The first week of school can be stressful, but the addition of Kikos Hookah Bar to Stillwater’s hangout locations provides a place for students to unwind. Kikos is located at 1925 N. Boomer Road. Celebrating their grand opening August 7, the bar is in business for the back-to-school crowd. Kikos is the first hookah bar to open in Stillwater. read more…
Many people who try to quit smoking use a smoking cessation treatment, such as a medication or counseling. Those treatments may take time and some failure before successful quitting is achieved, say the authors of a new study. But doctors may discontinue the cessation treatment too soon. read more…
American athlete has recently revealed that he started smoking electronic cigarettes and insists that it will not hamper his capabilities as a runner.
7 years ago, the renowned runner James Thomas, stopped smoking to have a healthy body and achieve his goal to become a successful runner. He even said: “I never really smoked much, but I did always enjoy it.” read more…
As we’ve been reporting, there have been a flurry of incidents around the country in recent weeks in which people have tried to intimidate or attack American Muslims or people they believed to be Muslims. But along with these ugly incidents there have been a backdrop of no less unfortunate cases of people who seemed to want to commit a hate crime but were either too drunk, too stupid or too disorganized to pull it off or even give a really clear idea of what they were trying to do.
Even though some teens use cigarettes to self-medicate, smoking may only increase their depressive symptoms, researchers say.
After adjustment, smokers who reported psychobiological benefits from smoking were at higher risk of developing elevated depressive symptoms than never-smokers (HR 1.9, 95% CI 1.3 to 2.8), Michael Chaiton, MD, of the University of Toronto, and colleagues reported online in Addictive Behaviors. read more…