love with the idea of "fixing him" rather than just taking the boring known quantity as the smart, simple solution.
As for Harrison - drugs weren't the problem, anger was the problem. Irrational anger and an insanely quick trigger. Maybe he's matured but he might have also lost a few steps by now.
Harrison's still in Indy right? Didn't he randomly show up at a game last year in the stands?
Harrison sat about 10 feet from me at the final home game (regular season). He was front row baseline across from the visitors bench and he wasn't there all game. Out of nowhere later in the game I look over and there he is and at that range I don't see how I would have missed him prior to that.
It was so random and weird, a guy I didn't expect to see at that game.
The article is pretty sympathetic towards Harrison. They miss the parts about how Harrison couldn't play because he had constant minor physical issues. Sometimes not even physical issues but 'personal problems'. He had a decent rookie year, then seemed to have no more desire. After that first year it was like he simply didn't care.
On top of that he is injury prone (with real injuries). Torn calf muscle walking off the court? Broken leg? Wow!
He will not get picked up this year. Or any year.
I'd take a flier on him. If there's a chance he's grown up, he could truly help our front court bench with some scoring.
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I always liked Harrison since he had a cameo on the Real World. He's probably too old to make a come back now and there's gotta be hundreds of younger, healthier, more athletic big men dying to take whatever spot he's shooting for, but I wish him the best.
David Harrison had a pot problem when he played with us. I can speak to this first hand, but I'm leaving it at that. NBA wasnt as high of a priority as it should have been.
That occured with a couple of players during that time frame on that team. Can you imagine how good they all could have been if they were as dedicated to improving their games as Roy is?This quote is hidden because you are ignoring this member. Show Quote
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For deterrence to be effective in international affairs, three factors are required: clarity, capability and credibility.
The consequences of provocative actions must be made clear and unambiguous to a potential adversary. A nation must have the material capability to deliver on its promised reprisals. And the threat of force itself must be credible – meaning the enemy believes that you'll do as you say.
President Obama met two of those three criteria in regard to Syria. The problem is that anything short of a perfect score is a failing grade.
Last year, Mr. Obama warned that the use or transfer of chemical weapons in Syria would represent the crossing of a "red line," at which point the United States would become obliged to step up its response to the violence being carried out by the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Clear and capable? Check. Credible? Not so much, it turns out.
Last week, revelations emerged that multiple intelligence agencies believe the Syrian government has used the nerve gas sarin against its citizens. The obvious question raised by this disclosure was how the Obama administration would react to the Assad regime crossing with impunity the aforementioned red line. Pressed on that question at a White House news conference Tuesday, Mr. Obama responded that his iron fist would take the form of "rethink[ing] the range of options that are available to us." You could almost hear the fear and trembling in Damascus.
We don't begrudge the president his circumspection in dealing with the situation in Syria. As brutal as the conditions are on the ground there, a decade's worth of U.S. involvement in the Middle East – be it in Afghanistan, Iraq, Egypt or Libya – has repeatedly demonstrated that America's ability to work our will in the region is extremely limited. Public sentiment has now caught up to this reality, and the American people have prudent reservations about flexing any more of our muscle overseas. We agree with the instinct not to intervene militarily.
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text: Robbery suspect indicted in shots-fired case By Travis Crum October 30, 2013 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- A grand jury has indicted a man who allegedly shot at officers responding to an armed robbery at a South Charleston apartment complex in August.Tyquan Antonio Livermon, 20, of South Charleston, faces one count of first-degree robbery, burglary, attempted murder and wanton endangerment.Court records indicate Livermon fired a 7.72 mm SKS rifle, similar to an AK-47, at police officers responding to reports of an armed robbery at the Southmoor Hills Apartments on Richland Drive on Aug. 9. No one was injured.Livermon allegedly fled from police, who searched for him for about 36 hours.He is scheduled to appear before Kanawha County Circuit Judge Tod J. Kaufman Thursday for arraignment.Kanawha County Prosecuting Attorney Mark Plants announced this week that the grand jury indicted 63 people. An indictment is not a finding of fact. It only means that grand jurors have decided that enough evidence exists to warrant a criminal trial.Judge Jennifer Bailey, Nov. 6, 9 a.m. Markita Copning, 