The famous actor and California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has visited Iraq to meet with American soldiers to raise their morale.
Schwarzenegger arrived at the military base Camp Victory in western Baghdad from Israel, where he participated in a conference devoted to security in the Middle East.
During the meeting, which lasted two hours, 13-times world champion in bodybuilding time to talk with about 400 soldiers. They shook hands, was photographed on his memory and gave some of these cigars.
"I have been here in 2003 and said," I'll be back "before departure" - said in his speech, Schwarzenegger, repeating a phrase he has played the legendary cyborg from the movie "Terminator".
Terminator always keeps its promises ", - said 62-year-old politician, a Republican.
The military operation the United States and its allies against Iraq began in March 2003. The formal pretext for the start of the operation was the so far unconfirmed statement by the American leadership about whether Iraq possessed weapons of mass destruction.
U.S. on June 30 completed the withdrawal of combat troops from Baghdad and other Iraqi cities. In Iraq, leaving only the unit, whose mission is teaching the Iraqi security forces and providing them with expert assistance. Complete withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq will be held before the end of 2011.
The American contingent has currently more than 130 thousand soldiers. Since the beginning of operations in Iraq, according to Western media, have killed at least 4 359 American servicemen.
Tuesday, November 17, 2009
Wednesday, November 11, 2009
Cigarettes replace ... eggplant?
Nicotine is found not only in tobacco, but also in some other plants of the family Solanaceae. In small amounts of nicotine in eggplant. But this concentration is enough to reduce the unpleasant sensations that occur during smoking cessation. Nicotine - a drug. Man, quit smoking, is experiencing "breaking". Eggplant will help to cope with this condition. German drug treatment argue that eggplant can replace the nicotine patch, it softens the syndrome of "breaking up" as effectively.
Those who decided to quit smoking, the German drug treatment is recommended to include in the daily diet of eggplant. According to scientists, if you eat only 10 grams of eggplant, the organism enters a microgram (mcg) of nicotine. But this dose is absolutely safe for the body and not bring any harm. For comparison - one cigarette contains up to 1000 or more micrograms of nicotine.
Those who decided to quit smoking, the German drug treatment is recommended to include in the daily diet of eggplant. According to scientists, if you eat only 10 grams of eggplant, the organism enters a microgram (mcg) of nicotine. But this dose is absolutely safe for the body and not bring any harm. For comparison - one cigarette contains up to 1000 or more micrograms of nicotine.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Transition to "easy" cigarettes complicates refusal of smoking
Experts know for a long time that cigarettes with the lowered maintenance of pitches, so-called "easy" cigarettes, are not more healthy at all than usual tobacco products. New research has shown even more: transition to the facilitated cigarettes does refusal of smoking by much less probable.
Within the limits of the new research which results are published on November, 3rd in it-lajn magazine Tobacco Control versions, experts have studied the data of interrogation of 2003 spent among 30800 smokers at least within year of inhabitants of the USA. 38 % from them have passed from usual cigarettes to lungs. The majority (26 %) the passed have informed that have made it because of the best taste of light cigarettes. 43 % were mentioned by two and more reasons of transition also the desire to give up smoking, in particular, was mentioned. Nevertheless, at people who have passed to the facilitated cigarettes, chances to refuse a bad habit it has appeared on 46 % less, than at those who continued to smoke usual cigarettes.
Why people who pass to light cigarettes, with smaller probability give up smoking? Researchers assume that transition to the facilitated cigarettes can resolve когнитивный a discord of the smoker. He thinks: «Well, as I smoke less harmful cigarettes, I do not need to worry about a cancer of lungs, heart diseases, an impotence, wrinkles, premature death (necessary to underline)». Such rationalisation forces conscious smokers to continue to smoke. However there is also other possible explanation. It is quite probable that the people passing to light cigarettes, are much more strongly dependent on smoking. Without dependence how name a cigarette, all of them are equally hazardous to health, authors of research remind.
Within the limits of the new research which results are published on November, 3rd in it-lajn magazine Tobacco Control versions, experts have studied the data of interrogation of 2003 spent among 30800 smokers at least within year of inhabitants of the USA. 38 % from them have passed from usual cigarettes to lungs. The majority (26 %) the passed have informed that have made it because of the best taste of light cigarettes. 43 % were mentioned by two and more reasons of transition also the desire to give up smoking, in particular, was mentioned. Nevertheless, at people who have passed to the facilitated cigarettes, chances to refuse a bad habit it has appeared on 46 % less, than at those who continued to smoke usual cigarettes.
Why people who pass to light cigarettes, with smaller probability give up smoking? Researchers assume that transition to the facilitated cigarettes can resolve когнитивный a discord of the smoker. He thinks: «Well, as I smoke less harmful cigarettes, I do not need to worry about a cancer of lungs, heart diseases, an impotence, wrinkles, premature death (necessary to underline)». Such rationalisation forces conscious smokers to continue to smoke. However there is also other possible explanation. It is quite probable that the people passing to light cigarettes, are much more strongly dependent on smoking. Without dependence how name a cigarette, all of them are equally hazardous to health, authors of research remind.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Antinicotine propaganda harms smokers: effect notsebo "
Indian psychologists have found that antinicotine propaganda significantly affects the health of smokers, reports Habrahabr.
In a series of experiments, scientists from the Bombay University, smokers showed a ten-minute film and spent a short lecture about the dangers of smoking.
Thereafter, the subjects were medical examination, then were released on a smoke break, and immediately re-conducted several tests.
Compared with the control group of smokers (for whom the lectures and showed a film on oral health) in subjects who were previously subjected to a half-hour nicotine propaganda, and worse overall health, and they showed significant adverse physiological responses to smoking one or two of cigarettes, such as changing the frequency and depth of respiration, heart rate, pressure, strength and stability of nerve processes.
A similar effect has long been known in medicine and called notsebo (the antithesis of placebo), which means not having a real pharmacological effect, may have adverse effects on health and condition of the patient if he believes in its severity.
The authors of the experiment, naturally, does not deny the harm of smoking: study only confirmed the hypothesis that antinicotine propaganda can potentially aggravate the injury.
Meanwhile, social network Habrahabr indicates that verify this information failed. "Novostnik" who sent the results of research, argued that it was not missed in the print editor in chief.
If the information received resonance, there is a very funny situation with the rights of smokers, which are not ready many governments are actively financing nicotine program.
Recall that the May 27, 2008 Ministry of Health of Brazil began a new series of anti-social tough, showing 10 images that illustrate the health risks to smokers.
Perhaps the most stunning - a dead baby, smoky tobacco smoke and littering of cigarette butts in, as well as photo beautiful young woman, whose skin is a pack of cigarettes appears wrinkled and aged, corroded ulcers.
In the autumn of last year in the UK have appeared on cigarette packs images of rotting teeth and tumors formed in the throat due to smoking.
For the first time such a method to reduce the number of smokers has been undertaken in Canada in 2001. Images consequences of smoking are printed on certain tobacco products in Romania and Belgium.
In a series of experiments, scientists from the Bombay University, smokers showed a ten-minute film and spent a short lecture about the dangers of smoking.
Thereafter, the subjects were medical examination, then were released on a smoke break, and immediately re-conducted several tests.
Compared with the control group of smokers (for whom the lectures and showed a film on oral health) in subjects who were previously subjected to a half-hour nicotine propaganda, and worse overall health, and they showed significant adverse physiological responses to smoking one or two of cigarettes, such as changing the frequency and depth of respiration, heart rate, pressure, strength and stability of nerve processes.
A similar effect has long been known in medicine and called notsebo (the antithesis of placebo), which means not having a real pharmacological effect, may have adverse effects on health and condition of the patient if he believes in its severity.
The authors of the experiment, naturally, does not deny the harm of smoking: study only confirmed the hypothesis that antinicotine propaganda can potentially aggravate the injury.
Meanwhile, social network Habrahabr indicates that verify this information failed. "Novostnik" who sent the results of research, argued that it was not missed in the print editor in chief.
If the information received resonance, there is a very funny situation with the rights of smokers, which are not ready many governments are actively financing nicotine program.
Recall that the May 27, 2008 Ministry of Health of Brazil began a new series of anti-social tough, showing 10 images that illustrate the health risks to smokers.
Perhaps the most stunning - a dead baby, smoky tobacco smoke and littering of cigarette butts in, as well as photo beautiful young woman, whose skin is a pack of cigarettes appears wrinkled and aged, corroded ulcers.
In the autumn of last year in the UK have appeared on cigarette packs images of rotting teeth and tumors formed in the throat due to smoking.
For the first time such a method to reduce the number of smokers has been undertaken in Canada in 2001. Images consequences of smoking are printed on certain tobacco products in Romania and Belgium.
Advertising of cigarettes?
At the end of last week, Australian and American sociologists announced sensational results of a study of advertising against smoking. It turned out that the promotion of healthy lifestyle produces the opposite effect on the audience. Social advertising only enhances and reinforces interest in cigarettes. Findings of scientists are particularly interesting in light of the fact that the world's third anti-smoking propaganda funded by major producers of cigarettes.
New large-scale anti-smoking campaign launched in the capital several months ago. «Cigarette strangles you!» - Says one advertising billboard, «Smoking is not cool» - convinces the other, «Selling cigarettes to teenagers is prohibited» - prevents third. However, doctors and psychologists, addiction treatment strongly doubt the effectiveness of such propaganda.