37, of South Charleston, welfare fraud; Lamont Van Harris, 39, of Dunbar, attempted murder, malicious wounding and wanton endangerment; Kerry Kristie Harvey, 42, of Charleston, malicious wounding; Johnie Wesley Mason IV, 40, of Charleston, operating a clandestine drug lab; Regina Lynn Veltri, 45, of Elkview, conspiracy and possession of materials used in making methamphetamine.Judge Chares E. King Jr., Nov. 12, 1:30 p.m.Tyrone M. Blaney, 44, of Charleston, third-offense domestic battery; Les Van Bumpus, 27, of Charleston, fleeing in a vehicle with reckless indifference, transferring and receiving stolen property and attempted second-degree robbery; Jared Keith Garnes, 26, of Liberty, fleeing while driving under the influence; Earl M. Myers, 33, of Charleston, operating a meth lab, possession of materials used in meth-making and drug charges; Tina J. Belcher, 26, of Elkview, operating a meth lab, possession of materials used in meth-making and drug charges; Jonathan Michael Harris, 30, of Charleston, operating a meth lab, possession of materials used in meth-making and drug charges; Frederick Eugene Reveal, 55, of Cross Lanes, third-offense DUI; Timothy L. Robinson, 51, of Charleston, malicious wounding; Charles D. Sloan, 54, of Charleston, third-offense DUI; Leon Wilson Jr., 41, of Charleston, second-offense failure to register as a sex offender.Judge Louis H. Bloom, Nov. 12, 1 p.m. Jamar Dashawn Adams, 25, of Charleston, wanton endangerment and malicious wounding; Susan Nicole Adkins, 39, of Charleston, child neglect creating risk of injury or death; Cass E. Cohenour, 36, of Danville, third-offense DUI and driving without a license; Duwane Jermaine Harris, 37, of Charleston, third-offense domestic battery and malicious wounding; Kurtis Lynn Harris, 48, of South Charleston, attempted grand larceny and conspiracy; Matthew James Corbitt, 40, of South Charleston, attempted grand larceny and conspiracy; William Charles Layer, 55, of South Charleston, wanton endangerment, brandishing, domestic assault and assault; Olivia Shay Lester, 21, of Charleston, fleeing with reckless indifference, operating a meth lab and assaulting a government representative; John Michael Maus, 47, of St. Albans, felon in possession of a firearm; Michael Brandon Moss, 36, of Charleston, felon in possession of a firearm, operating a meth lab and driving while revoked for a DUI; Darius Leon Robbins, 19, of Rand, first-degree robbery, conspiracy and second-degree robbery; Travis Dean Smith, 19, of Charleston, transferring and receiving stolen property; Delbert Wileman, 56, of St. Albans, sexual abuse by a parent or guardian, distributing and displaying obscene matter to a minor and second-degree sexual assault.Judge Tod J. Kaufman, Oct. 31, 1:30 p.m.Billy Ray Bledso, 26, of Charleston, drug charges and conspiracy; Mistie Garrett, 39, of East Bank, grand larceny, transferring and receiving stolen property, petit larceny and fraudulent use of an access device; Parma Jo Bobbitt, 52, of East Bank, grand larceny, transferring and receiving stolen property, petit larceny and fraudulent use of an access device; Christopher Jones, 34, of Sissonville, grand larceny, transferring and receiving stolen property, burglary and petit larceny; Christopher Ray Thaxton, 27, of Charleston, breaking and entering, petit larceny and grand larceny.Judge James C. Stucky, Nov. 1, 10 a.m. Shannon Brandon, 41, first-degree sexual assault, sexual abuse by a parent or guardian and third-degree sexual assault; William Okley Burns, 31, of Charleston, third- offense driving on a license revoked for DUI; Rusty Jon Martin, 34, of Cross Lanes, burglary and grand larceny; James Ralph Miley, 46, of Cross Lanes, third-offense shoplifting; Anthony Wayne Miller, 46, of Charleston, third-offense battery of a government representative and retaliation against public officers; Joey Nixon Pleasant, 44, of Charleston, third-offense DUI and third-offense driving on a revoked license for DUI; Christopher Michael Vandale, 24, of Charleston, destruction of property, petit larceny, fraudulent schemes and burglary; Brittany Renee Vandale, 21, of Charleston, burglary and petit larceny.Judge Carrie Webster, Nov. 4, 11 a.m.Shannon D. Cade, 18, of Charleston, first-degree robbery and conspiracy; Everette Lee Hill, 66, of Charleston, third-degree sexual abuse, sexual abuse by a parent or guardian and second-degree sexual abuse; Charles S. Howard, 30, of Roxana, Ky., forgery and uttering; Chariti Dawn Moss, 39, of Charleston, child abuse resulting in injury; Barry Joe Pack, 43, of Charleston, fleeing while DUI; James David Rose, 30, of Marmet, operating a meth lab, conspiracy and first-degree arson; Allen Wayne Rose, 33, of Charleston, operating a meth lab, conspiracy and first-degree arson; Roy D. Sharpless, 47, of Charleston, drug charges; Kerry Dale Smith, 55, of St. Albans, attempted first-degree robbery and attempted second-degree robbery; Christian G. Thornton, 28, of Red House, grand larceny and conspiracy; Anna D. 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Ms. Bahr, JWT's longest-serving employee, is reporting from the agency's New York office, offering up short videos about some conference highlights. The videos are being posted on Twitter, as well as on a microsite created by the agency, Ms. Bahr won't disclose her age, but said, "You'd be amazed!"
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text: Tenants evacuate troubled Jackson Street property By Jim Balow January 8, 2013 Story Share CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Tenants continue to evacuate a Jackson Street apartment house declared uninhabitable last week by city building inspectors, Building Commissioner Tony Harmon said."Most are moving out. One guy is supposed to be moving out today," he said Tuesday.The building at 1411 Jackson St. -- a wood-frame house divided into six or seven apartments that reportedly was home to at least 15 people -- has not been condemned, contrary to earlier reports, Harmon said."The status is the house is closed down until all the violations are corrected."The city Building Department sent owner Timothy Harold Stone a certified letter Friday, a day after the house was closed, notifying Stone of 13 building code violations.Under state law, Stone has 21 days after he receives the letter to correct the violations, Harmon said."It it's not corrected, he receives a citation to appear in municipal court and can receive a $500 fine per violation."As of Tuesday, Stone had not received the certified letter, Harmon said. "Remember, he's in jail."Charleston police, who were at the scene after following a tip about possible drug use, arrested Stone after he became belligerent and attacked an officer with a screwdriver, said Lt. Shawn Williams, head of the community services division.Stone is being held in the South Central Regional Jail as a pre-trial felon, charged with second offense carrying a concealed weapon and two misdemeanors. A preliminary hearing is scheduled Monday before a magistrate, Williams said.Under Charleston's 2 1/2-year-old rental property registration system, inspectors can visit apartments at random or after they get a complaint. The Jackson Street home came up for a random check at least once, Harmon said, but tenants turned the inspector away."There's a lot [of apartments] we get in, a lot we don't. It may be the house is dirty. A lot of people don't like people walking through their house. I've got to respect that." But after police entered one of the Jackson Street apartments on a drug complaint Thursday and noticed what Williams called "deplorable" conditions, they called Harmon's office. Justin Williams, the inspector for the East End, responded."Some of the other tenants wanted him to inspect theirs, too," Harmon said. "He found electrical problems. He found infestations, roaches. Not enough bathrooms working. Space heaters."They had latched locks, with padlocks, on the inside of the doors. If there had been a fire they'd have had to find a key and open the lock. By then they'd be burned up. No smoke detectors. "He took pictures, showed them to me. At that point I made the decision to post the house: unsafe for habitation." Stone became upset when the inspector returned to post the property, police said.Stone did not receive any federal rent subsidies for the apartments from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, said Peter C. Minter, Charleston field office director. None of Stone's properties are HUD approved, he said.Regarding 1411 Jackson, "I can't imagine that property being able to pass a local [HUD inspection]," Minter said. "And I can't imagine someone issuing a check from the Charleston Housing Authority to Mr. Stone." Stone has two other registered rental properties in Charleston, Harmon said -- four units at 1411 1/2 Jackson St. and one on Larchmont Drive, off Woodward Drive in North Charleston. We get a lot of complaints on Larchmont -- debris, drugs," he said.While the number of families and police involvement at Stone's property may be unusual, city inspectors often declare dwellings uninhabitable, Harmon said."One thing I don't understand is why people are so surprised at this. We post houses regularly, two or three a week. Houses don't have water; the water company can shut them off for nonpayment. They don't have heat; they can't stay in 26-degree weather. "Usually we get a call from the tenant, or even from a neighbor -- 'I've seen them carry 5-gallon buckets of water into the building. I think you need to check.'"We do have families displaced fairly often because of unsafe conditions. But in a lot of cases they've called us to begin with. They're getting ready to move out and want to show us the conditions."Condemnations are an entirely different situation, Harmon said."If a property is condemned, it's ready to fall down and we can proceed to getting it torn down."On rare occasions, an inspection can lead directly to condemnation. "On Watts Street, six years ago. I got a call: the walls were bowing out. We did an inspection."Water had been leaking in for years, and the house was structurally unsafe."We got all the tenants out," he said. "We condemned the property and had it torn down."While Charleston has plenty of responsible landlords who take pride in keeping their apartments in good shape, Harmon suspects there are plenty of places like the one on Jackson Street."We have very old housing stock on the West Side and East End. People don't want to