These doubts and proving the results of the Australian and American scientists study. Interviewing over 100 thousand adolescents, researchers concluded that anti-smoking commercials, not only does not cause people to quit smoking but even exacerbate habit. Domestic doctors fully agree with the conclusions of their foreign colleagues. As evidence they lead in the World Health Organization. For heavy smokers in Russia today can be attributed more than half of men and not less than 10% of women. Among high school students and students of the same doctors counted 53% of male smokers and 28% of girls.
In fact, experts explain that the social counter-advertising has a very selective and specific. Non-smoker, for example, simply does not notice her, for it is just background. With respect to dependent smoking man, he did not care in what context to see the pleasant cigarette: in the form of a beautiful advertising or menacing warning. In any case, the familiar image is bound to cause him an irresistible desire to smoke. «In a heavy smoker is not a rational understanding of helpful or harmful to health - explained« OR »Director of Medical Program of the« No to Alcoholism and Drug Addiction », expert Public Chamber Sergei Polyatykin. - So a reminder, in any form will cause dependent pleasant associations ».
According to experts, there is nothing to be surprised. A large percentage of commercials and advertising campaigns against smoking sponsored and conducted by the tobacco companies themselves, which even with the help of anti contrive to accustom the people to smoking. «It is clear as day - said« NO »Chairman of the Society for the Protection of Consumer Rights« Social control »Michael Anshakov. - With the help of social advertising tobacco industry to kill two birds with one stone. On the one hand, and whitewash his name, on the other hand, are a definite advantage in the form of increased interest in their products. This interest is, unfortunately, leads some people to the fact that they begin to smoke ».
Meanwhile, tobacco companies themselves categorically disagree with the ineffectiveness of anti-tobacco advertising. Also, alternative, in their opinion, it has not yet been invented. Reject it and the assumption that the negative publicity somehow play into their hands. «Such statements are simply demagoguery, - explained« NO »Advisor Managing Director« British American Tobacco Russia »Vladimir Aksenov. - It is not clear on what grounds these researchers concluded that negative publicity of child smoking profitable tobacco companies, besides more and specially they supported and carried out. Especially in such social commercials and posters authorship and sponsorship does not indicate ».
New large-scale anti-smoking campaign launched in the capital several months ago. «Cigarette strangles you!» - Says one advertising billboard, «Smoking is not cool» - convinces the other, «Selling cigarettes to teenagers is prohibited» - prevents third. However, doctors and psychologists, addiction treatment strongly doubt the effectiveness of such propaganda.
These doubts and proving the results of the Australian and American scientists study. Interviewing over 100 thousand adolescents, researchers concluded that anti-smoking commercials, not only does not cause people to quit smoking but even exacerbate habit. Domestic doctors fully agree with the conclusions of their foreign colleagues. As evidence they lead in the World Health Organization. For heavy smokers in Russia today can be attributed more than half of men and not less than 10% of women. Among high school students and students of the same doctors counted 53% of male smokers and 28% of girls.
In fact, experts explain that the social counter-advertising has a very selective and specific. Non-smoker, for example, simply does not notice her, for it is just background. With respect to dependent smoking man, he did not care in what context to see the pleasant cigarette: in the form of a beautiful advertising or menacing warning. In any case, the familiar image is bound to cause him an irresistible desire to smoke. «In a heavy smoker is not a rational understanding of helpful or harmful to health - explained« OR »Director of Medical Program of the« No to Alcoholism and Drug Addiction », expert Public Chamber Sergei Polyatykin. - So a reminder, in any form will cause dependent pleasant associations ».
According to experts, there is nothing to be surprised. A large percentage of commercials and advertising campaigns against smoking sponsored and conducted by the tobacco companies themselves, which even with the help of anti contrive to accustom the people to smoking. «It is clear as day - said« NO »Chairman of the Society for the Protection of Consumer Rights« Social control »Michael Anshakov. - With the help of social advertising tobacco industry to kill two birds with one stone. On the one hand, and whitewash his name, on the other hand, are a definite advantage in the form of increased interest in their products. This interest is, unfortunately, leads some people to the fact that they begin to smoke ».
Meanwhile, tobacco companies themselves categorically disagree with the ineffectiveness of anti-tobacco advertising. Also, alternative, in their opinion, it has not yet been invented. Reject it and the assumption that the negative publicity somehow play into their hands. «Such statements are simply demagoguery, - explained« NO »Advisor Managing Director« British American Tobacco Russia »Vladimir Aksenov. - It is not clear on what grounds these researchers concluded that negative publicity of child smoking profitable tobacco companies, besides more and specially they supported and carried out. Especially in such social commercials and posters authorship and sponsorship does not indicate ».
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