put money in them. Once an elderly person dies, it's probably going to be turned into a rental unit."It's frustrating to me because we're out here, beating ourselves to death, doing good. If we hadn't inspected that apartment, there could have been a fire and there could have been a fatality."We can't control how people act. It's frustrating because the media wants to focus on what we're not doing."But overall, I'm tickled to death this place has been shut down. We've gotten a lot of complaints about it. He can't put people back in until it's right. It will probably take a lot of money to do it -- proper heat in each unit, working bathrooms, working kitchens. It will probably cost a couple thousand dollars just to get the infestation out."The apartment registration system is working, slowly, he said."We found this out. We didn't know how bad it was until we got in there."Staff writer Travis Crum contributed to this report.Reach Jim Balow at firstname.lastname@example.com or 304-348-5102. Story Share Story Share Trending Now 1 Congressional opioid investigation targets drug wholesaler Miami-Luken 2 Facebook founder visits Cabin Creek Health Systems 3 WVU hopes to get injured defenders back for TCU 4 Safety shutoff disabled prior to June coal-mining death, report says 5 Rhode Island bank claims Justice companies owe $4.2M on helicopter loan Restaurant rating system going countywide Feb. 1 Previous Story WVEA report skewers audit proposals Next Story


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SAN BERNARDINO – A black man who is 5 feet 9 inches tall with a thin build and short hair is wanted in connection with entering a home, pointing a firearm at an elderly woman and stealing property.
The residential robbery of a 77-year-old took place at 8 p.m. Sunday in the 3700 block of north Mayfield Avenue, according to a San Bernardino police department news release.
The man demanded property after entering the residence and pointing the firearm and the woman complied and he left.
Anyone who has information on the incident should call the San Bernardino Police Department's Detective Thompson at 909-384-5668 or Sgt. Crocker at 909-384-5613.


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Gun Buyback hits the Bullseye
Over 100 guns collected
The Broward Sheriff's office, with help from Broward Crime Stoppers and the City of Pompano Beach, collected 124 guns Saturday at its first gun buyback event. People dropped off rifles, shotguns, Saturday Night Specials and revolvers in exchange for almost $9,000 in Walmart gift cards.
"We may not ever know how many crimes we've prevented with this event, but we know there won't ever be a funeral in Pompano Beach because of one of the guns we collected today," Sheriff Scott Israel said.
All the collected guns will be destroyed.
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Feet can take a beating if you participate in sports. And just like any other structure in the body, dysfunction in our feet can lead to serious issues, including knee pain or lower back aches.
Your feet need training and conditioning just like the rest of your body.
Extrinsic and Intrinsic Muscles of the Feet
Any imbalances in musculature in your feet will limit full range of motion and alter your running and walking gait, which in the long term can cause problems and overuse injuries.
More: Foot Anatomy for Injury Prevention
There are two kinds of musculature in your feet, extrinsic and intrinsic:
1) Extrinsic foot muscles have one attachment in the foot and the other one up in the leg. These muscles move your foot relative to the lower leg. The three muscles of the calves are all extrinsic.
More: 10 Fitness Uses for a Tennis Ball
2) Intrinsic foot muscles have both ends inside the foot. Intrinsic motions move one portion of the foot relative to other foot joints. One example is the muscle (abductor digiti minimi) that moves your pinkie toe out and away from the other toes.
More: 8 Exercises to Prevent Foot Injuries
For the feet muscles, wearing shoes is like putting a cast on your arm after a bone break: without regular use, the muscles atrophy quickly. When the smaller intrinsic muscles with fine motor skills atrophy, the larger extrinsic muscles start to compensate. Slowly, they are overused, developing trigger points and tension that will further cause more problems.
Why Exercise Your Feet?
The muscle groups of your two feet make up 25 percent of the body's muscles. If you ignore the strength and function of the muscles in your feet, it is like eliminating upper-body exercises from your routine.
Exercises that innervate the intrinsic foot muscles and restore the length of lower leg muscles are extremely important. Foot strength directly influences proper foot mechanics, gait patterns, ankle stabilization, and whole-body balance.
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I'm not sure any food can be truly, flawlessly perfect, but the much beloved Shack Burger at Shake Shack is certainly close in my book. That's why I felt a bit of trepidation upon hearing about the Smoke Shack ($6.25), a new addition to the Shack's rarely-changing menu.
The Smoke Shack is a classic Shack Burger, minus the lettuce and tomato, and with the addition of cherry pepper relish and Niman Ranch applewood-smoked bacon. The bacon is good, but the relish is the real story here: It adds a sweet, slightly hot tang to the burger that a pickle might, only this relish is much more delicious than mere pickles. Not to downplay this bacon; it's good, smokey and cooked to the perfect crispiness, even surviving its trip on the subway back to Serious Eats HQ without turning the least bit limp.
The Smoke Shack is a nice change of pace, but it won't be my new go-to order. I might be adding cherry pepper relish to my Shack Burgers from now on, though.
Available at Shake Shack's Upper East Side (154 East 86th Street, New York NY 10128; map) and Madison Square Park (southeast corner of the park; map) locations.
About the author: Ben Fishner is currently planning his next meal. In addition to contributing to Serious Eats and working at SEHQ on various technical projects, he blogs at Ben Cooks Everything. Follow him on Twitter at @fozziebayer, won't you?


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Kebabama CanalLogic puzzles require you to think. You will have to be logical in your reasoning.
Since the turn of the last century one of the quickest ways to traverse from one end of the legendary land of Madadia to the other was via the Kebabama canal. Regular passenger cruises traveled the length of the Kebabama canal every day.
On one particular run there were six passengers who all required certain conditions whilst travelling on the three day journey.
Each level of the cruiser contains six cabins numbered 1-6 consecutively, and were arranged in a row and are separated by thin dividers. These cabins must be assigned to the six passengers based on following facts.
Miss Fortune's work as a travelling Kebab salesperson requires her to speak on the phone frequently throughout the day.
Miss D'work prefers cabin number 5 as 5 is her lucky number.
Mr. Buss and Mr. Allot often talk to each other during their work as second hand underpants repairers and prefer to have adjacent cabins.
Mr. Lastrain, Mr. Buss and Mr. Meaner all smoke. Miss D'work is allergic to smoke and must have non-smokers adjacent to her.
Mr. Meaner needs silence during work.
Can you tell the cabin numbers of each of them?
AnswerThe cabins from left to right (1-6) are of Mr. Meaner, Mr. Lastrain, Mr. Buss, Mr. Allot, Miss D'work and Miss Fortune
From (2), cabin number 5 is assigned to Miss D'work.
As Miss D'work is allergic to smoke and Mr. Lastrain, Mr. Buss & Mr. Meaner all smoke, they must be in cabin numbers 1, 2 and 3 not necessarily in the same order. Also, Miss Fortune and Mr. Allot must be in cabin 4 and 6.
From (3), Mr. Buss must be in cabin 3 and Mr. Allot must be in cabin 4. Thus, Miss Fortune is in cabin 6.
As Mr. Meaner needs silence during work and Mr. Buss is in cabin 3 who often talks to Mr. Allot during work, Mr. Meaner must be in cabin 1. Hence, Mr. Lastrain is in cabin 2.
Thus, the cabins' numbers are
1# Mr. Meaner,
2# Mr. Lastrain,
3# Mr. Buss,
4# Mr. Allot,
5# Miss D'work,
6# Miss Fortune
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I believe in what Joe Farace said, photography is art and although I can't definitely give a precise difference of how photography and taking pictures differ, for me taking pictures is somehow just a fancy not having emotions on the pictures you're taking. - Mallory Fleming
Future Tech; A Look At What's Ahead For Photography In 2007…And Beyond
In this issue we asked our contributors to give us their thoughts on what the
future holds, be it gear, technology, or trends in photography. We received
a wide range of opinions, from those proclaiming that film is finally dead to
those who see diversity in image making as important. There's no doubt
that many people still use and enjoy working with film. But there's no
question that at least from the hardware side of our world, that digital has
dominated, and will continue to do so in the future. We haven't seen a
new film 35mm SLR in almost two years now, while we have seen digital SLRs proliferate.
But we have seen new 35mm rangefinders and many manual focus lenses for older
cameras as well being introduced. Film and paper coating plants continue to
close, though Kodak did recently announce a whole new line of pro color negative
The opinions that follow are from those folks who do know their stuff, and who work every day with gear and materials and who have an insider's view on what's happening down the road. I encourage you to read their opinions both literally and between the lines. They are often tipped off about future trends but keep a lid on it until the designers or manufacturers deem it timely to unveil their plans.
That said, here's my two cents:
In Camera Image Editing
As more and more companies jump into the digital SLR race we'll see heated competition in features and extras, especially in terms of in camera processing of images. Rather than have you download and then correct images in a raw converter or other software, camera makers will be utilizing their increasingly powerful on-board processing engines to offer many image fixes and enhancements. Already we have seen the ability to make smaller image file size copies, which may eliminate the need for shooting raw+JPEG in camera, as well as white balance, redeye correction, color cast, and even highlight/shadow curve corrections. As LCD screens become larger, and hopefully more readable, even more image-enhancement features will be added. This means that anything you can do in the camera prior to exposure would now be enabled post-exposure, in the camera as well.
This will further unleash the power of the raw file format, which is ultimately malleable in terms of exposure compensation, color control, sharpening, and even switching between monochrome and full color images. The camera will become the capture and processing device of the future. Add to this the ability to send and perhaps at one point receive images and the digital SLR of the future will become a true multimedia image device, with perhaps more raw and motion video functions in the future.
One more thing: To enhance the traveling experience further, secure download "vaults" will become smaller and higher in capacity, with huge-gig devices soon fitting on your keychain.
--George Schaub
The Portrait & Wedding Market
While I'm assuming that my fellow writers will be prognosticating about digital chips, lenses, and the future of hardware and software, I'll try to foresee what the future holds for the professional portrait and wedding photographer. I do this at my own peril, for I fully understand that some of my brethren are not totally in agreement with me.
About three or four years ago I wrote that the future for the wedding and portrait pro was not all that rosy. These predictions were not based on a rainy day session with the Ouija board, but on conversations with many fellow pros. I stated that the wedding and portrait markets would weaken because of the digital revolution. I got a few letters from angry photographers who thought I had rocks in my head. Lately, some of these same photographers now say I'm Nostradamus. I stated that the market would exist for the very low-end, inexpensive photographers and the very high-end, expensive photographers. I now believe that I was correct, though I'm certainly not patting myself on the back or liking the fact that this scenario actually played out.
Here's why: The magic of how an image is created is now gone. You can take a photo and see it immediately, and unlike Polaroid, you can make as many as you like. When you can buy a camera with a lens for under $1000 that can create pro-quality images, every amateur photographer whose friend has ever told him he should turn pro is going to hang out a shingle. Wedding photography, certainly one of the most difficult assignments to cover properly, is being handled by Uncle Joe with his
5-megapixel point-and-shoot. High school senior portraits are now being taken by soccer moms. Baby photos are taken at home and printed on the all-in-one fax/printer/copier. Sorry, I didn't make this up, I see it every day.
Many photographers who did not take steps to address the above concerns are no longer in business, or are hanging by a thread. The gap between the cheap photographer and the expensive one is widening and there is very little in the middle. Cheap photographers will get work because, well, they're cheap, and they'll appeal to those who value price over all else, even though that studio probably won't be around next year. High-end wedding photographers jet around the world for clients who want and can afford the very best. Many of the "middle" clients will forsake the professional studio and do things themselves.
What to do about it? The only studios that will survive must be the best photographers and the best marketers. You used to be able to get by on just the marketing and solid photography skills, but now the bar has been raised. There just isn't room for anyone else, especially since the market is being flooded because of the low cost of entry into this profession. Look yourself and your business squarely in the eye and see where you stand.
--Steve Bedell
The End Of Paper?
When we asked Larry Berman for his Future Tech contribution he submitted a mock press release from the year 2016. We changed the company name he used, but we think you'll get the drift.
--George Schaub
Kopson Announces it is Phasing Out the Production of Paper for the Print Market
August 7, 2016--Kopson America Inc. today announced its long anticipated departure from the printing paper market. Citing severely declining demand for "hard copy" products, Nomar Hardkopie, Divisional Manager of US Paper Sales, advised his sales force this morning that Kopson, as the last manufacturer, could no longer maintain the necessary profit margins required to support factory operations in this market. But don't start crying for Kopson yet. Kopson has been aggressively engineering and bringing to market the micro-nanotechnology based "always on" memory media needed to support "the Picture of Life" display devices that have supplanted printed media in all aspects of our visual society.
The effect on the fine art photography market has been immense. Artists now display imagery using the "Picture of Life" presentation screens for selection by their patrons. The ability to dynamically size the images to satisfy the customers' home or office display capabilities has eliminated the guesswork of which image sizes to produce that was prevalent with the old printing methods. On demand digital production has also produced profitability for artists who no longer have to produce and carry a physical inventory from venue to venue.
The real paradigm shift has been the change from artists selling physical prints to now selling "display rights" to their images. (Anyone old enough to remember "stock photography"?) Customers are now selecting display duration alongside the image size to satisfy their art, ergonomic, social, and entertainment needs. The ability to deliver the selected images directly to the customers' Picture of Life device via ArtsNet2 (on the new all wireless Internet 6 backbone) has revolutionized the business. The device specific display key embedded in the image by users of MicroDobe CS12 prevents the display on any unauthorized devices.
--Larry Berman
More Photographer Input
It seems that the tipping point has been reached and passed of digital taking over from film. It may be time to look less to the industry as the harbinger of progress in digital photography and more to photographers themselves. In the last year there have been two significant products which have been as much influenced by photographers and users as by the companies that initially produced them. I am talking about Apple's Aperture, their digital camera raw file management and processing application, and Adobe's competitive Lightroom, both of which were subjected to public beta testing. In other words, photographers, in one way or another, may be more participants than ever before in the kind of products the industry produces. So let us hope the strategy of public beta testing spearheaded by Apple and Adobe is successful for both the companies involved and the photographers. It would be good to be able to look to a future where what we work with is more the result of a two-way partnership, a collaboration between photographers and the industry that supplies us.
--David B. Brooks
Mega-Megapixel D-SLRs
The best of today's consumer-grade digital SLR cameras seem to be ideal in all respects, including 8- or 10-megapixel resolution, high speed, great image quality at ISO levels up to 800, large LCD monitors with a wide angle view and anti-reflection coating, superior batteries that last a long time, and so on. But my crystal ball says that digital SLRs will be quite different within two years. By December 2008, expect to see at least one model with 25-megapixel resolution (with full-frame sensor) while entry-level cameras will routinely use (APS size) 12-megapixel sensors. Thanks to high-speed processors, an entirely new JPEG format, and 266x memory cards, they'll be even faster than today's 6- or 8-megapixel models.
Employing pixel-by-pixel exposure compensation they will produce tremendous dynamic range (highlight/shadow detail). Their new high-sensitivity sensors will allow for superb image quality even at ISO 3200, without the need for noise reduction processing that would blur the images.
Lithium ion batteries will be extinct, replaced by hydrogen or methanol fuel cells with much longer life and shorter recharging times. New OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diode) monitors will feature ultra-wide viewing angles, very fast response time, low power consumption, and great brightness. While basic entry-level digital SLRs will be available at under $500, the prosumer-grade cameras will be more expensive but also more impressive.
They'll routinely include features such as GPS, full video recording, 3 or 4" monitors, wireless Internet access, and automatic image-enhancing software for correction of aspects such as lens aberrations and distortion.
--Peter K. Burian
Still And Motion In One
Digital video cameras will start to become popular with still photographers thanks to increased resolution and the ability to extract any frame of video to be used as a photo. These combination cameras will continue to come down in price, eventually replacing mid- to high-end compact still digital cameras. At the low end, cell phones will continue to improve in quality and ease of use. And, it will be easier than ever to share your photos online with features like Apple's Photocasting leading the way.
Printing at home is going to become more approachable for many, with features like wireless transfer from cameras and easier to understand options for accurate prints on the first try.
--Jon Canfield
Pictures Or Photographs?
In Rick Smolan's closing address at the 2005 Mobile Imaging Summit, he asked: "What happens when a billion people worldwide become equipped with the tools of visual communication?" I have one possible answer and it's one probably Smolan won't like: You get lots of photographs such as the ones made of a drunken Mel Gibson before his arrest. Some might call that "photography"; I call it taking pictures. I think the future of the art and craft of photography is far more important than the size and shape of future imaging technology.
--Joe Farace
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Pre-eclampsia (toxemia of pregnancy) is the most cause of death among pregnant women in North America. It also causes many complications for fetuses (unborn children) and neonates (newborn children). Pre-eclampsia is defined by high blood pressure (hypertension), the loss of protein into the urine (proteinuria), and disorders of many body systems, including the blood clotting (coagulation) and inflammation. What is needed is a compound that will safely prolong pregnancies, to give babies more time to grow inside their mothers, and will help the recovery in those mothers after delivery.
We are going to investigate a compound (recombinant human activated protein C (rhAPC)) that has the potential to modify disease activity in pre-eclampsia by reducing coagulation and inflammation disorders. rhAPC is effective in patients suffering from septic shock. We will test rhAPC in women who develop severe pre-eclampsia in two ways. First, in women with severe pre-eclampsia remote from term who are carrying small babies (intent: safely prolong their pregnancies). Second, in women who have had severe pre-eclampsia before their baby delivered (including women in the first group), or whose disease develops/worsens after delivery (intent: switch off the disease so dangerous complications do not arise).
This study is a preliminary one to look for possible risks and benefits for these women. Only 40 women will be studied to provide initial evidence on which to base a larger international trial which is planned. We will study their pregnancy outcomes as well as markers of disease activity, to gain a better understanding of the mechanisms by which these women become unwell.
|Drug: Recombinant human activated protein C or drotrecogin alpha
|Phase 2
|Study Type:
|Study Design:
|Observational Model: Case-Only
Time Perspective: Prospective
|Official Title:
|A Safety and Efficacy Trial of Recombinant Human Activated Protein C in Both Early-onset Pre-eclampsia and Severe Postpartum Pre-eclampsia.
- Antenatal: The primary safety outcome will be the incidence of peripartum bleeding, The primary efficacy outcome will be days of pregnancy prolongation [ Time Frame: Unknown at this time ]
- Postnatal: The primary safety outcome will be the incidence of postpartum bleeding. The primary efficacy outcome will be 'days alive and free of illness' [ Time Frame: Unknown at this time ]
- We will assess disease activity (as measured by clinical and basic science indices). [ Time Frame: Unknown at this time ]
|Study Start Date:
|December 2004
|Study Completion Date:
|October 2010
|Primary Completion Date:
|October 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Drug: Recombinant human activated protein C or drotrecogin alpha
|Ages Eligible for Study:
|18 Years to 40 Years (Adult)
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|Probability Sample
Inclusion Criteria:
- Scenario 1 is severe early-onset pre-eclampsia, where the fetal prognosis is dismal (<50% chance of intact survival [disease onset <27+0 weeks gestation and/or estimated fetal weight <600g].
- Scenario 2 is postpartum pre-eclampsia, where there is either severe antenatal disease, deteriorating postpartum disease, or de novo postpartum disease.
Exclusion Criteria:
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00175695
|Canada, British Columbia
|BC Women's Hospital and Health Centre
|Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V6H 3N1
|Principal Investigator:
|Peter von Dadelszen, MD
|University of British Columbia
|Responsible Party:
|Dr. Peter von Dadelszen, University of British Columbia
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|NCT00175695 History of Changes
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|Study First Received:
|September 13, 2005
|Last Updated:
|February 3, 2011
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Hypertension, Pregnancy-Induced
Pregnancy Complications
Protein C
Drotrecogin alfa activated
Fibrinolytic Agents
Fibrin Modulating Agents
Molecular Mechanisms of Pharmacological Action
Anti-Infective Agents
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Rockers sign up for Fantasy Camp in Las Vegas
Members of Stone Temple Pilots, Alice In Chains and Jane'S Addiction have signed on to offer up tips and advice at an upcoming Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy Camp in Las Vegas. Alice in Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell, Stone Temple Pilots' Dean DeLeo and Jane's Addiction drummer Stephen Perkins will team up for sessions during the summer event at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino.
The rock trio will join regular counsellors Peter Klett from Candlebox and former Quiet Riot and Whitesnake star Rudy Sarso for the camp, which this year will focus on the sound of grunge.
Campers will run through songs performed by Nirvana, Pearl Jam and Soundgarden and then perform them live at the House of Blues as part of the event's finale in August (14).


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Most of the responders are middle aged. We've learned to spot manipulative bs.
Lol. Teach me! I'm genuinely curious to know why everyone says no. I want to learn! I know I will learn from experience unfortunately :-/ which I have a bit so far, but I'd like to know other people's logic in this. I haven't responded yet, and haven't decided if I will


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MIAMI - A Miami-Dade Police officer was injured in a car crash after chasing three robbers impersonating police.
The crash happened at Northwest 68th Street and 2nd Avenue in Miami about 11:45 a.m. Tuesday.
The 35-year-old officer was chasing three robbers believed to be impersonating police officers, say police. During the chase, the officer hit another car.
Witnesses said the officer didn't have his sirens and lights activated.
"If he's in pursuit, he should have had his sirens on," said one man.
"I was inside my house when I heard that noise. It sounded like an explosion," said Jacqulin Joseph.
The officer and that car's driver were transported to a Jackson Memorial Hospital. Their injuries are considered minor.
The officer is a member of the department's Robbery Intervention Detail. Investigators believe the same police impersonators are responsible for a home invasion in southwest Miami-Dade, another home invasion near the crash, and the carjacking of a Broward Sheriff's Office deputy.
The police impersonators remain at large, say police. The car police were following was found at Northwest 64th Street and 2nd Avenue.
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